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The View from San Francisco: Rotterdam, or Anywhere
In the final part of her Eurovision 2019 review, Shi reflects on some of the brilliant touches in this year’s production, how Israel (re)discovered its love for ESC, and the end of her Tel Aviv journey.
The View from San Francisco: Another Summer Night
In the second part of her ESC 2019 review, Shi looks at the differing arcs of the returning artists, what made Duncan’s winning reprise so special – and the delegations that made things unnecessarily hard for themselves…
The View from San Francisco: Goodbye to Yesterday
In the first part of her Eurovision 2019 wrap-up, Shi looks at the things a blogger and a delegation can get wrong – and how to accidentally get things just right.
“Dua ta besoj” by Artemisa Mithi & Febi Shkurti wins SongHunt 2019
SongHunt 2019, our season-long poll series to find the best non-winning national final song, has come to an end – and “Dua ta besoj” by Artemisa Mithi & Febi Shkurti, from the Albanian preselection, is the winner of the grand final!
Here’s another fine mess EBU’ve gotten us into…
The full results of the ESC 2019 grand final have been revised following the EBU’s admission that it messed up the calculation of the Belarusian jury votes. We have questions.
SongHunt 2019 – The Final!
It’s the grand final of SongHunt 2019 – and YOUR votes will decide the best national final song of the season!
After 44 years, the Netherlands win Eurovision!
The winner of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest is "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence from the Netherlands - ending a 44-year wait for the country dating back to Teach-In and "Ding-A-Dong" in 1975. In an incredibly exciting results presentation, Sweden won the jury vote...
Who will win the Eurovision Song Contest 2019? Our prediction for the final
Happy Eurovision – the big day has arrived! Tonight the grand final of ESC 2019 will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel. But who will hold the trophy at the end of the show? It’s time for our team’s predictions!
Better love: Some of the bets to look out for at Eurovision 2019!
It’s time for us to take our usual look at some of the most interesting betting markets for tonight’s Eurovision grand final!
That’s it, we’re home!
#esc / esc-chat.com had 2 exciting weeks in Düsseldorf. Now we would like to thank our readers for their support! MartinF covered most of the rehearsals for you from the press centre, while FelixK caught some impressions from town for your eyes. Between the first...
A Night on the EuroBoat (with video)
Last Friday, the EuroBoat hosted hundreds of fans for the biggest event that everyone had access to (with ticket). It went off around 9 and returned a few hours later. Four live acts performed on the EuroBoat, the disco music was provided by popular DJ Ohrmeister....
Danke, Anke!
Azerbaijan won the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the title "Running Scared", sung by the duo Ell & Nikki. With a total of 221 points they left all the others behind, such as the surprise runner up Italy (189) and Sweden (185). The show was one of the most...
Happy ESC Night! (…and one last prediction for the road)
Just got back from a lovely lunchtime/afternoon with some of the gang from our sister site ESC Nation. The sun is shining (earlier downpour excepted), the sky is blue and it's hard to believe that we're so close to the biggest three hours of the year! Central...
Tonight’s chances as seen by FelixK
About 6 hours are left until all of us get proven right or wrong, as the points are flying in on tonight's scoreboard. Until then there is only speculation, betting, guessing. But as everyone does it, esc-chat.com joins in and so, here's my opinion about who has the...
Better Jaani, or How To Have A Profitable ESC Night
It's Eurovision Song Contest day! And what better way to celebrate than by wasting your money on a bet or two? Of course, if things go right, you can make a tidy profit from your ESC knowledge considering the market is largely populated by "normal" people who don't...
Dress Rehearsal, May 13th – How I Saw It
Thanks to everyone who visited the chatroom for our LiveChat from the first dress rehearsal for tomorrow's Grand Final. It was a lively and well-attended affair, particularly for a Friday afternoon - although I suppose this isn't just any Friday afternoon! Providing a...
Düsseldorf – time is running out
Both the semi finals are over, the lineup for the final is complete. The year 2011 approaches its highlight with big steps, as in about 31 hours we know the winner! Düsseldorf has remained weird. The size of the city isn't a problem really, the bigger problem is that...
Video: Atmosphere in Düsseldorf before and after Semi 2
See crowds of fans line up for Paradise Oskar's meet & greet in Eurocafé, get to know which flags sell best and watch out for all the fans cheering for their countries before and after yesterday's semifinal! "The Day in 3 minutes" is a collage of impressions from...
Prediction, May 12th – It’s Showtime!
Since Felix has so ably covered the happenings of recent days elsewhere on here, I'm going to keep this quick and to the point with my predictions for tonight's second semi-final qualifiers. Having been distracted by "voting history" last time, I'm going to go with my...
