Week 13/2018 - Eurovision Radio International - 28 Mar 2018 - LYS ASSIA, Eurovision PreParty 2018, Riga and more - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

Play List

All the 43 entries for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 have been selected. Europe's biggest singing competition takes place in Lisbon, Portugal May 08, 10 and 12. Radio International's David Mann and JP were in Riga, Latvia last weekend where the first Eurovision 2018 Preview event took place with the participation of Mikolas Josef (Czech Republic 2018), Laura Rizzotto (Latvia 2018), Ieva Zasimauskaite (Lithuania 2018), DoReDos with Filip Kirkorov (Moldiva 2018), Markus Riva (National Final Latvia 2018) and special guest from sunny Malta, Amber who represented her country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Warrior". David and JP interviewed all the participating artists in the Eurovision PreParty 2018 Riga. You will hear those interviews on the shows starting this week with Mikolas Josef.
During the event the sad news reached the many media representatives and Eurovision fans of the passing away of the first Eurovision Winner from 1956, LYS ASSIA. Radio International will broadcast a special tribute to the Grande Dame on the show this week. JP had the pleasure of meeting Lys Assia on a few occasions and in 2006 conducted an indepth interview with her you can LISTEN AGAIN here.
Eurovision Lord Marcus Keppel-Palmer will be taking a look at six more Eurovision 2018 entries which were selected recently as part of this week's Eurovision Spotlight.
So what are you waiting for. Join in this Wednesday 28 March  2018 live from 2000 - 2300 pmCET for Eurovision Radio International this week. 

Lys Assia (First Eurovision Winner 1956, Switzerland)

Mikolas Josef (Czech Republic 2018) with JP

Felix Sandman (Melodifestivalen 2018)

 

ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK

• Tribute to Lys Assia (First Eurovision Winner, Switzerland 1956) - You can hear the interview that Radio International did with Lys Assia by clicking here
• Interview with Mikolas Josef (Czech Republic 2018)
• Interview with Felix Sandman (Melodifestivalen 2018, Number 2) - apologies but that interview had to be postponed to next week again.
• Eurovision Spotlight: The National Final Season 2018 with Marcus Keppel-Palmer. With the final batch of Eurovision 2018 songs that were selected for the contest. We'll be hearing the songs that will represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018: Austria, Azerbaijan, Finland, Macedonia, Russia and Sweden.
• Eurovision Cover Spot and The Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Jalisse's Localitour d'Autore Best Song of the Week
• Eurovision News from escXtra.com with Nathan Waddell
• Eurovision Quiz
• Your music requests
• New Music Releases by Eurovision artists as broadcast time permits. 

HOW TO LISTEN 

Join Radio International on Wednesday, 28 March 2018 live starting from 2000 - 2300 pmCET via the website or on FM. Radio International is available live via the radio player www.radiointernational.tv and on FM 106.8, Digital Cable Channel 916 in parts of the Netherlands, via TUNEIN and via the Facebook Group of Eurovision Radio International    

Further details are available here:

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

#eurovision, #eurovision2018, #Interviews, #escXtra, #EurovisionBirthdays, #eurovisionCovers, #Portugal, #AllAboard, #Sweden, #EurovisionNationalFinals, #Switzerland, #Jalisse, #Italy, #FelixSandman, #melfest2018, #Melodifestivalen, #FelixSandman, #LysAssia, #MikolasJosef, #CzechRepublic,

The Play List

First Eurovision Winner Lys Assia has passed away

Lys Assia 2013 in Stockholm

Sad news reached the Eurovision world Saturday afternoon, 24 March 2018 with the passing of the very first Eurovision Song Contest Winner Lys Assia who won for Switzerland with the song "Refrain" in 1956.

Radio International had the pleasure to interview the Queen of Eurovision in 2006. You can hear the full interview at the link below.

Click here to listen to this interview

Eurovision PreParty 2018 Riga, Latvia

The annual Eurovision Pre party 2018 Riga takes place tonight Saturday, 24 March 2018.

Today started with a sight seeing tour of Riga, the home of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 from Riga's Skonto Hall.

This was followed by a press conference in the Crystal Club with the invited guests who will be representing their countries: DoReDos from Moldova accompanied by the songwriter Philip Kirkorov , Laura Rizzotto from Latvia, Ieva Zasimauskaite from Lithuania and Mikolas Josef from the Czech Republic.

Further as special guest was Malta's 2015 representative Amber.

David and JP from Radio International were at the press conference and conducted interviews with the participating artists which you can feast on the upcoming editions of Radio International as well as on our YouTube channel.

But for now the concert will be transmitted online Saturday, 24 March 2018 starting at approx 1930 hours CET at the following link.

