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Line-up check 2021: Finland
Get your mosh on! It’s time for the escgo! team to review “Dark Side” by Blind Channel from Finland.
Line-up check 2021: Bulgaria
The escgo! team turns its attention to Victoria and “Growing Up Is Getting Old”.
Our audio format “Three Minutes to Talk!” is going into its second round. What random Eurovision-related topic will Martin give Felix to talk about this time? The challenge is simple: To talk about it for three minutes – completely unprepared!
Line-up check 2021: Portugal
The escgo! team reviews this year’s Portuguese entry, “Love Is On My Side” by The Black Mamba.
Line-up check 2021: Albania
The escgo! team reviews “Karma” by Anxhela Peristeri, the Albanian entry for ESC 2021.
“Russian Woman” by Manizha wins ChatVote 2021!
Our chat community has decided: Russia has the best song in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest!
Chat Story
Felix suddenly realised that we’ve never really blogged about our legendary chatroom before. Time to fix that!
Line-up check 2021: Georgia
The escgo! team reviews “You” by Tornike Kipiani.
Line-up check 2021: Serbia
The escgo! team reviews the Serbian entry for ESC 2021, “Loco Loco” by Hurricane.
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Se o tempo não falasse” by Inês Sousa
Inês Sousa could be in Kyiv now, representing Portugal with her song “Se o tempo não falasse”. But our SongHunt rules only allow songs that didn’t win their national finals, but got a lot of love in our Eurovision chat. This love took the song to the heats, the...
Reviewing semi-final 2: Felix’s top three thoughts
Last night saw the second of three shows at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv. Ten more countries qualified, making Saturday's grand final line-up complete. But those are just the dry facts. Felix looks back on some of the other noteworthy moments from last...
A San Francisco semi 2 post mortem
Eurovision expectations are an interesting phenomenon that, more often than anything else in life, end up cast aside after reality proved them to be entirely wrong. For example, I expected the first semi to be much stronger than the second, and instead I could barely...
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “As I Lay Me Down” by Wiktoria
Wiktoria could be in Kyiv now, representing Sweden with her song “As I Lay Me Down”. But our SongHunt rules only allow songs that didn’t win their national finals, but got a lot of love in our Eurovision chat. This love took the song to the heats, the quarter-finals,...
Ten more qualifiers for Saturday, final running order revealed
The second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 is over – and ten more songs have qualified, completing the line-up for Saturday’s grand final. The running order has now also been announced!
ESC 2017: These are the escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 2!
The second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 is just a few hours away, and so it’s time for us in the escgo! team to predict the ten qualifiers for the grand final on Saturday.
Semi 2: Three bets to consider
Martin turns his gambler’s eye to the second semi-final of ESC 2017 and picks out some interesting bets that might be worth a look.
Download and print your voting sheet for the second semi-final
Print your voting sheet for the second semi-final! It’s printer-friendly: greyscales only, no flags, no images.
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Hold On” by Nano
Nano could be in Kyiv now, representing Sweden with his song “Hold On”. But our SongHunt rules only allow songs that didn’t win their national finals, but got a lot of love in our Eurovision chat. This love took the song to the heats, the quarter-finals, the...
A San Francisco semi 1 post mortem
So, semi 1, where do I start with you? I think it’s safe to say it wasn’t one for the books, or even for a YouTube rewatch (the fact it’s blocked in the US notwithstanding), but it had its moments. None of those moments were provided by our three hosts, but the saving...
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Feel Me Now” by Ariadne
Ariadne could be in Kyiv now, representing Estonia with her song “Feel Me Now”. But our SongHunt rules only allow songs that didn’t win their national finals, but got a lot of love in our Eurovision chat. This love took the song to the heats, the quarter-finals, the...
Stage verdict: Italy, Spain and United Kingdom
Felix takes a look at how the next three countries are selling their songs on stage at ESC 2017 in Kyiv based on what we’ve seen in the rehearsals so far.
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Petale” by Instinct
Instinct could be in Kyiv now, representing Romania with their song “Petale”. But our SongHunt rules only allow songs that didn’t win their national finals, but got a lot of love in our Eurovision chat. This love took the song to the heats, the quarter-finals, the...
Reviewing semi-final 1: Felix’s top three thoughts
The first of three shows is over at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv. Time for me to look back at some of the notable moments from yesterday’s eventful show!
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Wild Child” by Ace Wilder
Ace Wilder could be in Kyiv now, representing Sweden with her song “Wild Child”. But our SongHunt rules only allow songs that didn’t win their national finals, but got a lot of love in our Eurovision chat. This love took the song to the heats, the quarter-finals, the...
Ten countries qualify from semi-final 1
The first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 is over - and ten songs have qualified for the grand final on Saturday. These are: Moldova: Sunstroke Project - Hey Mamma "Epic Sax Guy" is back, and takes the country to the final after three...
ESC 2017: These are the escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 1!
The first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 is just a few hours away, and so it’s time for us in the escgo! team to predict the ten qualifiers for the grand final on Saturday.
Semi 1: Three bets to consider
Martin turns his gambler’s eye to the first semi-final of ESC 2017 and picks out some interesting bets that might be worth a look.
The View from San Francisco – Second Semi Final, Second Rehearsals
From all the way in the USA, our Shi turns her attention to the second rehearsals of the second semi-finalists in her regular long read.
Download and print your voting sheet for the first semi-final
Print your voting sheet for the first semi-final! It’s printer-friendly: greyscales only, no flags, no images.
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Make Your Way Back Home” by Rúnar Eff
We’re profiling our SongHunt finalists this week – now it’s time to turn our attention to the return of Roger Pontare in Melodifestivalen.
Stage verdict: Lithuania, Estonia and Israel
Felix takes a look at how the next three countries are selling their songs on stage at ESC 2017 in Kyiv based on what we’ve seen in the rehearsals so far.
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Himmel och hav” by Roger Pontare
We’re profiling our SongHunt finalists this week – now it’s time to turn our attention to the return of Roger Pontare in Melodifestivalen.
Stage verdict: Switzerland, Belarus and Bulgaria
Felix takes a look at how the next three countries are selling their songs on stage at ESC 2017 in Kyiv based on what we’ve seen in the rehearsals so far.
Stage verdict: San Marino, Croatia, Norway
Felix takes a look at how the next three countries are selling their songs on stage at ESC 2017 in Kyiv based on what we’ve seen in the rehearsals so far.
SongHunt 2017 finalist presentation: “Contigo” by Mirela
We’re profiling our SongHunt finalists this week – now we turn our attention to Mirela and her song that many feel was “robbed” in Spain!
Stage verdict: Hungary, Denmark, Ireland
Felix takes a look at how the next three countries are selling their songs on stage at ESC 2017 in Kyiv based on what we’ve seen in the rehearsals so far.