Week 12/2026 - Eurovision Radio International - 25 Mar 2026: Malta's Muzika Muzika 2026 ...and the Winner is... Jasmine, Melodifestivalen 2026 interviews with Cimberly, Birthday File, Cover Spot, News, etc

    Listen this week's edition of Radio International
The Big Show  | Play List

Also listen to other Eurovision Shows:
Forest FM Eurovision Show Case (2026-03-22)
Bradley Stoke Radio - Let Me Be the One (2026-03-24)

 

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

Join in this Wednesday, 25 Mar 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. 

Malta's Muzika Muzika 2026

AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK 

• Muzika Muzika 2026 - Interview with Jasmine Abela (Winner)
• Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with Cimberly (in Heat 4, Malmö)
• Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with Felix Manu (in Heat 4, Malmö)
• Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 in Geographical Regions:  Central Europe with Dermot Manning (new series)
• Eurovision News with Johannes Vitt courtesy of 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 
  

Jasmine Abela winning Malta's Muzika Muzika 2026

Muzika Muzika 2026:  Malta's Muzika Muzika took place on three days 19 - 21 Mar 2026 with 16 great entries selected out of 150 submitted songs to the contest with Televoting and Jury finding out the winning song. Congratulations go to Jasmine Abela who won Muzika Muzika 2026 with the song "Nistaqsi (I ask)" written by Philip Vella and Glen Vella who won the very first edition of Muzika Muzika in 2021. Radio International's JP was in Malta and conducted an interview with the Winner Jasmine which you hear on the show this week. See below the Muzika Muzika 2026 Scoreboard for the results.

Malta's Muzika Muzika 2026 Scoreboard

Melodifestivalen 2026:  Melodifestivalen 2026 was won  by Felicia with the song "My System" with which she will be representing Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Semi Final 1 First Half in the middle of May. Radio International was at three of the Heats meeting and interviewing the artists. Almost all interviews were broadcast on Radio International but two and those will be on the show this and next week.

Cimberly at Melodifestivalen 2026 with  
"Eternity" (Number 6)

 

Interview with Cimberly:  A debutant at Melodifestivalen 2026 with the song "Eternity" is Cimberly what won Swedish Idol in 2023. Cimberly's entry made it out of the 3888 songs sent into the Swedish Broadcaster SVT into the Top 30 songs which then were distributed into the five heats. Cimberly performed her song in Heat 4 out of Malmö where she was the second act to make it directly to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 after Smash Into Pieces coming 6th in the Grand Final. Radio International had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Cimberly at the Artists' Hotel near the Malmö Arena.  The interview will air on the show this week. 

The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision 2026 Land in Geographical Regions:   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. And as a tradition the Radio International Eurovision Experts have split the Eurovision 2026 participating countries in geographical regions and over the next weeks you will hear all the 35 Eurovision 2026 entries on the show presented by the Radio International Team. 
This week Dermot Manning starts the new series of the Eurovision Spotlight looking at the entries from the countries in the Centre of Eurovision 2026 Land.

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 lots more.

Our Chatroom - Chat with the Eurovision Fan Community during the live show on Wednesdays from 1900 - 2300 hours CET. This is how it works:

• Click on this link to open the Radio International Chat Room. (Mixcloud live broadcast with Chatroom)

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

Join Radio International live on Wednesday, 25 Mar 2026 starting from 1900 - 2300 pmCET via the website or on FM. Radio International is available via different means. Visit HOW TO TUNE IN to see the details. The show will be available on the website of Malta's RADIO105 and via TUNEIN and will be relayed on the Facebook Group of Eurovision Radio International. For the Wednesday evening live show you can join the chat room where the show will be relayed as well. For that click here. And failing that you can catch up with the show on the Radio International Podbean Channel available here, as well as the Radio International Spotify Channel - Search for Eurovision Radio International.

Radio International is also available on other radio stations at different days and times. See the details at this link:

How to Listen - Details are available here - click the link:

Happy Eurovisioning
JP and the Team in the Tower of Eurovision Power
www.radiointernational.tv

#eurovision #esc #world #UnitedByMusic #eurovision2026 #Melodifestivalen2026 #Cimberly #MuzikaMuzika #JasmineAbela #GlenVella

THE PLAY LIST

Hour 1

1.

Sandhja

Sing It Away

Eurovision 2016, Finland, Semi Final 1 Number 14

Happy 35th Birthday on 16 Mar 2026

2.

Tommy Cash

Espresso Macchiato

Eurovision 2025, Estonia, Number 3

3.

Tommy Cash 

Figaro

NEW RELEASE:  Mar 2026

4.

Felicia

My System (Greek Version)

Eurovision 2026, Sweden, Semi Final 1 First Half

Eurovision News with Johannes courtesy of escXtra.com 

5.

