Eurovision in Concert 2014:  The sixth edition of Eurovision in Concert in Amsterdam, Netherlands is going to be held on Saturday, 05 April 2014 in the venue Melkweg with the participation of 22 countries that are competing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen come May 2014. Countries that accepted the invitation by the organizers are Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Denmark, France, FYRO Macedonia, Georgia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine and United Kingdom. Radio International is delighted to be be chatting with one of the prime organisers of the event who returns to the airwaves of Radio International every year to brief us on the event - Rene Romkes. Further details of the event can be found on the website by clicking - here. 

 

Interview with Sandra Reemer (Netherlands 1972, 1976, 1979 and 1983):  Most of the show this week will be devoted to Sandra Reemer who represented the Netherlands three times at the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1972 with "Als het om de liefte gaat" with Andres coming fourth. Then in 1976 Sandra represented the Kingdom of the Netherlands with "The Party is over now" coming nineth and in 1979 she reached Number 12 with "Colorado" as Xandra. In 1983, Sandra Reemer was the backing vocalist when Bernadette represented the Netherlands with the song "Sing me a song" that reached Number 7 in Munich, Germany. Sandra was also a member of the Dutch Divas which as a trio enjoyed successes together with Maggie McNeal (1980) and Marga Bult (Marcha, 1987). She also hosted the Dutch version of "Do you want to bet" on Dutch TV. Recently, she rediscovered the nice athmosphere of the Eurovision community as she was part of the OGAE Germany convention where the Team of Radio International had the pleasure to meet and interview the singer who had a lot of stories to tell. Listen to them all on this week's edition of Radio International. But also Sandra will be hosting this year's and with that the sixth edition of Eurovision in Concert in Amsterdam together with Cornald Maas. You can watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here

 

Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - Eurovision 2014 in Regions:  For the next four weeks the Eurovision Experts Radio International will be taking a look at the 2014 Eurovision entries per region and this week Alasdair Rendal will start with the northern countries that are competing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. In addition, each week our correspondents will be asked to tell us their personal favourite but also their tip what could actually win the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.  

 

Kuunkuiskaajat (Finland 2010) release a new album: The two ladies of Kuunkuiskaajat, Susan and Johanna, who represented Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Työlki Ellää" are working on a new album. See below for details and Radio International is happy to have the ladies on the show in the not too distant future to chat about the album. Susan and Johanna would like to reach their fans abroad with this message on their new album with crowd sourcing - they're collecting donations from fans and supporters. Kuunkuiskaajat have composed loads of new wonderful songs, and are now looking for fans and supporters to make an album happen. They did not want to make a new album based on the record company's rules and therefore decided to take matters in their own hands and fund it by other means. For further details contact this website - Kuunkuiskaajat