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...
Semi 2: Five bets to consider
It may not have been an entirely successful Tuesday night for the escgo! team in terms of our predictions, but we already know that two of my recommended bets were successful - and there's a decent chance that a couple of the others will have come in too (we'll find...
Semi 2: The escgo! team’s predictions
It's time for our diligent bloggers Felix and Martin to give their predictions for the ten qualifiers from tonight's second semi-final! On Tuesday night, they each got (a different) 7 out of 10 right. They'll be hoping to improve on that score tonight, so here are...
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...
Gallery: Best of Big 7 rehearsals
All photos by FelixK (escgo) - see more for each country on our Vienna page [gallery grids="Eurovision Live" image_size="large" size="medium"...
Live Rehearsals Day 8 – Italy to Australia
And this was it - our last rehearsal blog from the individual country rehearsals for this year! Thank you for staying with us on escgo.com - and do come back later, for our liveblog from the first dress rehearsal of semi-final 2. Australia I am still not convinced....
Semi-final 1 results – these are our ten qualifiers
The first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 is over! The ten happy qualifiers are: Albania Armenia Russia Romania Hungary Greece Estonia Georgia Serbia Belgium Moldova, Netherlands, Finland, Macedonia, Belarus and Denmark are out. The second semi-final...
Semi 1: Five bets to consider
With tonight's first semi-final fast approaching, it's time to take a look at some of the betting options available to you for tonight's show. Most of the betting sites are offering pretty similar odds for the various markets this year, meaning there's little in the...
Semi 1: The escgo! team’s predictions
Tonight sees the first semi-final of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, and it's time for the escgo! team to predict which ten of the 16 candidates they think will progress to Saturday's grand final! Felix is still in Vienna, taking in everything live, and Martin has...
First Dress Rehearsal of Semi-Final One
This post is now in chronological order. 14:40 The final week of Eurovision 2015 has arrived, and my escgo colleague MartinF has left into a well deserved holiday, after been on blogging duty throughout the first week. This means, you will now have to do with me...
Live Rehearsals Day 7 – Italy to Australia
So, with that terribly useful "anything could happen" verdict on Australia, that's the end of my live blogging from Vienna! But fear not - I'll be here throughout the next week with predictions, betting tips and suchlike, and more importantly, Felix will be...
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Semi-final 1
Country | Artist | Song |
Moldova | Eduard Romanyuta | I Want Your Love |
Armenia | Genealogy | Face the Shadow |
Belgium | Loïc Nottet | Rhythm Inside |
Netherlands | Trijntje Oosterhuis | Walk Along |
Finland | Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät | Aina mun pitää |
Greece | Maria Elena Kyriakou | One Last Breath |
Estonia | Elina Born & Stig Rästa | Goodbye to Yesterday |
Macedonia | Daniel Kajmakoski | Autumn Leaves |
Serbia | Bojana Stamenov | Beauty Never Lies |
Hungary | Boggie | Wars for Nothing |
Belarus | Uzari & Maimuna | Time |
Russia | Polina Gagarina | A Million Voices |
Denmark | Anti Social Media | The Way You Are |
Albania | Elhaida Dani | I’m Alive |
Romania | Voltaj | De la capăt |
Georgia | Nina Sublatti | Warrior |
Semi-final 2
Country | Artist | Song |
Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila | This Time |
Ireland | Molly Sterling | Playing with Numbers |
San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola | Chain of Lights |
Montenegro | Knez | Adio |
Malta | Amber | Warrior |
Norway | Mørland & Debrah Scarlett | A Monster Like Me |
Portugal | Leonor Andrade | Há um mar que nos separa |
Czech Republic | Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta | Hope Never Dies |
Israel | Nadav Guedj | Golden Boy |
Latvia | Aminata | Love Injected |
Azerbaijan | Elnur Huseynov | Hour of the Wolf |
Iceland | Maria Olafs | Unbroken |
Sweden | Måns Zelmerlöw | Heroes |
Switzerland | Mélanie René | Time to Shine |
Cyprus | John Karayiannis | One Thing I Should Have Done |
Slovenia | Maraaya | Here for You |
Poland | Monika Kuszyńska | In the Name of Love |
Big Five + Host Country + Australia
Country | Artist | Song |
France | Lisa Angell | N’oubliez pas |
United Kingdom | Electro Velvet | Still in Love with You |
Australia | Guy Sebastian | Tonight Again |
Austria | The Makemakes | I Am Yours |
Germany | Ann Sophie | Black Smoke |
Spain | Edurne | Amanecer |
Italy | Il Volo | Grande amore |
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In 2015, we covered the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, for the first time under our new name “escgo!”.
The on-location team consisted of Martin and Felix.
Semi 1: Five bets to consider
With tonight's first semi-final fast approaching, it's time to take a look at some of the betting options available to you for tonight's show. Most of the betting sites are offering pretty similar odds for the various markets this year, meaning there's little in the...
