2026-03-30

Week 13/2026 - Eurovision Radio International - 01 Apr 2026: MelFstWknd 2026: Meet the Eurostars 2026 (Part 1): Alis (AB), Atvara (LV), Tamara MONT), Melodifestivalen 2026 Interview with Felix Manu, MelFstWknd 2026: Jacqline & Dolly Style Birthday File, Cover Spot, News, etc - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

    

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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, 01 Apr 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
 

  • Interview with Alis (Albania 2026) done at the MelFstWknd 2026 in Stockholm
  • Interview with Atvara (Latvia 2026) done at the MelFstWknd 2026 in Stockholm
  • Interview with Tamara Živković (Montenegro 2026) done at the MelFstWknd 2026 in Stockholm
  • Interview with Dolly Style (Melodifestivalen 2025) done at the MelFstWknd 2026 in Stockholm 
  • Interview with Jacqline (Melodifestivalen 2024 and 2026) done at the MelFstWknd 2026 in Stockholm  
  • Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with Felix Manu (in Heat 4, Malmö)
  • Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 in Geographical Regions:  Western Europe with Alasdair Rendall
  • 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 


 



Meet the Eurostars 2026 (Part 1): The National Final Season ended with the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 in Sweden und all songs of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 are now known. The first Pre-Parties have started and members of the Radio International Team were on location in Stockholm at the MelFstWknd 2026 and conducted interviews with the first Eurovision entrants for 2026 and they are:
Alis (Albania 2026), Atvara (Latvia) and Tamara Živković (Montenegro 2026).
Alis will be representing Albania in the Second Semi Final in the Second Half with the song "Nan" and Atvara will be representing Latvia with the song "Ena" in the Second Semi Final Second Half while Tamara Živković will be representing Montenegro with the song "Nova Zora". Listen to the interview clips on the show this week. 



MelFstWknd 2026 Allstars 
(Atvara, Jacqline, Alis, Tamara and Dolly Style)



MelFstWknd 2026: The event took place on Friday and Saturday 06 and 07 Mar 2026 in the CLub Nalen in Stockholm where artists from Melodifestivalen as well as Eurovision artists 2026. Futher to the above listed artists participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 listen to interview clips with Dolly Style and Jacqline. Dolly Style took part at Melodifestivalen a few times lastly in 2025 with the song "Yiha" that made it to the Grand Final and Jacqline debuted in 2024 with "Effortless" reaching the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen. She returned to the contest in 2026 with the song "Woman" but did not advance out of the Heat.




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. This is the final interview in the current series of Melodifestivalen 2026.


Felix Manu at Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4

Interview with Felix Manu:  Also a debutant at Melodifestivalen 2026 is Felix Manu who competed in Heat 4 with the song "Hatar att jag älskar dig" coming 4th after the second round of voting which unfortunately did not advance him any further in the competition. JP from Radio International and Tanja from Swedish ESCPANELEN also had the pleasure in meeting and interviewing the young singer at the Artists' Hotel near the Malmö Arena. Enjoy listening to the interview with Felix 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 Alasdair Rendall continues the new series of the Eurovision Spotlight looking at the entries from the countries in the Western region 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.


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Hour 1


1.

La Zarra

Évidemment

Eurovision 2023, France, Number 16


2.

Tusse

Voices

Eurovision 2021, Sweden, Number 14


3.

Tusse 

No Sinner No Saint
NEW RELEASE:  Mar 2026, Sweden

4.

La Zarra 

Bo garçon

NEW RELEASE:  Mar 2026, Sweden 


5.

Marinella

Krassi, thalassa ke t'agori mou

Eurovision 1974, Greece, Number 11 (Debut entry)


6.

Sandrine François

Il faut du temps

Eurovision 2002, France, Number 5



Eurovision News with Johannes courtesy of escXtra.com 


7.

Kyle Alessandro 

Backseat
NEW RELEASE:  Mar 2026, Norway


8.

Kyle Alessandro

Lighter

Eurovision 2025, Norway, Number 18



Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann


9.

Chips

Tissue Of Lies

1982 Ireland National Final, Number 8


10.

Chips

Dag efter dag

1982 Sweden, Number 2



Hour 2

MelFstWknd 2026 Interviews and Meet the Eurostars 2026


1.

Barei

Say Yay

Eurovision 2016, Spain, Number 22

Happy 44th Birthday on 29 Mar 2026


2.

