Eurovision Song Contest
2011
escgo!* in Düsseldorf
*In 2011, we covered the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf under our old name “esc-chat.com”.
Martin provided coverage from the press centre, Felix contributed impressions from the city.
Video: Eurovision stars perform at Euroclub
Due to personal reasons there was no video yesterday morning, but today we're back with full speed, showing your Eurostars performing at the Russian Party at Euroclub yesterday evening. Watch Paradise Oskar, Eli & Nikki, Sjonni's Friends and Glen Vella performing...
Dress Rehearsal, May 11th – LIVE!
Afternoon all! Well, wasn't that a night last night? So many paradigm shifts, so many things we learned and re-learned anew. Armenia and Turkey don't have a guaranteed place in the final and will be punished for uncharismatic performances of average songs. Switzerland...
Prediction, May 10th – It’s Showtime!
As promised, a quick post with my predictions for the ten qualifiers tonight. After watching the final dress rehearsal this afternoon, I'm going for: Norway, Albania, Armenia, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Finland, Lithuania, Azerbaijan and Greece. Whatever happens and...
Video: A message from Getter Jaani
"The Day in 3 minutes" is still a bit too short, but hey - we got a message from Getter for you! The other highlight of today's video is Nadine Beiler performing "The Secret Is Love" on the dutch ship at the banks of the Rhine river. Enjoy the mediterranean atmosphere...
Sunshine, 27°C and Getter
This year, everything is extraordinarily bizarre. It's my 1st complete day in Düsseldorf, and it's the Semi 1 already tomorrow. Now, how did that happen? Don't ask me. It's summer, it's partytime, it's old friends having a chat and new friends in the making, so that's...
Dress Rehearsal, May 9th – LIVE!
Hello and welcome to the press centre for the first dress rehearsal of the first semi-final for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest! This is the one dress rehearsal where the arena is open to the press, but since there's no wi-fi over there, I'll be blogging it from in...
“The Day in 3 minutes” launched: impressions from Düsseldorf
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....
Taken by a Dorf: Shemales and ships
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...
FelixK’s review on the Big 5 rehearsals
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...
Rehearsals, May 8th – LIVE!
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,...
Feel Your Eurovision Beat… in Cologne!
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...
Rehearsals, May 7th – LIVE!
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....
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Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Songs
Semi-final 1
| Country | Artist | Song |
| Poland | Magdalena Tul | Jestem |
| Norway | Stella Mwangi | Haba Haba |
| Albania | Aurela Gaçe | Feel the Passion |
| Armenia | Emmy | Boom Boom |
| Turkey | Yüksek Sadakat | Live It Up |
| Serbia | Nina | Čaroban |
| Russia | Alexey Vorobyov | Get You |
| Switzerland | Anna Rossinelli | In Love for a While |
| Georgia | Eldrine | One More Day |
| Finland | Paradise Oskar | Da Da Dam |
| Malta | Glen Vella | One Life |
| San Marino | Senhit | Stand By |
| Croatia | Daria | Celebrate |
| Iceland | Sjonni’s Friends | Coming Home |
| Hungary | Kati Wolf | What About My Dreams? |
| Portugal | Homens da Luta | A luta é alegria |
| Lithuania | Evelina Sašenko | C’est ma vie |
| Azerbaijan | Ell & Nikki | Running Scared |
| Greece | Loukas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike | Watch My Dance |
Semi-final 2
| Country | Artist | Song |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Dino Merlin | Love in Rewind |
| Austria | Nadine Beiler | The Secret Is Love |
| Netherlands | 3JS | Never Alone |
| Belgium | Witloof Bay | With Love Baby |
| Slovakia | TWiiNS | I’m Still Alive |
| Ukraine | Mika Newton | Angel |
| Moldova | Zdob ṣi Zdub | So Lucky |
| Sweden | Eric Saade | Popular |
| Cyprus | Christos Mylordos | San aggelos s’agapisa |
| Bulgaria | Poli Genova | Na inat |
| Macedonia | Vlatko Ilievski | Rusinka |
| Israel | Dana International | Ding Dong |
| Slovenia | Maja Keuc | No One |
| Romania | Hotel FM | Change |
| Estonia | Getter Jaani | Rockefeller Street |
| Belarus | Anastasia Vinnikova | I Love Belarus |
| Latvia | Musiqq | Angel in Disguise |
| Denmark | A Friend in London | New Tomorrow |
| Ireland | Jedward | Lipstick |
Big Five
| Country | Artist | Song |
| France | Amaury Vassili | Sognu |
| Italy | Raphael Gualazzi | Madness of Love |
| United Kingdom | Blue | I Can |
| Germany | Lena | Taken by a Stranger |
| Spain | Lucia Pérez | Que me quiten lo bailao |
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*In 2011, we covered the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf under our old name “esc-chat.com”.
Martin provided coverage from the press centre, Felix contributed impressions from the city.
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Düsseldorf, wir kommen!
Following last year's reports from Oslo, esc-chat.com will have a two-man team on site in Düsseldorf to cover all the action from the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest! Our coverage begins this weekend. When Magdalena Tul takes the stage on the morning of May 1st, MartinF...
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escgo!* in Düsseldorf
*In 2011, we covered the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf under our old name “esc-chat.com”.
Martin provided coverage from the press centre, Felix contributed impressions from the city.
FelixK’s review on the Big 5 rehearsals
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...
Rehearsals, May 8th – LIVE!
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,...
Feel Your Eurovision Beat… in Cologne!
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...
Rehearsals, May 7th – LIVE!
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....
Rehearsals, May 6th – LIVE!
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...
Georgia on my mind
(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...
Rehearsals, May 5th – LIVE!
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...
FelixK’s review on rehearsals day 4
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...
Rehearsals, May 4th – LIVE!
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...
Things to do outside of Düsseldorf
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...
FelixK’s review on rehearsals day 3
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...
Rehearsals, May 3rd – LIVE!
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...
FelixK’s review on rehearsals day 2
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...
Introducing our Düsseldorf team
#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...
7 facts about Düsseldorf
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...
Rehearsals, May 2nd – LIVE!
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...
Feel Your Eurovision Beat… in Berlin!
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...
FelixK’s review on rehearsal day 1
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. ;)...
Rehearsals, May 1st – LIVE!
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...
Let’s just start from the capital!
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!...