2025-10-29

Week 43/2025 - Eurovision Radio International - 29 Oct 2025: Eurovision's National Final Season 2026, Home Composed Song Contest 2025, News, Birthday File, Coverspot, The Eurovision Vault and much more - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

Listen this week's edition of Radio International
The Big Show  | Play List

Also listen to other Eurovision Shows:
Forest FM Eurovision Show Case (2025-10-26)
Bradley Stoke Radio - Let Me Be the One (2025-10-28) 

          


Radio International
The Ultimate Eurovision Experience
 

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience  is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. Also the show is broadcast LIVE on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET including a chatroom via the Radio International Mixcloud Channel. Find out more details of how to tune in as well as the repeats - click here.

Join in this Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025 live from 1900 - 2300 hours CET live on the Radio International Mixcloud Channel  and the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International for Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience with lots of good music and features related to the Eurovision Song Contest. 






AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK 

  • The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 National Final Season
  • The Home Composed Song Contest 2025 - click here for the website
  • The Eurovision Vault with Michael Goodrich 
  • Eurovision Spotlight: Austria's History at the Eurovision Song Contest  with Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer
  • Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com
  • Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
  • Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann
  • Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal 
  • National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti 
  • New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists 
  • Your music requests 

Taking you through Autumn 2025 and into the National Final Season of the Eurovisoion Song Contest 2026 but also watch out for the Home Composed Song Contest 2025 and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Coverage. 




The Home Composed Song Contest 2025: The annual music competition for non-professional musicians takes place again and is already in full swing. The public and jury have the opportunity to cast their votes as well. Visit the website of the Home Composed Song Contest 2025 - click here

The Home Composed Song Contest is in its 34th year, this is a competition for Eurovision fans who write, perform and produce their own music, who enter their own original song composition (audio only) and then also take part as a jury, to help choose the winning song. This year there are 24 songs from 12 different countries, and you can listen to the songs, and read the lyrics and bios on the official website - click here

The Radio International Team once again forms one Jury and you will be able to hear the songs also on thre next three edition sof Radio International. Well done to all participants and may the best entry win.

Starting this week Radio International will introduce the songs of the Home Composed Song Contest 2025 during three shows.

The results will be published on 29 Nov 2025 during the Grand Final Show on the contests YouTube Channel.. Details where and when will be published here. 
 
 
 

 
The Eurovision Vault: Our American DJ colleague from Tuscon, Arizona returns to present to you the Eurovision Vault. Four songs are in the segment for you to guess which year Michael features on this week's Eurovision Vault. Scratch your heads and bite your nails while trying to remember which year it is.




The Eurovision Spotlight - The history of Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest:  It is Autumn 2025 it also time for the traditional look at the next host country's Eurovision Song Contest entries. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Over the next weeks and before the National Final Season for 2026, Radio International's team members will be reviewing all the Eurovision entries from Austria. Eurovision Lord Marcus Keppel-Palmer will be continuing series of the Eurovision Spotlight looking at the history of Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest.


Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar:Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forotti gives us already some updates of the National Finals regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....


Our Chatroom - Chat with the Eurovision Fan Community during the live show on Wednesdays from 1900 - 2300 hours CET. This is how it works:
  • Create a free account to enter and then enjoy the show while chtting with the other Eurovision Fans that are listening live.

Join Radio International live on Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025 starting from 1900 - 2300 pmCET via the website or on FM. Radio International is available via different means. Visit HOW TO TUNE IN to see the details. The show will be available on the website of Malta's RADIO105 and via TUNEIN and will be relayed on the Facebook Group of Eurovision Radio International. For the Wednesday evening live show you can join the chat room where the show will be relayed as well. For that click here. And failing that you can catch up with the show on the Radio International Podbean Channel available here, as well as the Radio International Spotify Channel - Search for Eurovision Radio International.

Radio International is also available on other radio stations at different days and times. See the details at this link:

How to Listen - Details are available here - click the link:


Happy Eurovisioning
JP and the Team in the Tower of Eurovision Power
www.radiointernational.tv

#eurovision #esc #world #UnitedByMusic #eurovision20265 #HomeComposedSongContest2025 #EurovisionVault 



JP's Golden Years - Edition 268 - Saturday, 25 Oct 2025 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

  

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 25 Oct 2025 from 1700 - 1900 hours CET (1600 - 1800 hours UKT) via South Norfolk Radio in the United Kingdom - click here to listen.  The show airs also on other stations. The detailed schedule is below.  But also a copy of the show will also be available on this website and uploaded to the the Radio International PODCAST server.

