Week 24/2026 - Eurovision Radio International - 17 Jun 2026: PED Cure Dose 5: Eurovision 2026 Interviews with Søren Torpegaard Lund (DK 2026), Lelek (CRO 2026), Tess Merkel & Martin Rolinski, Birthday File, Cover Spot, News, etc - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

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Also listen to other Eurovision Shows:
Forest FM Eurovision Show Case (2026-06-14)
Bradley Stoke Radio - Let Me Be the One (2026-06-16)

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, 17 Jun 2026 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 

• Interview with Lelek (Croatia 2026) done in the Media Centre of Eurovision 2026, Vienna
• Interview with Tess Merkel formally of Alcazar and Martin Rollinski formally from BWO (done at EuroVillage in Vienna)
• Interview with Soeren Torpegaard Lund (Denmark 2026) by Johannes
• Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - The Assessment with Ross Bennett
• Eurovision News with Johannes Vitt courtesy of www.escXtra.com
• Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann
• Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal 
• New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists 
• Your music requests 
   

Eurovision Winner 2026 for Bulgaria - Dara "Bangaranga"

The Grand Final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest took place on 16 May 2026 from the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria with delegations from 35 countries battling it out for the winning trophy of the contest and the right to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2027. For the very first time Bulgaria won the competiton with Dara and the song "Bangaranga" receiving a total amount of 516 points combined from Public and Jury Vote. The Radio International Team was on location and had the chance to interviews many of the artists at different places such as Turqoise Carpet, in the Media Centre, at the Embassies as well as in the Eurovillage. Enjoy those interviews being broadcast on Radio International during the upcoming shows. 

Søren Torpegaard Lund (Denmark 2026)

This week there is a short interview clip with Søren Torpegaard Lund who represented Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "Før vi går hjem" which came 7th in the Grand Final. Radio International's Newscaster Johannes had the pleasure to chat with Sören. Listen to the interview on this week's edition of Radio International

The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Scoreboard

What a thrilling voting it was on Saturday with the final result being visible just above. Full details can be viewed at our friends from Wikipedia - click here


The Radio International Photo Album from the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - CLICK HERE

Martin Rolinski and Tess Merkel (Vienna, Austria 2026)

Interview with Tess Merkel (Alcazar) and Martin Rolinski (BWO):  A brand new project was born just before the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria when Tess Merkel who was one of the members of Alcazar and Martin Rolinski who was one the lead singer of the Swedish group BWO (Body Without Organs) got together. They first project is called "Let there be love". Both Swedish artists came to Vienna to perform this song and also others in fron tof the many Eurovision Fans that have visited Vienna and the Eurovillage as part of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. BWO had great hits and took part a few times in Melodifestivalen e.g. "Lay your love on me" and Alcazar had great successes in Melo and beyond as their biggest international hit is "Crying at the Discotheque". Radio International's JP had the honour and the pleasure to meet Tess and Martin in Vienna at the Eurovillage for an in-depth interview you will be able to hear on this week's edition of Radio International. 

Lelek (Croatia 2026)

Interview with Lelek (Croatia 2026):  What an amazing entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 came from Croatia this year by girl group Lelek performing the song "Andromeda" reaching the Grand Final from the Semi Final and then at the end of the Voting Sequence reached Number 15. Radio International's Johannes had the chance to meet and interview with one of the members of Lelek before the Grand Final of the  contest this year. Listen to the interview on the show this week. 

The Eurovision Spotlight: The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - The Assessment:  It is a tradition that Radio International will review the Eurovision Song Contest with the Team Members and talking about the highlights and sharing opinions on the staging of the contest. This week Ross Bennett closes out the current series looking at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

 

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 lots more.

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, 17 Jun 2026 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.

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Week 04/2021 - Eurovision Radio International - 27 Jan 2021 - Live Interview (Part 2) with Lina Hedlund, Tess Merkel and Andreas Lundstedt formerly from Alcazar (Melodifestivalen, Sweden)

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

Also listen to other Eurovision Shows:
Forest FM Eurovision Show Case (2021-01-24)
Bradley Stoke Radio - Let Me Be the One (2021-01-26)

 

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. The show is also broadcast on Castlepoint FM and Radio Wymondham in the United Kingdom LIVE on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International. Find out more details of how to tune in - click here.

