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

Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016:  The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016 is the national selection of Malta to select their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 to take place in Stockholm, Sweden come May. On Friday 22 January 2016 20 acts competed for the Top 14 place to advance to the Final which was held on Saturday, 23 January 2016. The Winner of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016 is Ira Losco selected by six judges and the Maltese Public by Televoting. The event took place in the legendary Mediterrranean Conference Centre in Valetta, the same venue where Glen Vella won with "One Life" in 2011 and Debbie Scerri with "Let me fly" in 1997 and many others too. The show was organised and broadcast by Malta's Public Broadcasting Services - pbs and you can find a summary of the production work done by the Team of Radio International on location - by clicking here.  

Interview with Ira Losco (Malta 2002 & 2016 and Winner of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest): The Winner of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016 is Ira Losco as selected artist to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. She won the national final with the song "Chameleon". What needs to be noted though is that the rules of the competition state that the national final is an artist selection and the song can still be changed. Ira already represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "7th Wonder" coming second in Tallinn, Estonia. In 2014 she hosted the Malta Eurovision Song Contest together with the previous year's winner Gianluca Bezzina. Right after this event the Malta Music Awards took place and Ira Losco was awarded three Malta Music Awards for 2013. The Team of Radio International were in Malta for the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016 and had the pleasure to meet Ira Losco and chatted with her. You can hear this interview on this week's edition of the show as well as an interview done after the qualified from the Semi Final as well as a clip from the Red Carpet on the night of the national final and then after the Winner's Press Conference. Hear it all on this week's edition of Radio International as the team is back from sunny Malta.  You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here

 

Interview with Brooke (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016, Number 2): The Runner Up to Ira Losco is newcomer to the Malta Eurovision Song Contest Brooke who on her first participation was the biggest competitor to Ira Losco with the song "Golden" she had created and produced in Sweden. You can hear this interview with this amazing singer from Malta on this week's edition of Radio International to find out more detailed information about Brooke. Enjoy! You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here

 

Interview with Franklin (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016, Number 3): What an amazing result foryoung singer Franklin in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016 as he reached third place with the song "Little Love" in the Final of the contest. It was Franklin's 4th participation in the national final for Eurovision after.the 2015 edition of the competition where he had a song penned by Eurovsion Winner Alexander Rybak (Norway 2009).  You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here

 

Interview with Ben Camille (Host of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016):  A national final stands and falls with the host or hosts and Malta's Public Broadcasting Services (pbs) enganged young male model and actor Ben Camille who lead through the Maltese National Final - the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016. JP had the pleasure to chat with Ben twice - once after a rehearsal session and then at the Red Carpet event just before the Final. Find out more about Ben Camille in the interviews that JP did during the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Enjoy!  You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here

 

Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - The National Final Season 2016: The National Selection Process of the songs that will represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 is well under way. In the last quarter of 2015 Radio International went through the best picks of Sweden's National Final - The Melodifestivalen where our Eurovision Experts selected what they thought is the best songs per year. Sweden will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in the Globen Arena of Stockholm next May with the Grand Final on the 14 May 2016 and the the Semi Finals on 10 & 12 May 2016, respectively. Like in previous years the Radio International Eurovision Experts will be assessing the National Finals 2016 live on Radio International. Dermot Manning continues this week with the new season taking a look at the National Finals for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. 

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:

 

09 Apr 2016 (Sat) - The Netherlands/Amsterdam

Eurovision in Concert at Melkweg (Tickets on sale from 04 Jan)

 

22 Apr 2016 (Fri) - United Kingdom/London

Eurofest at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern

 

 

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!