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Eurovision and me – it’s complicated.
Felix kicks off the Eurovision week with some personal thoughts on his Eurovision journey.
ESC week on escgo!
It’s nearly time for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest – here’s what to expect next week!
Teya & Salena from Austria win ChatVote 2023!
Congratulations to the winner of the 19th annual escgo! and #esc ChatVote – it’s Austria!
ChatVote 2023 is launched! One Night. One Winner.
Here’s how the 19th edition of our legendary annual event will work. For our chat regulars, the lines are now open for you to submit your votes!
“Evita” by Elsa Lila is the winner of SongHunt 2023!
And most robbed song of the 2023 national final season is….. Elsa Lila’s “Evita”! Find out what happened in the final of SongHunt 2023 right here.
Eurovision Song Contest 2023: The semi-final running orders are here!
Here’s how the countries will line up in semi 1 and 2 of ESC 2023 in Liverpool.
SongHunt 2023 – The Final
It’s the grand final of SongHunt 2023 – and YOUR votes will help us find the most robbed national final song of the season. Vote now, vote often!
SongHunt 2023 – Semi-final 4
The SongHunt continues! Semi-final 4 is open – it’s the last of our semi-finals, and YOUR votes will help to decide who qualifies. Get involved!
SongHunt 2023 – Semi-final 3
The SongHunt continues! Semi-final 3 is open and YOUR votes will help to decide who qualifies, so get involved!
Luck is on my side: A look at the betting markets for the second semi-final
Martin continues his overview of the betting markets for the 2021 contest by casting his eye over tonight’s second semi-final!
Semi-Final 2, Jury Show: Live Blog
We blogged the jury show of the second semi final as it happened. Check out our rolling liveblog!
Semi-Final 2, First Dress Rehearsal: Live blog
We blogged the first dress rehearsal of the second semi-final as it happened. Check out our rolling liveblog!
Felix and Martin discuss the aftermath of last night’s first semi-final in our escgo! audio feature for today.
Semi 1: Here’s the ten qualifiers!
Ten lucky winners made it through to Saturday’s grand final tonight. Congratulations to them!
ESC 2021 is here: The birth of a new decade
You may put a crack in the Eurovision Song Contest, but you can’t break it. We salute the start of the contest’s glorious twenties!
ESC 2021: The escgo! predictions for tonight’s semi-final 1
It wouldn’t be Eurovision without some predictions from our team! These are the songs that Felix, Shi and Martin think will qualify from tonight’s first semi-final.
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!
Rehearsals Day 7 LIVE: From Finland to Denmark
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Finland, Latvia, Switzerland, and Denmark.
Rehearsals Day 7 LIVE: From Georgia to Bulgaria
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Georgia, Albania, Portugal and Bulgaria.
The View from San Francisco: Story of My Life
In which Shi overthinks the principles of effective Eurovision storytelling through stagings.
Rehearsals Day 6 LIVE: The automatic finalists
We’re live-blogging the first rehearsals of Italy, Germany, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom and Spain.
Rehearsals Day 6 LIVE: From Austria to Serbia
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Austria, Poland, Moldova, Iceland and Serbia.
Rehearsals Day 6 LIVE: Malta… and from San Marino to Greece
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Malta, San Marino, Estonia, Czech Republic and Greece.
Read more“Eurovision starts with my birthday!” (Filipp Kirkorov)
"Eurovision starts with my birthday!" (Filipp Kirkorov) In the most recent Meet & Greet with Moldova, co-composer of "Sugar" and Eurovision legend Filipp Kirkorov talked about parties, and that he misses them at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. In this...
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.
Rehearsals Day 5 LIVE: From Israel to Ukraine
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Israel, Romania, Azerbaijan and Ukraine.
Rehearsals Day 5 LIVE: From Cyprus to Belgium
We’re live-blogging the second rehearsals of Cyprus, Norway, Croatia and Belgium.