Please note that many interviews we air are also available as video interview which can be viewed on our Radio International YouTube Channel. Just take a look and enjoy also see the artists talk to us. 

 

Ben Morris Fan T-Shirts and Posters: On the show this week Radio International has been approached by  Ben Morris who is huge Eurovision fan and has designed each 2011 Eurovision entrant  as an icon of which you see an example leading this paragraph. To see the entire selection of these icons go to the Facebook Page of Ben Morris or contact him via his email. T-Shirts are available with the icon you select for just £15 including postage and packing. Please state the size you want S, M, L, XL and the colur either in light blue or white. The posters are available for £ 5.50 including postage and packing. If you are ordering from outside Europe then please add £2 to your order. Again we have to make it clear that this is not the official Eurovision Merchandize but just a fan project. Further details needed then contact Ben Morris.

 

Live Interview with Anne-Marie David (Winner 1973, Luxembourg & France 1979): Radio International is extremely honoured to welcome to the airwaves and cyberwaves the winner of the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg: Anne-Marie David who participated twice at the Eurovision Song Contest. She won in 1973 with "Tu te reconnaitras" but returned to the contest in 1979 when she came third for France with "Je suis l'enfant de soleil". Anne-Marie is also writing songs and reached third place in this year's Cyprus Golden Melody Festival. Find out more from the Grand Dame de la Musique during this week's edition of Radio International. 

 
Live Interview with Jedward (Ireland, 2011): Radio International had received confirmation that John and Edward of Jedward will be joining the team in the Studio live for an interview via phone. Jedward were on their tour bus at that time. Since Jedward won the national final in Ireland Radio International has been flooded with requests for the Irish entry called "Lipstick". Jedward will represent Ireland at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Semi Final 2 at position Number 19. Thank you to all the crazy fans sending in their questions to Jedward during the interview. For Jedward's website click here .

 

Live Interview with Kati Wolf (Hungary, 2011): Also just before the show started Radio International  received the green light to welcome Hungary's Kati Wolf to the airwaves and cyberspace of the show this week. Kati Wolf represents Hungary at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Duesseldorf in Semi Final 1 with the song "What about my dream" which two weeks ago the 43 International Juries voted to be the Radio International 2011 Eurovision Song Contest Winner. Rado International is extremely happy to have Kati on the show. 

 

Live Interview with Glen Vella (Malta 2011): A spontaneous idea during the show - to call up Glen Vella in Malta to see how the preparations are going for the Maltese entrant to this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Radio International caught Glen up in his car in Malta while driving from rehearsals with the backing vocalists and dancers. Good luck Malta!

 

 

Live Interview with A Friend in London (Denmark, 2011): Radio International is delighted to announce that also the Danish representative to the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest have confirmed the interview for this week's edition of the show. "A New Tomorrow" is this year's Danish entry for Duesseldorf competing in Semi Final 2. Tim from the group will be chatting with Eric and JP in the studio. 

 

Interview with Nadine Beiler (Austria 2011): Eurovision in Concert 2011 took place recently and Radio International had the pleasure to meet  and interview the representative from Austria at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest - Nadine Beiler who competes in Semi Final 2 with the song "The Secret is Love". Welcome back Austria after an absence of three years.

Interview with Anna Rossinelli (Switzerland 2011): Austria held the very first National Final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest season when in early December 2010 Austria selected Anna Rossinelli to represent the country at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Duesseldorf in May. Switzerland will compete with "In love for a while" in Semi Final 1.

Eurovision Song Contest - In the Spotlight: 2011 National Finals - Chris's Favourites: Chris Poppe is in for Alasdair Rendall this week and takes a look at some of the highlights of the National Finals of this Eurovision pre-selection Season and his prediction to what will end up in the Semi FInals and the Top 10 of the Grand Final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

Eurovision Song Contest News:  Luke Fisher joins the team in the studio every week to bring you the news and the latest developments connected to the Eurovision Song Contest. Whether it is music releases of Eurovision performers, special concerts, gossip, etc Luke will have it all for us during the weekly edition of Radio International. Also check out the occasational appearance of Zoran Kovacic from Serbia on Radio International bringing us some Eurovision News in his style.

In addition, Eurovision News is available on www.eurovision.tv, oikotimes.com, escdaily.com, esctoday.com and escflashmalta.com. 

Eurovision Quiz:  Scratch your heads and bite your nails at  our weekly Eurovision Song Contest Quiz. Good luck and win a copy of a past Eurovision Song Contest Final on DVD. All you have to do is to identify the five clips with Artist, Song, Country and Year. Send your answers via the website's CONTACTs form or via the msn-chat This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it As long as stock last you can also select something out of the Eurovision 2010 Goodies Bag. Good Luck! And the Winner of the last Quiz: Congratulations go once again to Michael Nagelkerke and also to Bert Ouwerkerk.  

 

Eurovision Song Contest Calendar of Events: Check out a detailed listing of all events scheduled around Europe. If you hear of something we have not listed please drop us a line by clicking here and let us know. After Eurovision is before Eurovision and to bridge the Eurovision Gap many Eurovision Clubs will be holding their annual convention.

 

Upcoming Events: 

22 - 24 May 2011

Ghent, Belgium

Eurovision Concert in Belgium (details to follow)

 

11 May 2011

Duesseldorf, Germany:

Eurovision Song Contest Classics

 

04 June 2011

Maarssen, The Netherlands:

Eurovision Artists Midsummer's Day with Chiara from Malta (more info to follow)

 

Eurovision Song Contest Interviews the Radio International Team has done with the Eurovision performers can be heard by visiting our Eurovision section of this website or check out the Radio International goes.... part of the website. The 2010 Eurovision Interviews have not yet been displayed there. You can find them as part of the weekly editions of Radio International. You can go through the Show Archive to find interviews by using search. 

 

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. 

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