Je me cash: A look at the betting markets for the first semi-final
Martin takes his traditional look at the betting markets for the contest, starting with tonight’s first semi-final!
The View from San Francisco: Tonight Again
In which “hey, don’t I know you from somewhere?” isn’t a pick-up line.
Semi-Final 1, Jury Rehearsal: Live blog
We blogged the jury rehearsal of the first semi-final as it happened. Check out our rolling liveblog!
Semi-Final 1, First Dress Rehearsal: Live blog
We blogged the first dress rehearsal of the first semi-final as it happened. Check out our rolling liveblog!
The View from San Francisco: Is This What You Wanted?
In which Shi ponders about the auto finalists and the difference between “not trying to win” and “trying not to win”.
Rotterdam 2021: Turquoise Carpet Report
Today, the Turquoise Carpet event was held in Rotterdam as part of today’s opening ceremony! We followed the event on its live stream – and here are our highlights from today’s glamorous opening event!
Overthinking is fun: The automatic finalists draw their halves!
The “big five” have drawn which half they’ll perform in during next Saturday’s grand final. A perfect excuse for a spot of speculation!
Rehearsals Day 8 LIVE: The Direct Finalists
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of the direct finalists: Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom and Spain.
The View from San Francisco: Let Me Try
In which Shi’s sleep deprivation and overthinking tendencies have a date with the predictions for semi 2.
Stage Verdict 2021
Now that Felix has seen all the entries of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 rehearsed at least once, it’s time for him to share his verdict!
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Felix sums up the third day of rehearsals, from San Marino to Serbia, in another edition of escgo!’s compact audio commentary.
Rehearsals Day 3 LIVE: Iceland and Serbia
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Iceland and Serbia.
Rehearsals Day 3 LIVE: From Austria to Moldova
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Austria, Poland and Moldova.
Rehearsals Day 3 LIVE: From San Marino to Greece
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of San Marino, Estonia, Czech Republic and Greece.
Read more“This is not how we dress, normally, in Norway.” (TIX)
"This is not how we dress, normally, in Norway." (TIX) In yesterday's Meet & Greet with TIX, the Norwegian singer explained the message about his staging (basically being restrained by one's demons and insecurities) - and eventually pointed out that people in...
The View from San Francisco: Beautiful Mess
The second day of rehearsals was a good reminder of some ground rules to have when following (and – sometimes – watching) the first rehearsals.
Felix sums up the second day of rehearsals in another edition of escgo!’s compact audio commentary.
Rehearsals Day 2 LIVE: Ukraine and Malta
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Ukraine and Malta.
Rehearsals Day 2 LIVE: From Israel to Azerbaijan
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Israel, Romania and Azerbaijan.
Rehearsals Day 2 LIVE: From Cyprus to Belgium
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Cyprus, Norway, Croatia and Belgium.
The View from San Francisco: Replay
The View from San Francisco is back with a 2021 twist!
Felix sums up the first rehearsal day in this compact and snappy audio commentary!
Eurovision Chat
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Selected Highlights
Check out some of our favourite and most popular articles from recent years.
Eurovision Update: The new national final season is taking shape!
What’s new this week? What are the latest updates on the Eurovision 2022 season? We’re highlighting some of the freshest announcements!
Turin to host Eurovision 2022 on May 10, 12 and 14!
After much speculation, the Italian host city of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest is finally known.
Home Composed 2021: Europe’s amateur songwriters need your votes!
The competition for Eurovision fans who write their own songs is celebrating its 30th birthday. Here’s how you can help decide the winner!
Ten things we learned from the 2021 live-on-tape performances
We watched the live-on-tape performances of the ESC 2021 songs – here’s what we took away from the experience!
Between the years: Looking ahead
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is over – time to look ahead: Observations, speculations, and a whole lot of wishful thinking.
Between the years: Looking back
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is over – time to look back: Praise, critique and other observations.
A top three of Italy, France and Switzerland? It’s been done…
The top end of the 2021 scoreboard had a familiar feel as some of Eurovision’s oldest participating countries had their moment to shine – but not for the first time!
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Rotterdam 2021: Turquoise Carpet Report
Today, the Turquoise Carpet event was held in Rotterdam as part of today’s opening ceremony! We followed the event on its live stream – and here are our highlights from today’s glamorous opening event!
Overthinking is fun: The automatic finalists draw their halves!
The “big five” have drawn which half they’ll perform in during next Saturday’s grand final. A perfect excuse for a spot of speculation!
The View from San Francisco: Let Me Try
In which Shi’s sleep deprivation and overthinking tendencies have a date with the predictions for semi 2.
Stage Verdict 2021
Now that Felix has seen all the entries of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 rehearsed at least once, it’s time for him to share his verdict!
The View from San Francisco: Story of My Life
In which Shi overthinks the principles of effective Eurovision storytelling through stagings.
The View from San Francisco: Think about Things
The rehearsals of the first semi are (almost) done, which means it’s “will they, won’t they” time inside Shi’s brain! Scary times indeed.
The View from San Francisco: Where We Draw the Line
In which Shi realizes that we have now completed the entire first round of semi final rehearsals.