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. 

 

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 - in vision: This week the team is back from the two weeks spent in Baku at the 57th Eurovision Song Contest. You can see some of the photos here in the five albums and enjoy. Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3 | Album 4 | Album 5

Interview with Greta Salome & Jonsi (Iceland 2012):  Iceland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 by two of the finest artists from their country Greta Salome and Jonsi. Jonsi is no stranger to the audience of the Eurovision Song Contest as he has been there before in 2004 singing the song "Heaven" in Istanbul representing Iceland and coming 19th. The Icelandic entry in 2012 was written by Greta and is called "Never forget" and reached Number 20 in the Grand Final in Baku. Lilian, Roger and JP met the singers right after their first Press Conference and Rehearsals in Baku for a little interview. Enjoy it!

 

Interview with Fridrik Omar (Iceland 2008):  Fridrik Omar is also no stranger to the world of the Eurovision Song Contest as together with his singing partner Regina they are known collectively as EUROBAND who represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "This is my life" which reach Number 14. Fridrik Omar was part of the Icelandic Delegation this year and Eric & JP chatted with the singer just before the Semi Final in which Iceland took part.  

 

Interview with Roman Lob (Germany 2012): RomanLob represented Germany at the 57th Eurovision Song Contest in Baku with the song "Standing Still" written by Jamie Cullum. Germany is part of the Big Five countries at the Eurovision Song Contest and thus did not need to go through the Semi Finals and was qualified directly into the Final. Roman Lob emerged out of a casting show in Germany especially for the Eurovision Song Contest and now has already on the market his first album called  "Changes". At the Eurovision Song Contest "Standing Still" ranks at Number 8 in the Final. Radio International together with ESC Radio and a Russian Radio Station teamed up to have a short interview with the singer in the Press Conference. 

Interview with Jon Ola Sand - The Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest:  Radio International had the big honour and pleasure to meet and interview the Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest - Mr. Jon Ola Sand who took over the post from Svantes Stockselius in 2010at the European Broadcasting Union- the EBU. JP & Lilian talked to him about the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and also the future of the contest. 

 

Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - Eurovision 2012 - The Aftershow Party:  The 57th Eurovision Song Contest was staged Saturday 26 May 2012 in Baku and each of our Eurovision Correspondants will each week be giving us their assessment of how they watched the shows and what they think of it. Of course, it goes without saying, it is spiced with their choice of songs from this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Continuing this new mini-series is Ross Bennett who is our Irish voice in the Team.

 

Euro Friends Song Contest 2012 with Andy Simon: Continuing this week with the Euro Friends Song Contest in search for the ultimate Eurovision song as voted for by the many fans around the world.  Andy  Simon joins us again next 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.  Andy is back this week and he reveals the next qualifiers from Heat 49 (France). 

 

Eurovision News Website: escXtra.com:  Luke Fisher is the  Editor - in - Chief of the newly created Eurovision News website called escXtra.com. Check our more and EXTRA news on the Eurovision Song Contest by visiting the website here.  

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. As long as stock last you can also select something out of the Eurovision 2010 Goodies Bag. Good Luck! Congratulations go to Rafael Vivas from Venezuela for winning this week's Quiz! :) 

 

Malta's Band - The Crowns was featured on this week's edition of Radio International. For further details of the band click 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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