Israel is beginning its selection process for ESC 2013 with semi-finals on three consecutive days, turning "Kdam" into a big national final format again, and peaking with the final on Thursday March 7th. Spain is offering three songs to the local audience, all sung by...

We’re deep into the national final season and the events and newsflashes are coming thick and fast - so here’s esc-chat.com’s handy overview of everything that’s happened in the past week of Eurovision! Monday began with German tabloid Bild publishing an interview...

The busy weekend continues tonight with the second semi-finals in Romania and Hungary. You can see the details for both shows below, including song lists and stream links. Don't forget to join us in the #esc chat, where we'll be talking about the events as they...

It's hard to know whether to call tonight a "Super Saturday" in the conventional sense of the phrase - after all, rather unusually for this time of year, no countries are selecting their entry for ESC 2013 today. But it still promises to be a busy evening of...

Ryan Dolan will represent Ireland at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Only Love Survives". As has become standard in recent years, Eurosong 2013 took the form of a special edition of RTÉ's flagship Late Late Show. The programme was introduced by usual...

Ireland will select its entry for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest tonight. As usual, the national final will form part of a special edition of the Late Late Show, with five artists competing for the honour of representing the self-proclaimed "home of Eurovision" in...

Koza Mostra feat. Agathonas will represent Greece at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Alcohol Is Free". In a national final that spanned almost as many hours as it contained entries, the winner of the combined jury and televote was announced quickly and...

We say this every week, but: hasn’t it been an eventful few days in Eurovision world? Here’s esc-chat.com’s handy round-up of the things you might have missed - and many of the things you surely didn’t! Monday, and the week began with the release of a brief clip of...

The Greek national final always attracts some of the most fervent fan and media attention even beyond the borders of the Hellenic nation itself. Tonight, four songs will compete in Ellinikos Telikos 2013 for the honour of representing Greece in Malmö in May. The...