Interview with SebAlter (Switzerland 2014):  Switzerland usually where the first country to start the national final season in December of the coming Eurovision Year, however, this was not the case for the 2014 Eurovision Season as the Swiss National Final took place on Saturday 01 February 2014 in the usual venue called "Bodensee-Arena" in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland in which six acts performed their song hoping to get the ticket to Copenhagen representing Switzerland there in May in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The winning act was Swiss band SebAlter originating - like SINPLUS - from the Italian part of the country called Ticino. The song which will be performed in the Semi Final in Copenhagen is called "Hunters of Stars" and right after the show finished JP and the Radio International Team on  location went on stage to interview the members of SebAlter. The week after their victory in Switzerland SebAlter were invited to be part of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as Interval Act in the Maltese Final on Saturday. After the show the Winner's Press Conference to place and Radio International had the pleasure to meet the guys again for a quick chat. You can listen to both interviews in this week's edition of Radio International.  You can watch the interview done at the Swiss National Final on our YouTube channel by clicking - here. Watch the interview with SebAlter done in Malta - here

 

Interview with Sven Epiney - Host of "Die grosse Entscheidungsshow" in Switzerland (Swiss National Final): Sven was the host of the national final in Switzerland since 2010 but is also the commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest for Swiss TV. JP chatted with Sven Epiney about the show and the songs and more, while on stage after the show. 

   

 

Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2014 - Interview with Chris Grech:  Chris already tried his luck in the 2013 edition of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Never walk away" which came 5th in the competition. This year Chris could successfully qualify his 2014 offering "Oblivion" which then in the Final of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2014 reached Number 13. After the Finalists' Press Conference Radio International chatted with Chris which you can hear on the show this week. Firelight won the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2014 and will be representing Malta in Copenhagen come May with the song "Coming Home". Full result of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2014 voting is available here. You can watch this interview on our YouTube channel by clicking - here.

 

Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - The National Final Season 2014:  With a start of a new quarter that means it is also the start of a new feature on Eurovision Radio International. In the last quarter of 2013 Radio International went through the history of Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest. And over the Christmas Break the national final season has officially begun. Like in previous years the Radio International Eurovision Experts will be assessing the National Finals 2014 live on Radio International. Marcus Keppel-Palmer takes a look at the National Finals so far and some of the highlights from Hungary, Latvia, Spain and FYRO Macedonia. 

 

Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight XL - The Semi Final entries that should have qualified for the Grand Final:  Returning to the airwaves this week and that in a longer version than the usual slot is Marcus Keppel-Palmer who will be joining JP for the third hour of this week's edition of the show to take a look at some of the great Eurovision entries that actually should have qualified for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Due to the success of this feature and listeners request Craig Johnstone from New Zealand selected 20 songs he thinks should have qualified for the Grand Final. Marcus and JP chat about those entries and of course also ten of play'em. :) Radio International has received already some submissions from listeners and they will be featured in the weeks to come on the show, however, if you would like to submit your choice of Semi Final entries that should have made the Grand Final please send your Top Twenty list of songs to CONTACT and let us know why you select each song.  

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:

 

08 May 2014 (Tue)

Eurovision Song Contest 2014 - Semi Final 2

 

10 May 2014 (Sat)