2025-06-26

Week 25/2025 - Eurovision Radio International - 25 Jun 2025: Through the Summer 2025: Margret Berger (NO 2013), Picked Jacks (SM 2025), Alchemist (MESC 2025), Maria Sur (Melo 2023 & 2024) in Interview and more...- PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW


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Join in this Wednesday, 25 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 the Alchemist (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025)
  • Interview with Picked Jacks (San Marino 2023) done at MancHagen 2025
  • Interview with Margret Berger (Norway 2013) done at the London Eurovision Party 2025
  • Interview with Maria Sur (Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2023 and 2024) done at the London Eurovision Party 2025 
  • Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision's Magic Numbers (Vol 2) with Dermot Manning - Number 5
  • 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



Picked Jacks (San Marino 2023) at MancHagen 2025


Interview with the Picked Jacks (San Marino 2023):
  At the recent edition of MancHagen 2025 in view of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 the organisers also invited acts that already were on the satge of the Eurovision Song Contest previously such as Picked Jacks who represented San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool with the song "Like an animal" which unfortunately did not qualify for the Grand Final and remained in Semi Final 2 at Number 16. Radio International's Salman met and interviewed the group at MancHagen 2025. You can hear this interview on the show this week. 


Margret Berger (Norway 2013) with Salman 
at the London Eurovision Party 2025


Interview with Margret Berger (Norway 2013):
It was in 2013 when Margret Berger represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "I feed you my love" coming 4th in Malmö, Sweden. That particular song contest was won by Emmelie de Forest from neighbouring Denmark with the song "Only Teardrops".
In the run up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Margret was invited to the London Eurovision
Party 2025 where the rowing reporter of Radio International Salman had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Margret Berger which you can hear on the show this week.


Maria Sur (Melodifestivalen 2023 and 2024)


Interview with Maria Sur (Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2023 and 2024): In 2023 a newcomer to Melodifestivalen in Sweden came from Ukraine and started her career in Sweden. Already her first Melodifestvalen entry was a success. Maria Sur qualified from the Heat into the Grand Final where she finished 9th with the song "Never give up".  In 2024, Maria Sur returned to Sweden's biggest music competition to select the entry to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. The song in the running was "When you're gone" coming 7th in the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2024, coming second in her Heat. 
Maria Sur was invited to perform a the London Eurovision Party 2025 where the Radio International rowing reporter Salman had the pleasure to interview Maria once again and you can hear it on the show this week. 



The Alchemist at Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Interview with The Alchemist (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 a new act to the competition. It is the Maltese group The Alchemist who successfully qualified for the Grand Final of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 out of Semi Final 2 and then placed 9th with the song "Rubble and Stone"
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 - Eurovision's Magic Numbers:   
With the summer solstice marking the start of the Summer 2025 the Eurovision Spotlight Team Members decided to continue where we left off last year at the end of summer with Eurovision's Magic Numbers. Enjoy this unique way of featuring the songs of the Eurovision Song Contest on the show. Radio International's Irish Voice - Dermot Manning will be starting the new series this week. 

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 Alain Forrotti gives us already some updates of the National Finals regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....


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Hour 1

1.

Chiara

Angel

Eurovision 2005, Malta, Number 2


2.

Claudette Pace

Desire

Eurovision 2000, Malta, Number 8


3.

Dre'Curmi

Te Amo

Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025, Semi Final 1, eliminated


4.

Alenka Gotar

Cvet z juga

Eurovision 2007, Slovenia, Number 15


5.

Darja Svajger

Prisluhni mi

Eurovision 1995, Slovenia, Number 7

Happy 60th Birthday on 16 Jun 2025

6.

Darja Svajger

The light of thousand years

Eurovision 1999, Slovenia, Number 10

Happy 60th Birthday on 16 Jun 2025



Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann


7.

Bojana Stamenov

Beauty Never Lies

Eurovision 2015, Serbia, Number 10


8.

Sam Ryder

Spaceman

Eurovision 2022, United Kingdom, Number 2



Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal


9.

Arwin 

Do You Love Me?

NEW RELEASE:  Jun 2025, Sweden


10.

Arwin

This dream of mine

Melodifestivalen 2025, Sweden, Final Kval Number 5 (from Heat 5)


11.

Umami Tsumami 

Geronimo

Eurovision 2024, Norway Melodi Grand Prix, Number 9



Hour 2


1.

Salome (Maria Rosa Marco Poquet)

Vivo cantando

Eurovision Winner 1969, Spain

Happy 86th Birthday on 21 Jun 2025


2.