The Eurovision PreParty 2018 Riga

Week 12/2018 - Eurovision Radio International - 21 Mar 2018 - Getting ready for Eurovision 2018 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

Play List

All the 43 entries for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 have been selected. Europe's biggest singing competition takes place in Lisbon, Portugal May 08, 10 and 12. Radio International's JP was in Stockholm, Sweden interviewing all the artists taking part at Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2018. A special thanks for the great collaboration with Marc and Salman from Germany's Prinzblog. This week's edition of Radio International will continue to recap Melodifestivalen 2018. Also David Mann was at the national final of San Marino and submitted some interviews with Jessika who will be representing San Marino at Eurovision 2018. Then Chris Poppe will be taking a look at six more Eurovision 2018 entries which were selected recently. So what are you waiting for. Join in this Wednesday 21 March  2018 live from 2000 - 2300 pmCET for Eurovision Radio International this week.

ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK

• Tribute to Katie Boyle (Host of the Eurovision Song Contest 1960, 1963, 1968 and 1974)
• Interview with Jessika feat Jennifer Brening (San Marino 2018)
• Interview with Nathan Trent (Austria 2017)
• Interview with Cesar Sampson (Austria 2018)
• Interview with Margaret (Melodifestivalen 2018, Number 7)
• Interview with Felix Sandman (Melodifestivalen 2018, Number 2) - postponed to next week
• Eurovision Spotlight: The National Final Season 2018 with Chris Poppe. With more Eurovision 2018 songs that were selected last week. We'll be hearing the songs that will represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018: Austria, Azerbaijan, Finland, Macedonia, Russia and Sweden.
• Eurovision Cover Spot and The Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Jalisse's Localitour d'Autore Best Song of the Week
• Eurovision News from escXtra.com with Nathan Waddell
• Eurovision Quiz
• Your music requests
• New Music Releases by Eurovision artists as broadcast time permits.  

Katie Boye (Host of the Eurovision Song Contest 1960, 1963, 1968 and 1974)

Nathan Trent (Austria 2017)

Cesar Sampson (Austria 2018) with JP

Margaret (Melodifestivalen 2018) with JP

Felix Sandman (Melodifestivalen 2018)

Jessika feat Jennifer Brening (San Marino 2018)

  

HOW TO LISTEN 

Join Radio International on Wednesday, 21 March 2018 live starting from 2000 - 2300 pmCET via the website or on FM. Radio International is available live via the radio player www.radiointernational.tv and on FM 106.8, Digital Cable Channel 916 in parts of the Netherlands, via TUNEIN and via the Facebook Group of Eurovision Radio International    

Further details are available here:

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

#eurovision, #eurovision2018, #Interviews, #escXtra, #EurovisionBirthdays, #eurovisionCovers, #Portugal, #AllAboard, #Sweden, #EurovisionNationalFinals, #SanMarino, #Jalisse, #Italy, #FelixSandman, #melfest2018,  #Margaret, #Melodifestivalen, #Poland, #CesarSampson, #Austria, #NathanTrent, #Jessika #SanMarino, #KatieBoyle,

The Play List

Week 11/2018 - Eurovision Radio International - 14 Mar 2018: Melodifestivalen 2018 Recap, Eurovision 2018 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

Play List

This weekend saw the final national finals in Sweden, Norway and Lithuania plus the announcement of Russia's Eurovision enty.  With this week the 43 entries for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 to take place in Lisbon, Portugal May 08, 10 and 12 are selected and the National Final Season 2018 is over. Radio International's JP was in Stockholm, Sweden interviewing all the artists taking part at Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2018. A special thanks for the great collaboration with Marc and Salman from Germany's Prinzblog. So this week's edition of Radio International will recap Melodifestivalen 2018 in our first part and JP brought back some interviews with the particpating artists. Also David Mann was at the national final of San Marino and submitted some interviews with Jessika who will be representing San Marino at Eurovision 2018. Then Dermott Manning will be taking a look at six Eurovision 2018 entries which were selected recently. So what are you waiting for. Join in this Wednesday 14 March  2018 live starting an hour later exceptionally from 2100 - 2359 pmCET for Eurovision Radio International this week.

Benjamin Ingrosso (Sweden 2018)

Jessika feat. Jennifer Brening (San Marino 2018)

John Lundvik (Melodifestivalen 2018) with JP

ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK

• Interview with Benjamin Ingrosso (Sweden 2018) done at Melodifestivalen 2018 - WATCH VIDEO
• Interview with Jessika feat Jennifer Brening (San Marino 2018)
• Interview with David Lindgren (Host of Melodifestivalen 2018) and Christer Bjoerkman (Producer of Melodifestivalen 2018 as well as Eurovision Song Contest 2018)
• Interview with John Lundvik (Melodifestivalen 2018, Number 3) - WATCH VIDEO
• Eurovision Spotlight: The National Final Season 2018 with Dermot Manning. With the results of the final Eurovision Superweekend 2018. We'll be hearing the songs that will represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018: Belgium, Estonia, Iceland, Poland, Portual and San Marino
• Eurovision Cover Spot and The Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Jalisse's Localitour d'Autore Best Song of the Week
• Eurovision News from escXtra.com with Nathan Waddell
• Eurovision Quiz
• Your music requests
• New Music Releases by Eurovision artists as broadcast time permits.

