2025-06-18

Week 25/2025 - Eurovision Radio International - 18 Jun 2025: Post Eurovision Depression (PED) Cure - Dose 5: Eurovision 2025 - with Tautumeitas (LV), Kyle Alessandro (NO), KAJ (SWE); Emmelie de Forest, Kurt Calleja and more - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

     

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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, 18 Jun 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 

  • Interview with Eurovision Winner Emmelie de Forest (Denmark 2013) done at Malta Eurovision Eurovision Song Contest 2025
  • Interview with Kyle Alessandro (Norway 2025) done at Eurovision 2025 in Basel
  • Interview with KAJ (Sweden 2025) done at the MancHagen Eurovision Party 2025
  • Interview with Tautumeitas (Latvia 2025) done at the London Eurovision Party 2025 
  • Interview with Kurt Calleja (Malta 2012 and Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025) 
  • Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2025 - The Assessment with Alasdair Rendall
  • 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
  • New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists 
  • Your music requests


Eurovision 2013 Winner Emmelie de Forest 
at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025


Interview with Eurovision Winner Emmelie de Forest (Denmark 2025):
 The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 came from the Malmö Arena in Sweden and neighbouring Denmark winning the contest with a young Emmelie de Forest with the song "Only Teardrops". Emmelie has been keeping active as a musician and has written many songs for herself but also other artists including Eurovision performers. She also very often gets invited to perform at the fanclub events as well as national finals. She was at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2014 and returned to Malta for a second time in the National in 2025. JP had the pleasure to conduct a catch-up interview with Emmelie de Forest you can hear on the show this week.  

Kyle Alessandro (Norway 2025) with JP


Interview with Kyle Alessandro (Norway 2025):
Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 by Kyle Alessandro with the song "Lighter" which came 18th in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. The Radio International Rowing Reporter Alain Forrotti had the pleasure to meet and interview Kyle Alessandro in Basel during the rehearsal week. 


KAJ (Sweden 2025)


Interview with KAJ (Sweden 2025): 
At the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Sweden was  represented by Finnish Trio KAJ who won Sweden's Melodifestivalen with highest number of votes ever received by a Melodifestivalen Winner in the past and with that  represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Bara Bada Bastu" coming 4th in the Grand Final, although the betting odds showed Sweden with a winning chance of 50%. Radio International's Salman met and interviewed KAJ at the London Eurovision PreParty 2025. Listen to this interview on the show this week. 


Tautumeitas (Latvia 2025)


Interview with Tautumeitas (Latvia 2025):
Six great voices represented Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The group is called Tautumeitas and the song "Bur man laimi" successfully qualified for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 where it reached Number 13. Radio International's Salman met the ladies at the London Eurovision PreParty 2025 for an interview which you can hear on the show this week.


Kurt Calleja (Malta 2012 and Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025)


Interview with Kurt Calleja (Malta 2012 and Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025):
On Sat. 08 Feb 2025 Miriana Conte and her song "Kant" (now "Serving") was selected by the jury and Maltese public to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2025 in Basel in May. Miriana successfully placed Malta in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest ranking 17th at the end of the voting sequence.
Earlier on in February 2025, Radio International conducted interviews with all the contestants at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and more.
This week, Radio International will broadcast an interview with Eurovision Veteran Kurt Calleja in view of his participation in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Aziz/a" coming 8th. Kurt previously represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 where he placed 21st with the song "This is the night".  
You can watch all the interviews Radio International did at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025  by visiting the Radio International YouTube Channel - or check out our complete coverage of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest - click here.




The Eurovision Spotlight: The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - 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 Alasdair Rendall will be continuing the series.

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.  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....


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Hour 1


1.

Mans Zelmerloew

Heroes

Eurovision Winner 2015, Sweden

Happy 39th Birthday on 13 Jun 2025


2.

Mans Zelmerloew

Revolution

Melodifestivalen 2025, Sweden, Number 2

Happy 39th Birthday on 13 Jun 2025


3.

Meira Omar

Hush Hush

Melodfiestivalen 2025, Sweden, Number 10

Happy 32nd Birthday on 17 Jun 2025


4.

Meira Omar 

Meri Jaan 

NEW RELEASE:  May 2025, Sweden


5.

Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil

Teresa & Maria

Eurovision 2024, Ukraine, Number 3

Happy 34th Birthday on 14 Jun 2025 for Alyona Alyona


6.

Alyona Alyona 

Where there are no people

NEW RELEASE: Jun 2025, Ukraine 



National National Final Update with Alain Forotti 


7.
Alvaro Soler 

Con Calma

NEW RELEASE:  May 2025, Germany 



Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann


8.

