Live Rehearsals Day 4 – Sweden to Poland
And that completes escgo's live coverage of today's rehearsals! Tomorrow, all 16 songs in the first semi-final will be rehearsed for the second time - and we'll be here to tell you what's changed and try and give you an impression of who's qualifying, and who might be...
Live Rehearsals Day 4 – Israel to Iceland
And that completes the first rehearsal session of this fourth day in Vienna! We're off for a late lunch now - the press centre canteen has promised us POLENTA - but we'll be back in good time for Sweden and co. in a fresh new post on this site later on. Stay tuned!...
Live Rehearsals Day 3 – Malta to Czech Republic
That brings our coverage of today's rehearsals to a close! Once you've checked out the official clips, do stop by and let us know the ones you thought were best and worst. We'll be gathering again tomorrow, when we get the first run-throughs of some of the biggest...
Live Rehearsals Day 3 – Lithuania to Montenegro
And that concludes the first session of today's rehearsals from the Stadthalle in Vienna! We'll be back with a separate rehearsal article for the performances from Malta through to the Czech Republic, which you can now read here! MONTENEGRO The prevailing visual theme...
Live Rehearsals Day 2 – Denmark to Georgia
And that completes our rehearsal blog from the second day in Vienna! If you think you've spotted the 10 qualifiers yet, come and let us know on social media or in our chat. In the meantime, see you tomorrow as the first rehearsals for the second semi-final begin!...
Live Rehearsals Day 2 – Serbia to Russia
This post is not live anymore - click here for the 2nd part of today's rehearsal blogging (Denmark, Albania, Romania, Georgia). And that's all for what I keep wanting to call the "morning" session of rehearsals, even though it's already mid-afternoon! There's a lunch...
Live Rehearsals Day 1 – Finland to Macedonia
And that completes our blog of the first day of rehearsals from the Stadthalle in Vienna! We'll be here bright and early for more coverage tomorrow - in the meantime, stay tuned to escgo, and look out for updates from around the host city in our liveblog on the...
Live Rehearsals Day 1 – Moldova to Netherlands
And that's all from the first set of rehearsals on this first day in Vienna. There's a short break now, then we resume later on with Finland - so stay tuned to escgo.com! NETHERLANDS The first laugh-out-loud moment in the press centre as the screens go active to show...
Line-up check 2015: United Kingdom
And finally the United Kingdom, as the last country in the alphabet, is also the last country for us to cover in this year's escgo line-up check series. Eurovision and the United Kingdom, that's a complicated relationship, as already pointed out in our article from a...
Line-up check 2015: Spain
There are some countries that once in a while stumble upon a formula that works for them, and then they stick to it. Take Spain’s last four entries for an example (and also an example of Eurovision inconsistency). Two top 10 results. Two bottom ones. One can only...
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Rehearsals, May 7th – LIVE!
Back in the press centre for the 7th day of rehearsals after a bloomin' terrific Dino Merlin concert last night. That man is a star in every respect and is going to suck up all the Balkan and diaspora votes, particularly if Serbia and co. don't make it to the final....
Rehearsals, May 6th – LIVE!
Urgh. Hangover. And with good reason - it was the Georgian party last night, and you can read my report about it here, because it deserves separate attention. Meanwhile, esc-chat.com is back in the press centre and ready to go with the sixth day of rehearsals for the...
Georgia on my mind
(a.k.a. "I've got a stinking headache, anyone got any paracetamol?") The Georgian party is always a highlight of the ESC fortnight calendar, and this year's was a blast once again. Held in the Henkel-Saal, the larger room in EuroClub, we were treated to various...
Rehearsals, May 5th – LIVE!
It's day 5 in Düsseldorf, and we're back where we started from, with Poland strutting their stuff on the stage as I type this opening sentence. Before we get to that, though, a few quick notes on last night. EuroClub opened its doors for real last night, with the...
FelixK’s review on rehearsals day 4
I arrived in my good old Cologne! Not in total Eurovision mode yet (because visiting a non-fan friend here), but still blogging about my thoughts about the rehearsals today. And when I came home to the hotel, "Popular" sounded out of a pub that I passed on my way. So...
Rehearsals, May 4th – LIVE!
Welcome to the press centre, home of free coffee (bliss!) but not free water (boo!). Another quietish night at the lovely EuroClub building - there was a Swiss party elsewhere in town, apparently, but it was just a brief live session in a jazz club so we weren't too...
Things to do outside of Düsseldorf
Some people from all across Europe have already spent a few days in Düsseldorf, a lot more fans will come in the next days and next week! Whether you didn't get accredited and wonder what to do with your time, or maybe you might want to escape from the press centre...
FelixK’s review on rehearsals day 3
My last night in Berlin! Before I start packing for tomorrow, I'm gonna review the rehearsals of today, as always from my side judged from the videos of escdaily. Also read Martin's live blog review from the press centre. Tomorrow I'll be blogging from Cologne, then...
Rehearsals, May 3rd – LIVE!
Quiet night last night, as our apartment was collectively a bit on the tired side. Plenty of time left for partying, particularly since there's a few days until the delegation bashes get going, so Chinese takeaway, cheap supermarket wine and some DVDs and bad German...
FelixK’s review on rehearsals day 2
Martin provided the live blogging for you for the 2nd day in a row, now it's my turn to add my 2 eurocents. Let's see if we are as much disagreeing as yesterday... Malta Let me get myself sorted first. I have heard better songs before, and the singer himself is...
Introducing our Düsseldorf team
#esc has a two-man blogging team covering the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. Some of you might already know who we are from the Chat or other occasions, but we didn't have the chance yet to introduce ourselves properly on this site. With that in mind, we...
7 facts about Düsseldorf
1. Kö is the common short name for "Königsallee". It's the central boulevard in Düsseldorf. The western part of the street is rather boring, the eastern part is said to be the one to be on if you want to go shopping on a quite luxury scale. It's the...
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SongHunt 2017 – The final is launched!
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