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 talking to us. 

 

A Eurovision Summer Holiday:  While most of the team of Radio International is on vacation already for one week in a sunny country JP is there to present you another week of special programming. Last week the first two hours of the show were devoted to the music, the life and career of Mr. Eurovision - Ralph Siegel and also an interview with San Marino's hopeful for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 and now also 2014 Valentina Monetta while the third hour last week featured the first part of three of the new series "Eurovision meets South Africa". If you missed last week's show - just go to the SHOW ARCHIVE on this website and select "Show 18 September 2013".

This week on the show Eurovision Radio International's JP had the pleasure to meet and interview Jonas Gladnikoff who wrote many great Eurovision songs including Niamh Kavanagh's "It's for you" for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, Hera Bjoerk's "Someday" and many more entries to various national finals with pretty good results. That will be in the first hour of this week's edition of Radio International whereas the second and third hour features part 2 and part 3 of "Eurovision meets South Africa" as the series continues. 

 

Interview with Jonas Gladnikoff (Composer):   The Team of Radio International was on location in Malmoe at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 which was staged in Sweden. During the two Eurovision weeks 38 out of 39 countries were interviewed but in addition the team had the pleasure to meet and interview amongst the many artists also one of the great composers of Eurovision fan favourites. JP had the pleasure to meet and interview  Jonas Gladnikoff who wrote many great Eurovision songs including Niamh Kavanagh's "It's for you" for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, Hera Bjoerk's "Someday" and many more entries to various national finals with pretty good results. A complete list of his composed songs is available here. Find out details about Jonas as JP talks to the talented composer and musicians this week on Eurovision Radio International and playing some of his creations. Don't miss it.

 

Eurovision meets South Africa (Series 5, Parts 2 and 3 of 3): After the success of the first four series' Radio International is delighted to present to you the next and fifth series. This is the first of three parts where Radio International broadcasts a series of shows where you can hear the enthusiasm of South African artists recording Eurovision Song Contest entries in the Afrikaans language. This truely is something very special and we wish to thank Roy van der Merve, Neil and Carel van Eden for contacting Radio International to make the Eurovision Fans aware of this ongoing project and the interest int he Eurovision Song Contest in South Africa. Enjoy the show where we first play the original entry that was at the Eurovision Song Contest which will be followed up with the artist(s) from South Africa singing the song in Afrikaans. For more information on the artists or the project contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or go to their Website at www.artistwarehouse.co.za

 

Eurovision News Website: escXtra.com:  Luke Fisher is the  Editor - in - Chief of the Eurovision News website escXtra.com. Check out more and EXTRA news on the Eurovision Song Contest by visiting the website here.  Just for this and next week there will be no news with Luke on Radio International due to the Team's holidays.