Semi 1: Ten qualifiers for Saturday!
Ten lucky winners made it through to Saturday’s grand final. Congratulations to them!
ESC 2022: The escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 1
It wouldn’t be Eurovision without some predictions from our team! These are the songs that Felix, Shi and Martin think will qualify from tonight’s first semi-final.
The View from San Francisco: What For?
The View from San Francisco continues. And Shi has questions – lots of them – ahead of tonight’s first semi-final!
The calm between the storms
As we pause for breath on Middle Sunday, Martin blogs about some of his insights from the rehearsals so far!
The View from San Francisco: Lights Off
The View from San Francisco continues – and can someone please turn on the damn lights?
The View from San Francisco: Spirit of the Night
The View from San Francisco continues – but why are there so many escapees from early-2000s Eurovision in this part of the draw?
The View from San Francisco: Friend of a Friend
The View from San Francisco continues. What are the secrets behind the second set of public rehearsal clips? Only Shi knows – click and she’ll tell you…
The View from San Francisco: The Show
Shi’s View from San Francisco returns as she tries to make sense of the first batch of rehearsal clips that were released for public view. With greater or lesser success…
Line-up check 2022: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom
35 down, 5 to go! It’s time to complete our Eurovision 2022 Line-Up Check as our team casts its eye over the chances of the five automatic finalists.
A coffee and a column: Dark Horses
Felix shares his thoughts of the day – during his morning coffee. Today we’re discussing the annual ritual practices of the fan community.
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Line-up check 2022: Semi 1 from Albania to Moldova
The line-up check returns! From Ronela to Zdob și Zdub, here are our team’s thoughts on the first nine songs in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest!
ChatVote 2022: Qualifiers revealed, final voting begins!
If you’re one of our #esc chat regulars, you’ll want to know the finalists for this year’s ChatVote. They’re in here along with all the other details you’ll need to take part in our grand final!
ChatVote 2022 is launched!
It’s the 18th edition of the annual live event in which our chatters pick their favourite song from the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest – here’s everything you need to know about the escgo! ChatVote 2022.
“Ay mamá” by Rigoberta Bandini wins SongHunt 2022!
SongHunt 2022 has concluded – and the best non-winning song of the season is “Ay mamá” by Rigoberta Bandini from Spain!
ESC 2022: Semi-final running orders revealed!
The order in which the songs will be performed in the semi-finals of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest was announced today in a pair of video revelations. Who’s singing when? Find out here!
SongHunt 2022 – The Final
It’s the grand final of SongHunt 2022 – and YOUR votes will help us find the most robbed national final song of the season!
40 songs: This is the line-up for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
All 40 songs known: We have the final line-up for ESC 2022!
SongHunt 2022: 12 finalists known!
The semi-final stage is over in SongHunt 2022, and this means: We know our first 12 finalists! Here they are, and that’s what’s happening next!
Before “Fulenn”: Five times smaller languages should have made it to Eurovision
France will be represented in Turin by a song in Breton – a language we’ve seen on the ESC stage only once before. We take a look at five memorable songs in smaller languages that had their chance at reaching the Eurovision stage, but that stumbled at the final hurdle!
Eurovision Update: Girl power rules as the national final season concludes
Sweden! Iceland! Portugal! And a whole load of internal selections! All of this awaits you in the latest escgo! Eurovision Update…
SongHunt 2022 – Semi-final 4
The SongHunt continues with the last of our semi-finals! Semi 4 is open and YOUR votes will help to decide who qualifies, so get involved!
Eurovision Update: Five finals keep us entertained across a busy weekend!
We catch up with a busy weekend – and a rewarding one for Malik Harris, Reddi, WRS, Alvan & Ahez and Konstrakta!
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Liverpool to host ESC 2023!
The 2023 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Liverpool in the second week of May.
Sam Ryder, chart success and the rebirth of UK@ESC
A momentous week for the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest ends with Sam Ryder climbing to #2 in the UK singles chart!
A coffee and a column: It is okay.
For the last time around this ESC, Felix shares his thoughts of the day – this time during an imaginary afternoon coffee. Here’s his first reactions on last night’s show and its outcome!
Eurovision 2022: The winner is… Ukraine!
We have an ESC 2022 winner – congratulations to Kalush Orchestra and “Stefania”!
Who will win the Eurovision Song Contest 2022? Our prediction for the final
Happy Eurovision – the big day has arrived! Tonight the grand final of ESC 2022 will be held in Turin, Italy. But who will hold the trophy at the end of the show? It’s time for our team’s predictions!
12 countries, 12 beers: A dry drinker’s Eurovision challenge
Why have just one beer while watching Eurovision – when you can have a dozen different ones from all around the continent?
Ukraine all the way? A look at the betting markets for the Eurovision 2022 Grand Final
Martin takes his traditional look at the betting markets for ESC 2022. How *do* you approach a contest that punters think is a foregone conclusion?
The View from San Francisco: One More Day
The View from San Francisco continues as Shi previews the Grand Final – and muses on the complexities of Ukraine winning or not winning.
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The View from San Francisco: One More Day
The View from San Francisco continues as Shi previews the Grand Final – and muses on the complexities of Ukraine winning or not winning.
Review: Eurovision 2022 Vinyl Edition
We take a look at the lovely 4LP vinyl edition of this year’s ESC compilation – and Martin reconnects with his teenage collector gene…
The View from San Francisco: That Night
The View from San Francisco continues as Shi picks through the bones of last night’s second semi-final!
The View from San Francisco: I Don’t Know
The View from San Francisco continues with more questions and fewer answers, as Shi channels her inner Achille Lauro (no, really).
The View from San Francisco: I’m Only Human
The View from San Francisco continues, and it’s time for the post-mortem of the first semi final of Eurovision 2022!
The View from San Francisco: What For?
The View from San Francisco continues. And Shi has questions – lots of them – ahead of tonight’s first semi-final!
The calm between the storms
As we pause for breath on Middle Sunday, Martin blogs about some of his insights from the rehearsals so far!