Week 35/2026 - Eurovision Radio International - 02 Sep 2026: Through the Summer: Interviews with Bandidos do Cante (Portugal 2026) and Klemen (Slovenia 2026), Birthday File, Cover Spot, News, etc - 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, 02 Sep 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 Bandidos do Cante  (Portugal 2026) - done in Vienna, Austria during the rehearsal weeks by Alan Forrotti
• Interview with Klemen (Slovenia 2026) - done at the Eurovision Club Germany 2025 Convention
• Eurovision Spotlight: The Magical Letter Game with Dermot Manning
• 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 
• National Final Update Eurovision and Junior Eurovision with Alain Forrotti 
• New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists 
• Your music requests  
   

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Bandidos do Cante (Portugal 2026)

Interview with Bandidos do Cante (Portugal 2026): Radio International's blind colleague Alain Forrotti and Newscaster Johannes had the pleasure to meet and interview the Winners of Festival da Cancao 2026 and Portugal's representatives at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - Bandidos do Cante who performed the song "Rose" which unfortunately did not qualify for the Grand Final of the competition ending up at Number 12 in Semi Final 1. Beautifully performed with great voice harmonies. Listen to the interview with the group on the show this week. 

Klemen (Slovenia 2025) with JP at LondonHagen 2026

Interview with Klemen (Slovenia 2026): In 2025, Slovenia was represented by the very talented singer / songwriter  / comedian / show host Klemen Slakonja (stage name Klemen) with the song "How much time do we have left". Unfortunately, Slovenia ranked Number 13 in Semi Final 1 of the Eurovision Song COntest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. The Interview Team of Radio International, Marc, Salman and JP met Klemen at the Eurovision Club Germany's annual convention in November 2025 and interviewed him on his participation at Eurovision and his profession in Slovenia. Listen to the interview on the show this week. 

The Eurovision Spotlight - The Magic Letter Game: As summer has officially arrived on the northern hemisphere of the globe it means that it is also time for the summer feature for the next few weeks. The summer feature is the Magic Letter Game involving Eurovision Songs which you will be presented by the Radio International Team of Experts :). Dermot Manning continues the summer series with Letter K and will explain the Rules of the Game.

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.
  

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