Monika Linkyte & Vaidas Baumila

This Time

Eurovision 2015, Lithuania, Number 18

Happy 39th birthday to Vaidas on 28 Mar 2026


3.

Dolly Style

Yiha

Melodifestivalen 2025, Sweden, Number 5



Interview with Dolly Style (Melodifestivalen 2025) done at MelFstWknd 2026 


4.
Dolly Style

Habibi
Melodifestivalen 2019, Sweden, Heat 3, Number 5 (eliminated)


Interview with Jacqline (Melodifestivalen 2024 & 2026) done at MelFstWknd 2026 


5.

Jacqline

Effortless

Melodifestivalen 2024, Sweden, Number 9


6.

Jacqline 

Woman

Melodifestivalen 2026, Sweden, Heat 1 => FinalKval



Interview with Alis (Albania 2026) done at MelFstWknd 2026


7.

Alis

Nan

Eurovision 2026, Albania, Semi Final 2, Second Half



Interview with Atvara (Latvia 2026) done at MelFstWknd 2026 


8.

Atvara 

Ena

Eurovision 2026, Latvia, Semi Final 2, Second Half



Interview with Tamara Živković (Montenegro 2026) done at MelFstWknd 2026 


9.

Tamara Živković

Nova Zora

Eurovision 2026, Montenegro, Semi Final 1, Second Half



Hour 3


1.

Hot Eyes (Kirsten & Soeren)

Ka' du se hva' jeg sa' (Can you see what I said?)

Eurovision 1988, Denmark, Number 3

Happy 70th Birthday to Soeren Bungaard on 04 Mar 2026


2.

Bonnie Tyler

Believe in me

Eurovisio 2013, United Kingdom, Number 19


3.

Bonnie Tyler 

Only Love

NEW RELEASE:  Mar 2026, United Kingdom


The Eurovision Coverspot with David Mann 


4.

The Olsen Brothers

Let It Swing (English Cover 2010)

Euovision Winner 1985, Norway 


5.

Johnny Logan

Why Me? (Writer's Version)

Eurovision Winner 1992, Ireland


6.

Camillo Felgen

Du kleiner Mann (German Version of "Petit bonhomme")

Eurovision 1962, Luxembourg, Number 3


7.

Glen Vella

Logħob Li Jgħaqqadna (Games That Unite Us)

Theme Song of the Malta School Games 2026



Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision 2026 in Geographical Regions: The West with Alasdair Rendall


8.

ESSYLA

Dancing on the Ice

Eurovision 2026, Belgium, Semi Final 1, Second Half


9.

Monroe

Regarde

Eurovision 2026, France,  Grand Final


10.

Eva Marija

Mother Nature

Eurovision 2026, Luxembourg, Semi Final 2, First Half


11.

Bandidos do Cante

Rosa

Eurovision 2026, Portugal, Semi Final 1 First Half


12.

Look Mum No Computer

Eins Zwei Drei

Eurovision 2026, United Kingdom,  Grand Final



Hour 4


1.

Lake Malawi

Friend of a Friend

Eurovision 2019, Czechia, Number 11


2.

Jessica Mauboy

We Got Love

Eurovision 2018, Australia, Number 20


3.

Bachelor Girl ft Jessica Mauboy 

Treat Me Good

NEW RELEASE:  Mar 2026, Australia


4.

Lake Malawi 

Primal Therapy

NEW RELEASE:  Mar 2026, Czechia


5.

Bernadette

Sing me a song

Eurovision 1983, The Netherlands, Number 7

Happy 67th Birthday on 01 Mar 2026


6.

Jessika Muskat

Fandango

Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Number 9

Happy 37th Birthday on 27 Feb 2026

She took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 for San Marino together with Jenifer Brening with the song "Who we are"



Interview with Felix Manu (Melodifestivalen 2026, Sweden, Heat 2 Number 4) 


7.

Søren Torpegaard Lund

In a perfect world (English version of "Lige Her")

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


8.

Felix Manu

Hatar att jag älskar dig

Melodifestivalen 2026, Sweden, Heat 4, Number 4


9.

Sergey Cetkovic

Moj Svijet

Eurovision 2014, Montenegro, Number 19

Happy 50th Birthday on 08 Mar 2026


10.

Wess and Dori Ghezzi

Era

Eurovision 1975, Italy, Number 3

Happy 80th Birthday on 30 Mar 2026 to Dori Ghezzi



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