Eurovision Interview with Michael von der Heide (Switzerland 2010): Radio International is delighted to welcome Michael von der Heide who will be representing his country Switzerland at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo with the song "Il pleut de l'or" which will be starting in Semi Final 2 at Number 5. In 1999 he participated in the German national final where he became 5th with the song "Bye Bye Bar". In 2009 he was in the Swiss Jury. 

Eurovision Interview with Kuunkuiskaajat (Finland 2010): Courtesy OGAE Finland, Radio International has the pleasure to also have live on the show the Finish representatives to the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest  - Kuunkuiskaajat who with "Työlki Ellää" will be in Semi Final 1 starting from Number 5.  

Eurovision Interview with Thea Garrett (Malta 2010): With the friendly help of escmalta.com, Radio International is delighted to welcome to the airwaves young Thea Garrett who will be representing Malta at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "My Dream". Thea will be in Semi Final 1 as song Number 11.  

Eurovision Interview with Charlie McGettigan (Ireland 1994): In addition to the above mentioned Eurovision performers that Radio International is happy to have on the show for interview within the three hours on this week's edition - the team is also delighted to have the pleasure to speak to 50% of the winning duo of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest - Charlie McGettigan who together with Paul Harrington won the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest  for Ireland with the great  "Rock'n Roll Kids". Charlie is part of the Expert Panel engaged by escmalta.com to review the Eurovision 2010 entries. He also hosts a Saturday mid-morning radio show in Ireland which you also pick up on the internet. Click here to join him from 1100 - 1300 hours CET.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010 - Share the Moment - Profiles:  All 39 countries have selected their entry to the 55th Eurovision Song Contest which takes place on 25 & 27 May 2010 for  the Semi Finals and the Grand Final on 29 May 2010. In the second editon of the new series this week Radio International takes a weekly look at the countries' entries profiles where you learn more about the performer and the song.  Alasdair Rendall will be continuing with the next lot of countries:   Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland and France. This way Radio International will bring you closer the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest entries so you are already a bit familiar with the songs when you see them in the Semi Finals and Final. You can also take a look at the videos of the songs available here

Eurovision in Concert 2010: Radio International welcomes in this weeks show Rene Romkes who is one of the key organisers of this huge Eurovision Promotion Event to take place on 24 April 2010 near Zaandam north of Amsterdam. Rene joined us to tell us about the organisation and the ever growing guest list. All the details are available here.

Eurovision News. Luke Fisher joins us on a weekly basis to supply us with the latest happenings in the world of the Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision News is available on www.eurovision.tv, oikotimes.com, esctime.com, escdaily.com, esctoday.com and escmalta.com.   OGAE Malta has a nice history section.  It is called "Eurovision...looking back ". Check it out and enjoy your occasional trip back down Memory Lane of the Eurovision Song Contest with OGAE Malta.  Listen to a pick of the Eurovision News also on Radio International:

• Belgium - Postcard to be recorded next week
• Eurovision 2010 - OGAE Prediction Desk in Oslo
• United Kingdom - UK Eurovision Preview Party on 02 May 2010
• Asutralia - A special preview show in Australia "A-Z of Eurovision"
• Belgium - Tom Dice releases album at the end of April
  
• Netherlands - Eurovision in Concert 2010
  
• Belgium - Pink Nation Eurovision Event
• and much more via above mentioned Eurovision News Websites.
  

This is just a selection. Go to www.oikotimes.com for detailed information.

 

Eurovision Music requests as well as other music requests are most welcome and can be done via our website's CONTACT US page. Let us know what you want to hear and where you are from. Due to the large number of requests we received and cannot accommodate this week these requests will be added to the play list for the future shows. 

Eurovision Radio Shows on other European Radio Stations 

Check out JP's All Eurovision Hit Radio on this website. Follow this link to listen. But there are also other radio stations offering nice Eurovision shows. Here is a small selection. Enjoy.                    

During the show we broadcast a mix of infotainment content including: Movie Guide, EXPAT News, Theatre updates, Space, Science & Technology News, Concert Updates and the odd stories from around the World. Also there is the weather forecast for the upcoming weekend locally and the weekly worldwide Temperature Check.

EXPAT/Dutch/Community News:
TheHagueOnline has the latest updates on events scheduled in The Hague for EXPATs and international guests in the Netherlands. For further EXPAT Information and updates visit TheHagueOnline's website. Listen out for some more news from The Hague throughout the show.  "A Hand in the Hague" helps you as a foreigner to get about in the Dutch City. Visit the website which is of great interests to EXPATS. 

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