| Show 08 April 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.
 Eurovision's Greatest Hits: On 31 March 2015, the BBC in
collaboration with Swedish TV SVT celebrated the 60th anniversary of the
Eurovision Song Contest and produced a Eurovision Celebration Show
staged in London's Eventi, Apollo, Hammersmith. The show is called "Eurovision's Greatest Hits"
and featured a large number of previous Eurovision Winning acts such as
Loreen, Emmelie de Forest, Lordi, etc. Details of the event can be seen
here
. To coincide with this event Radio International last week and also
this week will air a large number of Eurovision Greatest Hits during the
show but also on last week's show Radio International aired an
interview done in London with John Kennedy O'Connor who published a book "The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official Celebration" which will be published on 20 April 2015. In case you missed this interview just visit the Show Archive from 01 April 2015 and listen to the show for the interview.
 EBU's Lynda Woodruff interviews the Eurovision's Greatest Hits Performers:
One of the funniest characters to appear on the Eurovision screen is
EBU's Lynda Woodruff who we met first in 2012. Lynda also appeared in
London to interview some of the performing acts in Eurovision Greatest
Hits in London. Radio International will air some of that on the show
this week.
 Live Interview with Martina Majerle (Slovenia 2009 ):
Joining the show live from Slovenia via phone will be Martina Majerle
who initially is a backing vocalist and with this has been singing with
Eurovision artists such as Severina, Doris Dragovic, Sergej Cetkovic,
Nina Badric and Novi Fosili just to mention a few. She has been on the
Eurovision stage for 7 times first with Claudia Beni in 2003, in 2008
and 2014 for Montenegro amd four times for Slovenia. Then in 2009 she
was on the "frontline" with the group Quartissimo singing at the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow the song "Love Symphony" which ranked 16th in Semi Final 2. Martina Majerle took part at the Slovenian National Final EMA trying to win the ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna with the song "Alive" written by Andre Babic. Radio International is delighted to welome Martina Majerle to the show this week. What a charming lady - you will like listening to this interview with Martina. Her Facebook Page is available here.
 Eurovision in Concert 2015 - Interview with Rene Romkes: The 7th
edition of
Eurovision in Concert in Amsterdam, Netherlands is going to be held on
Saturday, 18 April 2015 in the venue Melkweg with the participation over
20 countries that are competing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in
Vienna, Austria come May 2014. Countries that accepted the invitation by
the
organizers are Albania, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cyprus, France,
FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Latvia,
Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden and Special Guests: Bobbysocks from Norway.
Radio International is delighted
to be be chatting with one of the prime organisers of the event who
makes his annual appearance on the show every year to brief us on
the event - Rene Romkes. Further details of the event can be found on
the website by clicking - here.
 Venezuela's Top 50 Eurovision Songs of 2014: Every year the
Eurovision fans of Venezuela get together and vote for the Eurovision
songs of the current year and 2014 was no exception. The voters not
only took into consideration the songs that were in the Semi Finals and
Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 but also the National
Finals and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest of 2014. Rafael Vivas
sent in the Top 50 chart to Radio International for broadcast. Over the
next weeks Radio International will be broadcasting these songs and
running down the chart during the broadcast. What did Venezuela vote
for to be the best song of the 2014 Eurovision year? Find out on Radio
International. Due to lack of time on the show this week there was no chance to play on songs from the list, however, for the future editions of the show the chart will be taken into consideration.
 Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - Eurovision 2015 in Regions: For
the next few weeks the Eurovision Experts of Radio International will be
taking a look at the 2015 Eurovision entries per region and this week Dermot Manning continues with the central Eurovision countries that are competing at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2015. This week hear the songs from Belarus, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. 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 2015.
 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:
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 two weeks time to crack the quiz 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!
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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fans can join and see how we actually do Radio International and listen
to the show while chatting with the other Eurovision fans joining the
community. But also you can watch there a re-run of
the weekly edition of Radio International at various times on ESCNEWS Radio. Enjoy and tell your friends
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