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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 Song Contest 2015 - The POST EUROVISION DEPRESSION Cure: What
an amazing 60th Eurovision Song Contest ORF and EBU staged in the
Wiener Stadthalle in three amazing shows with two Semi Finals and the
Grand Final on Saturday 23 May 2015. 40 countries competed with 20
countries making it into the Grand Final meeting the the Host Country
Austria as well as the Big 5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United
Kingdom) plus special guest Australia. The 60th contest was won by Måns Zelmerloew from Sweden with the song "Heroes"
Many fans and journalists left Vienna with tears in their eyes saying
farewell to two weeks of a real good time departing from the Eurovision
Family for yet another year. The POST EUROVISION DEPRESSION (PED) has
conquered Europe and beyond and Eurovision Radio International is the
best cure for it week by week as we reflect on the Eurovision Song
Contest 2015 with broadcasting the many interviews done in Vienna. For
the results of the Semi Finals and the Grand Final please go to eurovision.tv or click here.
Red Carpet at the Welcome Reception - Short Interview segements: Also on the show this week enjoy a segment of short interviews done at the official Welcome Reception Red Carpet when JP chatted with ten of this year's participants. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Interview with Måns Zelmerloew (Eurovision Winner 2015, Sweden): Europe & Australia crowned the King of Eurovision 2015 - Måns Zelmerloew who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Heroes"
receiving a total of 365 points which is the third highest number of
votes following Loreen in 2012 and Alexander Rybak in 2009 who received
the highest amount as a winner.The Team of Radio International was
invited to the Hotel where the Swedish Delegation resided and conducted
an interview with Måns there. Listen to this interview on this
week's edition of Radio International. In addtiion, Eric managed to get
the first reaction from Måns in the Semi Final 2 Winners' Press
Conference and Edward from escXtra.com could have a quick reaction from
at the end of the Winner's Press Conference. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Interview with Polina Gagarina (Russia 2015): In
a thriller during the voting sequence of this year's Eurovision Song
Contest Russia led the score board for a long time until Sweden took
over. At the end of the voting Russia came second in the 60th Eurovision
Song Contest with Polina Gagarina and the song "A Million Voices" with Swedish involvment in the song. Eric and JP met the charming singer for an interview in the press centre.
You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Interview with Il Volo (Italy 2015): As one of JP's colleagues called them Il Divo Light - Il Volo represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Grande Amore"
coming third in the contest. The colleagues in the Press Centre had
this tipped to be the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with Sweden
second. Il Volo are huge in America and South America selling millions
of albums over there. Italy also was ready to win and host the next
Eurovision Song Contest but the trophy and the rights for next year went
to Sweden. The boys of Il Volo gave many interviews in the Press Centre
and Radio International is glad to broadcast their interview in this
week's edition of the show. Please note this interview will be scheduled for broadcast next week due to time constraints this week.
 Interview with Loic Nottet (Belgium 2015): The
Kingdom of Belgium was once again represented by a young artist from
the French part of Belgium just like two years ago when Roberto
Bellarosa represented the country with "Love Kills" doing very well for
Belgium back in 2013. Loic Nottet could top that result and rocketed right up to Number 4 in the 60th Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Rhythm inside".
Loic received a lot of media attention in the Press Centre in Vienna
and gave interviews untill an hour before the Grand Final started.
Listen to the interview Loic gave to Radio International. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Interview with Elina Born and Stig Raesta (Estonia 2015): A great singer and a great songwriter was the recipe of Estonia's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 when Elina Born and Stig Raesta represented Estonia at this year's Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Goodbye to Yesterday".
Estonia came 7th in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. JP met the
singers in the Press Centre for an interview which will be broadcast on
this week's edition of Radio International.
Please note this interview will be scheduled for broadcast next week due to time constraints this week.
 Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - Eurovision 2015 - The Assessment: The
60th Eurovision Song Contest is over but still in the ears and eyes of
the fans and also the Radio International Eurovision Experts will give
their assessment over the next few editions of the show. The new series
starts this week with Chris Poppe who actually enjoyed Eurovision on
location in Vienna.
 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:
5-6 Sep 2015 (Sat-Sun) - Finland/Helsinki to Estonia/Tallinn
The Eurovision Cruise organised by OGAE Finland
10 Sep 2015 to 01 Nov 2015 - Switzerland/Zürich
Io Senza Te - Das Musical at Theater 11
12 Sep 2015 - Portugal/Setubal
Eurovision Live Concert 2015
14 Nov 2015 (Sat) - Germany/Köln
ECGermany's Clubtreffen
21 Nov 2015 (Sat) - Bulgaria/Sofia
13th Junior Eurovision Song Contest at Armeec Arena  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! Congratulations go to Rafael Vivas from Venezuela for winning the Quiz from 22 April 2015.
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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to the show while chatting with the other Eurovision fans joining the
community. But also you can watch there a re-run of
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