| Show 28 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.
 Live Interview with Cheryl Baker of Bucks Fizz and Coco (United Kingdom 1981 and 1978): Radio International is extremely happy to have 25% of the winning act of the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 = Bucks Fizz (United Kingdom 1981) and also member the UK's 1978 Eurovision Song Contest entry = Coco, on the show - Cheryl Baker. In 1978 Cheryl represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest as part of the group Coco with the song "The Bad old days" which came 11th. Then in 1981 Cheryl, Jay, Mike and Bobby were found and Bucks Fizz were especially formed for the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 and then won the Contest with the song "Making your mind up".
The success did not stop with the UK's victory in Dublin in 1981 as
Bucks Fizz went on with a number of strong hit releases and albums until
1986. Lately, members of Bucks Fizz got back together and are regularly
touring and performing their string of great hits. A big thank you to Cheryl Baker for giving Radio International a great interview including newest member of the team Bobby McVay who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 as part of Sweet Dreamsc with the song "I'm never giving up" coming 6th.
 Bucks Fizz - The Eurovision Winners of 1981 for the United Kingdom.
JP was and still is a great fan of Bucks Fizz and their music and hence
he is extremely happy to be chatting to Cheryl Baker live during this
week's edition of the show.
What have the members of the group been up to since their initial split
in the mid 80s and how will it continue with the current form of Bucks
Fizz. Find out more during the interview live during this week's edition
of Radio International.
 Interview with Marcin Mrozinski alias Martin Fitch (Poland 2010): OGAE
UK organized their annual EUROBASH 2015 in Birmingham's Holiday Inn
with the participation of national and international guests and
Eurovision personalities such as Jarmo Siim (former Press Officer of the
Eurovision Song Contest), Electro Velvet (UK's representative at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2015) and Poland's Ambassador to the Eurovision
Song Contest 2010 - Marcin Mrozinski who lately changed his name
to Martin Fitch since he has moved to London for his music and acting
career. JP and Chris chatted with Martin about his name change, career
change and of course the Eurovsiion Song Contest. His entry "Legenda"
in 2010 reached Number 13 in Semi 1 Number 13 and with this just failed
to qualify Poland to the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest
2010. Martin is a great personality and has a great voice. He also
introduced a couple of new songs to the audience in his mini concert at
EUROBASH 2015. Enjoy listening to this interview during this week's
edition of Radio International. Due to lack of time this interview was postponed to a later broadcast of Radio International. Please note that this interview was replaced with a shorter one featuring Eduard Romanyuta who represented Moldova in 2015. See blow.
 Interview with Eduard Romanyuta (Moldova 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 Radio International airs the interview with young Eduard Romanyuta who represented Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "I want your love" which unfortuantely only reached Number 11 in Semi Final 1 when only the Top 10 advanced to the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. In Setubal, Edward performed his powerful Eurovision entry "I want your love" but also some new upbeat material. Enjoy listening to
this interview on this week's editon of Radio International. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015: Europe and Australia is fast approaching the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 which will be staged in Sofia, Bulgaria on 22 November 2015
from the Arena Armeec where so far 17 countries have confirmed
participation in the music competition for children including newcomers
Australia and Ireland. Editor in Chief of Eurovision Ireland Garrett Mulhall will
be joining Radio International on a weekly basis to update the
listeners on the progress in the Irish selection process for the Junior
Eurovision Song Contest 2015 as well as the overall JESC progress. A
former Eurovision Winner as well as two times participant at the
Eurovision Song Contest is involved - Niamh Kavanagh. The official
website of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 is available here or details are also available on Wikipedia.
 Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - The Best of Melodifestivalen: With the victory of Mans Zelmerloew in Vienna winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Heroes"
the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 will be stage in Stockholm's Globen
Arena in Sweden next May. Without doubt Swedish Television produces the
biggest National Final there is to select the song that represents
Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest filling large halls across the
country in the stages of Melodifestivalen - sometimes even bigger than
the Eurovision Song Contest itself. In view of the upcoming event in
Stockholm the team of Radio International looks back at some of the
greatest songs that emerged from the Melodifestivalen over the years.
The series starts this week with Marcus Keppel-Palmer who takes a look at Melodifestivalen 2011.
 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:
13th Junior Eurovision Song Contest at Armeec Arena
23 Jan 2015 (Sat) - Germany/Munich
OGAE Germany's annual Club Convention - details
 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 for winning the Clip Quiz from 14 October 2015 - Matthias Breitinger from Berlin, Germany.
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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