ESC 2015 grand final: Five bets to consider
So here we are, just a few hours away from the start of this year's grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest! For 90%+ of ordinary viewers, this is where the show really begins - and whether you made money on the semi-finals or not (and our recommended bets were, it...
ESC 2015 grand final: The escgo.com! team’s predictions
We're just over 12 hours away from the real results, and then we will know where Eurovision is heading to in 2016! It's time for escgo!'s Vienna team (Martin and Felix) to predict the outcome of the grand final. On Thursday night, Felix got 9 out of 10 qualifiers...
Rehearsal live: Jury Final of the Grand Final
Conclusion Tonight, the ones with the biggest vocal issues were Serbia's Bojana and Poland's Monika. Perfection was delivered by Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Latvia, Romania and Italy. There is a huge ballad competition in there, which is probably won by Italy and Russia....
Semi-final 2 results – these are our ten qualifiers
The second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 is over! The ten happy qualifiers are: Lithuania Norway Israel Latvia Sweden Cyprus Slovenia Poland Montenegro Azerbaijan The grand final will take place on Saturday night at 21:00 CET, 27 countries will...
Semi 2: Five bets to consider
It may not have been an entirely successful Tuesday night for the escgo! team in terms of our predictions, but we already know that two of my recommended bets were successful - and there's a decent chance that a couple of the others will have come in too (we'll find...
Semi 2: The escgo! team’s predictions
It's time for our diligent bloggers Felix and Martin to give their predictions for the ten qualifiers from tonight's second semi-final! On Tuesday night, they each got (a different) 7 out of 10 right. They'll be hoping to improve on that score tonight, so here are...
First Dress Rehearsal of Semi-final 2
Good Morning Australia, Good Evening Europe - that was it from the 1st dress rehearsal of the 2nd semi-final. Conclusions: I am less sceptical about Israel, even more convinced about Latvia, worried about Norway and still not overwhelmed by the actual show - it's once...
Gallery: Best of Big 7 rehearsals
All photos by FelixK (escgo) - see more for each country on our Vienna page [gallery grids="Eurovision Live" image_size="large" size="medium"...
Live Rehearsals Day 8 – Italy to Australia
And this was it - our last rehearsal blog from the individual country rehearsals for this year! Thank you for staying with us on escgo.com - and do come back later, for our liveblog from the first dress rehearsal of semi-final 2. Australia I am still not convinced....
Semi-final 1 results – these are our ten qualifiers
The first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 is over! The ten happy qualifiers are: Albania Armenia Russia Romania Hungary Greece Estonia Georgia Serbia Belgium Moldova, Netherlands, Finland, Macedonia, Belarus and Denmark are out. The second semi-final...
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Manic Woman to join Jedward in Baku
In a sensational move aimed at helping them to emulate their top 10 success in Düsseldorf, twins John and Edward Grimes - better known as Jedward - today revealed the secret weapon they will be taking with them to next month's Eurovision Song Contest. When they hit...
Eurovision 2011 – Analysing the results
A few days after Ell/Nikki won the 56th Eurovision Song Contest 2011 for Azerbaijan, it's time to look at the results a bit. Semi 1 songs vs. Semi 2 songs Songs that proceeded from Semi 2 generally were more successful than songs from Semi 1. In the top 10, we have 3...
That’s it, we’re home!
#esc / esc-chat.com had 2 exciting weeks in Düsseldorf. Now we would like to thank our readers for their support! MartinF covered most of the rehearsals for you from the press centre, while FelixK caught some impressions from town for your eyes. Between the first...
A Night on the EuroBoat (with video)
Last Friday, the EuroBoat hosted hundreds of fans for the biggest event that everyone had access to (with ticket). It went off around 9 and returned a few hours later. Four live acts performed on the EuroBoat, the disco music was provided by popular DJ Ohrmeister....
Danke, Anke!
Azerbaijan won the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the title "Running Scared", sung by the duo Ell & Nikki. With a total of 221 points they left all the others behind, such as the surprise runner up Italy (189) and Sweden (185). The show was one of the most...
Happy ESC Night! (…and one last prediction for the road)
Just got back from a lovely lunchtime/afternoon with some of the gang from our sister site ESC Nation. The sun is shining (earlier downpour excepted), the sky is blue and it's hard to believe that we're so close to the biggest three hours of the year! Central...
Tonight’s chances as seen by FelixK
About 6 hours are left until all of us get proven right or wrong, as the points are flying in on tonight's scoreboard. Until then there is only speculation, betting, guessing. But as everyone does it, esc-chat.com joins in and so, here's my opinion about who has the...
Better Jaani, or How To Have A Profitable ESC Night
It's Eurovision Song Contest day! And what better way to celebrate than by wasting your money on a bet or two? Of course, if things go right, you can make a tidy profit from your ESC knowledge considering the market is largely populated by "normal" people who don't...
Dress Rehearsal, May 13th – How I Saw It
Thanks to everyone who visited the chatroom for our LiveChat from the first dress rehearsal for tomorrow's Grand Final. It was a lively and well-attended affair, particularly for a Friday afternoon - although I suppose this isn't just any Friday afternoon! Providing a...
Düsseldorf – time is running out
Both the semi finals are over, the lineup for the final is complete. The year 2011 approaches its highlight with big steps, as in about 31 hours we know the winner! Düsseldorf has remained weird. The size of the city isn't a problem really, the bigger problem is that...
Video: Atmosphere in Düsseldorf before and after Semi 2
See crowds of fans line up for Paradise Oskar's meet & greet in Eurocafé, get to know which flags sell best and watch out for all the fans cheering for their countries before and after yesterday's semifinal! "The Day in 3 minutes" is a collage of impressions from...
Prediction, May 12th – It’s Showtime!
Since Felix has so ably covered the happenings of recent days elsewhere on here, I'm going to keep this quick and to the point with my predictions for tonight's second semi-final qualifiers. Having been distracted by "voting history" last time, I'm going to go with my...
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Semi 2: Three bets to consider
Martin turns his gambler’s eye to the second semi-final of ESC 2017 and picks out some interesting bets that might be worth a look.
Download and print your voting sheet for the second semi-final
Print your voting sheet for the second semi-final! It’s printer-friendly: greyscales only, no flags, no images.
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Hold On” by Nano
Nano could be in Kyiv now, representing Sweden with his song “Hold On”. But our SongHunt rules only allow songs that didn’t win their national finals, but got a lot of love in our Eurovision chat. This love took the song to the heats, the quarter-finals, the...
A San Francisco semi 1 post mortem
So, semi 1, where do I start with you? I think it’s safe to say it wasn’t one for the books, or even for a YouTube rewatch (the fact it’s blocked in the US notwithstanding), but it had its moments. None of those moments were provided by our three hosts, but the saving...
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Feel Me Now” by Ariadne
Ariadne could be in Kyiv now, representing Estonia with her song “Feel Me Now”. But our SongHunt rules only allow songs that didn’t win their national finals, but got a lot of love in our Eurovision chat. This love took the song to the heats, the quarter-finals, the...
Stage verdict: Italy, Spain and United Kingdom
Felix takes a look at how the next three countries are selling their songs on stage at ESC 2017 in Kyiv based on what we’ve seen in the rehearsals so far.
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Petale” by Instinct
Instinct could be in Kyiv now, representing Romania with their song “Petale”. But our SongHunt rules only allow songs that didn’t win their national finals, but got a lot of love in our Eurovision chat. This love took the song to the heats, the quarter-finals, the...
Reviewing semi-final 1: Felix’s top three thoughts
The first of three shows is over at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv. Time for me to look back at some of the notable moments from yesterday’s eventful show!
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