HOW TO LISTEN 

Join Radio International on Wednesday, 14 March 2018 live starting an hour later exceptionally from 2100 - 2359 pmCET via the website or on FM. Radio International is available live via the radio player www.radiointernational.tv and on FM 106.8, Digital Cable Channel 916 in parts of the Netherlands, via TUNEIN and via the Facebook Group of Eurovision Radio International    

Further details are available here:

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

#eurovision, #eurovision2018, #Interviews, #escXtra, #EurovisionBirthdays, #eurovisionCovers, #Portugal, #AllAboard, #Sweden, #EurovisionNationalFinals, #SanMarino, #Jalisse, #Italy, #BenjaminIngrosso, #melfest2018,  #ChristerBjoerkman, #Melodifestivalen, #DavidLindgren, #JohnLundvik

 The Play List

Melodifestivalen 2018: Interview with Mariette

Mariette (Melodifestivalen 2018) "For You" with JP

Melodifestivalen is Sweden's national televised music competition to find the best new song of the year. The winner of the competition then goes on to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. Twenty-eight acts go through four Semi Finals and a Second Chance round before the top twelve go into the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2018, held once again at the Friends Arena in Solna (near Stockholm) in front of a live audience of almost 30000 spectators, plus millions of TV viewers both in Sweden and abroad.

Since 2009, Radio International has been present each year at the Melodifestivalen Grand Final rehearsals and interviews the artists, the producer and the hosts.

In this clip, we talk to Mariette, starting eighth in Melodifestivalen 2018 with the song "For You". This is Mariette's third participation in Melodifestivalen. "Don't stop believing" (3rd place in 2015), "A Million Years"(4th place in 2017) and in 2018 with "For You". Also we saw Mariette as Spokesperson announcing the votes from Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.

Enjoy!
www.radiointernational.tv




The twelve acts that made it into the 2018 Final were:

1.
Mendez
Everyday
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 1

2.
Renaida
All the feels
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 2

3.
Martin Almgren
A bitter lullaby
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 3

4.
John Lundvik
My turn
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 4

5.
Jessica Andersson
Party voice
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 5

6.
LIAMOO
Last breath
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 6

7.
Samir & Viktor
Shuffla
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 7

8.
Mariette
For you
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 8

9.
Felix Sandman
Every single day
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 9

10.
Margaret
In my cabana
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 10

11.
Benjamin Ingrosso
Dance you off
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 11

12.
Rolandz
Fuldans
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 12

#eurovision, #melodifestivalen, #melodifestivalen2018, #melo, #melo2018, #Sweden, #Mariette, #ForYou,

Melodifestivalen 2018: Interview with John Lundvik

John Lundvik (Melodifestialen 2018) "My Turn" with JP

Melodifestivalen is Sweden's national televised music competition to find the best new song of the year. The winner of the competition then goes on to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. Twenty-eight acts go through four Semi Finals and a Second Chance round before the top twelve go into the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2018, held once again at the Friends Arena in Solna (near Stockholm) in front of a live audience of almost 30000 spectators, plus millions of TV viewers both in Sweden and abroad.

Since 2009, Radio International has been present each year at the Melodifestivalen Grand Final rehearsals and interviews the artists, the producer and the hosts.

In this clip, we talk to John Lundvik, starting fourth in Melodifestivalen 2018 with the song "My Turn". Normally John is a song writer but this year wanted to try out to be a singer in the competition as well. Also there is a connection the Swedish Royal Family. Find out details by watching this interview.

Enjoy!
www.radiointernational.tv




The twelve acts that made it into the 2018 Final were:

1.
Mendez
Everyday
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 1

2.
Renaida
All the feels
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 2

3.
Martin Almgren
A bitter lullaby
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 3

4.
John Lundvik
My turn
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 4

5.
Jessica Andersson
Party voice
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 5

6.
LIAMOO
Last breath
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 6

7.
Samir & Viktor
Shuffla
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 7

8.
Mariette
For you
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 8

9.
Felix Sandman
Every single day
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 9

10.
Margaret
In my cabana
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 10

11.
Benjamin Ingrosso
Dance you off
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 11

12.
Rolandz
Fuldans
Melodivestifalen 2018 Final, Sweden, Song Number 12

#eurovision, #melodifestivalen, #melodifestivalen2018, #melo, #melo2018, #Sweden, #JohnLundvik, #MyTurn,