| Show 07 October 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.
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 Interview with Hera Bjoerk (Iceland 2010): OGAE Portugal in
collaboration with the Municipality of Setubal in Portugal held their
annual Eurovision Live Concert 2015 in the Luisa Todi Forum on Setubal
on 12 September 2015 with a great line up of artists from the national
and international Eurovision music scene who stood on the stage of the
Eurovision Song Contest or took part in the national finals. JP went to
Setubal and had the pleasure to meet and chat with some of the singers.
This week we start with Hera Bjoerk who in 2010 represented Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest witht he song "Je ne sais quoi" coming 19th in Oslo. The year before she tried her luck in the Danish National Final with the song "Someday"
which became the runner up to Brinck who in 2009 represented Denmark at
the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow where Hera was backing vocalist
for Yohanna on "Is it true" which came 2nd to Alexander Rybak's
Fairytake from Norway. JP caught up with Hera on her time in Southern
America and upcoming events in her career. The interview was done in the
Luisa Todo Forum of Setubal right after the show. Enjoy listening to
this interview on this week's editon of Radio International.
Due to lack of time the interview is postponed for broadcast to a later date. Sorry for the inconvenience.
 Interview with Kurt Calleja(Malta 2012): Another
well-established artist that took part at the Eurovision Live Concert
2015 in Setubal, Portugal last September was Malta's Kurt Calleja
who was Malta's Ambassador at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku.
He successfully qualified Malta for the Grand Final and then ranked at
Number 21with his song "This is the night". Kurt was invited to
Portugal to perform his Eurovision entry plus more songs from his
repertoire. JP chatted with Kurt during the sound check. LIsten to this
interview in this week's edition of Radio International.
You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Interview with the Twiins (Slovakia 2011): Also invited to the Eurovision Live Concert 2015 were the Twiins from Slovakia who represented their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "I'm still alive"
that unfortunately failed to qualify Slovakia to the Grand Final. The
song ranked at Number 13 in Semi Final 2 in Duesseldorf. Nevertheless,
Veronika and Daniela were great Ambassadors for their country and
achieved the best result for Slovakia since the country returned to the
Eurovision Song Contest. At the aftershow part of Eurovision Live
Concert 2015 JP chatted with the Twiins. Listen to the interview on this
week's edition of the show. Due to lack of time the interview is postponed for broadcast to a later date. Sorry for the inconvenience.  Interview with Marija Sestic (Bosnia & Herzegovina 2007): One
of the nicest Balkan Ballads presented at the Eurovision Song Contest
could be heard again at the Eurovision Live Concert 2015 in Setubal,
Portugal performed live by Marija Sestic who represented Bosnia & Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with the song "Rijeka bez imena"
coming 11th in the Grand Final. JP had the pleasure to speak with
Marija after her soundcheck in the Luisa Todi Forum. Enjoy listening to
the interview and also hear the song again. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight: Debut countries at Eurovision: The
summer has arrived and that also means the start of a new series on
Radio International linked to a Eurovision theme. The Radio
International Eurovision Experts put their brains together and came up
with the great idea to reflext on the countries that debuted during the
60 years of the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. The series ends this week with Ross Bennett who will take a final look at the debut entries and this week it is Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Yugoslavia.
 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:
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 to Rafael Vivas from Venezuela for winning the quiz from 19 August 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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