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...

My last night in Berlin! Before I start packing for tomorrow, I'm gonna review the rehearsals of today, as always from my side judged from the videos of escdaily. Also read Martin's live blog review from the press centre. Tomorrow I'll be blogging from Cologne, then...

Martin provided the live blogging for you for the 2nd day in a row, now it's my turn to add my 2 eurocents. Let's see if we are as much disagreeing as yesterday... Malta Let me get myself sorted first. I have heard better songs before, and the singer himself is...

  1. Kö is the common short name for "Königsallee". It's the central boulevard in Düsseldorf. The western part of the street is rather boring, the eastern part is said to be the one to be on if you want to go shopping on a quite luxury scale. It's the...

My Eurovision 2011 begins... at home! The capital of the host country didn't get chosen as host city. I am over this fact now, and it's not like there's no traces of Eurovision here, quite the opposite is the case! The madness began on Friday night, and a long...

We made it! Rehearsal Day 1 is over, I am in my own private press centre with youtube providing the videos for me. And I obviously don't want to miss the chance to review them as well, having quite different opinions (and a different perspective) than MartinF. ;)...

Hello, this is FelixK blogging from.. Berlin for now! Off to Cologne on wednesday and Düsseldorf on saturday. Already started packing, we have a lot to do, even though I didn't get accreditation this year - I'll provide you with pictures and blog posts from the city!...

For the 2nd year in a row we're blogging from Eurovision, and for the first time it's 2 of us doing this, so there's a lot more to expect! MartinF and FelixK will keep you informed about the rehearsals, the atmosphere in the city, the highlights and the scandals....

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...