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 Lucia Perez (Spain 2011):  OGAE Netherlands had their very first convention in the Dutch City of Rotterdam with the participation of Justine Pelmelay (Netherlands 1989), Nusa Derenda (Slovenia 2001) and Lucia Perez (Spain 2011). The Team of Radio International was present and conduted interviews with all three artists. This week listen to Luke Fisher chatting with Lucia Perez on her time at the Eurovision Song Contest and the time afterwards. Lucia represented Spain at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Duesseldorf with the song "Que me quiten lo bailao" reaching Number 23.  

 

Interview with Nusa Derenda (Slovenia 2001):  Nusa Derenda was also star guest on the very first OGAE Netherlands Concert event on Saturday, 08 October 2011 and performed absolutely amazing many of her songs and covers of Eurovision Song Contest entries. Nusa Derenda represented Slovenia at the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark with the song "Energy" which came 7th and to date is the highest achivement of Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest.  JP & Luke interviewed the charming singer from Slovenia and you can here it on Radio International this week.

 

 
Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - Eurovision's Runner Up with Chris Poppe:  The second part of the new series this week when our Eurovision correspondents take a chronological look at the songs that came second in the Eurovision Song Contest during the years from 1956 to now whereas 1956 had no known ranking. Chris continuous this week with 1962 to 1966. 

 

Home Composed Song Contest 2011: 02 October 2011 was the last submission day for competing songs in this year's competition. And with this the official voting season for the Home Composed Song Contest 2011has started with an amazing record number of 38 entries have been submitted. 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, listen again to the songs and cast your vote until the end of October 2011 and may the best home composed song win. :)  The Winner will be announced on the 01 or 02 November 2011. For the history of the Home Composed Song Contest click here.  Each week Radio International will feature some of the competing songs. 

 

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, escxtra.com, esctoday.com and escflashmalta.com. 

 

Welcome escXtra.com: Before we start with this week's Eurovision News Headlines - the Team of Radio International would like to welcome a brandnew Eurovision News Website to the cyberspace - escXtra.com has the latest and greatest Eurovision News up to the minute. Bookmark it and be always in touch with the up-to-date status of the World of the Eurovision Song Contest.

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 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 to Yoel Naori from Israel. 

 

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 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

(visit the event's website here)

 

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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