(This article will be updated throughout the day) 22:19 (Felix) Sooooo we're back in the press centre and all quite surprised. Many here are happy, though, that Yohio didn't win after all. The show was ok, Gina was amazing ("...that's what we do"), Lynda stole the...

The line-up for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest comes ever closer to completion tonight as Sweden and Romania select their entries. This year's Melodifestivalen process in Sweden has thrown up some surprising results and, more importantly for broadcaster SVT, some...

Hi everybody! esc-chat.com is in Friends Arena and reporting live from the Friday night dress rehearsal for Melodifestivalen 2013, the Swedish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. This update is self-refreshing every 15 seconds, so you don't have to press...

(This article will be updated throughout the day) 20:08 (Felix) Not much happened today, but now we're back to the press centre with our live blog from the dress rehearsal! Also we are in the chat to comment on the happenings on stage, and we'll also try to answer...

The Israeli entry for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest will be "Rak bishvilo" by Moran Mazor. Mazor won tonight's final of Kdam, the Israeli preselection, which had been preceded by three semi-finals and a "final chance" round. There was controversy in the run-up to...

(This article will be updated throughout the day) 22:54 (Felix) And that's it for today, as I'll now head off to "Torget"! Three more things: 1. If you're attending MF in the Arena, make sure you get your lyrics of "Främling" right. 2. If you're sitting right by the...

Tonight sees the grand final of Kdam 2013, the Israeli preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Three semi-finals and a "final chance" play-off round were held last week to determine the ten finalists - only for Kathleen Rayter to throw a spanner into the works...

(This article will be updated throughout the day) 0:33 (Felix) So that was the Welcome Party! It's not only Melodifestivalen that moved to a bigger venue - the Welcome Party also moved, but to a smaller venue. Rumour has it that Stockholm's politicians didn't want to...

The national final season is rushing towards its conclusion - can you believe it’s already March?! - so before you lose track of everything that’s been happening, here’s esc-chat.com’s handy weekly round-up! Monday began with the least surprising news of the year so...