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escgo! at Eurovision
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Gallery: Eurovision in monochrome
A collection of some of our best black and white photos from inside and outside the Eurovision 2018 arena.
A German in Lisbon: The first results (and more)
The first semi-final, party (and not-so-party) nights and more Lisbon tourism in Felix’s latest round-up of Lisbon life.
Blue Carpet Gallery: Semi-final 2
We attended the Blue Carpet ceremony at ESC 2018 – check out our photo gallery of the artists from the second semi-final!
Semi 1: The ten qualifiers and their final halves!
The first semi-final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest is over, and we have our ten qualifiers for the grand final on Saturday night! At the post-show press conference, the lucky artists also found out whether they will perform in the first or second half of the...
Semi-final 1: Jury rehearsal tweet blog
Felix was tweeting live from the arena during tonight’s semi-final dress rehearsal, which will also form the basis for the juries’ votes. This post handily rounds up all his tweets in one place!
Blue Carpet Gallery: Semi-final 1
We attended the Blue Carpet ceremony at ESC 2018 – check out our photo gallery of the artists from the first semi-final!
A German in Lisbon: The middle weekend
A Saturday at the Israeli party and a Sunday on the Blue Carpet are just some of the highlights in Felix’s latest Lisbon round-up!
A German in Lisbon: Russia, Moldova, Cable Car!
Over in Lisbon, Felix experiences seriously contrasting rehearsals from Russia and Moldova – and views the Altice Arena from a unique angle!
A German in Lisbon: Justice for Valentina!
San Marino! Other things happened to Felix in Lisbon today too. But mainly: San Marino!
A German in Lisbon: First impressions from the host city
As Felix decided to not spend all of his time cooped up in the arena, he went on a quick bus tour around Lisbon and collected some first impressions of the host city!
A German in Lisbon: The first full day
As anyone who ever lived in Cologne would say: "Et es wie et es, et kütt wie et kütt, un et hätt noch emmer joot jejange." That's Cologne dialect for "It's how it is, it will be like it is, and it has always worked out fine in the end." It's time for me to adopt this...
A quick update from the arena
Hello from Felix in the Altice Arena! It's this website's first full day in Lisbon, it's the first day of open rehearsals, and… well, let's just say things went a bit differently to how we imagined. So we're adapting to the situation and changing our plan to something...
Lisbon Day 4: The view from… Lisbon!
Felix casts his eye over the fourth day of rehearsals in concise form. Sometimes you don’t need many words.
A German in Lisbon: The arrival
Felix’s daily reviews from Berlin are a thing of the past – because they’re now daily reviews from the host city Lisbon!
escgo! has arrived in Lisbon!
It's late in the afternoon, or early in the evening, however you want to define this time of the day, but: We, escgo - I, Felix - have arrived to the bubble! It's my first time with F accreditation, and the only editor from our team on-location, so things will be a...
Eurovision is like a box of surprises: Felix anticipates his 7th ESC adventure
As Felix anticipates his seventh visit to the Eurovision Song Contest, he looks back on previous adventures – the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Vienna Blog – Part 7: Final Rehearsal and the Big Day!
As part of our live coverage from ESC 2015 by Felix and Martin, our website featured a rolling live blog throughout our time in Vienna, the content of which is reproduced below and in the other “Vienna Blog” posts! Friday 22 May, 15:29 As you can see, we are not...
Vienna Blog – Part 6: Time for the Second Semi-Final
As part of our live coverage from ESC 2015 by Felix and Martin, our website featured a rolling live blog throughout our time in Vienna, the content of which is reproduced below and in the other “Vienna Blog” posts! Wednesday 20 May, 14:55 We are live in the hall to...
Vienna Blog – Part 5: The Tuesday Night
As part of our live coverage from ESC 2015 by Felix and Martin, our website featured a rolling live blog throughout our time in Vienna, the content of which is reproduced below and in the other “Vienna Blog” posts! Tuesday 19 May, 20:35 We're live in the press centre...
Vienna Blog – Part 4: Red Carpet and a Departure
As part of our live coverage from ESC 2015 by Felix and Martin, our website featured a rolling live blog throughout our time in Vienna, the content of which is reproduced below and in the other “Vienna Blog” posts! Sunday 17 May, 17:57 We're at the Vienna City Hall,...
Vienna Blog – Part 3: Second Semi-Final Rehearsals and More
As part of our live coverage from ESC 2015 by Felix and Martin, our website featured a rolling live blog throughout our time in Vienna, the content of which is reproduced below and in the other “Vienna Blog” posts! Saturday 16 May, 10:13 What you see below is just one...
Vienna Blog – Part 2: First Semi-Final Rehearsals and More
As part of our live coverage from ESC 2015 by Felix and Martin, our website featured a rolling live blog throughout our time in Vienna, the content of which is reproduced below and in the other “Vienna Blog” posts! Friday 15 May, 10:43 We're in the hall for the first...
Vienna Blog – Part 1: The Arrival
As part of our live coverage from ESC 2015 by Felix and Martin, our website featured a rolling live blog throughout our time in Vienna, the content of which is reproduced below and in the other "Vienna Blog" posts! Sunday 10 May, 23:58 Vienna calling! MartinF...
“Heroes”: Sweden wins Eurovision Song Contest 2015 (updated)
(updated 25 May) Måns Zelmerlöw from Sweden has won the 60th Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Heroes", just three years after the country's most recent victory. The winner scored a total of 365 points, followed by Russia on 2nd place (303) and Italy (291). This...
Rehearsal live: Jury Final of the Grand Final
Conclusion Tonight, the ones with the biggest vocal issues were Serbia's Bojana and Poland's Monika. Perfection was delivered by Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Latvia, Romania and Italy. There is a huge ballad competition in there, which is probably won by Italy and Russia....
Semi-final 2 results – these are our ten qualifiers
The second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 is over! The ten happy qualifiers are: Lithuania Norway Israel Latvia Sweden Cyprus Slovenia Poland Montenegro Azerbaijan The grand final will take place on Saturday night at 21:00 CET, 27 countries will...
First Dress Rehearsal of Semi-final 2
Good Morning Australia, Good Evening Europe - that was it from the 1st dress rehearsal of the 2nd semi-final. Conclusions: I am less sceptical about Israel, even more convinced about Latvia, worried about Norway and still not overwhelmed by the actual show - it's once...