Experience the Eurovision Song Contest with Radio International and Partners.

Radio International and ESCNEWS Radio & TV with Chat Room: Radio International is aired on their TV channel live every Wednesday where 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 to join and be part of the Eurovision Radio International Community! Also become part of the Eurovision Radio International Facebook Group which accompanies the show and is available here. It contains lots of Eurovision News from the major Eurovision News Websites but also announcements. 

The Eurovision Song Contest with Eurovision Radio International - your music requests, comments and ideas: Eurovision Radio International never stops and is keen on keeping the music and news of the Eurovision Song Contest in the ears of the many fans that join the show each and every week via the usual means either on FM, Cable and also via PODCAST, Itunes, LISTEN AGAIN, live broadcast or Live Stream. You can also find Radio International (RTV Katwijk) on TuneIn. Please feel free to submit your comments, ideas and requests of Eurovision songs and Radio International is delighted to play your requests during the shows. Click on CONTACT to submit your request to the programme. You can also reach us on Twitter: @RadioInt

Hightlights of the show

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 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 for all the latest news and the results concerning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 and also you will also find all detailed information about the young artists. JP and David of Radio International were present at the event and conducted interviews with the young artists which you can hear during the upcoming shows and the video version of the interviews are available on the accompanying Eurovision Blog. This week on the show listen to interviews with the Top 5 countries of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 as well as the Producer of the show Gordon Bonello and the host Poli Genova.  The complete coverage of the Junior Eurovision Week 2015 can be viewed on our Eurovision Blog accompanying the website - CLICK HERE to see photos, watch the interviews, listen to the PODCAST of Radio International from Sofia and the video of the winning moments.

Interview with Shalisa (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, The Netherlands):  Following in the footsteps of the twins and then Julia last year in Malta Shalisa represented the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Million Lights" receiving 35 points and with this ranking the Netherlands at Number 15 at the end of the voting. Shalisa and her team of dancers performed a nice love song and had a huge following in the hall as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest shows more popularity in the Netherlands than the adult version of the Eurovision Song Contest. Listen to the interview with Shalisa on this week's edition of Radio International.   You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here

Interview with Kamilla Ismailova (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, San Marino):  San Marino debuted at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with Michele Perniola who then went on to represent San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. At the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 San Marino had help from Russia as Russia's Kamilla Ismailova represented San Marino with the song "Mirror" receiving 36 points and with this ranking at Number 14 at the end of the voting. JP and David had the pleasure to meet Kamilla and her team during the rehearsal week in Sofia. Listen to this particular interview in this week's edition of Radio International. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here

Interview with Chiara and Martina (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Italy): Italy debuted at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 and also winning it with Vincenzo Cantiello and the song  "Tu primo grande amore" in Malta's Marsa Shipyard. In 2015, twin sisters Chiara and Martina represented Italy at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Viva" reaching Number 16 with a total of 34 points. JP and David met the twins during the rehearsal days for an interview which you can hear on this week's edition of Radio International. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here

Interview with Knez (Montenegro 2015): 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 final interview of this particlar event and it is with the amazing voice from the Balkans - Knez who represented Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Adio" penned by Zijelko Joksimovic who himself sang twice at the Eurovision Song Contest (2004 and 2012). Knez and "Adio" successfully qualified Montenegro to the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest and then ranked at Number 13 with 44 points. In Setubal, Knez performed his powerful Eurovision entry "Adio" but also some other 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

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 Dermot Manning who takes a look at Melodifestivalen 2004.

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. Many broadcast dates of the National Final Seasons for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 have been added already. 

 

Upcoming Events - Highlights:

 

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 to Matthias Breitinger from Berlin, Germany for winning  the quiz from 02 December 2015. :)