Interview with Johnny Logan (Winner for Ireland in 1980 & 1987):  Savee Entertainment presented the Irish Winners' Tour 2012 which toured through the Republic of Ireland at the end of October. JP & Kristof of Radio International flew to Dublin, hired a car and drove to Limerick. A truely amazing event featuring five of the six Irish Winners of the Eurovision Song Contest. Dana, Johnny Logan, Linda Martin, Paul Harrington with Charlie McGettigan and Niamh Kavanagh taking the audience a trip down Eurovision Memory Lane. But before the show the Team of Radio International had the great honour and pleasure to meet and interview the double Irish Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest - Johnny Logan who in 1980 won the contest in The Hague, Netherlands with the song "What's another year", but he also won again some seven years on in Brussels in 1987 with the song "Hold me now". Then he composed a number of Eurovision songs and one of them in 1992 was performed by Linda Martin who subsequently won the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 for Ireland with a Johnny Logan composition called "Why me". All that happened in Malmoe, Sweden. Johnny tells us his memories of the three contests he has been as a Winner and also about his music projects he is involved in. Enjoy listening to this interview this week on Radio International.  To see and enjoy the photos from the event - click here ! :) And to watch the Interview with Johnny Logan- click here :)

 

Interview with Glen Vella (Malta 2011):  Glen Vella represented the Maltese Islands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "One Life"  which came 11th in the first Semi Final unfortunately just missing ONE point. But nevertheless, Glen is a great singer and personality in Malta with a fantastic voice. That shows as OGAE United Kingdom and OGAE Sweden invited the singer for their Club Conventions. Glen was part of the guest line up of OGAE Sweden on 13 October 2012 in Eskilstuna receiving a huge welcome by the audience and the Mayor of the City. Also part of the Guest List were the following Eurovision performers: Joan Franka (Netherlands 2012), Esther Hart (Netherlands 2003, Birgitta Haukdahl (Iceland 2003), SINPLUS (Switzerland 2012) and the very first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest - Lys Assia (Switzerland 1956). Listen to the interview with Glen Vella on this week's edition of Radio International and find out what his future plans are in regards with his career. To see the photos of the OGAE Sweden event including the reception in the Town Hall of Eskilstuna - click here .  Watch the interview with Glen Vella - click here. 

 

Chiara (Malta 1998, 2005, 2009) releases new song: Radio International has received news from Malta that Chiara has released a brand new song called "Forget Forgetting Me" which was premiered on Maltese TV last weekend.  Chiara’s new single is her first after signing up with the record label Hands Up Music. The song was written in collaboration of five European songwriters, two Swedish, two Icelandic and one Maltese. The outcome is a powerful pop song perfected with Chiara’s amazing voice. This release is a new beginning for Chiara, as she recently reached an agreement with a new international manager, Valgeir Magnusson who also manages Hera Bjork from Iceland.
‘Forget Forgetting me’ is a change for Chiara, most famous for her gentle but strong ballads. “For a long time now, I’ve wanted to work more on pop and dance music,” says Chiara about her new song. “I’ve been performing dance music for some time now and wanted to take it further to pop. At this point, I think I’ve found the right genre to express myself. I want things to be fun and playful, but with a sharp message. Women should have their opinions and never let anyone tell them differently. I want to deliver messages like that, mixed with the things I’m interested in at any given moment.”
Chiara will perform with The Yada Dance Company in San Francisco in January 2013. The 8 shows in San Francisco commence Chiara’s collaboration with the dance company, with which she signed a five-year contract earlier this year. The show combines dance and live music performed by Chiara, including her 2005 Eurovision song ‘Angel’. The show, Dance Rush – Feel the Power of Music, was performed in the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The show got a good reception and a standing ovation every night. Therefore it’s very exciting to watch how the show will be received in America, where it will première in the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Friday, January 11, 2013. The last performance in Malta will be Sunday, 4 November 2012.   

 

Home Composed Song Contest 2012 - The Radio International Jury has voted:  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 Radio International and listeners formed an international jury voting on the 22 submitted songs to the contest. The Voting Result of the Radio International Jury is available here. This result will now go into the overall voting of the 22 juries of the Home Composed Song Contest 2012 of which the final results will be known on 05 November 2012 on the  website of the Home Composed Song Contest.

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.   

 

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.

 

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