Amandine Bourgeois

L'enfer Et Moi 

Eurovision 2013, France, Number 24


9.

Esther Ofarim

T'en va pas (first version)

Eurovision 1963, Switzerland, Number 2



Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal

10.

Molly Hammar 

På Dig

NEW RELEASE:  Jun 2026, Sweden


11.
Anita Thallaug 

Solhverv 

Eurovision 1983, Norway, Number 13




Hour 2


1.

Amir

J'ai cherché

Eurovision 2016, France, Number 6


2.

Amir 

Nous

NEW RELEASE:  Jun 2025, France



Eurovision News with Nick from escXtra.com


3.

Portion Boys 

Tämän kesän viheltelen

NEW RELEASE:  Jun 2025, Finland


4.

Portion Boys 

Samaa taivasta katsotaan 

Eurovision 2023, Finland National Final UMK, Number 2



Interview with Kyle Alessandro (Norway 2025) by Alain in Basel


5.

Kyle Alessandro

Lighter

Eurovision 2025, Norway, Number 18

89 Points



Interview with Tautumeitas (Latvia 2025) by Salman at the London Eurovision PreParty 2025 


6.

Tautumeitas

Bur man laimi

Eurovision 2025, Latvia, Number 13

158 Points



Interview with KAJ (Sweden 2025) by Salman in MancHagen 2025


7.

KAJ

Bara Bada Bastu

Eurovision 2025, Sweden, Number 4

321 Points



Hour 3


1.

Emmy

Laika Party

Eurovision 2025, Ireland, Semi Final 2 Number 13


2.

Emmy

Legends

NEW RELEASE:  May 2025, Norway



The Eurovision Coverspot with David Mann


3.

Sandra Kim

J'aime la vie

Eurovision Winner 1986,  Belgium


4.

Le Manou

Fille a papa

Eurovision 2025, Belgium National Final Eurosong, Number 8


5.

Le Manou

J'aime la vie (2025 Cover)

Eurovision Winner 1986,  Belgium 


6.

Mustii

Before the Party's Over

Eurovision 2024, Belgium, Semi Final 2 Number 13


7.

Linda Williams

Het is een Wonder

Eurovision 1981, The Netherlands, Number 9

Happy 70th Birthday on 11 Jun 2025



Eurovision Spotlight - Eurovision 2025 - The Assessment with Alasdair Rendall


8.

Katarsis

Tavo Akys

Eurovision 2025, Lithuania, Number 16

151 Points


9.

Erika Vikman

Ich komme

Eurovision 2025, Finland, Number 11

196 Points


10.

Abor & Tynna

Baller (English Version)

Eurovision 2025, Germany, Number 15

151 Points


11.

Sissal

Hallucination

Eurovision 2025, Denmark, Number 23

47 Points


12.

Claude

C'est la vie

Eurovision 2025, Netherlands,  Number 12

175 Points


13.

Mamagama

Run With U

Eurovision 2025, Azerbaijan, Semi Final 1 Number 15

Number 37



Hour 4


1.

Medina

Que sera

Melodifestivalen 2024, Sweden, Number 2


2.

Maja Ivarsson 

Kamikaze Life

Melodifestivalen 2025, Sweden, Number 11


3.

Maja Ivarsson 

Iconic

NEW RELEASE: Jun 2025, Sweden


4.

Medina 

Bon Voyage

NEW RELEASE:  Jun 2025, Sweden

5.

Therese Steinmetz

Ringe Dinge

Eurovision 1967, The Netherlands, Number 14

Happy 92nd Birthday on 17 May 2025


6.

Kurt Calleja

This is the night

Eurovision 2012, Malta, Number 21


Interview with Kurt Calleja (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025) by JP


7.

Kurt Calleja 

Aziz/a

Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025, Number 8


8.
Emmelie de Forest

Drown In Champagne

NEW RELEASE:  Mar 2025, Denmark


Interview with Eurovision 2013 Winner Emmelie de Forest (Denmark 2013) done at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025


9.

Emmelie de Forest 

Only Teardrops

Eurovision Winner 2013, Denmark


10.

Haris Anastasiou

Walk away (English Version of "Milas poli")

Eurovision 1990, Cyprus, Number 14


11.

Sophie Carle

100% d'amour

Eurovision 1984, Luxembourg, Number 10

Happy 61st Birthdya on 07 Jun 2025


12.

One More Time (Nanne Grönvall, Peter Grönvall, Maria Radsten)

Den Vilda

Eurovision 1996, Sweden, Number 3

Happy 63rd Birthday to Nanne Grönvall on 18 May 2025


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