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 four albums and enjoy. Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3 | Album 4 | Album 5

Interview with Trackshittaz (Austria 2012):  After Austria's splendid return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 with Nadine Beiler and the amazing "The Secret is love" in 2012 Austria sent in the Trackshittaz to represent the country to the sounds of  "Woki mit deim Popo" which unfortunately did not reach the expected Grand Final. In fact, Austria only received 8 points in Semi Final 1 ranking them at last place. However, JP & Lilian of Radio International had the big pleasure to meet the guys for an interview after their first rehearsal and Press Conference. 

 

Interview with Eleftheria Eleftheriou (Greece 2012):  Native Cypriot but representing Greece is Eleftheria Eleftheriou which translates to Ms. Freedom. Radio International already had the pleasure to interview her a couple of times on Radio International, in fact, by phone in April and then in person at Eurovision in Concert 2012 in Amsterdam. Lilian, Roger and JP were delighted to meet the artist also in Baku for a very special interview you can hear on this week's edition of the show. Greece ranked at Number 17 in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Aphrodisiac".  

 

Interview with Joan Franka (Netherlands 2012):  The Dutch Hopeful to bring the country of the Netherlands back into the Grand Final was this year Joan Franka alias Indiana Joan with the song "You and me". The song had many fans and followers, however, that was not enough to qualify the Netherlands for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 as the song only received a total of 25 points ranking the Netherlands at Number 15 in Semi Final 2 whereas only the Top Ten countries advance to the Grand Final. However, on the evening of Semi Final 1 the Dutch Delegation came to the Press Centre for photo shoots and interviews. Eric & JP met the singer for an interview about her impressions on the Eurovision, Baku and her performance. Also JP spoke to some of the Indiana Joan fans before the Semi Final 2. 

 

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. finishing off this new mini-series is Chris Poppe.

 

Euro Friends Song Contest 2012 with Andy Simon: 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 this 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 final qualifiers in Heat 50 (Germany).  Then the next round starts. Andy will tell us all about it during Radio International. 

 

Home Composed Song Contest 2012 - Call out for submissions:  As in previous years Radio International supports the Home Composed Song Contest which is a songwriters competition across Europe and beyond. 2012 marks the 21st edition of the Song Contest and the 2011 edition was won by Denmark and this year's edition is hosted by Spain. Contact the website of the Home Composed Song Contest to find out further details how to submit your entries and also what the schedule looks like. Samuel Bugia Garrido and his team is ready to guide you through the contest. Their email address is This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

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 Michael Nagelkerke  for winning this week's Clip Quiz.

 

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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