Eurovision Song Contest 2013 - Top 5:

 

1.  Denmark - Emmelie de Forest  - "Only Teardrops" (281 points)

2.  Azerbaijan - Farid Mammadov - "Hold me" (234 points)

3.  Ukraine - Zlata Ognevich - "Gravity"  (214 points)

4.  Norway - Margaret Berger - "I feed you my love"  (191 points)

5.  Russia - Dina Garipova - "What if" (174 points)

 

Another show that helps you over the Post Eurovision Depression (PED) is the Euro Friends Show with Andy Simon. Follow this link and watch Episode 67 - 70 for the coverage from Malmoe. Certainly a great cure for PED. 

 

   

Welcome Reception & Red Carpet Interviews:  Every year at the Eurovision Song Contest the host city organises a Welcome Reception and Opening Ceremony which can be watched by the fans and local people and the many journalists and reporters covering the Eurovision Song Contest for their media. There are clips from the Red Carpet event where JP and Philip from eurovisiOradio had the pleasure to co-interview some of the singers of this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Throughout the upcoming editions of Radio International the clips will be injected into the show for your listening pleasure.  This week listen to an interview with Malta's Gianluca Bezzina.

Interview with Farid Mammadov (Azerbaijan 2013):  Azerbaijan almost won the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the amazing Farid Mammadov who represented Azerbaijan with the song "Hold me" reaching Number 2 with a totoal of 234 points. The Team of Radio International had the pleasure to meet him for two interviews. This is the second interview which is aired in this week's edition of the show.  You can watch this interview also on our YouTube Channel - click here

 

Interview with Amadine Bourgeois (France 2013):  Following in the footsteps of Anggun to represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Amadine Bourgois was the Ambassador of France directly qualified for the Grand Final as France is one of the Big 5 countries of Eurovision. This year's offering is called "L'enfer et moi" and reached Number 23 in Malmoe. Listen to a short interview with the French singer courtesy of Samantha Ross from escinsight.com.  You can watch this interview also on our YouTube Channel - click here

 

Interview with El Sueno de Morfeo (ESDM)(Spain 2013):  As Spain is also one of the Big Five Eurovision countries and with this directly qualified to the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. El Sueno de Morfeo represented Spain this year with the song "Contigo Hasta el Final (With you all the way)" and unfortunately only ending up at Number 25 in the Grand Final, although they are big artists in their home country. JP and Eric met the singers for a couple of interviews which you can hear on this week's edition of the show. You can watch this interview also on our YouTube Channel - click here

 

Interview with Natalia Kelly (Austria 2013): Earlier on this year Austria decided to hold a great national final which Natalia Kelly won and with this was selected to represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013  with the song "Shine" and with this following in the footsteps of the Trackshittaz from 2012. Unfortunately, like in 2012 Austria could not qualify for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 as Natalia Kelly only could reach Number 14 in Semi Final 1 when only the Top Ten advance into the Grand Final. Lilian, David, Bert and JP met Natalia during her Meet & Greet with the fans and the media and conduction an interview which airs during this week's edition of Radio International. You can watch this interview also on our YouTube Channel - click here

 

Interview with Glen Vella (Malta 2011):  One of the good side effects at a Eurovision Song Contest is the return of previous Eurovision participants as there are many parties around town where these artists then pop up and perform their Eurovision entry plus more. This was the case this year with the Bobbysocks, Linda Martin and Glen Vella entertaining the many international Eurovision Fans tha came to the Euro Fan Cafe.  The artists already arrived for the Welcome Reception and JP met Glen Vella at the Welcome Reception and used the chance of a quick update interview and his impression of being back in the World of Eurovision but not needing to compete. Glen represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "One Life" which failed by just one point to qualify for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Listen to this interview on this week's edition of Radio International.

 

Live Interview with author Nikki Allen:  A huge fan of the Eurovision Song Contest herself and attending Europe's favourite TV Show for many many times Nikki Allen's ambition for a number of years has it to write and publish a book. This dream came true this week when her Eurovision novel was published. The novel is called "Somewhere in Europe" and tells a fantastic ficticious story around the Eurovision Song Contest on 532 pages. Nikki tells us some of the details on this week's edition of Radio International and moreover  you can buy this books via AMAZON just by following this link - Nikke Allen - Somewhere in Europe and enjoy!

Eurovision UnderCover:  Last week, Radio International started a brand new series on the show featuring Eurovision Cover Versions where David Mann from Eurovision Norwich will be intoducing some of the finest Eurovision Song Contest entries covered by other singers. Just be surprised. You will be hearing the actual song that has been on the Eurovision stage followed by the cover. Enjoy the brand new series.  Listeners are encouraged to send in their cover versions they came across over the years to share with the other fans tuning into the show. Alternatively, listeners can send in their request for a particular Eurovision covered song using this link. David Mann's been digging deep in his treasure box for this week's Eurovision Cover song. Don't miss it!

 

New Song Releases by Eurovision Artists:  Radio International is always keen to know how the careers of Eurovision performers develop after their performance at the event. The show is in collaboration with many Music Companies that supply Radio International with the latest songs of their signed up artists to bring the muisc closer to the fans. On a weekly basis Radio International receives songs which are being featured on the show. This week new songs by Paolo Meneguzzi (Switzerland), Ira Losco (Malta) and Miro (Bulgaria).

 

 

 

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. But also all the National Final Details are being displayed in the Calendar. Make sure you frequently check it out. 

 

Upcoming Events - Highlights:

 

19 - 21 July 2013

Eurovision Weekend in Berlin, Germany

 

31 August 2013 

Eurovision Cruise organised by OGAE Finland

 

05 - 07 September 2013

OGAE Portugal's Annual Eurovision Live Concert

 

26 October 2013

EURO GALA organised by OGAE Luxembourg

 

23 November 2013

EC Germany's Annual Club Convention