Today: Switzerland decides, more shows in Iceland, Hungary, Lithuania
Today is the first Saturday of the season with more than two live shows! Switzerland holds its final, Die Große Entscheidungsshow, live from the Bodensee Arena in Kreuzlingen. Each of the entrants will perform a cover song and their actual entry. The winner will be...
Semi-final allocation draw for ESC 2015 held
The draw to determine which countries will take part in which of the semi-finals of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest was held early this afternoon at Vienna City Hall. As in recent years, the countries had previously been divided into "pots" based on their voting...
SongHunt 2015: Heat 4
[introduction and detailed rules] | [SongHunt explained in 90 seconds] | [results page] SongHunt is back after a short break - let’s carry on finding the best song from the new national final season! We skipped a week as part of a minor rule change (read more), so the...
Today: Hungary, Heat 1
Tonight, A Dal kicks off in Hungary! Now in its fourth year, the popular format will be once again used to choose the country's entry for Eurovision. As we reported earlier, A Dal will have six live shows (three heats, two semi-finals and one grand final). The first...
France nominates Lisa Angell and “N’oubliez pas” for ESC 2015
Sometimes a national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest takes months and months of carefully scheduled preselection shows. And sometimes a country simply turns up one morning and unexpectedly announces its participant. Today, broadcaster France 2 revealed on...
Romania: Date for national final announced
Today, Romanian broadcaster TVR revealed the date and details for Selectia Nationala 2015! Following a submission period that begins tomorrow and will remain open until 8 February, a jury will pick the entries for the final on Sunday, 8 March. At last year's...
Norway reveals eleven MGP finalists
The Norwegian broadcaster NRK has just revealed the eleven acts and songs that will compete in this year's Melodi Grand Prix! The eleven participants announced at today's press conference are (in alphabetic order): Alexandra Joner - Cinderella Contrazt - Heaven Erlend...
SongHunt takes a short break – with a little rule change!
Our new SongHunt feature has enjoyed a positive response so far, with lots of users voting and giving their preferences on this season's most popular national final entries. And while it's never ideal to change things "just like that" during a running project, it's...
Georgia: Another “Warrior” for ESC 2015!
Georgia has selected its entry for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest! Nina Sublatti will represent the Caucasian nation in Vienna with "Warrior", making it the second song with this title to have been chosen so far (the Maltese entry being the first). In a short...
Spain sends Edurne to Eurovision
Edurne will represent Spain in Vienna! As Spanish broadcaster TVE announced today, the popular singer will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Amanecer" ("Dawn"), which she describes as a high-quality pop song. The title of the...
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Live Rehearsals Day 5 – Russia to Georgia
So there we have it! The second rehearsals of the first semi-final are complete, and now all that remains is for us to tidy up our stuff and head out for the evening. The San Marino and Nordic parties await (apparently there are separate gatherings for Montenegro and...
Live Rehearsals Day 5 – Estonia to Belarus
And that completes the middle section of today's rehearsals - join us here for the second set of run-throughs from Russia through to Georgia! BELARUS After the first run-through, I asked our desk if they could answer a simple question: "What is time like? Clue: The...
Live Rehearsals Day 5 – Moldova to Greece
And that completes our live blog from the "morning session" in Vienna. Join us here as the afternoon continues with Estonia! GREECE I believe it's important to be scrupulously honest as a blogger, so here's the naked truth: I'm buggering off to film a little section...
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!...
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