Week 18/2019 - Eurovision Radio International - 01 May 2019 - Countdown to Eurovision 2019 (Part 4)

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Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast live from Malta's Galaxy 105FM. The show is simulcast on Castlepoint FM in the United Kingdom and on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International. Find out more details of how to tune in - click here. 

Join in this Wednesday 01 May 2019 live from 2000 - 2300pmCET for Eurovision Radio International this week.

Our new Chatroom - Chat with the Eurovision Fan Community during the live show on Wednesdays. This is how it works: Click on this link to open the Radio International Chat Room. give it a few seconds for the stream to load. Then open the music box to unmute the radio sound (which is the icon of the music box in the volume control). If after having unmuted the audio, it's still silent, simply refresh the page (F5). Start chatting and you will be assigned a funny name which you can change by clicking on it. But you can also create a user account and then you should be keeping your chat profile name. Give it a shot. 

 AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK

• Interview with KEiiNO (Norway 2019) done at Melodifestivalen 2019, Sweden
• Interview with Bilal (France 2019) done at Melodifestivalen 2019, Sweden
• Interview with Sisters (Germany 2019) done at the Madrid PreParty 2019
• Interview with Ester Peony (Romania 2019) done at the Madrid PreParty 2019 (postoned)
• Interview with Ira Losco and Eliot (Belgium 2019) done at the Madrid PreParty 2019 
• Interview with Victor Crone (Estonia 2019) done at the London Preview Event 2019
• Eurovision Cover Spot and The Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Spotlight Extended: Eurovision 2019 in regions THE EAST with Alasdair Rendall
• Eurovision News from escXtra.com with Nathan Waddell
• Your music requests
• New Music Releases by Eurovision artist

COUNTDOWN TO EUROVISION 2019 - Dare to Dream: Now not long to go for the 64th Eurovision Song Contest which will be staged May 14, 16 and 18 with 41 countries competing for the trophy and the right to host Eurovision 2020. Radio International is gearing up for the biggest music event of the year and will broadcast interviews with artists and lots of music from this year's contest. In the current series of the Eurovision Spotlight the Radio International Eurovision Experts are dividing Europe and Australia in regions and will be playing the songs of this year's Eurovision Song Contest in full and in a particular ranking and giving their opinion about the songs and their chances to victory.
Photos and Videos of the PreParties 2019:06 Apr 2019: Eurovision In Concert and Amsterdam Calling 2019 can be viewed at this link.
19 and 20 Apr 2019: The Eurovision PreParty in Madrid, Spain can be viewed at this link.

Interview with KEiiNO (Norway 2019):  Salman Tanzem filed an interview he did with Norway's Hopefulls at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 - KEiiNO as he met the group at the London Preview Event 2019.  Listen to the interview with KEiiNO following in the footstep of Alexander Rybak from 2018. KEiiNO is a three piece band consisting of Tom Hugo, Alexsandra and the Joiker Fred and their entry to Eurovision 2019 is called "Spirit in the Sky" and will be in Semi Final 2 at Song 15.

KEiiNO (Norway 2019)

Interview with Sisters (Germany 2019): Germany is represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the Duo Sisters consisting of Laurita Spinelli and Carlotta Truman formed for Eurovision and won the National Final in Germany with the song "Sisters" and will automatically be qualified for the Grand Final since Germany is part of the Big Five at Eurovision together with France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Radio International's JP caught up with the Sisters in the recent edition of the Eurovision PreParty in Madrid, Spain.

Sisters (Germany 2019)

Interview with Bilal Hassani (France 2019): Destination Eurovision 2019 was the French national selection to the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which was won by Bilal Hassani who will be representing La France with the song "Roi" and is directly qualified for the Grand Final as France also is part of the Big 5. JP from Radio International met the singer in Stockholm, Sweden as part of Melodifestivalen 2019, for an interview. 

Bilal (France 2019) with JP

Interview with Ester Peony (Romania 2019):  At the recent Madrid Eurovision PreParty 2019 Radio International's JP met the musical Ambassador to the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 from Romania - Ester Peony who will be singing "On a Sunday" in Semi Final 2 at Song 6. Listen to this interview on the show this week. Due to lack of time the broadcast of this interview will be postoned to a later show. Sorry for the inconvenience. 

