First ten finalists chosen – eight ChatVote finalists qualify
The first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 is over! Time to look at some facts and give a personal verdict on the show. The ten happy qualifiers are: Azerbaijan Russia The Netherlands Hungary Croatia Austria Armenia Czech Republic Cyprus Malta The...
What if…? Five possible (and impossible) scenarios for tonight
It's the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 tonight! While we all wait impatiently, I've sat down for a moment or two and thought about all kinds of things that could happen tonight. So... what if…? …Austria doesn't qualify We've seen it before: Big...
Semi 1: Five bets to consider
With my escgo! colleagues having kept you informed and entertained over the last week (and a bit) with their analysis of the rehearsals and staging from this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, it's time for me to dive into my own area of - supposed -...
escgo! prediction 2016: Semi-final 1
Tonight sees the first semi-final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, and it’s time for the escgo! team to predict which ten of the 18 candidates they think will progress to Saturday’s grand final. You can see the choices of Martin, Felix and Shi in the table below -...
Countdown to Semi 1: The View from San Francisco
The last 24 hours before any Eurovision night are always so difficult. The seconds slow down until they're standing still, and time definitely doesn't feel like thunder (oh oh). In these hours of need and struggle, I find the only thing I can do is come up with a...
Rehearsals 2016 – The View from San Francisco (Day 7)
Somehow a week has gone by, and the first round of rehearsals is now over, making way for Eurovision week! As a reward for overcoming the first week so bravely, this post is slightly less long than the others, and one cup of coffee might be enough to survive it. Don't...
Rehearsals 2016 – The View from San Francisco (Day 6)
It's been an exhausting day for Eurovision fans everywhere. Three first rehearsals of the remaining direct finalists plus 18 second rehearsals of semi final 2 meant an entire day of working really hard refreshing blogs, social media feeds, message boards and YouTube...
Rehearsals 2016 – The View from San Francisco (Day 5)
The first of two insanely long days of rehearsals took place in Stockholm today, with France and Spain getting their first rehearsal in and all the first semi finalists rehearsing again. Not blogging this in real time, I am allowing myself the freedom of reversing the...
Semi-final 2: The colour analysis
Summary: https://youtu.be/lxONpx3cQ5c In detail: Eurovision stages once were used to give the entries an individual setup. Especially after colour television was invented. This stage doesn't, because obviously, SVT wants to play the gods of fairness and forces every...
Rehearsals 2016 – The View from San Francisco (Day 4)
Before I start with the last full day of the first rehearsals, I would like to send TVR my gratitude for not only being late with paying their debt, but also being so late not paying it that the rehearsal schedule could not be changed anymore, which meant I only had...
Rehearsals 2016 – The View from San Francisco (Day 3)
In which I realize I still haven’t deleted Romania from my 2016 playlists, which is weird considering I don’t even like it. Today, I get to tackle the first rehearsals of half of our second semi finalists, and seeing how long my previous posts were, I decided to also...
Semi-final 1 – The colour analysis
Tell me black or white, what colour is your Eurovision song? The Eurovision Song Contest has been aired in colour since 1968, and 1971 was the first time it was possible to choose a different stage colour for the entries in a more or less technologically advanced way....
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Semi-final 1
| Country | Artist | Song |
| Finland | Sandhja | Sing It Away |
| Greece | Argo | Utopian Land |
| Moldova | Lidia Isac | Falling Stars |
| Hungary | Freddie | Pioneer |
| Croatia | Nina Kraljić | Lighthouse |
| Netherlands | Douwe Bob | Slow Down |
| Armenia | Iveta Mukuchyan | LoveWave |
| San Marino | Serhat | I Didn’t Know |
| Russia | Sergey Lazarev | You Are the Only One |
| Czech Republic | Gabriela Gunčiková | I Stand |
| Cyprus | Minus One | Alter Ego |
| Austria | Zoë | Loin d’ici |
| Estonia | Jüri Pootsmann | Play |
| Azerbaijan | Samra | Miracle |
| Montenegro | Highway | The Real Thing |
| Iceland | Greta Salóme | Hear Them Calling |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala | Ljubav je |
| Malta | Ira Losco | Walk on Water |
Semi-final 2
| Country | Artist | Song |
| Latvia | Justs | Heartbeat |
| Poland | Michał Szpak | Color of Your Life |
| Switzerland | Rykka | The Last of Our Kind |
| Israel | Hovi Star | Made of Stars |
| Belarus | Ivan | Help You Fly |
| Serbia | Sanja Vučić ZAA | Goodbye (Shelter) |
| Ireland | Nicky Byrne | Sunlight |
| Macedonia | Kaliopi | Dona |
| Lithuania | Donny Montell | I’ve Been Waiting for This Night |
| Australia | Dami Im | Sound of Silence |
| Slovenia | ManuElla | Blue and Red |
| Bulgaria | Poli Genova | If Love Was a Crime |
| Denmark | Lighthouse X | Soldiers of Love |
| Ukraine | Jamala | 1944 |
| Norway | Agnete | Icebreaker |
| Georgia | Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz | Midnight Gold |
| Albania | Eneda Tarifa | Fairytale |
| Belgium | Laura Tesoro | What’s the Pressure |
Big Five + Host Country
| Country | Artist | Song |
| Italy | Francesca Michielin | No Degree of Separation |
| Israel | Hovi Star | Made of Stars |
| Sweden | Frans | If I Were Sorry |
| Germany | Jamie-Lee | Ghost |
| France | Amir | J’ai cherché |
| Spain | Barei | Say Yay! |
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Semi-final 2: The colour analysis
Summary: https://youtu.be/lxONpx3cQ5c In detail: Eurovision stages once were used to give the entries an individual setup. Especially after colour television was invented. This stage doesn't, because obviously, SVT wants to play the gods of fairness and forces every...
Rehearsals 2016 – The View from San Francisco (Day 4)
Before I start with the last full day of the first rehearsals, I would like to send TVR my gratitude for not only being late with paying their debt, but also being so late not paying it that the rehearsal schedule could not be changed anymore, which meant I only had...
Rehearsals 2016 – The View from San Francisco (Day 3)
In which I realize I still haven’t deleted Romania from my 2016 playlists, which is weird considering I don’t even like it. Today, I get to tackle the first rehearsals of half of our second semi finalists, and seeing how long my previous posts were, I decided to also...
Semi-final 1 – The colour analysis
Tell me black or white, what colour is your Eurovision song? The Eurovision Song Contest has been aired in colour since 1968, and 1971 was the first time it was possible to choose a different stage colour for the entries in a more or less technologically advanced way....
Rehearsals 2016 – The View from San Francisco (Day 2)
Yesterday I began reviewing this year’s rehearsals, and much like the real-life first rehearsals, I found the first round to be very educational. For example, I learned that Europe has many Republics, that I really can’t come up with proper adjectives to describe San...
Rehearsals 2016 – The View from San Francisco (Day 1)
It’s been a good decade since I last attended Eurovision rehearsals, and that decade, apart from making me older than I'd like to admit, also taught me a few things about obsessing about - analyzing, I mean analyzing - rehearsals from a distance. Don't get me wrong:...
ESC 2016: We’re live… at home!
You might have heard it on our social media already, but the escgo! team will not be live in Stockholm for this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Since 2010, we have covered the competition directly from the host cities and the heart of the press centre, but personal...