A few days after Ell/Nikki won the 56th Eurovision Song Contest 2011 for Azerbaijan, it's time to look at the results a bit. Semi 1 songs vs. Semi 2 songs Songs that proceeded from Semi 2 generally were more successful than songs from Semi 1. In the top 10, we have 3...

#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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Some people from all across Europe have already spent a few days in Düsseldorf, a lot more fans will come in the next days and next week! Whether you didn't get accredited and wonder what to do with your time, or maybe you might want to escape from the press centre...