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Some first thoughts on the grand final running order
This is the running order for the ESC 2023 grand final – Martin shares a few thoughts on what it could all mean…
ESC 2023: The escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 2
This is how Shi, Felix and Martin think the second semi-final of ESC 2023 will go down!
The View from San Francisco: Don’t be scared to say just what you think
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – and that’s just Romania. Shi turns her attention to the semi 2 songs in her latest view from over the waves!
Quick verdict: Semi-final 1
Felix’s thoughts on the first semi-final of ESC 2023 – and three positive surprises!
ESC 2023: The escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 1
It wouldn’t be Eurovision without some predictions from our team! These are the songs that Felix, Shi and Martin think will qualify from tonight’s first semi-final.
The View from San Francisco: The words are spilling out, what the heck is this about?
Shi is back with the first of her (re)views this year – see what she thinks about tonight’s first semi-finalists!
Eurovision and me – it’s complicated.
Felix kicks off the Eurovision week with some personal thoughts on his Eurovision journey.
ESC week on escgo!
It’s nearly time for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest – here’s what to expect next week!
Teya & Salena from Austria win ChatVote 2023!
Congratulations to the winner of the 19th annual escgo! and #esc ChatVote – it’s Austria!
Rotterdam 2021: Turquoise Carpet Report
Today, the Turquoise Carpet event was held in Rotterdam as part of today’s opening ceremony! We followed the event on its live stream – and here are our highlights from today’s glamorous opening event!
Overthinking is fun: The automatic finalists draw their halves!
The “big five” have drawn which half they’ll perform in during next Saturday’s grand final. A perfect excuse for a spot of speculation!
Rehearsals Day 8 LIVE: The Direct Finalists
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of the direct finalists: Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom and Spain.
The View from San Francisco: Let Me Try
In which Shi’s sleep deprivation and overthinking tendencies have a date with the predictions for semi 2.
Stage Verdict 2021
Now that Felix has seen all the entries of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 rehearsed at least once, it’s time for him to share his verdict!
Rehearsals Day 7 LIVE: From Finland to Denmark
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Finland, Latvia, Switzerland, and Denmark.
Rehearsals Day 7 LIVE: From Georgia to Bulgaria
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Georgia, Albania, Portugal and Bulgaria.
The View from San Francisco: Story of My Life
In which Shi overthinks the principles of effective Eurovision storytelling through stagings.
Rehearsals Day 6 LIVE: The automatic finalists
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Italy, Germany, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom and Spain.
Rehearsals Day 6 LIVE: From Austria to Serbia
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Austria, Poland, Moldova, Iceland and Serbia.
Rehearsals Day 6 LIVE: Malta… and from San Marino to Greece
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Malta, San Marino, Estonia, Czech Republic and Greece.
Read more“Eurovision starts with my birthday!” (Filipp Kirkorov)
"Eurovision starts with my birthday!" (Filipp Kirkorov) In the most recent Meet & Greet with Moldova, co-composer of "Sugar" and Eurovision legend Filipp Kirkorov talked about parties, and that he misses them at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. In this...
The View from San Francisco: Think about Things
The rehearsals of the first semi are (almost) done, which means it’s “will they, won’t they” time inside Shi’s brain! Scary times indeed.
Rehearsals Day 5 LIVE: From Israel to Ukraine
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Israel, Romania, Azerbaijan and Ukraine.
Rehearsals Day 5 LIVE: From Cyprus to Belgium
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Cyprus, Norway, Croatia and Belgium.
Rehearsals Day 5 LIVE: North Macedonia and Ireland
Martin jumps on board for his first rehersal liveblog this year – as we check out the second set of rehearsals from North Macedonia and Ireland!
Rehearsals Day 5 LIVE: From Lithuania to Sweden
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Lithuania, Slovenia, Russia and Sweden.
The View from San Francisco: Where We Draw the Line
In which Shi realizes that we have now completed the entire first round of semi final rehearsals.
Felix sums up the fourth day of rehearsals, from Georgia to Denmark, in another edition of escgo!’s compact audio commentary.
Rehearsals Day 4 LIVE: From Finland to Denmark
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Finland, Latvia, Switzerland and Denmark.
Read more“The flying dolphin is Yohanna” (Daði Freyr)
"The flying dolphin is Yohanna" (Daði Freyr) In yesterday's Meet & Greet, Daði og Gagnamagnið were asked about the Eurovision references in their performance. The flying dolphin, as we now learned, is indeed a reference to the dolphin in Iceland 2009's backdrop....
Rehearsals Day 4 LIVE: From Georgia to Bulgaria
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Georgia, Albania, Portugal and Bulgaria.
The View from San Francisco: The Image of You
The third day of the 2021 rehearsals came and went, and with it the glorious display of the full possible range of approaches to Eurovision staging.
Felix sums up the third day of rehearsals, from San Marino to Serbia, in another edition of escgo!’s compact audio commentary.
Rehearsals Day 3 LIVE: Iceland and Serbia
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Iceland and Serbia.
Rehearsals Day 3 LIVE: From Austria to Moldova
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Austria, Poland and Moldova.
Rehearsals Day 3 LIVE: From San Marino to Greece
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of San Marino, Estonia, Czech Republic and Greece.