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.  For an extensive look at the Photo Collection from Duesseldorf click here.

 

New Songs by Jedward and Hera Bjoerk:  Last week Radio Internationational was extremely happy to air the brand new song by Malta's Glen Vella "Ain't nobody". This week Radio International has received three new songs. Iceland's Hera Bjoerk has released a brand new song called "Feel the love tonight" and Ireland's Jedward have released two new songs this week which we will be airing during this week's edition of Radio International. "Bad Behaviour" and "Biggest Fan" taken from Jedward's upcoming album release. All the songs will be featured on the show this week - certainly not to be missed and we are thrilled to hear your comments on the show. Send us your opinion to CONTACT during the show. 

 

Interview with Amaury Vassili (France 2011): France as beind one of the Big Five Nations at the Eurovision Song Contest have a set place already in the Final and do not need to go through the Semi Finals. In 2011 France was represented by 22 year young Amaury Vassili with the song "Sognu". Unfortunately, "Sognu" did not do as good at the contest as many fans had hoped. Only Number 15 with 82 points was the result achieved by France at the 56th Eurovision Song Contest. However, a great singer - you can check out the website of Amaury Vassili by clicking here. Eric & JP of Radio International had the pleasure to chat with Amaury after his Press Conference but also Edward Montebello met the singer in the Press Centre. Listen to the two interviews clips on this week's edition of Radio International. 

 

Interview with Paradise Oskar (Finland 2011):  Axel Ehnström alias Paradise Oskar represented Finland at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest withe a self-penned song called "Da da dam". First he successfully qualified Finland for the Grand Final which he then started off as the first song of the evening. Paradise Oskar received a total of 57 points placing him on Number 21 in the Grand Final. Eric & JP had the chance to meet the singer right after his Press Conference for an interview which you can hear during this week's edition of Radio International.   

 

Interview with Witloof Bay (Belgium 2011): On the Easter Weekend 2011 the Belgium Town of Gent welcomed three Eurovision Delegations to the Town Hall and as host country for this event  two members of Witloof Bay  (Nicolas Dorian and Roxorloop) represented the group in the Town Hall of Gent at the Welcome Reception and later showed the international delegations and the media the city of Gent. After the cultural part of the event the artists and media went to a television studio where the artists were interviewed. Radio International took the chance and interviewed Witloof Bay who  represented Belgium at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Semi Final 2 with the song "With love baby" unfortunately, missed to qualify Belgium for the Grand Final of the 56th Eurovision Song Contest by just ONE Point. They came 11th with 53 points.
 

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. He also takes a look at some statistics such as viewing figures in the various countries and more.

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 to Gerly Annok from Estonia.

 

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:

 

10 September 2011
Setubal, Portugal
Portugal's Eurovision Live Concert 2011

08 October 2011

Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Engels Grandcafe Restaurant Zalen

Eurovision Party Rotterdam with Nusa Derenda (Slovenia 2011)amongst others

further info: www.ogaenl.web-log.nl

 

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. The 2010 & 2011 Eurovision Interviews are not 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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