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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....
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...
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,...
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....
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...
(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...
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...
Welcome to the press centre, home of free coffee (bliss!) but not free water (boo!). Another quietish night at the lovely EuroClub building - there was a Swiss party elsewhere in town, apparently, but it was just a brief live session in a jazz club so we weren't too...
Quiet night last night, as our apartment was collectively a bit on the tired side. Plenty of time left for partying, particularly since there's a few days until the delegation bashes get going, so Chinese takeaway, cheap supermarket wine and some DVDs and bad German...
#esc has a two-man blogging team covering the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. Some of you might already know who we are from the Chat or other occasions, but we didn't have the chance yet to introduce ourselves properly on this site. With that in mind, we...
Last night saw the official opening night of EuroClub in Düsseldorf Old Town, although there were few signs of ESC festivities just yet - the only artist I spotted was a slightly bemused-looking Axel aka Paradise Oskar trying to sway in time with "Boom Boom". It's an...
U-Bahn negotiated, security queues survived - welcome to the press centre at the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, where I'll be keeping a close eye on today's rehearsals and what we learn from them. First and foremost, the arena is looking impressive, as the first photo at...
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