You can submit your comments and request via this link to JP's Golden Years - click here


Programme Segments are:

  • The Mad Half Hour to get you into the mood for the music of our life
  • The Best of Europop
  • A TV Theme Tune or Radio Theme Tune to remember
  • The UK Top 20 Best-Selling Singles of Oct 2000

The Show is available at:

  #world #jpsgoldenyears #UKTop20 #MusicCharts #GoldenOldies #BestsellingSingles #2000 #October


2025-10-20

Week 42/2025 - Eurovision Radio International - 22 Oct 2025: Through the Autumn 2025: Eurovision's National Final Season 2026, Tribute to Bernd Meinunger, News, Birthday File, Coverspot, and much more - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

Listen this week's edition of Radio International
The Big Show  | Play List

Also listen to other Eurovision Shows:
Forest FM Eurovision Show Case (2025-10-19)
Bradley Stoke Radio - Let Me Be the One (2025-10-21)

 


Radio International
The Ultimate Eurovision Experience
 

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience  is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. Also the show is broadcast LIVE on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET including a chatroom via the Radio International Mixcloud Channel. Find out more details of how to tune in as well as the repeats - click here.

Join in this Wednesday, 22 Oct 2025 live from 1900 - 2300 hours CET live on the Radio International Mixcloud Channel  and the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International for Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience with lots of good music and features related to the Eurovision Song Contest. 






AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK 

  • The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 National Final Season
  • Tribute to Dr. Bernd Meinunger (Eurovision Song Lyricist) 
  • Eurovision Spotlight: Austria's History at the Eurovision Song Contest  with Dermot Manning
  • Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com
  • Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
  • Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann
  • Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal 
  • National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti 
  • New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists 
  • Your music requests 

The Team is back from the Holidays and now ready and fully energized to take you through Autumn 2025 and into the National Final Season of the Eurovisoion Song Contest 2026 but also watch out for the Home Composed Song Contest 2025 and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Coverage. 



Dr. Bernd Meinunger (Lyricist of "Ein bisschen Frieden")


Tribute to Dr. Bernd Meinunger: The sad news of the passing of Dr. Bernd Meinunger reached the Eurovision Community and beyond on 18 Oct 2025. Bernd Meinunger was a song producer and lyricist and had successes with 18 of his creations in the Eurovision Song Contest including Germany's first winning song performed by Nicole entitled "Ein bisschen Frieden" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982. The lyrics were written by Bernd Meinunger and Ralph Siegel wrote the music. All in all Bernd Meinunger wrote about 5500 songs from the the 1970s until 2025. Sadly, he passed away on 17 Oct 2025. Due to the sad news Radio International will remember Bernd Meinunger during this week's edition of the show by playing all his 18 Eurovision entries which were mainly for Germany but also for Luxembourg, San Marino, Switzerland and Montenegro.  Rest in Peace:  Dr. Bernd Meinunger 30 Sep 1944 - 17 Oct 2025.



The Eurovision Spotlight - The history of Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest:  It is Autumn 2025 it also time for the traditional look at the next host country's Eurovision Song Contest entries. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Over the next weeks and before the National Final Season for 2026, Radio International's team members will be reviewing all the Eurovision entries from Austria. Dermot Manning will be continuing series of the Eurovision Spotlight looking at the history of Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest.


Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar:Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forotti gives us already some updates of the National Finals regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....


Our Chatroom - Chat with the Eurovision Fan Community during the live show on Wednesdays from 1900 - 2300 hours CET. This is how it works:
  • Create a free account to enter and then enjoy the show while chtting with the other Eurovision Fans that are listening live.

Join Radio International live on Wednesday, 22 Oct 2025 starting from 1900 - 2300 pmCET via the website or on FM. Radio International is available via different means. Visit HOW TO TUNE IN to see the details. The show will be available on the website of Malta's RADIO105 and via TUNEIN and will be relayed on the Facebook Group of Eurovision Radio International. For the Wednesday evening live show you can join the chat room where the show will be relayed as well. For that click here. And failing that you can catch up with the show on the Radio International Podbean Channel available here, as well as the Radio International Spotify Channel - Search for Eurovision Radio International.

Radio International is also available on other radio stations at different days and times. See the details at this link:

How to Listen - Details are available here - click the link:


Happy Eurovisioning
JP and the Team in the Tower of Eurovision Power
www.radiointernational.tv

#Radio105 #GoGoRadioGibraltar  #eurovision #esc #world #UnitedByMusic #eurovision20265 #BerndMeinunger



2025-10-19

JP's Golden Years - Edition 267 - Saturday, 18 Oct 2025 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

  

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 18 Oct 2025 from 1700 - 1900 hours CET (1600 - 1800 hours UKT) via South Norfolk Radio in the United Kingdom - click here to listen.  The show airs also on other stations. The detailed schedule is below.  But also a copy of the show will also be available on this website and uploaded to the the Radio International PODCAST server.

