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Felix and Martin discuss the aftermath of last night’s second semi-final in our escgo! audio feature for today.
ESC 2021: The final running order – and what we think of it!
The running order of the Grand Final – with comments from Martin, Felix and Shi.
Presenting the ten qualifiers from semi 2 – and the final running order!
The line-up of the 2021 grand final is complete. Ten more countries made it through the second semi-final, and the final running order is on its way!
ESC 2021: The escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 2
After a fairly successful set of predictions on Tuesday, it’s time for Felix, Shi and Martin to tell us which songs they think will qualify from tonight’s second semi-final!
Luck is on my side: A look at the betting markets for the second semi-final
Martin continues his overview of the betting markets for the 2021 contest by casting his eye over tonight’s second semi-final!
Semi-Final 2, Jury Show: Live Blog
We blogged the jury show of the second semi final as it happened. Check out our rolling liveblog!
Semi-Final 2, First Dress Rehearsal: Live blog
We blogged the first dress rehearsal of the second semi-final as it happened. Check out our rolling liveblog!
Felix and Martin discuss the aftermath of last night’s first semi-final in our escgo! audio feature for today.
Semi 1: Here’s the ten qualifiers!
Ten lucky winners made it through to Saturday’s grand final tonight. Congratulations to them!
SongHunt 2019 – Heat 5
The SongHunt continues with Heat 5 – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the season!
Five things that still annoy me about the German final
Felix may be a fan of this year’s German entry by S!sters, but that doesn’t make him any less critical of the German final. Here are his five things that ARD needs to get right next time!
Mahmood, Cinderella, and a fairytale with a happy ending
OK, happy end! It’s not just a line from a classic Eurovision performance – it’s the reality of Mahmood’s Sanremo journey. Shi takes a look at why the Cinderella story is so enduring and how it has parallels in our ESC world.
SongHunt 2019 – Heat 4
The SongHunt continues with Heat 4 – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the season!
Weekend round-up: Joci Pápai, jury politics and ginormous props
Entries from Germany, Ukraine, Hungary, Denmark and Lithuania joined the ESC 2019 line-up this weekend. Let Martin talk you through all the Friday and Saturday night action!
Comment: Wait, what has Germany actually done?
Felix is shocked by the negative reactions to S!sters’ victory in the German final. But should he be getting all defensive about it? Some personal reflections on an unexpected fan experience.
A confident result: It’s S!sters for Germany!
Causing headaches for typographers all around the continent, the duo S!sters (NB. not actually sisters) won tonight’s German final with the song “Sister”.
Weekend round-up: From Estonia to Ester Peony
Estonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Latvia and Romania all added their songs to ESC 2019 on this Super Saturday (and sleepy Sunday) weekend. Find out what we’ll be hearing in May with our weekend Eurovision national final round-up!
SongHunt 2019 – Heat 3
The SongHunt continues with Heat 3 – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the season!
SongHunt 2019 – Heat 2
The SongHunt continues with Heat 2 – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the season!
Weekend round-up: The UK, Australia and Montenegro have decided – and Italy too?
From Salford on Friday night to Sanremo in the early hours of Sunday morning, here’s your weekend round-up of what’s been happening in the world of the ESC 2019 national finals!
SongHunt 2019 – Heat 1
The SongHunt begins – and YOUR votes are needed in our quest to find the best national final song of the season!
SongHunt 2019 is launched!
Introducing the fifth edition of our annual search to find the best non-winning national final song!
Round-up: Czech friends, ‘rude Finns and more
Who says exciting things only happen on Super Saturday? It's been a busy working week in the world of Eurovision as the 2019 contest moves ever closer! On Monday, the Czech Republic completed its non-televised selection, with a public vote and a jury of recent ESC...
The allocation draw for ESC 2019
We now know which countries will perform in which semi-final at ESC 2019 – read more!
Say yay, Spain – you’re actually making progress!
Or: the things we can learn from (small) changes in national final formats. Join Shi as she reviews the Spanish selection process in our first escgo! longread of 2019!
Bilal Hassani: King of France!
Bilal Hassani will represent France at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Roi” after sweeping the televoting in tonight’s final of Destination Eurovision.
New format, same old story? Reviewing the 2019 UK contenders
The BBC has revamped the format of its national selection for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest – but will this make a difference to the UK’s international fortunes, or does it just mean making the same mistakes in a different order? Martin takes a look at the three songs and six performers in the running.
SongHunt 2019: Full results
This page contains the full qualification list for SongHunt 2019 based on our votes in the chat.
Albania kicks off the 2019 season with “Ktheju tokës”
Jonida Maliqi is the winner of Festivali i Këngës, making “Ktheju tokës” the first song in the line-up for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
Junior Eurovision 2018: Poland wins in real life, Georgia wins in #esc
escgo.com and the #esc chat woke up from the off-season hibernation by gathering to watch the 2018 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this afternoon! And of course, it wouldn't be an #esc viewing of a Eurovision-related event without some voting, would it?...
“Fără tine” by Dora Gaitanovici wins SongHunt 2018
SongHunt 2018, our poll series to find the best non-winning national final song of the year, has come to an end – and “Fără tine” by Dora Gaitanovici, from the Romanian preselection, is the winner of the grand final!
Eye Cue from Macedonia win the 2018 Barbara Dex Award
The Barbara Dex Award for the worst outfit at ESC 2018 has been handed out to the (un)lucky recipient.
Mea culpa: The art of being wrong about Eurovision
If people were never wrong about the Eurovision Song Contest, there’d be no point in it being a contest. Martin takes a looks at some of his biggest missteps this year…
Back from Lisbon: Something had to win
Felix analyses the results of a year whose songs offered him very little personally. Was there really another feasible winner?
The View from San Francisco: Lisboa – Jerusalem
Eurovision 2018 was a series of journeys for Israel, for Netta, and for Shi too. She looks at the ESC experience from an Israeli perspective – and the aftermath in the Israeli media and beyond.
Israel wins the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest!
The winner of ESC 2018 is Israel! Congratulations!