Madame Monsieur

Mercy

Euovisioon 2018, France, Number 13

Happy 43rd Birthday on 22 Jun 2025 to Jan-Karl Lucas



National National Final Update with Alain Forotti


3.

Tanja

Amazing

Eurovision 2014, Estonia, Semi Final 1 Number 12

Happy 42nd Birthda on 19 Jun 2025


Interview with the Alchemist (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025)


4.

The Alchemist

Rubble and Stone

Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025, Number 9


5.
The Alchemists
Run Away
NEW RELEASE:  Jun 2026, Malt


6.

Srebrna Krila 

Ljubav je sa ljude sve 

Eurovision 1995, Croatia National Final, Number 7



Interview with Maria Sur (Melodifestivalen 2023 and 2024) done at the London Eurovision Party 2025


7.

Maria Sur

Never give up

Melodifestivalen 2023, Sweden, Number 9


8.

Maria Sur

When you're gone

Melodifestivalen 2024, Sweden, Number 7


9.

Maria Sur 

Is It Love

NEW RELEASE:  May 2025, Sweden



Interview with the Picked Jacks (San Marino 2023) at MancHagen 2025


10.

Picked Jacks

Like an Animal

Eurovision 2023, San Marino, Semi Final 2 Number 16




Hour 3


1.

Nicole

A little bit of peace

Eurovision Winner 1982, Germany


2.

Nicole 

Sommer Hit Medley 2025

NEW RELEASE:  Jun 2025, Germany



The Eurovision Coverspot with David Mann


3.

Will Ferrell, My Marianne (Molly Sandén)

Jaja Ding Dong

2020 Non-Eurovision, from the Soundtrack of the Movie 'Eurovision Song Contest- The Story of Fire Saga'


4.

Daði Freyr

Jaja Ding Dong (2020 cover)

2020 Non-Eurovision, from the Movie 'Eurovision Song Contest- The Story of Fire Saga'


5.

VÆB

Biomynd 

2024 Iceland Songvakeppnin Final, Number 4


6.

VÆB

Jaja Ding Dong (2025 cover)

2020 Non-Eurovision, from the Movie 'Eurovision Song Contest- The Story of Fire Saga'



Eurovision Spotlight with Dermot Manning:  Eurovision's Magic Numbers  - Number 5

Songs in the years ending with a 5 and were starting as Song Number 5 in the Show


7.

Ulla Wiesner

Paradies, wo bist du?

Eurovision 1965, Germany, Number 15


8.

Geraldine

Toi

Eurovision 1975, Luxembourg, Number 5


9.

Paloma san Basilio

La fiesta termino

Eurovision 1985, Spain, Number 14


10.

Secret Garden

Nocturne

Eurovision Winner 1995, Norway


11.

Wig Wam

In my dreams

Eurovision 2005, Norway, Number 9


12.

Electro Velvet

Still in love with you

Eurovision 2015, United Kingdom, Number 24


13.

Katarsis

Tavo akys

Eurovision 2025, Lithuania, Number 16




Hour 4


1.

Charlotte Perrelli
Hero

Eurovision 2008, Sweden, Number 18

2.

Charlotte Perelli 

La Bondad de Dios
NEW RELEASE:  Jun 2025, Sweden


Eurovision News with Nick from escXtra.com


3.

Stefania
Bliksem

NEW RELEASE:  Jun  2025, The Netherlands

4.

Stefania

Last Dance

Eurovision 2021, Greece, Number 10


Interview with Margret Berger (Norway 2013) done at London Eurovision Party 2025

5.
Margret Berger

I feed you my love

Eurovision 2013, Norway, Number 4


6.

Vlado & Isolda

Ciao amore

Eurovision 1984, Yugoslavia, Number 18

Happy 72nd Birthday to Vlado Kalember on 26 Apr 2025


7.

Philippe Lafontaine

Macidomienne

Eurovision 1990, Belgium, Number 12

Happy 70th Birthday on 25 May 2025


8.

Enrico Ruggeri

Sole d'Europa

Eurovision 1993, Italy, Number 12

Happy 68th Birthday on 05 Jun 2025


9.

Nicole Rieu

Et bonjour a toi l'artiste

Eurovision 1975, France, Number 4

Happy 76 Birthday on 16 May 2025


10.

Chiara feat Kurt Calleja

Kuljum (Angel)

NEW RELEASE:  Jun 2025, Malta

Malta's 2005 Eurovision entry in Maltese)


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