You can submit your comments and request via this link to JP's Golden Years - click here


Programme Segments are:

  • The Mad Half Hour to get you into the mood for the music of our life
  • The Best of Europop
  • A TV Theme Tune or Radio Theme Tune to remember
  • The UK Top 20 Best-Selling Singles of Oct 1991

The Show is available at:

  #world #jpsgoldenyears #UKTop20 #MusicCharts #GoldenOldies #BestsellingSingles #1991 #October


2025-10-13

Week 41/2025 - Eurovision Radio International - 15 Oct 2025: Holidaying Radio International (Part 3 of 3) with Eurovision Spotlights XXL, Birthday File, Cover Spot, Eurovision News plus much more - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

    

 Listen this week's edition of Radio International
The Big Show  | Play List

Also listen to other Eurovision Shows:
Forest FM Eurovision Show Case (2025-10-12)
Bradley Stoke Radio - Let Me Be the One (2025-10-14)



Radio International
The Ultimate Eurovision Experience
 

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience  is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. Also the show is broadcast LIVE on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET including a chatroom via the Radio International Mixcloud Channel. Find out more details of how to tune in as well as the repeats - click here.

Join in this Wednesday, 15 Oct Jul 2025 live from 1900 - 2300 hours CET live on the Radio International Mixcloud Channel  and the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International for Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience with lots of good music and features related to the Eurovision Song Contest. 



The Radio International Holiday Schedule 2025:

As most members of Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience are taking their well-earned late summer vacation in the South of Europe for the next week there are special programmes that JP together with the colleagues will be presenting to you. See below what is coming up this week. The normal format of Radio International continues on 22 October 2025. But in the meantime enjoy the shows coming up.



In the first hour JP will introduce some new releases by Eurovision Artists. There will be the Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal, The National Final update with Alain Forotti, The Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot with David Mann - all in the first hour. Hours 2, 3 and 4 will each be Eurovision Spotlight XXL hours with special themes. Details are listed below. 


Wednesday, 15 October 2024, 1900 hours via the Radio International Mixcloud Channel

Hour 2: Eurovision Spotlight XXL: 
Hidden Gems at Melodifestivalen (Episode 3) with Robert Wahlström
 
Hour 3: Eurovision Spotlight XXL:
Eurovision's 3-Letter-Song-Titles with Marcus Keppel-Palmer

Hour 4: Eurovision Spotlight XXL:
Starting and Ending a Eurovision Decade (Vol 1) with Ross Bennett


Our Chatroom - Chat with the Eurovision Fan Community during the live show on Wednesdays from 1900 - 2300 hours CET. This is how it works: Click on this link to open the Radio International Chat Room. (Mixcloud live broadcast with Chatroom) Create a free account to enter and then enjoy the show while chtting with the other Eurovision Fans that are listening live.


Join Radio International live on Wednesday, 15 Oct 2025 starting from 1900 - 2300 pmCET via the website or on FM. Radio International is available via different means. Visit HOW TO TUNE IN to see the details. The show will be available on the website of Malta's RADIO105 and via TUNEIN and will be relayed on the Facebook Group of Eurovision Radio International. For the Wednesday evening live show you can join the chat room where the show will be relayed as well. For that click here. And failing that you can catch up with the show on the Radio International Podbean Channel available here, as well as the Radio International Spotify Channel - Search for Eurovision Radio International.


Radio International is also available on other radio stations at different days and times. See the details at this link:


How to Listen - Details are available here - click the link:


Happy Eurovisioning
JP and the Team in the Tower of Eurovision Power
www.radiointernational.tv

#Radio105 #GoGoRadioGibraltar  #eurovision #esc #world #UnitedByMusic #eurovision2025 #Malta #Melodifestivalen

2025-10-10

JP's Golden Years - Edition 266 - Saturday, 11 Oct 2025 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 11 Oct 2025 from 1700 - 1900 hours CET (1600 - 1800 hours UKT) via South Norfolk Radio in the United Kingdom - click here to listen.  The show airs also on other stations. The detailed schedule is below.  But also a copy of the show will also be available on this website and uploaded to the the Radio International PODCAST server.

