Week 08/2025 - Eurovision Radio International - 19 Feb 2025: Eurovision 2025 National Final Season: Interview with Ziferblat (Ukraine 2025), Annika Wickihalder & Greczula from Melo, News, Birthday File and Cover Spot plus much more - PODCAST AVAILBLE NOW

  

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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, 19 Feb 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

• Live Interview with Ziferblat (Ukraine 2025)
• Melodifeativalen 2025 - Heat 3 - A look back:  Interviews with Greczula and Annika Wickihalder - Finalists and more.
  
• Eurovision Spotlight:  Eurovision 2025 - The National Final Season with Dermot Manning
• Söngvakeppnin 2025 - Iceland's National Final Song Preview
  
• 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

The Eurovision Spotlight - The National Final Season: With the beginning of a New Year is also the start of the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest. Montenegro returns to the contest in 2025 and had already selected their entry in November 2024. 36 countries are taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 which will be taking place on 13 and 15 May 2024 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Final on 17 May 2025. Radio International will be taking a look at the national finals and showcase the highlights every week in the Eurovision Spotlight as Chris Poppe continues the series looking at the countries' selection shows of the past week.

Live Interview with Ziferblat (Ukraine 2025): The Winners of Vidbir 2025 and with that the Musical Ambassadors to the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 from Ukraine - Ziferblat will join the Radio International Interview Team this week on the show live. Ukraine will be in Semi Final 1 in the First Half singing the song "Bird of Pray" and follow in the footsteps of Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil who in 2024 came 3rd in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Teresa & Maria". Listeners who tune in live on Wednesday, 19 Feb 2025 encouraged to send in their questions to Ziferblat. You can do that via this link - CLICK HERE.

Eurovision 2025 Song Preview - Iceland: In view of the upcoming national final Söngvakeppnin in Iceland on 22 Feb 2025 Radio International will be introducing competing song on the show this week. Iceland will compete in Semi Final 1 in the First Half. Ten acts are battling it out for the ticket to Basel to represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Let's get to know the songs this week on the show.

 

Melodifestivalen 2025: Sweden's national final is called Melodifestivalen and is the biggest one in the world of the Eurovision Song Contest. It is the 65th edition and is produced by Swedish broadcaster SVT. 30 entries out of 2794 submitted songs made it to the shows. The 30 entries will take part in the competition across five heats. Each heat consists of six songs, with the top two songs directly qualifying for the final. Unlike in the previous edition, only the third-placing song will proceed to a final qualification round at the end of the fifth heat, which will now feature five songs instead of ten. The top two songs in the final qualification will then progress to the final, which will comprise 12 songs. The winner of the final will be determined by the usual 50/50 combination of votes from the public and an international jury. All shows will all be hosted by Edvin Törnblom and Kristina Petrushina.The dates and locations of the shows is shown below:

Heat 1 on 01 Feb 2025 in Luleå
Heat 2 on 08 Feb 2025 in Gothenburg
Heat 3 on 15 Feb 2025 in Västerås
Heat 4 on 22 Feb 2025 in Malmö
Heat 5 on 01 Mar 2025 in Jönköping
Grand Final on 08 Mar 2025 in Stockhoplm's Strawberry (Friends) Arena

More details of the participating artists you can find over at our friends of wikipedia - click here.

Melodifestivalen 2025 - Heat 3 Interviews:  Congratulations to Greczula and Annika Wickihalder were selected by the Swedish Public to go directly into the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2025 in Stockholm. Dolly Style made it to the Second Chance Round (Final Kval). Radio International was in Västeras and interviewed all the participants. Listen to the chats on the show this week. You can see the Complete Coverage of Melodifestivalen 2025 - Heat 3 by clicking here.


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 whereas Alain Forrotti updates you where you can watch the Eurovision National Finals for 2025, and and and....

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• Create a free account to enter and then enjoy the show while chtting with the other Eurovision Fans that are listening live.
  

