Articles by Steef Van Gorkum (The Netherlands)

Eight of the ten countries that qualified for the Grand Final last night, had support of both televote and jury. Jon Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor for the EBU, confirmed this on Twitter. He also says that there were only two points between the number 10 [read more…]

The first dress rehearsal for semi 2 has been a successful one for Duncan Laurence. The Dutch representative sat behind the piano while his often discussed ball of light came down from the ceiling and went back up again.

Tomorrow, 17 countries will compete in the first semifinal of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. But 50% of the results will already be decided tonight! Follow the jury rehearsal with us. In this blog you can read what we think of the vocal qualities of [read more…]

Do you want to win a CD-single of Tamta’s “Replay” along with several other Eurovision promo items? Then pay attention. In this article we will explain you how you can win the ESCDaily price package by predicting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Turkey should soon return to Eurovision. Not just because the contest needs more televotefriendly entries, or because the more the merrier. But because their shouting-from-afar is getting annoying.

When Mahmood won Sanremo festival, several Italian politicians raised questions. Not because of his qualities as a musician, but because of his part-Egyptian background. Mahmood is not hurt by it anymore.

Bilal Hassani, Mahmood, Miki Nunez and Michael Rice will all perform in the later stages of the Grand Final. They drew second half at their press conferences today.

Duncan Laurence will have one extra technical rehearsal today. EBU has confirmed this news to ESCDaily. The rehearsal will take place right after the 6 finalists have rehearsed.