| Show 18 March 2015 |
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.
 Melodifestivalen 2015 Interviews: Melodifestivalen 2015 took place on Saturday 14 March 2015 in
Stockholm's Friends Arena with 12 great artists selected out of the four
Semi Finals and the Second Chance round. 28000 people in the Arena and a
great pair of show hosts: Sanna Nielsen and Robin Paulsson guiding
through the Final of Melodifestivalen. JP and Eric were on location and
conducted interviews with many of the artists and producer Christer
Bjoerkman. This week's edition of Radio International will be a special
on Sweden's selection to the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Enjoy the
show especially this week. 12 acts competed in Sweden's
Melodifestivalen 2015 and Eric and JP speed interviewed most of the acts
at the Press Conferences after the Dress Rehearsal and after the Grand
Final itself. The complete result of Melodifestivalen 2015 can be viewed here. Find a selection of photos from the Melodifestivalen 2015 weekend here.
 Interview with Mans Zelmerloew (Sweden 2015): Who followed
Melodifestivalen last Saturday knows that Mans Zelmerloew won the
competition with the song "Heroes" and with this will be representing
Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria and
possible follow in the footsteps of Conchita Wurst. Previously Mans had
two attempts in Melodifestivalen with "Cara Mia" in 2007 and "Hope and
Glory" in 2009. He also was the host of Melodifestivalen in 2010. Radio
International met the singer after the dress rehearsal on Friday night.
Listen to this interview and also many more interviews with the
competing artists on this week's edition of Radio International. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Interview withe Jon Henrik Fjaellgren (Melodifestivalen 2015): Eric and
JP met Jon Henrik at the after show party and chatted with him about his
entry and life. The song is called "Jag aer fri" written by Jon Henrik
himself and ranked second in Melodifestivalen 2015.
 Interview with Eric Saade (Melodifestivalen 2015): With already being a
previous winner of Melodifestivalen back in 2011 Eric Saade represented
Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Popular"
ranking third in Duesseldorf. In 2015 Eric Saade returned to
Melodifestivalen with the song "Sting" which at the end of the show on
Saturday ranked at Number 5. JP met Eric in the Press Centre during the
rehearsals on Thursday evening for an interview and also Eric chatted
with Eric after the show on Saturday. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here for the interview before the Final | after the Final
 Interview with Sanna Nielsen and Robin Paulsson (Hosts of
Melodifestivalen 2015): The hosts of this year's Melodifestivalen were
absolutely great and a good presentation also lifts the show higher.
Sanna Nielsen was the winner of Melodifestivalen 2014 with the song
"Undo" and with this Sweden's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
coming third. Robin Paulsson is a famous comedian on Swedish
television. JP caught up with both during the Thursday night rehearsals. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Interview with Christer Bjoerkman (Executive Producer of
Melodifestivalen): The current format of Melodifestivalen is a complete
success and was inaugurated the first time I this way back in 2002 and
has become the biggest national final of any Eurovision Song Contest
country. Christer Bjoerkman who himself represented Sweden at the
Eurovision Song Contest in 1992 and also being member of the Reference
Group of the Eurovision Song Contest is the Executive Producer of
Melodifestivalen. Eric and JP chatted with Christer after the Grand
Final of Melodifestivalen to get his assessment of the show. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
Further Melodifestivalen 2015 interviews were aired during this
week's edition of Radio International with Samir & Viktor, Dinah Nah, Mariette and Magnus Carlsson. Also you can
watch all the interviews on the Radio International YouTube Channel once
they aired on the radio show.
 Interview with Mørland & Debrah Scarlett (Norway 2015): While Melodifestivalen 2015 went
on in Stockholm's Friends Arena over in Oslo Norway selected their entry
to the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Daniel Koch on behalf of Radio
International met up with the winning act Mørland & Debrah Scarlett right after their
victory for first reactions on winning the Norwegian final with the song
"A Monster like me".  Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - The National Final Season 2015: The National
Final Season to the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 is over. Chris Poppe closes out the
series taking a look at the final lot of songs that have been selected
or nominated in National Finals. Chris will introduce the song from Albania, Armenia, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Montenegro, Norway, Russia, San Marino and Sweden.
 Eurovision UnderCover: This ever so popular feature on Radio International is David Mann's weekly edition of the 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. 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.  Eurovision Song Contest News: Nathan Waddell joins
the team in the studio every week to bring you the news
and the latest developments connected to the Eurovision Song Contest
such as the National Finals or if it is music releases of Eurovision
performers, special
concerts, gossip, etc Nathan 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.
Nathan is website editor with escxtra.com. In addition, Eurovision News is available on www.eurovision.tv, esctoday.com and escflashmalta.com (amongst others.
 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 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:
31 Mar 2015 (Tue) - United Kingdom/London
Eurovision's Greatest Hits at the Eventim Hammersmith Apollo
10 Apr 2015 (Fri) - United Kingdom/London
Eurofest preview party at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern 17 Apr 2015 (Fri) - The Netherlands/Amsterdam
OGAE NL preparty at Aknathon (21:00 CET)
18 Apr 2015 (Sat) - The Netherlands/Amsterdam Eurovision in Concert at Melkweg (SOLD OUT!) 24 Apr 2015 (Fri) - United Kingdom Eurovision Song Contest: 60th Anniversary Conference at BAFTA  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 or a dip into the
Eurovision Goodies Bag. 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 for the quiz answers, you have time until 2359 hours the Tuesday
after Radio International was aired live. That gives the chance for the
listeners who were not able to join us live on Wednesdays to participate
in the quiz and the draw for the prize. Good Luck! Due to lack of time the draw of the lucky winner will be postponed till next week's edition of Radio Internationa. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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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