"Marry Me", she sang, and she won Finland's hearts: Krista Siegfrids. Another lesson was taught to those who think they can predict a national final, as neither of the two favourites - Diandra and Mikael Saari - won Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, the Finnish preselection...

Tonight promises to be another busy evening in the world of the Eurovision Song Contest, with no fewer than five shows for fans to juggle via the various webstreams. After three semi-finals, Norway will select its entry in the grand final of Melodi Grand Prix, with...

The weekend begins tonight with the first of two semi-finals in Latvia's Dziesmas 2013 competition - the second will follow as part of tomorrow night's big Super Saturday line-up. A 50/50 jury and telephone vote will decide which six lucky songs will make it through...

It’s time for esc-chat.com’s weekly round-up of all the news from the world of Eurovision! On Monday, ESC 2013 host broadcaster SVT announced that the contest in May will be hosted by a solo female - and more specifically by Petra Mede, known to fans from her...

Gianluca Bezzina will represent Malta at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Tomorrow". This was the eventual outcome of a typically lengthy and extravagant Malta Eurovision Song Contest held at the Malta Fairs & Convention Centre in Ta' Qali. Since...

The Icelandic entry for the 2013 Eurovision song contest will be "Ég á líf", written by Örlygur Smári and Pétur Örn Guðmundsson and performed by Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson. Eyþór triumphed in a superfinal of the "Ég" songs, getting the nod from the televoters ahead of...

February is always a busy month in the world of national finals, with numerous countries holding preliminary shows and selecting their entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. In keeping with this, tonight sees the first "Super Saturday" of the season, with multiple...

Tonight sees the semi-final of the Maltese Eurovision Song Contest preselection for 2013. No fewer than 24 songs will compete for the privilege of making it through to tomorrow night's grand final - but eight of them will have to say goodbye tonight as a combined jury...

After UMK went through a couple of elimination rounds in the previous weeks, the Finns are finally getting closer to their big date. One show is still to be held before the final on 9 February: Tonight's semi-final, or "2nd chance" if you want to call it that, where...