Ester Peony (Romania 2019) with JP

Interview with Victor Crone (Estonia 2019): At the recent edition of the London Eurovision Preview Event 2019 Salman met and interviewed Victor Crone who although is Swedish represents Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Storm" in Semi Final 1 at Song 14. Listen to this interview on the show this week. 

Victor Crone (Estonia 2019)

Ira Losco (Malta 2002 and 2016) interviews Eliot (Belgium 2019): Ira Losco was part of the Eurovision PreParty 2019 in Madrid and while chatting with JP from Radio International Eliot from Belgium joined and Ira started to kind of interview Eliot. You can hear this ad-hoc interview on the show this week. Eliot will represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Wake up" in Semi Final 1 at Song 10.

Eliot (Belgium 2019) with JP

Plus there will be Eurovision News, Birthday File, Cover Spot, Calendar and new releases by Eurovision artists.

Join Radio International on Wednesday, 01 May 2019 starting from 2000 - 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 the website of Galaxy 105 FM 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    

Further details are available here:

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

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Week 17/2019 - Eurovision Radio International - 24 April 2019 - Countdown to Eurovision 2019 (Part 3) - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

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Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast live from Malta's Galaxy 105FM. The show is simulcast on Castlepoint FM in the United Kingdom and on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International. Find out more details of how to tune in - click here. 

Join in this Wednesday 24 April 2019 live from 2000 - 2300pmCET for Eurovision Radio International this week.

Our new Chatroom - Chat with the Eurovision Fan Community during the live show on Wednesdays. This is how it works: Click on this link to open the Radio International Chat Room. give it a few seconds for the stream to load. Then open the music box to unmute the radio sound (which is the icon of the music box in the volume control). If after having unmuted the audio, it's still silent, simply refresh the page (F5). Start chatting and you will be assigned a funny name which you can change by clicking on it. But you can also create a user account and then you should be keeping your chat profile name. Give it a shot. 

 AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK

• Interview with Michael Rice (United Kingdom 2019) done at Eurovision In Concert 2019
• Interview with Kobi Marimi (Israel 2019) done at the Madrid PreParty 2019
• Interview with Luca Hänni (Switzerland 2019) done at Eurovision in Concert 2019 in Amsterdam
• Interview with Lake Malawi (Czech Republic 2019) done at the London Preview Event
• Eurovision Cover Spot and The Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Spotlight Extended: Eurovision 2019 in regions THE NORTH with Chris Poppe
• Eurovision News from escXtra.com with Nathan Waddell
• Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal
• Your music requests
• New Music Releases by Eurovision artist

COUNTDOWN TO EUROVISION 2019 - Dare to Dream: Now not long to go for the 64th Eurovision Song Contest which will be staged May 14, 16 and 18 with 41 countries competing for the trophy and the right to host Eurovision 2020. Radio International is gearing up for the biggest music event of the year and will broadcast interviews with artists and lots of music from this year's contest. In the current series of the Eurovision Spotlight the Radio International Eurovision Experts are dividing Europe and Australia in regions and will be playing the songs of this year's Eurovision Song Contest in full and in a particular ranking and giving their opinion about the songs and their chances to victory.

Now that all 41 songs have been selected the annual pre-parties and pre-view events such as London, Riga, Madrid, Moscow are taking place. Amsterdam Calling was on Friday 05 April 2019 as the pre-party to the biggest events of all EUROVISION IN CONCERT which is took place in Amsterdam's AFAS on Saturday, 06 April 2019. Hear some of the interviews Radio International did with the Eurovision Stars that performed at these events. Also a special thanks go to the colleagues of ONE Radio and TV from Malta for the great collaboration.
Photos and Videos of Eurovision In Concert and Amsterdam Calling 2019 can be viewed at this link.

The Eurovision PreParty 2019: Also taking place was The Eurovision PreParty in Madrid, Spain on 19 and 20 April 2019 with the participation of artists from this year's Eurovision Song Contest but also former Eurovision performers national and international who performed at the PreParty to the PreParty :). Photos and Videos of The Eurovision PreParty 2019 can be viewed at this link.

