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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.
Hightlights of the show
 Interview with Poli Genova (Host of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015): A very energetic Poli Genova
hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 leading through the
event. Poli is no stranger to the Eurovision world as she represented
Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Duesseldorf, Germany
with the song "Na inat" which came 12th in her Semi Final. JP from Radio International talked to Poli Genova right
after the Press Conference for a little flashback to her Eurovision
participation as well as how she got selected as host of the Junior
Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Listen to this interview on this week's
edition of Radio International. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Interview with Vincenzo Caniello (Winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014, Italy): In 2014 Italy debuted at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and also won it with Vincenzo Cantiello and the song "Tu primo grande amore".
As the winner of the previous Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Vincenzo
came to Sofia to hand over the trophy to Destiny as the Winner of the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, but also he read the votes for
Italy. During the Junior Eurovision week JP and David met the young
singer at the Welcome Reception and also an interview about the
development of his career since his victory in Malta's Marsa Shipyard
last year. For the very first time Vincenzo tried this interview in
English without translator. Enjoy listening to this charming interview.
You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Interview with Lena Stamenkovic (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Serbia): A tiny lady with a great voice Lena Stamenkovic represented Serbia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Lenina pesma"
(Lena's Song) receiving 79 points thus ranking at Number 7 at the end
of the voting. Her performance reminded very much on the performance of
the winning song in 2012 in Amsterdam when Anastasia Petryk won the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 for Ukraine with the song "Nebo". Listen to the interview with Lena on this week's edition of the show.
You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Interview with Bella Paige (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Australia): Like in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 when Australia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest with Guy Sebastian and "Tonight again" ranking 5th - Australia also debuted at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with an amazing 13 year old singer called Bella Paige performing for Australia "My Girls"
receiving 64 points and thus ranking at Number 8 at the end of the
voting. Australia's Superstar Delta Goodrem is behind the song and Bella
also has European roots to Macedonia. But find out more about Bella
during a short interview JP and David did after her Press Conference in
Sofia. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Interview with Anna Trincher (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Ukraine): After last year's harmonizing entry from Sympho-Nick, Ukraine's representative at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was Anna Trincher who
received 38 points and thus ranking the Ukraine at Number 11 at the end
of the voting. If it is at the Eurovision Song Contest of at the Junior
Eurovision Song Contest the Ukraine has always nice ideas how to stage
their entries at the contests. This year it was a flower opening up and
inside the great voice Anna Trincher performed the song "Pochny z sebe - Start with Yourself". Listen to the interview with Anna on this week's edition of Radio International.You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Live Interview with Sophia Patsalidis (Junior Eurovision 2014, Cyrpus) and ESCNEWS' Samuel Seakin: Samuel and escnews.org are part of a charity called Bloodwise and it involves last year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest participant from Cyprus Sophia Patsalidis as she sings the song to the charity. Sophia represented Cyprus in Malta's Shipyard at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "I pio omorfi mera - The most beautiful day" and came 9th in the final ranking of the contest. For full details listen back to the interview or follow the links below. The ESC News Group Christmas singles, '#TogetherAsOne', are available from 05 December 2015 is available at escnews.org/tao. To support the Sound of Vienna campaign for the same charity, visit escnews.org/flag and for the official website of the Bloodwise's Charity please visit: bloodwise.org.uk
 Interiew with The Virus (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Georgia):
As every year Georgia sends in an act from the stables of the
Bzikebistudio and this year was no exception as the Georgian
representatives to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 were The Virus performing the song "Gabede"
(Dare) which received a total of 51 points and with this ranking at
Number 10 at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. So far Georgia won
the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twice namely in 2008 when the Wasps Bzikebi won with "Bzzzzz" and then in 2011 when Candy won with "Candy Music".
JP and David met the group and were greated and farewelled with huge
hug by all the singers at once. :). Listen to the interview on this
week's edition of Radio International. Due to lack of time on the show this interview is postponed to next week's edition Radio International. We apologize for the inconvenience.
 Interview with SINPLUS (Switzerland 2012): Also part of the
massive guest lineup at the Eurovision Galanight 2015 organised by OGAE
Luxembourg were the brothers Gabriel and Iwan collectively known as SINPLUS who represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Their entry "Unbreakable",
unfortunately, only reached Number 11 in the Semi Final failing to
qualify Switzerland for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest
2012 however a fantastic performance of the SINPLUS. How has their
career been shaping up since 2012. JP chatted with the singers about
their time at and after Eurovision and their upcoming future music
projects. Listen to the interview during this week's edition of the
show.
Due to lack of time on the show this
interview is postponed to next week's edition Radio International. We
apologize for the inconvenience.
 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 continues this week with Alasdair Rendall who takes a look at Melodifestivalen 2005.
 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. Many broadcast dates of the National Final Seasons for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 have been added already.
Upcoming Events - Highlights:
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!
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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The Eurovision Song Contest with Eurovision Radio International 
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015:
This week's edition of Radio
International devotes most of it's content to the Junior Eurovision Song
Contest 2015 which was staged in Sofia's Arena Armeec in Bulgaria on 21
November 2015. 17 countries took part in the music competition for
children including newcomers
Australia and Ireland. The complete list of the 17 countries are: Albania,
Armenia, Australia, Belarus, Bulgaria, FYRO Macedonia, Georgia,
Ireland, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Russia, San Marino, Serbia,
Slovenia, The Netherlands and Ukraine. This year's theme song
of the event is "#Discover" sung by last year's Bulgarian
representative Krisia. Consult the offical event's website 
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