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.

 

Interview with Thomas Forstner (Austria 1989 & 1991): The Annual Eurovision Summer Concert took place in Stockholm, Sweden on Thursday 04 August 2011. 34 acts were part of this fantastic event which was a mix of Swedish and Eurovision performers from other countries. Eric Lehmann and JP from Radio International were present and interviewed some of the artists. Last week Radio International already broadcast three interviews (D'Nash, Siw Malmkvist and Lotta Engberg). This week Radio International broadcasts three further interviews with artists from the Eurovision Song Contest and also Melodifestivalen which is the national selection of Sweden to the Eurovision Song Contest.  Let's start with Thomas Forstner who represented Austria twice at the Eurovision Song Contest. "Nur ein Lied" came 5th in 1989 for Austria. And then Thomas attempted to win the Eurovision Song Contest for  a second time in 1991 with "Venedig im Regen" which reached Number 21. 

 

Interview with Jenny Silver (Sweden, Melodifestivalen 2011): One of the outstanding entries in the 2011 Melodifestivalen which is Sweden's national selection to the Eurovision Song Contest, is the entry of Jenny Silver with the song "Something in your eyes". The song made it into the Second Chance round but then did not go any further, nevertheless a huge fans' favourite. JP & Eric met the singer  for an interview during the afterparty of the Eurovision Summer Concert in Stockholm at the beginning of August. 

 

Interview with Velvet (Sweden, Melodifestivalen 2006, 2008 & 2009):  Another one of Sweden's great artists that attempted to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest three times but to date did not make it - yet. It's Velvet. Velvet's first attempt was in 2006 with the song "Mi Amore" becoming a huge international hit but in Melodifestivalen it only reached Number 4 in Semi Final 2. Then the second attempt in 2008 with the song "Deja vu" which reached Number 5 in Semi Final 1 of the Melodifestivalen. And finally, Velvet attempted also in 2009 for a third time with the song "The Queen" which reached Number 6 in Semi Final 3. Hopefully, more luck in one of the future editions of Melodifestivalen. Good luck - Velvet. Eric & JP met the singer backstage of the Eurovision Summer Concert 2011 in Stockholm.

Previous Eurovision Interviews:  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 Song Contest Spotlight with Dermot Manning:  The Irish Voice of the Radio International Team takes a look at those performers that sang more than once at the Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Ireland. 

 

Home Composed Song Contest 2011: Radio International is delighted to announce the continuoued collaboration with the organisers of the Home Composed Song Contest 2011. Last year's event was won by the United Kingdom which like at the Eurovision Song Contest means that the winning country will virtually host the following year's contest. Andy Brooks is the prime organiser of the event and has launched the website which you can visit here and see the further details and may the best home composed song win. :)

 

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 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 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 the unbeatable Quiz King - Bert Ouwerkerk from Utrecht, The Netherlands.

 

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

 

22 October 2011

Duesseldorf, Germany

Eurovision Club Germany (EC Germany) Annual Convention 2011

with Glen Vella (Malta 2011), Daria Kinzer (Croatia 2011), Vukasin Brajic (Bosnia & Herzegovina 2010)

 

29 October 2011

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

OGAE Luxembourg's Annual  Charity Gala

(more details to follow)

 

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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