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Who will win the Eurovision Song Contest 2022? Our prediction for the final
Happy Eurovision – the big day has arrived! Tonight the grand final of ESC 2022 will be held in Turin, Italy. But who will hold the trophy at the end of the show? It’s time for our team’s predictions!
12 countries, 12 beers: A dry drinker’s Eurovision challenge
Why have just one beer while watching Eurovision – when you can have a dozen different ones from all around the continent?
Ukraine all the way? A look at the betting markets for the Eurovision 2022 Grand Final
Martin takes his traditional look at the betting markets for ESC 2022. How *do* you approach a contest that punters think is a foregone conclusion?
The View from San Francisco: One More Day
The View from San Francisco continues as Shi previews the Grand Final – and muses on the complexities of Ukraine winning or not winning.
ESC 2022: The escgo! Jury announces their points for the Grand Final!
Here are our team’s favourites for Saturday – presented to you in ESC jury style, from 1 to 12 points!
Review: Eurovision 2022 Vinyl Edition
We take a look at the lovely 4LP vinyl edition of this year’s ESC compilation – and Martin reconnects with his teenage collector gene…
The View from San Francisco: That Night
The View from San Francisco continues as Shi picks through the bones of last night’s second semi-final!
A coffee and a column: Where are we now?
Felix shares his thoughts of the day – during his morning coffee. Today, it’s time for retrospections and premonitions.
Semi 2: Ten more qualifiers for Saturday – and the final running order!
The line-up of Saturday’s grand final is complete! Ten more countries made it through the second semi-final – and we have the final running order!
Line-up check 2021: Denmark
We complete our review series for the 2021 Eurovision entries with “Øve os på hinanden” by Fyr & Flamme!
Line-up check 2021: Switzerland
The escgo! team reviews “Tout l’univers” by Gjon’s Tears, the Swiss entry for Eurovision 2021.
Read more“A very warm ‘hello’.” (Helga Vlahović)
"A very warm 'hello'." (Helga Vlahović) Can you imagine, a thousand million people all together? We can - and it's all thanks to Helga. We saw this tweet today: https://twitter.com/InEurovision/status/1390060525694881793 ...and it reminded us of the very many...
Line-up check 2021: Latvia
The escgo! team reviews “The Moon Is Rising” by Samanta Tina.
Line-up check 2021: Finland
Get your mosh on! It’s time for the escgo! team to review “Dark Side” by Blind Channel from Finland.
Line-up check 2021: Bulgaria
The escgo! team turns its attention to Victoria and “Growing Up Is Getting Old”.
Our audio format “Three Minutes to Talk!” is going into its second round. What random Eurovision-related topic will Martin give Felix to talk about this time? The challenge is simple: To talk about it for three minutes – completely unprepared!
Line-up check 2021: Portugal
The escgo! team reviews this year’s Portuguese entry, “Love Is On My Side” by The Black Mamba.
Line-up check 2021: Albania
The escgo! team reviews “Karma” by Anxhela Peristeri, the Albanian entry for ESC 2021.
“Russian Woman” by Manizha wins ChatVote 2021!
Our chat community has decided: Russia has the best song in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest!
Chat Story
Felix suddenly realised that we’ve never really blogged about our legendary chatroom before. Time to fix that!
Line-up check 2021: Georgia
The escgo! team reviews “You” by Tornike Kipiani.
Line-up check 2021: Serbia
The escgo! team reviews the Serbian entry for ESC 2021, “Loco Loco” by Hurricane.
We’re excited to launch our first audio format on escgo! In “Three Minutes to Talk”, the challenge is a simple one: Talk about a random Eurovision-related topic for three minutes – completely unprepared! In this first episode, it’s Martin who’s setting Felix something to talk about. But what topic? Hear for yourself!
Line-up check 2021: Iceland
The escgo! team turns its attention to “10 Years” by Daði & Gagnamagnið.
Line-up check 2021: Moldova
The escgo! team reviews “Sugar” by Natalia Gordienko, the latest entry in our 2021 Eurovision review series!
Read more“This thing can do a lot.” (Florian Wieder)
"This thing can do a lot." (Florian Wieder) The quote comes from Florian Wieder, who is the Stage Designer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. And the "thing"? It's the stage! We're learning a few hints about it in the first episode of Krista Calling, a new fun...
Line-up check 2021: Poland
The escgo! team casts its eye over Rafał from Poland and “The Ride”.
Line-up check 2021: Austria
The escgo! team turns its attention to “Amen” by Vincent Bueno from Austria.
Line-up check 2021: Our views on the second semi-finalists
The Eurovision 2021 line-up check reaches its final stages as our editors review the entries in the second semi-final – starting with San Marino and ending with Denmark.
Line-up check 2021: Greece
The escgo! team reviews “Last Dance” by Stefania, the Greek entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.
Line-up check 2021: Czech Republic
The escgo! team reviews the Czech entry for ESC 2021, “Omaga” by Benny Cristo.
Line-up check 2021: Estonia
The escgo! team reviews “The Lucky One” by Uku Suviste.
ChatVote 2021: Qualifiers revealed, final voting begins!
If you’re one of our #esc chat regulars, you’ll want to know the finalists for this year’s ChatVote. They’re in here along with all the other details you’ll need to take part in our grand final!
Line-up check 2021: San Marino
The escgo! team kicks off its review of the ESC 2021 second semi-final with “Adrenalina” by Senhit (and possibly Flo Rida too).
Insta Report Part 2: The five most aesthetic Instagram accounts of this year’s contestants
We’re in the middle of checking out the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest artists on Instagram. Today’s selection of five accounts worth your attention: the ones exhibiting fine aesthetic style!
Eurovision 2021: The stage is set
At the Ahoy in Rotterdam, the stage for ESC 2021 is largely complete ahead of the first stand-in rehearsals. Check out these pics and videos!