You can submit your comments and request via this link to JP's Golden Years - click here


Programme Segments are:

  • The Mad Half Hour to get you into the mood for the music of our life
  • The Best of Europop
  • A TV Theme Tune or Radio Theme Tune to remember
  • The UK Top 20 Best-Selling Singles of Oct 1971

The Show is available at:

  #world #jpsgoldenyears #UKTop20 #MusicCharts #GoldenOldies #BestsellingSingles #1971 #October


2025-10-06

Week 40/2025 - Eurovision Radio International - 08 Oct 2025: Holidaying Radio International (Part 2 of 3) with Eurovision Spotlights XXL, Birthday File, Cover Spot, Eurovision News plus much more - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

 Listen this week's edition of Radio International
The Big Show  | Play List

Also listen to other Eurovision Shows:
Forest FM Eurovision Show Case (2025-10-05)
Bradley Stoke Radio - Let Me Be the One (2025-10-07)



Radio International
The Ultimate Eurovision Experience
 

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience  is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. Also the show is broadcast LIVE on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET including a chatroom via the Radio International Mixcloud Channel. Find out more details of how to tune in as well as the repeats - click here.

Join in this Wednesday, 08 and 15 Oct Jul 2025 live from 1900 - 2300 hours CET live on the Radio International Mixcloud Channel  and the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International for Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience with lots of good music and features related to the Eurovision Song Contest. 



The Radio International Holiday Schedule 2025:

As most members of Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience are taking their well-earned late summer vacation in the South of Europe for the next two weeks there are special programmes that JP together with the colleagues will be presenting to you. See below what is coming up this week and the following next week. The normal format of Radio International continues on 22 October 2025. But in the meantime enjoy the shows coming up.



Each week in the first hour JP will introduce some new releases by Eurovision Artists. There will be the Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal, The National Final update with Alain Forotti, The Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot with David Mann - all in the first hour. Hours 2, 3 and 4 will each be Eurovision Spotlight XXL hours with special themes. Details are listed below. 


Wednesday, 08 October 2024, 1900 hours via the Radio International Mixcloud Channel

Hour 2: Eurovision Spotlight XXL: 
Malta's Magic with Dermot Manning
 
Hour 3: Eurovision Spotlight XXL:
Bucks Fizz Special with Javier Leal

Hour 4: Eurovision Spotlight XXL:
Eurovision's Number 20s with Ross Bennett


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Wednesday, 15 October 2024, 1900 hours via the Radio International Mixcloud Channel

Hour 2: Eurovision Spotlight XXL: 
Hidden Gems at Melodifestivalen (Episode 3) with Robert Wahlström
 
Hour 3: Eurovision Spotlight XXL:
Eurovision's 3-Letter-Song-Titles with Marcus Keppel-Palmer

Hour 4: Eurovision Spotlight XXL:
Starting and Ending a Eurovision Decade (Vol 1) with Ross Bennett


Our Chatroom - Chat with the Eurovision Fan Community during the live show on Wednesdays from 1900 - 2300 hours CET. This is how it works: Click on this link to open the Radio International Chat Room. (Mixcloud live broadcast with Chatroom) Create a free account to enter and then enjoy the show while chtting with the other Eurovision Fans that are listening live.


Join Radio International live on Wednesday, 08 and 15 Oct 2025 starting from 1900 - 2300 pmCET via the website or on FM. Radio International is available via different means. Visit HOW TO TUNE IN to see the details. The show will be available on the website of Malta's RADIO105 and via TUNEIN and will be relayed on the Facebook Group of Eurovision Radio International. For the Wednesday evening live show you can join the chat room where the show will be relayed as well. For that click here. And failing that you can catch up with the show on the Radio International Podbean Channel available here, as well as the Radio International Spotify Channel - Search for Eurovision Radio International.


Radio International is also available on other radio stations at different days and times. See the details at this link:


How to Listen - Details are available here - click the link:


Happy Eurovisioning
JP and the Team in the Tower of Eurovision Power
www.radiointernational.tv

#Radio105 #GoGoRadioGibraltar  #eurovision #esc #world #UnitedByMusic #eurovision2025 #Malta #BucksFizz #EurovisionWinners


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2025-10-04

JP's Golden Years - Edition 265 - Saturday, 04 Oct 2025 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 04 Oct 2025 from 1700 - 1900 hours CET (1600 - 1800 hours UKT) via South Norfolk Radio in the United Kingdom - click here to listen.  The show airs also on other stations. The detailed schedule is below.  But also a copy of the show will also be available on this website and uploaded to the the Radio International PODCAST server.

You can submit your comments and request via this link to JP's Golden Years - click here


Programme Segments are:

  • The Mad Half Hour to get you into the mood for the music of our life
  • The Best of Europop
  • A TV Theme Tune or Radio Theme Tune to remember
  • The UK Top 20 Best-Selling Singles of Oct 1955

The Show is available at:

  #world #jpsgoldenyears #UKTop20 #MusicCharts #GoldenOldies #BestsellingSingles #1955 #October