2026-02-24

Week 08/2026 - Eurovision Radio International - 25 Feb 2026: Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4 Winner Interviews with Smash into Pieces and Cimberly, German National Finalist Interviews with wavvyboi, Myle and Laura Nahr, News, Birthday File, Coverspot, and much more - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

   

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AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK 

  • Live Interview with Laura Nahr (German National Final - Unser Lied für Wien)
  • Live Interview with Myle (German National Final - Unser Lied für Wien)
  • Live Interview with wavvyboi (German National Final - Unser Lied für Wien) 
  • Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4:  Interviews with:  Smash Into Pieces, Cimberly and Meira Omar
  • Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals 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 
  • National Final Update for Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti 
  • New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists 
  • Your music requests 





Melodfestivalen 2026:  Radio International continues with the coverage next week when JP will be in Malmö at Heat 4 of Melodifestivalen 2026. This week check out the Eurovision Spotlight with Ross for the qualifiers of Heat 3 from Kristiansta. 

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 4 Allstarz

Congratulations to Smash Into Pieces and Cimberly winning the Heat 4 of Melodifestivalen 2026 out of the Malmö Arena on Saturday, 22 Feb 2026. Smash Into Pieces were the first winning act being announced after the first voting round. They will be competing in the Grand Final with the song "Hallow". Cimberly and her song "Eternity" won the second round of voting and also has won and secured herself a place in the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 20026 in the Strawberry Arena of Stockholm, Solna. The favourite to also win the Heat was Meira Omar with the song "Dooset Daram" came third and is with that in the Final Kval round of the competition and has a chance to advance into the Grand Final after Heat 5. JP has been in Malmö and conducted interviews with all participating acts of which you will some this week and some next week on Radio International.

The Complete Coverage Page of Heat 4 can be viewed by clicking here where you can also watch the interviews.





Eurovision Song Contest - Das Deutsche Finale 2026:  Germany will be selecting their entry to the  Eurovision Song Contest 2006 on Saturday, 28 Feb 2026 in Berlin with nine acts competing for the right to represent Germany in Vienna on 16 May 2026. Eurovision Host 2025 Hazel Brugger and Germany's regular National Final Host Barbara Schoeneberger will be presenting the acts from a studio in Berlin with a live audience. Radio International has reached out to some of the acts for an interview and the team is happy to welcome to the show Laura Nahr on the show this week who will compete in the German National Final with the song "Wonderland". Then, joining the Radio International Interview Team on the show this week is Myle who competes with the song "A OK". And also on tghe show live will be wavvyboi who competes with the song "Black Glitter". 



wavvyboi, Laura Nahr and Myle 
live on Radio International this week





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. Alasdair Rendall 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.

Erika Vikman

Ich komme

Eurovision 2025, Finland, Number 11

Happy 33rd Birthday on 20 Feb 2026


2.

Baby Lasagna

Rim Tim Tagi Dim

Eurovision 2024, Croatia, Number 2


3.

Baby Lasagna 

End The Party
NEW RELEASE:  Feb 2026, Croatia


4.

Erika Vikman 

Father (I Will Never Confess) 

NEW RELEASE:  Feb 2026, Finland



National National Final Update with Alain Forotti 


5.

Monique Melsen

Pomme, pomme, pomme

Eurovision 1971, Luxembourg, Number 13

Happy 75th Birthday on 24 Feb 2026



Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann


6.

Alf Poier

Weil der mensch zaehlt

Eurovision 2003, Austria, Number 6


7.

Bobbie Singer

Reflection

Eurovision 1999, Austria, Number 10



Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4
Interview with Smash Into Pieces (after Winning Heat 4)

8.
Smash Into Pieces
Hollow
Melodifestvialen 2026, Sweden, Winner of Heat 4


Interview with Meira Omar (Advanced to Final Kval)

9.
Meira Omar

Dooset Daram
Melodifestivalen 2026, Sweden, Number 3 in Heat 4 => Final Kval


10.

Nana Mouskouri

La notte non la sa (Italian Version of "A force de prier")

Eurovison 1963, Luxembourg, Number 8




Hour 2

Eurovision Song Contest - Das deustche Finale 2026


1.

Abor & Tynna

Baller

Eurovision 2025, Germany, Number 15



Interview with Myle (Milo) (German National Final 2026)

2.

Myle

A OK

Eurovision 2026, German National Final, Song Number 6


3.

Bela

Herz

Eurovision 2026, German National Final, Song Number 1



Interview with Laura Nahr (German National Final 2026)

4.

Laura Nahr

Wonderland

Eurovision 2026, German National Final, Song Number 3



Hour 3


1.

Kyle Alessandro

Lighter

Eurovision 2025, Norway, Number 18


2.
Kyle Alessandro 

Rosary

NEW RELEASE:  Feb 2026, Norway


The Eurovision Coverspot with David Mann


3.

Elnur Huseynov & Samir Javadzadeh

Day After Day

Eurovision 2008, Azerbaijan, Number 8


4.

Elnur Huseynov & Samir Javadzadeh

Day After Day (2024 Leigh Abbott Re-orchesrtrated version)

Eurovision 2008, Azerbaijan, Number 8


5.

Ahmad Hasanov 

Day After Day (2025 Cover) 

2008 Azerbaijan, Number 8



Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision 2026 National Final Season with Alasdair Rendall


6.

Antigoni

Jalla

Eurovision 2026, Cyprus, Semi Final 2 Second Half


7.

Cosmo

Tanzschein 

Eurovision 2026, Austria, Grand Final


8.

Lolita Zero 

Salve in Meum Mundum 

Eurovision 2026, Lithuania, Winner of Semi Final 5

Semi Final 1 Second Half


9.

Marquise 

Chuva 

Eurovision 2026, Portugal, Finalist

Semi Final 1 First Half



Melodifestivalen 2026, Heat 4 (Winner's Interview with Cimberly)

10.

Cimberly 

Eternity 

Medlofifestivalen 2026, Sweden, Heat 4, Second Winner


11.

Essyla  

Dancing on the Ice 

Eurovision 2026, Belgium, Semi Final 1 Second Half



Hour 4


1.

Elina Born & Stig Raesta

Goodbye to Yesterday

Eurovision 2015, Estonia, Number 7


2.
Elina Born 

Eetrivaikus

NEW RELEASE:  Feb 2026, Estonia


Live Interview with Wavvyboi (German National Finalist 2026)


3.

wavvyboi

Black Glitter

Eurovision 2026, German National Final, Song Number 9


4.

Dreamboys the Band

Jeanie

Eurovision 2026, German National Final, Song Number 2


5.

Malou Lovis

When I'm with you

Eurovision 2026, German National Final, Song Number 4


6.

Molly Sue

Optimist (Ha Ha Ha)

Eurovision 2026, German National Final, Song Number 5


7.

Ragazzki

Ciao ragazzki

Eurovision 2026, German National Final, Song Number 7


8.

Sarah Engels

Fire

Eurovision 2026, German National Final, Song Number 8



Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal 

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


9.

Gina Dirawi 

Bmoot ( I'm Breaking Down)

ALBUM: Meet Me In Jannah, 2022, Sweden





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