Luca Hänni (Switzerland 2019)

Interview with Luca Hänni (Switzerland 2019): At the recent edition of Eurovision in Concert 2019 Radio International had the pleasure to briefly chat to Luca Hänni who will be representing Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Semi Final 2 at Song 4 with the song "She got me". A special thanks to Edward Montebello from Malta's ONE TV for making this interview available which you can hear on this week's edition of the show. 

Kobi Marimi (Israel 2019)

Interview with Kobi Marimi (Israel 2019): The Eurovision 2019 Host National Israel is represented at the contest with Kobi Marimi who follows in the footsteps of Netta as Israel's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Home". Since Israel is the host country and is with this automatically qualified for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest and will be at starting position Number 14.  Radio International met the Eurovision enthusiastic but also emotional singer at the Eurovision PreParty 2019 in Madrid last weekend and had the pleasure of an interview during a media meetings.

Interview with Lake Malawi (Czech Republic 2019):  After the huge success of the Czech Republic at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with Mikolas Josef reaching the best ever result for the Czech Republic with the song "Lie to me" the boy group Lake Malawi follows in the footsteps of Mikolas to represent the Czech Republic at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the very radio-friendly song entitled "Friend of a Friend" in Semi Final 1 at Song 6. Radio International met the young singers at the recent edition of the London Eurovision Preview Event 2019 for an interview which you can hear on this week's edition of the show.

Michael Rice (United Kingdom 2019) with David Mann

Interview with Michael Rice (United Kingdom 2019): Like Israel, the United Kingdom is also directly qualified to compete in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest being part of the Big 5. Michael Rice will be waving the Union Jack as the UK's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song  "Bigger than us" written by Sweden's entrant John Lundvig. At the recent edition of Eurovision in Concert in Amsterdam Radio International had the pleasure to chat with Michael.

Plus there will be Eurovision News, Birthday File, Cover Spot, Calendar and new releases by Eurovision artists.

Join Radio International on Wednesday, 24 April 2019 starting from 2000 - 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 the website of Galaxy 105 FM 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    

Further details are available here:

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

#eurovision #EurovisionBirthdays #MichaelRice #UnitedKingdom, #Galaxy105 #KobiMarimi #NewReleases #esc #daretodream #israel #eurovision2019 #interviews #LucaHänni #Switzerland #EstherHart #PrePartyMadrid #Spain #EurovisionInConcert #AmsterdamCalling #LakeMalawi #CzechRepublic

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Week 16/2019 - Eurovision Radio International - 17 April 2019 - Countdown to Eurovision 2019 (Part 2) - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

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Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast live from Malta's Galaxy 105FM. The show is simulcast on Castlepoint FM in the United Kingdom and on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International. Find out more details of how to tune in - click here. 

Join in this Wednesday 17 April 2019 live from 2000 - 2300pmCET for Eurovision Radio International this week.

Our new Chatroom - Chat with the Eurovision Fan Community during the live show on Wednesdays. This is how it works: Click on this link to open the Radio International Chat Room. give it a few seconds for the stream to load. Then open the music box to unmute the radio sound (which is the icon of the music box in the volume control). If after having unmuted the audio, it's still silent, simply refresh the page (F5). Start chatting and you will be assigned a funny name which you can change by clicking on it. But you can also create a user account and then you should be keeping your chat profile name. Give it a shot. 

 AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK

• Interview with KEiiNO (Norway 2019) done at Eurovision PreParty Riga 2019
• Interview with Miki (Spain 2019) done at the London Preview Event (2019)
• Interview with Tulia (Poland 2019) done at Eurovision in Concert 2019 in Amsterdam
• Interview with SuRie (United Kingdom 2018) done at the London Preview Event
• Interview with Esther Hart (Netherlands 2003) done at the OGAE Germany Convention 2019 in January - postponed to a later broadcast date
• Eurovision Cover Spot and The Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Spotlight Extended: Eurovision 2019 in regions with Ross Bennett
• Eurovision News from escXtra.com with Nathan Waddell
• Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal
• Your music requests
• New Music Releases by Eurovision artist

Eurovision in Concert 2019 in Amsterdam
Saturday 06 April 2019

COUNTDOWN TO EUROVISION 2019 - Dare to Dream: Now not long to go for the 64th Eurovision Song Contest which will be staged May 14, 16 and 18 with 41 countries competing for the trophy and the right to host Eurovision 2020. Radio International is gearing up for the biggest music event of the year and will broadcast interviews with artists and lots of music from this year's contest. The new series of the Eurovision Spotlight starts next week when the Radio International Eurovision Experts will be dividing Europe and Australia in regions and will be playing the songs of this year's Eurovision Song Contest in full and giving their opinion about the songs and their chances to victory.

