| Show 18 December 2013 |
Experience the Eurovision Song Contest with Radio International and Partners.
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.
 Let's step into Christmas 2013 with Radio International: Eurovision Radio
International never stops and is keen on
keeping the music of the Eurovision Song Contest in the ears of the many
fans that join the show each and every week via the usual means either
via PODCAST, LISTEN AGAIN, live broadcast or Live Stream. Please feel
free to submit your requests of Eurovision songs and Radio International is delighted to play your requests during
the shows. Click on CONTACT
to submit your request to the programme. This week is spiced with some
Christmas classics and your Christmas request fullfilled by Santi JP
live during this week's edition of the show.
 Interview with Emmelie de Forest (Eurovision Winner 2013, Denmark): Being a special guest during the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 - Emmelie de Forest from Denmark flew in to Kiev to perform her Winning Song "Only Teardrops"
as part of the Interval Act in the show. Just before Emmelie kindly
gave a Press Conference where the 12 young contestants asked questions
to the reigning chamption of Eurovision followed by a Press Conference
for the media. JP had the pleasure to exchange a few words in an
interview after the Press Conference. You can watch the entire coverage of Junior Eurovision 2013 - click here.
 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013: Habemus Winner.
The 11th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was staged at
Palace of Ukraine in Kiev, Ukraine on 30 November 2013 with a very first
victory for the sunny islands of Malta with Gaia Cauchi winning the competition in a thrilling voting with the song "The Start" followed by Ukraine's Sofia Tarasova and the song "We are one" and then third placed entry was Belarus' Ilya Volkov and the song "Poy so mnoy".
The Final Result as displayed on the Scoreboard in the Palace of Ukraine:
1. 130 Malta
2. 121 Ukraine 3. 108 Belarus 4. 106 Russia 5. 091 Georgia 6. 069 Armenia 7. 066 Azerbaijan 8. 059 The Netherlands 9. 046 Sweden 10. 042 San Marino 11. 041 Moldova 12. 019 FYR Macedonia
All in all the Team of Radio International on location had the pleasure
to do 22 interviews with the participants, artists, Eurovision Winners,
directors, etc. Watch out for them to come on the weekly edition of
Radio International.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest Quiz:
 Courtesy of Head of Press of the Maltese Delegation Daniel, Radio International has five CD singles of the Winning Song "The Start" by Gaia Gauchi to give away in a Quiz. The quiz went over two weeks where JP asked ten questions. The Quiz closed on 17 December 2013
and a draw was made during this week's edition of Radio
International and five right and successful entries each won and will receive
the CD single of the the winning song of the Junior Eurovision Song
Contest 2013. The five successful winners of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest Quiz are: Claus Michael Fasting (Norway), Rafael Vivas (Venezuela), Robert Wahlstroem (Sweden), Steph Parker (South Australia) and Dara Robinson (Australia).
 Interview with Michele Perniola (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013, San Marino):
Debuting at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 is the tiny state
of San Marino surrounded by Italy. Native Italian, 15-year-old Michele Perniola represented San Marino with the song called "O-o-O Sole intorno a me (Sunlight all around me)"
ranking San Marino at Number 10 in the Final of the Junior Eurovision
Song Contest 2013. Michele has been on stages in the USA and also has
been performing together with household names in Italy. For details
listen to the interview on this week's edition of Radio International.
You can watch the entire coverage of Junior Eurovision 2013 - click here.
 Interview with Rafael Bobeica (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Moldova): Moldova was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 by young Rafael Bobeica
who JP called Young Pavarotti when he heard the boy sing during the
interview you can hear on this week's edition of Radio International.
Rafael performed the song "Cum sa fim (How to be)" which in the Grand Final of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 ranks at Number 11.
You can watch the entire coverage of Junior Eurovision 2013 - click here.
 Interview with Barbara Popovic (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013, FYRO Macedonia):
The Former Yuguslav Republic of Macedonia was represented at the Junior
Eurovision Song Contest 2013 by Barabara Popovic with the song "Ohrid I muzika (Ohrid in)"
which ranks at Number 12. The Team of Radio International did an
interview with the young singer and lovely dancers during a Press
Conference session before the show. Listen to the interview on this
week's edition of Radio International.
You can watch the entire coverage of Junior Eurovision 2013 - click here.
 Interview with Vadislav Yakovlev, the Executive Supervisor of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013:
The European Broadcasting Union has changed responsibilities and staff
for their Eurovision Family of events. Previously, Sietse Bakker was the
Executive Supervisor of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and the the
2012 edition of the show he has handed over this task to Vladislav
Yakovlev, while Sietse Bakker fully focusses on the Eurovision Song
Contest as Events Manager. Just before the Junior Eurovision Song
Contest 2013 went on air the Team of Radio International had the
pleasure to speak to the overall responsible person for the show to see
how things are going. Find out details and additional information on an
event such as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest during the interview
with Vladislav Yakovlev, who one could see on the famous balcony
surrounded by a bear and a tiger:) just before the votes were given
out.
You can watch the entire coverage of Junior Eurovision 2013 - click here.
 Interview with Marek Miil (Camera Director at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013): One
of the great pluses to be on location of a huge event such as the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest is also the opportunity to meet the many
people that are working behind the scenes on very important tasks making
the broadcasting of the show possible. Radio International had the big
pleasure to meet and interview Marek Miil who explains us exactly what a
Camera Director does. Very interesting stuff that we normally never get
to hear.
You can watch the entire coverage of Junior Eurovision 2013 - click here.
 Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - Denmark's Eurovision Song Contest History: A
new quarter has begun which also marks the start of a new series called
Denmark's Eurovision Song Contest History since Denmark for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2013 and with this will be hosting the 2014
edition of the contest in Copenhagen the Team of Radio International
thought to continue the tradition to reflect on all the Danish
Eurovision entries over the years. Denmark has won the Eurovision Song
Contest three time. It was first in 1963 when Grethe and Jorgen Ingmann performed "Dansevise", then the Olson Brothers won in 2000 with the song "Fly on the wings of love" and then in 2013 with Emmelie de Forest and "Only Teardrops". This week Alasdair
closes the series looking back at the Eurovision entries from Denmark.
The next series our correspondents and experts will be taking on board
are the national finals of the various countries selecting their entry
to the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.
 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.
 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:
25 Jan 2014 (Sat) - Germany/Munich
OGAE Germany Annual Convention - website
06 May 2014 (Tue)
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 - Semi Final 1
08 May 2014 (Tue)
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 - Semi Final 2
10 May 2014 (Sat)
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 - Grand Final from Denmark
 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 Goodies Bag. Good Luck! We had a record number of
entries this week and decided to pull out two names of the hat to win
the quiz from last week. Congratulations go to Rafael Vivas from Venezuela for winning last week's 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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