Interview with Compact Disco (Hungary 2012):  Saturday, 11 February 2012 the nation of Hungary selected their entry to the 57th Eurovision Song Contest which takes place on 22, 24 & 26 May 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the Jury was last year's Hungarian hopeful Wolf Kati who with "What about my dream" reached successfully the Grand Final and then ranking Hungary at Number 22. Together with her jury colleagues Compact Disco was selected out of eight finalists in the TV show called A Dal. The show received a record viewing figures. Hungary 's song for Eurovision 2012 is called "The Sound of our Hearts". Listen to the interview done right after the Press Conference in a studio of MTV. See the photos from the event here. And watch the interview here.

 

Interview with Kati Wolf (Hungary 2012):  As mentioned above Kati Wolf was part of the jury of this year's national final in Hungary to select the best song to go to Baku to represent Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Lilian and JP from Radio International met the singer after the show for an interview about her past, present and future career.  See the photos from the event here. And watch the interview here

 

Interview with Angun (France 2012):  During the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2012 which was held last weekend Angun presented the French entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 called "Echo - You and I". The native Indonesian and French citizen has a given and  to the Team of Radio International a very nice interview you can also enjoy on this week's show. One copy of the promotional CD can be won during the show. Eric Lehmann is the interviewer. Watch the interview here.

 

Winner Interview with Kurt Calleja (Malta 2012):  On 04 February 2012 the Maltese broadcaster pbs presented to the viewers the 16 finalists that made it from the Semi Final from the day before into the Final which was staged in Malta's Fairs and Convention Centre (MFCC) in Ta'Qali in the heart of Malta. The show was called "The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2012" and the Maltese nation together with an international panel voted for the song "This is the night" performed by Kurt Calleja who will represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku in Semi Final 2. The Team of Radio International made two interviews with Kurt. Last week Radio Internaltional already aired the interview done with Kurt after the Winner's Press Conference. This week you can hear the interview done with Kurt before the compeition to find out more about the singer that will represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku.  You can see a collection of photos from the event and the week in Malta on JP's Facebook page. Enjoy! :)  Album 1   |   Album 2  |  Album 3.  And watch the interview here.

 

Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - "The National Finals so far" with Ross Bennett:  Until the end of the National Final Season  for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 (10 March 2012) the Radio International Eurovision specialists will be taking a weekly look at the songs that have been selected for Baku so far. Ross will take a look at some highlights from National Finals of Hungary, Iceland and Norway. 

 

Euro Friends Song Contest 2012 with Andy Simon: The next season of the Euro Friends Song Contest is under way in search for the ultimate Eurovision song as voted for by the many fans around the world.  Andy  Simon joins us every week to reveal the qualifiers for the next round.  The website of the Euro Friends Song Contest you will find here where you can easily vote for your favourite Eurovision song per country and also see The Euro-Friends TV Show as hosted by Andy Simon. You can also join the Facebook Group here. This week Andy looks at the next qualifiers from Heat 36 (Luxembourg).