Now that all 41 songs have been selected the annual pre-parties and pre-view events such as London, Riga, Madrid, Moscow are taking place. Amsterdam Calling was on Friday 05 April 2019 as the pre-party to the biggest events of all EUROVISION IN CONCERT which is took place in Amsterdam's AFAS on Saturday, 06 April 2019. Hear some of the interviews Radio International did with the Eurovision Stars that performed at these events. Also a special thanks go to the colleagues of ONE Radio and TV from Malta for the great collaboration.
Photos and Videos of Eurovision In Concert and Amsterdam Calling 2019 can be viewed at this link.

KEiiNO (Norway 2019) with JP at the Riga PreParty 2019

Interview with KEiiNO (Norway 2019): Last weekend saw the 2019 edition of the Eurovision PreParty in Riga, Latvia with the participation of Carousel (Latvia 2019), Edgars Krailis (National Final in Latvia 2019), Monica Marija (National Final in Lithuania 2019) and KEiiNO who are representing Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with "Spirit in the Sky" in Semi Final 2 Song Number 15. David and JP of Radio International were on location attending the event and interviewed the artists. This week listen to the interview with Norway's hopefuls following in the footstep of Alexander Rybak from 2018 is KEiiNO, a three piece band concisting of Tom Hugo, Alexsandra and the Joiker Fred. 

Miki (Spain 2019) - Grand Final  - La Venda

Interview with Miki (Spain 2019): The London Preview Event 2019 took place last weekend with many of the countries' representatives from the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Radio International's David Mann in collaboration with Salman from Germany interviewed many of the artists. This Radio International air an interview with Miki who  represents Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 directly in the Grand Final with the song "La Venda". 

Tulia (Poland 2019) - Semi Final 1 - Fire of Love

Interview with Tulia (Poland 2019): Poland is represented by the group Tulia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv with the song "Fire of Love"which will perform in Semi Final 1 at Song Number 4. This interview is courtesy of our collegues of One TV and  Radio who chatted with the ladies during the recent edition of Eurovision in Concert 2019.

Esther Hart (Netherlands 2003) at OGAE Germany Convention 2019)

Interview with Esther Hart (Netherlands 2003):  At the 2019 edition of the OGAE Germany Convention Ryan was one of the star guests invited to perform a little concert to the many fans that had arrived from various countries to Munich last January. Ryan represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon with the song "Together" reaching Number 16 in the Grand Final. JP of Radio International chatted with the singer after his sound check about his career and the Eurovision Song Contest. Ryan was also part of Amsterdam Calling 2019 - the Pre-Party to Eurovision Concert 2019 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The airing of this interview is postponed to a later show.

Plus there will be Eurovision News, Birthday File, Cover Spot, Calendar and new releases by Eurovision artists.

Join Radio International on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 starting from 2000 - 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 the website of Galaxy 105 FM 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    

Further details are available here:

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

#eurovision #EurovisionBirthdays #KEiiNO #Norway, #Galaxy105 #Tulia #NewReleases #esc #daretodream #israel #eurovision2019 #interviews #Poland #Netherlands #EstherHart #Miki #Spain #EurovisionInConcert #AmsterdamCalling

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Week 15/2019 - Eurovision Radio International - 10 April 2019 - Countdown to Eurovision 2019 (Part 1) - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

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Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast live from Malta's Galaxy 105FM. The show is simulcast on Castlepoint FM in the United Kingdom and on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International. Find out more details of how to tune in - click here. 

Join in this Wednesday 10 April 2019 live from 2000 - 2300pmCET for Eurovision Radio International this week.