Join in this Wednesday 27 January 2021 live from 1900 - 2300pmCET live on Castlepoint FM for Eurovision Radio International taking you through tough Corona times with lots of good music and features related to the Eurovision Song Contest.

AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK

• Live Interview with Andreas Lundstedt, Tess Merkel and Lina Hedlund formerly of Alcazar (Melodifestivalen, Sweden) (Part 2 of 2)
  
• Eurovision Cover Spot and The Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2021 National Final Season with Dermot Manning
  
• Eurovision News from escXtra.com with Nathan Waddell
• Your music requests
• Lots and lots of New Music Releases by Eurovision artists
  
  

Live Interview with Andreas Lundstedt and Lina Hedlund formerly of Alcazar (Part 2 of 2):  In the Corona series of live interviews Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is reaching out to a number of artists from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest but also from the national finals. Over the last weeks we had an incredible success with having a number a great artists sharing an hour with Radio International's Interview Team and the fans. See below the Radio International Interview Hall of Fame 2020.

Here is the Radio International Interview Hall of Fame: Katrina of Katrina and the Waves, Eldar of Ell and Nikki, Sanna Nielsen, Lina Hedlund and Andreas Lundstedt from Alcazar, Ira Losco, Nicki French, Rainer from Wind, Jalisse, James Newman, Senhit, Serhat, Vanessa Amarosi, Lesley Roy, Brooke, Franklin, Martina Majerle of Quartissimo, Miriam Christine, Claudia Faniello, Fabrizio Faniello, Chanel, Jordan Ravi, Viorela Moraru, Mia Negovetic, Parvani Violet Vasil, Janice Mangion, Mariette, KEiiNO, Anett Kublin (Anett and Fredi).

To view the photos done during the interviews - click here - for the Radio International Hall of Fame Photo Album.

This week Radio International's Interview Team JP and John Dawton are being joined via SKYPE once again by Andreas Lundstedt and Lina Hedlund who both were part of the group Alcazar. One of Alcazar's biggest successes was the world hit from 2002 "Crying at the Discoteque". But also the last entry of Alcazar at Sweden's Melodifestivalen was back in 2014 when Lina, Andreas and Tess as Alcazar made it successfully to the Grand Final with "Blame it on the Disco". As a surprise to the artists Tess Merkel "gatecrashed" the interview session to the surprise of  Lina and Andreas. Radio International reunited Swedish Band Alcazar during the interview session in the show today. 

Andreas Lundstedt was also part of the 2006 Swiss Eurovision entry called Six 4 One who performed the song "If we all give a little" written and penned by German Composer Ralph Siegel.

Lina Hedlund entered Melodifestivalen a few times with the last entry being in 2019 with the song "Victorious" which was written by Dotter and in 2020 Lina co-hosted Melodifestivalen together with David Sundin and Linnea Henriksson.

Tess Merkel, the third member of the former group Alcazar is part of the artist line-up for Melodifestivalen 2021.

The Interview Team of Radio International is very much looking forward to having Lina Hedlund and Andreas Lundstedt on the show for the interview hour. Listeners are encouraged to actively take part during the show to submit their questions via our Facebook Chatroom during the live broadcast on Wednesday evening from 1900 - 2300 hours CET or via our website's email address - click here. There will be a huge surprise on the show during this interview so listen out for that.

PLEASE NOTE:
This interview session is the continuation of the interview we already had on Radio International on 09 December 2020. CLICK HERE to listen back.

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 new Radio International Chat Room. 

• Enter your Chat Member Nick Name and after confirming you will be taken to the chat room.

• In order to listen to the show you need to click on the SOUND ICON below the chat room and select Play Radio. The current live show should now be playing and 

• Start chatting while listening to the show.
  
  

Join Radio International live on Wednesday, 27 January 2021 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, as well as on Castlepoint FM in the United Kingdom via their TUNEIN Channel 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. 

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

#eurovision #esc #interviews #eurovision2021 #LetsOpenUpAgain #NewReleases #world #Sweden #Melodifestivalen #Alcazar #MelodiGrandPrix #LinaHedlund, #AndreasLundstedt

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