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Join in this Wednesday, 06 May 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.
Join in this Wednesday, 06 May 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 Bzikebi (Georgia 2026) done at Eurovision in Concert 2026, Amsterdam
- Interview with Alexandra Capitanescu (Romania 2026) done at the London Preview Event 2026, London
- Interview with Felicia (Sweden 2026) done at the London Preview Event 2026, London
- Interview with Alicja (Poland 2026) done at the London Preview Event 2026, London
- Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - Hear all the songs from Semi Final 1 (12 May 2026)
- Interview with Boggie (Hungary 2015): done by John Dawton on the release of her new single and album
- Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals: The Runners up from the top countries in the betting that had national finals 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 Stars of Eurovision 2026 (Part 5): Besides
of Eurovision in Concert 2026 which took place at the AFAS Live Concert
Venue in
Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Sat 11 Apr 2026 there was also the
LondonHagen and London Preview Event 2026 on 17 - 19 Apr 2026 where the
Stars of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 performed their songs to the
Eurovision fans. Members of the Radio International Team were on
location and conducted interview with some of the acts. Meet more Stars
of Eurovision 2026 this week.
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Bzikebi (Georgia 2026) with JP at Eurovision in Concert 2026 in Amsterdam |
Interview with Bzikebi (Georgia 2026): It was in 2008 when the seeds wee planted as group Bzikebi were created out of Georgi and two ladies both called Miriam as little wasps not only representing Georgia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 but also winning the contest with the song "Bzzzz". Now 18 years on the three members have grown and once again will represent Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "On Replay". Radio International's JP had the big pleasure meeting the three once again at the recent edition of the Eurovision in Concert in Amsterdam. Listen to the interview on the show this week.
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Felicia (Sweden 2026) with JP at the London Preview Event 2026 |
Interview with Felicia (Sweden 2026): The Winner of Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2026 will automatically also represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Sweden together with Ireland are the most successful countries winning the Eurovision Song Contest with seven victories to boot. Will Felicia be able to snatch the eighth victory for Sweden at this year's Eurovision Song Contest? Felicia will be performing the song "My System" in Semi Final 1 at Song Number 2. Radio International's JP and Salman met and did a catch-up interview with Felicia at the recent edition of the London Preview Event 2026 on 19 Apr 2026. Listen to the interview on the show week.
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Alicja (Poland 2026) with JP at the London Preview Event 2026 |
Interview with Alicja (Poland 2026): In
2020 when the Eurovision Song Contest was canceled by the EBU due to
the Corona Pandemic hitting the globe Alicja had already won her
national final in Poland before the Covid outbreak. At that time Alicja Szemplińska she won the national final with the song "Empires". In 2023, Alicja attempted again to get the ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "New Home" coming 6th in the Polish National Final.
At long last in 2026 Alicja was chosen to represent Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Pray". It will be competing in Semi Final 1 Song Number 14. Radio International's JP and Salman had the pleasure to meet and interview Alicja at the London Preview Event 2026. Enjoy meeting Alicja once again on the show this week.
At long last in 2026 Alicja was chosen to represent Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Pray". It will be competing in Semi Final 1 Song Number 14. Radio International's JP and Salman had the pleasure to meet and interview Alicja at the London Preview Event 2026. Enjoy meeting Alicja once again on the show this week.
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Alexandra Capitanescu (Romania 2026) with JP at the London Preview Event 2026, London, United Kingdom |
Interview with Alexandra Capitanescu (Romania 2026): Romania took a couple of years break before deciding to return to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with Alexandra Capitanescu and her group to represent Romania with the song "Choke Me" which will be performed in Semi Final 2 at Song Number 3 which will be on Thursday 14 May 2026. Radio International's JP and Salman met the delegation at the London Preview Party and conducted an interview. Get to know Alexandra and the group in this week's edition of Radio International.
Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - Semi Final 1: This is the final edition of Radio International before the Team will be heading out to Vienna, Austria - Home of
the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and in view of Semi Final 1 of
the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 to be staged on Tuesday, 12 May 2026, Radio
International will be playing all the songs competing in Semi Final 1 in full in the order as they
will be performed during the live show on Tuesday including interviews mentioned above.
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Boggie (Hungary 2015) in 2026 |
Interview with Boggie (Hungary 2015): It was in 2015 when the Eurovision Song Contest came from the very same venue where the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will be staged - the Wiener Stadthalle. Back then Hungary was represented by Boggie with the song "Wars for nothing" which made it from the Semi Final into the Grand Final were it ended up at Number 20. Boggie has been busy over the years creating and writing new songs and has recently released a brand new album from wich she lifted her brand new song entitled "Ce Reve". Radio International's John Dawton interviewed Boggie and you can hear this interview on the show this week plus of course her Eurovision entry 2015 and "Ce reve". To find out more of the new album and Boggie visit her website - click here
The Eurovision Spotlight - Eurovision 2026 - The Runners up from the top countries in the betting that had national finals - with Alasdair Rendall: Vienna and Austria are ready to 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. Over the last weeks Radio International reviewed all the 35 songs per geographical regions and just ahead of the Radio International Team is heading out to Vienna Alasdair Rendall had the idea to look at the Runners Up from the top countries in the betting that had national finals in their countries. Quite an interesting slot this week.
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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