2026-02-02

Week 05/2026 - Eurovision Radio International - 04 Feb 2026: Melodifestivalen 2026 Heat 1 (Linköping), The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Interviews (Part 3), News, Birthday File, Coverspot, and much more - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

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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. Find out more details of how to tune in as well as the repeats - click here.

Join in this Wednesday, 04 Feb 2026 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 

  • Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Greczula
  • Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Jacqline
  • Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Indra
  • Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Noll2
  • Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with A-Teens
  • Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Junior Lerin     
  • Malta Eurovision Song Contest (MESC) 2026 - Review continue
  • Interview with Franklin Calleja (MESC 2026, Number 8)
  • Interview with Denise (MESC 2026, Number 6) 
  • Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 (Linköping) Review and Interviews 
  • Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals with Dermot Manning
  • 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 
  • National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti 
  • New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists 
  • Your music requests 





Melodfestivalen 2026:  Melodifestivalen 2026 is starting this weekend as Heat 1 will be staged in the Saab Arena of Linköping on Sat 31 Jan 2026. 

The Heats are scheduled as follows:
Heat 1:  31 Jan 2026 - Linköping - Saab Arena
Heat 2:  07 Feb 2026 - Gothenburg - Skandinavium
Heat 3:  14 Feb 2026 - Kristianstad - Kristianstad Arena
Heat 4:  21 Feb 2026 - Malmö - Malmö Arena
Heat 5:  28 Feb 2026 - Sundsvall -  Gärdehov
Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026:  07 Mar 2026 - Stockholm - Strawberry Arena in Solna 
 

 

Melodifestivalen 2026 Heat 1 Allstarz 
including the Hosts Gina and Hampus
 

Radio International's JP has traveled to Heat 1 and conducted interviews with the Hosts Gina Dirawi and Hampus Nessvold andvall the participanting acts who are:  Greczula, Jacqline, Noll2, Junior Lerin, Indra and the A-Teens.
 Listen to the interviews and all the songs on this week's edition of Radio International. 




Congratulations to
 
Grezcula and the A*Teens 

for advancing directly to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 

and to Jacqline for the advancement into the Final Qualification Round.



For detailed results please visit our colleagues over at Wikipedia - Click Here

NOTE:  To watch all the interviews and view the photo album as well as videos from the Aftershow Party please visit this link - click here





The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (Part 3): 
The Malta Eurovision Song Contest is the National Final to select that song that will be representing the country at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2026 in Vienna, Austria in May. The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was hosted hosted by Keane Cutajar, Destiny Chukunyere (who won Junior Eurovision 2015 and represented Malta in Eurovision 2021) and Gaia Cauchi (who won Junior Eurovision 2013). The Semi Final with 18 artists took place on Thursday, 15 Jan 2026 followed by the Grand Final on Saturday, 17 Jan 2026 from MFCC (Malta Fairs and Convention Centre). 


Congratulations to Aidan who won the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Bella" which will be in Semi Final 2 in the Second Half at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on Thu 14 May 2026. 
 
 
Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Scoreboard

 
Radio International already broadcast some of the interviews from Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in last week's edition. Listen to more interviews this week with:  Denise (MESC 2026, Number 6) and the Franklin Calleja (MEC 2026, Number 8).
 
 
 

Franklin Calleja at Malta ESC 2026 ("Guide you Home")





Denise at the Malta ESC2026 ("Trophy")
 
You can watch all our Interviews with the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 participants on this page - CLICK HERE




The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision National Final Season:  The New Eurovision Year 2026 has started and with that also the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is in full swing with countries selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Until the end of March 2026 the National Final Season for Eurovision 2026 is on and Radio International's team members will be highlighting the best picks of the national finals. Dermot Manning continues the series with taking a look at National Finals of the last seven days.


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.  Javier stands in for Nick and 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 Forotti gives us already the updates of the National Finals to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....







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Hour 1


1.

Fyr & Flamme

Øve os på hinanden

Eurovision 2026, Denmark, Semi Final 2 Number 11


2.

Antique (Helena Paparizou)

Die 4 U

Eurovision 2001, Greece, Number 3

Happy 44th Birthday to Helena on 31 Jan 2026


3.

Sürpriz

Reise nach Jerusalem

Eurovision 1999, Germany, Number 3

Happy 48th Birthday on 30 Jan 2026 for Deniz Felizman


4.

Fyr Og Flamme 

Du Danser Grimt

NEW RELEASE:  Jan 2026, Denmark


National National Final Update with Alain Forotti

5.

Maria Olafs

Unbroken

Eurovision 2015, Iceland, Semi Final 2 Number 15

Happy 33rd Birthday on 02 Feb 2026



Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann


6.