Our new Chatroom - Chat with the Eurovision Fan Community during the live show on Wednesdays. This is how it works: Click on this link to open the Radio International Chat Room. give it a few seconds for the stream to load. Then open the music box to unmute the radio sound (which is the icon of the music box in the volume control). If after having unmuted the audio, it's still silent, simply refresh the page (F5). Start chatting and you will be assigned a funny name which you can change by clicking on it. But you can also create a user account and then you should be keeping your chat profile name. Give it a shot. 

 AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK

• Interview with Duncan Laurence (Netherlands 2019) done at Eurovision in Concert 2019
• Interview with Getty Caspers of Teach - In (Eurovision Winner 1975, The Netherlands) on her autobiography "Een Leven Lang Geleden", done at Eurovision in Concert 2019
• Interview with Ryan O'Shaughnessy (Ireland 2018) done at the OGAE Germany Convention 2019 in January
• Eurovision Cover Spot and The Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Spotlight Extended: Eurovision 2019 in regions with Dermot Manning - new series
• Eurovision News from escXtra.com with Nathan Waddell
• Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal
• Your music requests
• New Music Releases by Eurovision artist

Eurovision in Concert 2019 in Amsterdam
Saturday 06 April 2019

COUNTDOWN TO EUROVISION 2019 - Dare to Dream: Now not long to go for the 64th Eurovision Song Contest which will be staged May 14, 16 and 18 with 41 countries competing for the trophy and the right to host Eurovision 2020. Radio International is gearing up for the biggest music event of the year and will broadcast interviews with artists and lots of music from this year's contest. The new series of the Eurovision Spotlight starts next week when the Radio International Eurovision Experts will be dividing Europe and Australia in regions and will be playing the songs of this year's Eurovision Song Contest in full and giving their opinion about the songs and their chances to victory.

Now that all 41 songs have been selected the annual pre-parties and pre-view events such as London, Riga, Madrid, Moscow are taking place. Amsterdam Calling was on Friday 05 April 2019 as the pre-party to the biggest events of all EUROVISION IN CONCERT which is took place in Amsterdam's AFAS on Saturday, 06 April 2019. Hear some of the interviews Radio International did with the Eurovision Stars that performed at these events. Also a special thanks go to the colleagues of ONE Radio and TV from Malta for the great collaboration.

Photos and Videos of Eurovision In Concert and Amsterdam Calling 2019 can be viewed at this link.

Interview with Getty Caspers:  Book Presentation:  "Een Leven Lang Geleden" is the autobiography of the lead singer of Teach - In, Getty Caspers who with the group won the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 for the Netherlands with the song "Ding-a-Dong". The book is written by Dave Boomkens and was launched at the recent edition of Eurovision in Concert 2019 when the book was introduced to the international media. Getty and David chatted with JP of Radio International about this book and it is available at this link amongst other websites. Listen to the interview on the show this week.

Duncan Laurence (Netherlands 2019)

Interview with Duncan Laurence (Netherlands 2019):  The Betting Odds saying that the Netherlands have a big chance of winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the young singer  Duncan Laurence who will perform the song "Arcade" in Semi Final 2 as Song 16 in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. This interview is courtesy of our collegues of One TV and  Radio chatted with the singer during the recent edition of Eurovision in Concert 2019.

Ryan O'Shaughnessy (Ireland 2018) at OGAE Germany's Convention 2019

Interview with Ryan O'Shaugnessy (Ireland 2018):  At the 2019 edition of the OGAE Germany Convention Ryan was one of the star guests invited to perform a little concert to the many fans that had arrived from various countries to Munich last January. Ryan represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon with the song "Together" reaching Number 16 in the Grand Final. JP of Radio International chatted with the singer after his sound check about his career and the Eurovision Song Contest. Ryan was also part of Amsterdam Calling 2019 - the Pre-Party to Eurovision Concert 2019 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Plus there will be Eurovision News, Birthday File, Cover Spot, Calendar and new releases by Eurovision artists.

Join Radio International on Wednesday, 10 April 2019 starting from 2000 - 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 the website of Galaxy 105 FM 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    

Further details are available here:

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

#eurovision #EurovisionBirthdays #GettyCaspers #EenLevenLangGeleden, #Galaxy105 #Teach-in #NewReleases #esc #daretodream #israel #eurovision2019 #interviews #DuncanLaurence #Netherlands #RyanO'Shaughnessy #ireland #EurovisionInConcert #AmsterdamCalling

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