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THE PLAY LIST

Hour 1

1.
DQ
Drama Queen
Eurovision 2007, Denmark, Semi Final Number 19
Happy 52nd Birthday on 16 Feb 2025

2.
Lordi
Hardrock Hallelujah
Eurovision Winner 2006, Finland
Happy 51st Birthday on 15 Feb 2025

3.
Lordi
Hellizabeth
NEW RELEASE: Feb 2025, Finland

4.
Eurovision Flashback to 1978

5.
Jean Vallee
El amor hace hace cantar la vida (Spanish version "L'Amour Ca Fait Chanter La Vie"
Eurovision 1978, Belgium, Number 2

Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal

6.
Nelli Matula
Hitaammin Hautaan
Eurovision 2025, Finland, National Final UMK, Number 4


Eurovision Spotlight - The National Final Season 2025 with Dermot Manning

7.
Mamagama
Run With U
Eurovision 2025, Azerbaijan, Semi Final 1 Second Half

8.
Justyna Maria Steczkowska
Gaja
Eurovision 2025, Poland, Semi Final 1 First Half

9.
Kyle Alessandro
Lighter
Eurovision 2025, Norway, Semi Final 1 Second Half

10.
Tommy Cash
Espresso Macchiato
Eurovision 2025, Estonia, Semi Final 1 First Half

11.
Katarsis
Tavo Akys
Eurovision 2025, Lithuania, Semi Final 2 First Half

12.
Parg
Survivor
Eurovision 2025, Armenia, Semi Final 2 First Half


Hour 2
Interview with Ziferblat (Ukraine 2025)

1.
Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil
Teresa Maria
Eurovision 2024, Ukraine, Number 3

2.
Ziferblat
Bird of Pray
Eurovision 2025, Ukraine, Semi Final 1 First Half


Hour 3

1.
Polina Gagarina
A Million Voices
Eurovision 2015, Russia, Number 2

2.
Polina Gagarina
Dance in front of the mirror
NEW RELEASE: Feb 2025, Russia

3.
OG3NE
Lights and Shadows
Eurovision 2017, The Netherlands, Number 11

Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann

4.
Sonia
Better The Devil
Eurovision 1993, United Kingdom, Number 2

5.
SuRie
Storm
Eurovision 2018, United Kingdom, Number 24

Eurovision National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti

6.
Baccara
Parlez-Vouz Francais
Eurovision 1978, Luxembourg, Number 8
Happy 74th Birthday to Mayte Mateos on 07 Feb 2025


Interview with Annika Wickihalder (Melodifestivalen 2025 Finalist)

7.
Annika Wickihalder
Life Again
Melodidestivalen 2025, Sweden, Grand Final


Eurovision News with Nick from escXtra.com

8.
Katy Garbi
An me Agapas Deiks
NEW RELEASE: Feb 2025, Greece


Hour 4

1.
Käärijä
Cha Cha Cha
Eurovision 2023, Finland, Number 2

2.
Käärijä and Hooja
San Francisco Boy
NEW RELEASE: Feb 2025, Finland

3.
Niamh Kavanagh
In your eyes
Eurovision Winner 1993, Ireland
Happy 57th Birthday on 13 Feb 2025

Interview with Greczula (Melodifestivalen 2025 Finalist)

4.
Greczula
Believe Me
Melodidestivalen 2025, Sweden, Grand Final


The Eurovision Coverspot with David Mann

5.
Måns Zelmerlöw
Cara Mia
Melodifestivalen 2007, Sweden, Number 3

6.
Daniel Mitsogiannis
Pame
Melodifestivalen 2008 Sweden, Heat 4, Number 7

7.
Daniel Mitsogiannis
Cara Mia (Original Demo Version)
Melodifestivalen 2007, Sweden , Number 3

8.
Smurfarna
Cara Mia (Cover)
Melodifestivalen 2007, Sweden , Number 3

9.
Vinzzent
Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie) (Vinzzent's National Songfestivaal Version)
Eurovision 2010, Netherlands, Semi Final 2 Number 14

10.
Vinzzent
Allerliefste (Dutch cover of Cara Mia)
Melodifestivalen 2007, Sweden, Number 3



Söngvakeppnin - Iceland's National Final on Sat 22 Feb 2025

11.
Águst
Like You
Eurovision 2025, Iceland's Söngvakeppnin, Song Number 1

12.
Bjarni Arason
Aðeins lengur
Eurovision 2025, Iceland's Söngvakeppnin, Song Number 2

13.
Juli og Disa
Fire
Eurovision 2025, Iceland's Söngvakeppnin, Song Number 3

14.
Stebbi JAK
Set Me Free
Eurovision 2025, Iceland's Söngvakeppnin, Song Number 4

15.
Tinna
Words
Eurovision 2025, Iceland's Söngvakeppnin, Song Number 5

16.
VÆB
Roa
Eurovision 2025, Iceland's Söngvakeppnin, Song Number 6

17.
Hera Björk
Scared of Heights
Eurovision 2024, Iceland, Semi Final 1 Number 15