Semi 1: The escgo! team’s predictions
Tonight sees the first semi-final of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, and it's time for the escgo! team to predict which ten of the 16 candidates they think will progress to Saturday's grand final! Felix is still in Vienna, taking in everything live, and Martin has...
First Dress Rehearsal of Semi-Final One
This post is now in chronological order. 14:40 The final week of Eurovision 2015 has arrived, and my escgo colleague MartinF has left into a well deserved holiday, after been on blogging duty throughout the first week. This means, you will now have to do with me...
Live Rehearsals Day 7 – Italy to Australia
So, with that terribly useful "anything could happen" verdict on Australia, that's the end of my live blogging from Vienna! But fear not - I'll be here throughout the next week with predictions, betting tips and suchlike, and more importantly, Felix will be...
Live Rehearsals Day 6 – Iceland to Poland
And that, dear friends, completes our journey through the second semi-final! Are you any closer to knowing who the ten qualifiers will be? I'm not entirely sure I am, but we're getting there, slowly but surely. And by early afternoon tomorrow we will definitely have...
Live Rehearsals Day 6 – Portugal to Azerbaijan
And that completes our second blog post of the day! Join us very shortly for the run through from Iceland all the way to Poland. We'll be here for you, here for you. AZERBAIJAN The opening shot is now a side-on view of Elnur and his werewolf-like high note, only...
Live Rehearsals Day 6 – Lithuania to Norway
And that completes the first part of today's rehearsals, and hence this particular blog post. We break for lunch for an hour now, and in that time I'm going to do something particularly radical and un-press-centre-like: I'm going to go and sit in the sunshine for a...
Live Rehearsals Day 5 – Russia to Georgia
So there we have it! The second rehearsals of the first semi-final are complete, and now all that remains is for us to tidy up our stuff and head out for the evening. The San Marino and Nordic parties await (apparently there are separate gatherings for Montenegro and...
Live Rehearsals Day 5 – Estonia to Belarus
And that completes the middle section of today's rehearsals - join us here for the second set of run-throughs from Russia through to Georgia! BELARUS After the first run-through, I asked our desk if they could answer a simple question: "What is time like? Clue: The...
Live Rehearsals Day 5 – Moldova to Greece
And that completes our live blog from the "morning session" in Vienna. Join us here as the afternoon continues with Estonia! GREECE I believe it's important to be scrupulously honest as a blogger, so here's the naked truth: I'm buggering off to film a little section...
Live Rehearsals Day 4 – Sweden to Poland
And that completes escgo's live coverage of today's rehearsals! Tomorrow, all 16 songs in the first semi-final will be rehearsed for the second time - and we'll be here to tell you what's changed and try and give you an impression of who's qualifying, and who might be...
Live Rehearsals Day 4 – Israel to Iceland
And that completes the first rehearsal session of this fourth day in Vienna! We're off for a late lunch now - the press centre canteen has promised us POLENTA - but we'll be back in good time for Sweden and co. in a fresh new post on this site later on. Stay tuned!...
Live Rehearsals Day 3 – Malta to Czech Republic
That brings our coverage of today's rehearsals to a close! Once you've checked out the official clips, do stop by and let us know the ones you thought were best and worst. We'll be gathering again tomorrow, when we get the first run-throughs of some of the biggest...
Live Rehearsals Day 3 – Lithuania to Montenegro
And that concludes the first session of today's rehearsals from the Stadthalle in Vienna! We'll be back with a separate rehearsal article for the performances from Malta through to the Czech Republic, which you can now read here! MONTENEGRO The prevailing visual theme...
Live Rehearsals Day 2 – Denmark to Georgia
And that completes our rehearsal blog from the second day in Vienna! If you think you've spotted the 10 qualifiers yet, come and let us know on social media or in our chat. In the meantime, see you tomorrow as the first rehearsals for the second semi-final begin!...
Live Rehearsals Day 2 – Serbia to Russia
This post is not live anymore - click here for the 2nd part of today's rehearsal blogging (Denmark, Albania, Romania, Georgia). And that's all for what I keep wanting to call the "morning" session of rehearsals, even though it's already mid-afternoon! There's a lunch...
Live Rehearsals Day 1 – Finland to Macedonia
And that completes our blog of the first day of rehearsals from the Stadthalle in Vienna! We'll be here bright and early for more coverage tomorrow - in the meantime, stay tuned to escgo, and look out for updates from around the host city in our liveblog on the...
Live Rehearsals Day 1 – Moldova to Netherlands
And that's all from the first set of rehearsals on this first day in Vienna. There's a short break now, then we resume later on with Finland - so stay tuned to escgo.com! NETHERLANDS The first laugh-out-loud moment in the press centre as the screens go active to show...
escgo! in Vienna 2015
The most exciting two weeks of the Eurovision calendar are nearly here! On Monday, rehearsals for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest will begin at the Stadthalle in Vienna - and, for the sixth consecutive year, escgo! will be live on the scene for you right through to...