Interview with Kirsten Siggard from Hot Eyes (Denmark 1984, 1985 and 1988):  October is the usual month when OGAE UK hold their annual convention entitled EUROBASH and 2014 was no exception. The event took place in the Holiday Inn in the City Centre of Birmingham with the participation of Martyn Ford who conducted the entries of Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 and 1986, then Ray Caruana from Live Report reaching a remarkable runner up position in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Why do I always get it wrong".  And last but not least a lady that represented Denmark together with her then singing partner Soeren as Hot Eyes three times at the Eurovision Song Contest. She was pregnant on stage on two of the three occasions firstly in 1984 when Hot Eyes came fourth with the song "Det' lige det (That's just it)". The year after, 1985, they came 11th with the song "Sku' du spoerg fra no'en (What business is it of yours?)" and then in 198, performed highly pregnant the song "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa' (Can you see what I said?)" which came third. The Team of Radio International had the big pleasure to meet the singer for an interview you can hear on this week's edition of the show.

 

Interview with Jelena Tomasevic (Serbia 2008): The Annual Eurovision Live Concert 2014 took place on Friday and Saturday 12 & 13 September 2014 in Setubal, Portugal organised by the Municipality of Setubal and OGAE Portugal where many Portuguese and International Eurovision performers sang their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest and/or their national final entry. Members of the Team of Radio International were there and interviewed some of the performers. One of the Serbia's greatest singers who returned to Setubal was Jelena Tomasevic who represented Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Oro" that came 6th. The song was written by that year's host of the Eurovision Song Contest - Zeljko Joksimovic. Listen to the interview with Jelena on this week's edition of the show.

 

Interview with Martyn Ford - Eurovision Chef d'Orchestre (Cyprus 1982 & 1986): This is the first in history of Radio International that JP interviewed a conductor of the Eurovision Song Contest. Martyn Ford, native UK, was the conductor not for a UK entry at the Eurovision Song Contest but he was engaged twice to conduct the Cyprus entries at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 and 1986. Martyn was special guest at the recent edition of OGAE UK's organised Eurobash 2014 in Birmingham. JP had the pleasure to chat with Martyn who conducted the Eurovision entries of Anna Vissi back in 1982 called "Mono i agapi" which came 5th in the year Nicole won for Germany with "Ein bisschen Frieden". The second entry he conducted for Cyprus was in 1986 when the Eurovision Song Contest came from Bergen in Norway. The song was "Tora zo" performed by Elpida and only reached Number 20. Listen to this interview on this week's edition of Radio International.

 

Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - Austria in Eurovision:  With the start of a new quarter there is also a start with a new feature on Radio International which takes us right to the National Selections to the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Austria initially won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1966 for the very first time with Udo Juergens singing "Merci Cherie" and then the second victory came in 2014 with Conchita Wurst and "Rise like a Phoenix" and with this will be hosting the 2015 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. As in previous years the Eurovision Spotlight has reflected on the songs of the next host country and this year is no exception. The Radio International Eurovision Experts will be taking a look at Austria's history at the Eurovision Song Contest. The new series continues this week with Ross Bennett. Enjoy the flashback into Austria's entries to the Eurovision Song Contest.