Flags conquering Düsseldorf / predictions for semi 2
Before I'm talking about flags and predictions, a few words have to be said about yesterday's Euroclub. It was packed, and the DJ from Malta was a disgrace for the place, as he kept playing the same songs over and over again. Even more, he talked constantly...
Video: Eurovision stars perform at Euroclub
Due to personal reasons there was no video yesterday morning, but today we're back with full speed, showing your Eurostars performing at the Russian Party at Euroclub yesterday evening. Watch Paradise Oskar, Eli & Nikki, Sjonni's Friends and Glen Vella performing...
Dress Rehearsal, May 11th – LIVE!
Afternoon all! Well, wasn't that a night last night? So many paradigm shifts, so many things we learned and re-learned anew. Armenia and Turkey don't have a guaranteed place in the final and will be punished for uncharismatic performances of average songs. Switzerland...
Prediction, May 10th – It’s Showtime!
As promised, a quick post with my predictions for the ten qualifiers tonight. After watching the final dress rehearsal this afternoon, I'm going for: Norway, Albania, Armenia, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Finland, Lithuania, Azerbaijan and Greece. Whatever happens and...
Video: A message from Getter Jaani
"The Day in 3 minutes" is still a bit too short, but hey - we got a message from Getter for you! The other highlight of today's video is Nadine Beiler performing "The Secret Is Love" on the dutch ship at the banks of the Rhine river. Enjoy the mediterranean atmosphere...
Sunshine, 27°C and Getter
This year, everything is extraordinarily bizarre. It's my 1st complete day in Düsseldorf, and it's the Semi 1 already tomorrow. Now, how did that happen? Don't ask me. It's summer, it's partytime, it's old friends having a chat and new friends in the making, so that's...
Dress Rehearsal, May 9th – LIVE!
Hello and welcome to the press centre for the first dress rehearsal of the first semi-final for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest! This is the one dress rehearsal where the arena is open to the press, but since there's no wi-fi over there, I'll be blogging it from in...
“The Day in 3 minutes” launched: impressions from Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf impressions on a daily basis are now served to you by #esccam, our video project. Every morning there will be a new video online. We actually wanted to start this tomorrow, but I had the unique chance to get Lena on my camera today, so this is an exception....
Taken by a Dorf: Shemales and ships
I arrived in town to stay! However, already yesterday, I spent my first hour being lost at the central station without a clue of how to get where I wanted to get. So I just went to Euroclub instead, which was quite well visited. The Henkel Saal was opened, so...
FelixK’s review on the Big 5 rehearsals
Last morning in Cologne! I already attended the Euroclub yesterday, and I don't know how I will spend this day having slept only for 3 hours and moving to a new hotel etc., but you'll read more in my real Düsseldorf Blog from this afternoon on! And what do you do on a...
Rehearsals, May 8th – LIVE!
Welcome to the last day of open rehearsals for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest! After today, we're into dress rehearsal territory, with the first full run-through of semi-final 1 starting at 15:00 CET tomorrow. In terms of our coverage over the next week,...
Feel Your Eurovision Beat… in Cologne!
In my little series of talking Eurovision life in other german cities, it's now Cologne's turn! I want to avoid talking in categories, but the fact that Cologne is Germany's gay capital isn't really contraproductive when it comes to ESC parties, is it? 😉 So let's see...
Rehearsals, May 7th – LIVE!
Back in the press centre for the 7th day of rehearsals after a bloomin' terrific Dino Merlin concert last night. That man is a star in every respect and is going to suck up all the Balkan and diaspora votes, particularly if Serbia and co. don't make it to the final....
Rehearsals, May 6th – LIVE!
Urgh. Hangover. And with good reason - it was the Georgian party last night, and you can read my report about it here, because it deserves separate attention. Meanwhile, esc-chat.com is back in the press centre and ready to go with the sixth day of rehearsals for the...
Georgia on my mind
(a.k.a. "I've got a stinking headache, anyone got any paracetamol?") The Georgian party is always a highlight of the ESC fortnight calendar, and this year's was a blast once again. Held in the Henkel-Saal, the larger room in EuroClub, we were treated to various...
Rehearsals, May 5th – LIVE!
It's day 5 in Düsseldorf, and we're back where we started from, with Poland strutting their stuff on the stage as I type this opening sentence. Before we get to that, though, a few quick notes on last night. EuroClub opened its doors for real last night, with the...
FelixK’s review on rehearsals day 4
I arrived in my good old Cologne! Not in total Eurovision mode yet (because visiting a non-fan friend here), but still blogging about my thoughts about the rehearsals today. And when I came home to the hotel, "Popular" sounded out of a pub that I passed on my way. So...