2024-11-27

Week 48/2024 - Eurovision Radio International - 27 Nov 2024: Junior Eurovision 2024 - Interview with Simone Grande (Italy), Home Composed Song Contest 2024, Melodifestivalen 2025, Eurovision News, Eurovision Cover Spot plus much more


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

Also listen to other Eurovision Shows:
Forest FM Eurovision Show Case (2024-11-24)
Bradley Stoke Radio - Let Me Be the One (2024-11-26)




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. Also the show is broadcast LIVE on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET including a chatroom via the Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International. Find out more details of how to tune in as well as the repeats - click here.

Join in this Wednesday, 27 Nov 2024 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

  • Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Interview with Simone Grande (JESC 2024, Italy, Number 9)
  • Melodifestivalen 2025 - Presentation of the 30 acts competing
  • Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest with Dermot Manning
  • Home Composed Song Contest 2024 - Introducing the songs (Part 2 of 3)
  • Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com
  • Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
  • Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann
  • Eurovision Vault with Michael Goodrich
  • Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal
  • Eurovision 2025 National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti
  • New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists
  • Your music requests



Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - We have a Winner:  The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place in the Caja Magica (Magic Box) in Madrid on 16 Nov 2024 with young singers from 17 countries taking part.



Congratulations go to
Andria Putkaradze
winning the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 for Georgia
with the song "To My Mom"



Radio International's roving reporter Alain Forrotti has been on location in Madrid and chatted with two of the 17 young acts you will hear on the show this week.
Victoria Nicole from Portugal reached second place at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Esperança" receiving 213 points. The interview was broadcast on Radio International last week. The second young artist Alain chatted with is Simone Grande who represented Italy this year with the song "Pigiama Party" coming 9th on the Grand Final Scoreboard. You hear this interview on the show this week.


Simone Grande
Junior Eurovision 2024, Italy


The Official Website of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is available - here.  Also more details are available at Wikipedia - click here.


 
 

Melodifestivalen 2025: On 26 Nov 2024, Swedish Broadcaster SVT revealed the lineup of Melodifestivalen 2025 with the return of former Eurovision Winner Mans Zelmerloew who won in 2015 with the song "Hero". But also there are more returnees to Melodifestivalen and who wins this will be representing Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland come May. JP will be looking at the returning acts to Melodifestivalen 2025. More details of Melodifestivalen 2025 can be viewed here at our colleagues from Wikipedia - click here.
 
 
 

The Home Composed Song Contest 2024: The annual music competition for non-professional musicians takes place again and is already in full swing. The public and jury already cast their votes as well. Visit the website of the Home Composed Song Contest - click here

The Home Composed Song Contest is in its 33rd 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 28 songs from 13 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 formed one Jury and you will be able to hear the songs also on Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience. Once again very high standards this year. Well done to all participants and may the best entry win.

Starting this week Radio International will introduce the first lot of songs of the Home Composed Song Contest 2024.

The results should be published on 08 December 2024. Details where and when will be published here.





Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories.
As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Dermot Manning continues the series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision.

The Eurovision Vault is a new segment on Radio International presented by with Michael Goodrich from Tuscon Arizona in the USA.

Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. And Michael Goodrich opens the Eurovision Vault. 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 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, 27 Nov 2024 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 #Interviews #jesc2024 #JuniorEurovision #hcsc2024 #AndriaPutkaradze #Georgia #SimoneGrande #Italy #Sweden #Melodifestivalen #EurovisionVault



2024-11-25

JP's Golden Years - Edition 220 - Saturday, 23 Nov 2024 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW



Listen this week's edition of JP's Golden Years

 



 


This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 23 Nov 2024 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 2003

The Show is available at:

  #world #jpsgoldenyears #UKTop20 #MusicCharts #GoldenOldies #BestsellingSingles #2003


2024-11-20

Week 47/2024 - Eurovision Radio International - 20 Nov 2024: Junior Eurovision 2024 - We have a Winner - Georgia, Montesong 2025, Home Composed Song Contest 2024, Eurovision News, Eurovision Cover Spot 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 (2024-11-17)
Bradley Stoke Radio - Let Me Be the One (2024-11-19)





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 as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International. Find out more details of how to tune in as well as the repeats - click here.

Join in this Wednesday, 20 Nov 2024 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

  • Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 -We have a Winner - Andria Putkaradze (Georgia) 
  • Interview with Victoria Nicole (JESC 2024, Portugal, Number 2)
  • Interview with Simone Grande (JESC 2024, Italy, Number 9) - postponed to next week
  • Eurovision 2025 National Final - Montenegro's Montesong with John Dawton 
  • Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest with Ross Bennett
  • Home Composed Song Contest 2024 - Introducing the songs (Part 1 of 2)
  • 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
  • Eurovision 2025 National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti
  • New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists
  • Your music requests



Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - We have a Winner:  The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place in the Caja Magica (Magic Box) in Madrid on 16 Nov 2024 with young singers from 17 countries taking part.



Congratulations go to
Andria Putkaradze
winning the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 for Georgia
with the song "To My Mom"



Radio International's roving reporter Alain Forrotti has been on location in Madrid and chatted with two of the 17 young acts you will hear on the show this week.
Victoria Nicole from Portugal reached second place at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Esperança" receiving 213 points. The second young artist Alain chatted with is Simone Grande who represented Italy this year with the song "Pigiama Party" coming 9th on the Grand Final Scoreboard.

The Official Website of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is available - here.  Also more details are available at Wikipedia - click here.
 
 


Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - National Final Season: Montesong 2025: The Eurovision 2025 National Final Season has begun as on 27 November 2025 Montenegro will be selecting their country's choice what they will be sending to the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 to Basel. 16 acts are battling it out for the ticket to Basel and Radio International's John Dawton will be joining JP this week to present the songs to the audience with additional information on the artists. 
 

 

The Home Composed Song Contest 2024: The annual music competition for non-professional musicians takes place again and is already in full swing. The public and jury already cast their votes as well. Visit the website of the Home Composed Song Contest - click here

The Home Composed Song Contest is in its 33rd 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 28 songs from 13 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 formed one Jury and you will be able to hear the songs also on Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience. Once again very high standards this year. Well done to all participants and may the best entry win.

Starting this week Radio International will introduce the first lot of songs of the Home Composed Song Contest 2024.

The results should be published on 08 December 2024. Details where and when will be published here.





Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories.
As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Ross Bennett continues the series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision.

Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick 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 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, 20 Nov 2024 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 #Interviews #jesc2024 #JuniorEurovision #hcsc2024 #Montesong2025, AndriaPutkaradze #Georgia