Nico & Vlad

Peo Margine de Lume

Eurovision 2008, Romania, Number 20


7.

Kalomira

Secret Combination

Eurovision 2008, Greece, Number 3



Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal 


8.

Komiat 

Lululai 

Eurovision 2026, Finland National Final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu

 

9.

Seid Memic Vajta

Leila (English Version of "Leila")

Eurovision 1981, Yugoslavia, Number 15



Hour 2

Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1



Interview with Gina Dirawi and Hampus Nessvold (Hosts of Melodifestivalen 2026)


1.

KAJ

Bara Bada Bastu

Eurovision 2025, Sweden, Number 4

Winner of Melodifestivalen 2025



Interview with Greczula (Melodifestivalen 2026, Heat 1)


2.

Greczula

Believe me

Melodifestivalen 2025, Sweden, Number 3

 


Interview with A*Teens (Melodifestivalen 2026, Heat 1) 


3.

A*Teens

Super Trouper (Cover of ABBA)

ALBUM:  A-Teens – The Abba Generation (Album), 1999


Interview with Jacqline (Melodifestivalen 2026, Heat 1) 


4.

Jacqline

Effortless

Melodifestivalen 2024, Sweden, Number 9


Interview with Indra (Melodifestivalen 2026, Heat 1)


5.

Indra

Beautiful Lie

Melodifestivalen 2026, Sweden, Heat 1, Number 3 in Round 2



Interview with Noll2 (Melodifestivalen 2026, Heat 1) 


6.

Noll2

Berusade ord

Melodifestivalen 2026, Sweden, Heat 1, Number 4 in Round 2 



Interview with Junior Lerin (Melodifestivalen 2026, Heat 1) 


7.

Junior Lerin

Copacabana Boy

Melodifestivalen 2026, Sweden, Heat 1, Number 5 in Round 2 



Hour 3


1.

Go-Jo

Milkshake Man

Eurovision 2025, Australia, Semi Final 2 Number 11


2.

Go-Jo 

Supersonic

NEW RELEASE: Jan 2026, Australia



The Eurovision Coverspot with David Mann


3.

Tommy Cash

Espresso Macchiato (live on SVT 05/05/2025)

Eurovision 2025, Estonia, Number 3 


4.

Timebelle

Singing About Love

Eurovision 2015, Switzerland National Final, Number 2


5.

Timebelle

Apollo

Eurovision 2017, Switzerland, Semi Final Two, Number 12


6.

Timebelle

Espresso Macchiato (Cover)

Eurovision 2025, Estonia, Number 3 




Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision 2026 National Final Season with Dermot Manning


Reaction Interview with Greczula after the show


7.

Greczula

Half of me

Melodifestivalen 2026, Sweden, Heat 1, Winner of Heat 1



Reaction Interview with A*Teens after the show


8.

A*Teens

Iconic

Melodifestivalen 2026, Sweden, Heat 1, Winner of Heat 1



Reaction Interview with Jacqline after the show


8.

Jacqline

Woman

Melodifestivalen 2026, Sweden, Heat 1,


10.

Kautkaili 

Te un tagad

Eurovision 2026, Latvia National Final, Heat 1 => advanced


11.

Atikin 

Deganti Zemele 

Eurovision 2026, Lithuania National Final, Heat 2 Winner


12.

Vilnius Voices  

Grisim
Eurovision 2026, Lithuania National Final, Heat 2 Number 2



Hour 4


1.

Kenan Dogulu

Shake it up, Sekerim

Eurovision 2007, Turkey, Number 4


2.

Ryan O'Shaughnessy

Together

Eurovision 2018, Ireland, Number 16


3.

Ryan O’Shaughnessy 

Don’t Lose Faith

NEW RELEASE:  Jan 2026, Ireland


4.

Kenan Doğulu & Kenzi

Bal Gibi (Remix)

NEW RELEASE:  Jan 2026, Turkey



Eurovision News with Nick from escXtra.com - Javier stands in 


5.

Sinead Mulvey & Black Daisy

Et cetera

Eurovision 2009, Ireland, Semi Final 2 Number 11

Happy 38th Birthday on 22 Jan 2026



Interview with Franklin Calleja (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026, Number 8) 


6.

Franklin Calleja

Guide You Home

Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026, Number 8, 43 points



Interview with Denise (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026, Number 6)


7.

Denise

Trophy

Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026, Number 6, 71 points

 


8.

Lise Darly

Tout de Moi

Eurovision 2005, Monaco, Semi Final Number 24

Happy 44th Birthday on 27 Dec 2025


9.

CatCat

Bye Bye Baby

Eurovision 1994, Finland, Number 22

Happy 56th Birthday to Virpi Kätkä of CatCat on 19 Dec 2025



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