Freddie x Lotfi Begi 

Pain (Glory Remix) 

NEW RELEASE:  Mar 2026, Hungary

6.

Freddie

Pioneer

Eurovision 2016, Hungary, Number 19

Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann

7.

Debbie Scerri

Let Me Fly

Eurovision 1997, Malta, Number 9

8.

Julie & Ludwig

On Again, Off Again

Eurovision 2004, Malta, Number 12

Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal 

9.

Søren Torpegaard Lund

Lige Her

Eurovision 2023, Denmark Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, eliminated in Round 1

10.

Søren Torpegaard Lund

Før vi går hjem

Eurovision 2026, Denmark, Semi Final 2, Second Half

Hour 2

Muzika Muzika 2026 (Malta)

1.

Glen Vella 

Ħarsa Biss 

Muzika Muzika 2021 Winner

2.

Kurt Calleja 

Bla Tarf 

Muzika Muzika 2022 Winner 

3.

Gianluca Bezzina 

Sabiha
Muzika Muzika 2023 Winner 

4.

Maxine Pace 

Mhux tal-Aħħar

Muzika Muzika 2024 Winner 

5.

Jamie Cardona 

Stajna Konna Aħna

Muzika Muzika 2025 Winner 

6.
Keith Zammit Mintoff 

Id f'Id (Hand in hand) 

Muzika Muzika 2026, Number 5

7.

The Travellers 

Poeżija Mingħajr Tmiem (A poem without an end) 

Muzika Muzika 2026, Number 4

8.

Kevin Paul 

Int u Jien (You and me) 

Muzika Muzika 2026, Number 3

9.

Daniel Cauchi 

Niftakarna (I remember us) 

Muzika Muzika 2026, Number 2

Interview with Jasmine Abela (Winner of Muzika Muzika 2026)

10.
Jasmine 

Nistaqsi (I ask) 

Winner of Muzika Muzika 2026 

11.

Ira Losco

Kuntenta Kif Jien

NEW RELEASE:  Mar 2026, Malta

12.

Ira Losco

7th Wonder

Eurovison 2002, Malta, Number 2

Hour 3

1.

Ben Dolic

Violent Thing

Eurovision 2020, Germany, contest cancelled

2.

Ben Dolic

Hold on

NEW RELEASE:  Mar 2026, Germany

The Eurovision Coverspot with David Mann

3.

Matt Monro

I Love The Little Things

Eurovision 1964, United Kingdom, Number 2

4.

Mark Raymond [Ken Hoban] and the Crowd

Girls 

1964 Non-Eurovision

5.

Ken Hoban

I Love The Little Things (2024 Cover)

Eurovision 1964, United Kingdom, Number 2

6.

Safura and Zeljko Joksimovic

Drip Drop (Balkan Version)

Eurovision 2010, Azerbaijan, Number 5

Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision 2026 in Geographical Regions - Europe Central

7.

Cosmo

Tanzschein

Eurovision 2026, Austria, Grand Final, Number 25

8.

Lelek

Andromeda

Eurovision 2026, Croatia, Semi Final 1 First Half

9.

Daniel Zizka

Crossroads

Eurovision 2026, Czechia, Semi Final 2, First Half

10.

Sarah Engels

Fire

Eurovision 2026, Germany, Grand Final

11.

Tamara Živković

Nova Zora

Eurovision 2026, Montenegro, Semi Final 1, Second Half

12.

Veronica Fusaro

Alice

Eurovision 2026, Switzerland, Semi Final 2, First Half

Hour 4

1.

Loreen 

Euphoria

Eurovision Winner 2012, Sweden

2.

Paula Seling and Ovi

Playing with Fire

Eurovision 2010, Romania, Number 3

3.

Paula Seling

Crezul

NEW RELEASE:  Mar 2026, Romania 

4.

Loreen 

Coming Close

NEW RELEASE:  Mar 2026, Sweden

Interview with Cimberly (Melodifestivalen 2026, Sweden, Number 6)

5.

Cimberly

Eternity

Melodifestivalen 2026, Sweden, Number 6

6.

Cimberly 

Won't Be Sorry

Winner of the Swedish Idols 2023

7.

Cimberly 

Honor

2025, non-Eurovision

8.

Anxhela Peristeri

Karma

Eurovision 2021, Albania, Number 21

Happy 40th Birthday on 24 Mar 2026

9.

Edyta Gorniak 

Tu ni ja

Eurovision 1994, Poland, Number 2

10.

Edyta Gorniak 

Superpower

NEW RELEASE: Mar 2026, Poland

11.

Kristian Kostov

Beautiful Mess

Eurovision 2017, Bulgaria, Number 2

Happy 26th Bithday on 15 Mar 2026