Experience the Eurovision Song Contest with Radio International

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

Interview with Greta Salome (Iceland 2012 and 2016): Saturday, 20 February 2016 was the national final of Iceland selecting their song to the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Also 2016 sees Iceland celebrating 30 years taking part at the Eurovision Song Contest as they started off in 1986. For this occasion the Grand Final of Söngvakeppnin opened up with clips of the past winners of the Icelandic song contest. Six acts went through two semi finals and the top two acts were voted for by the public and they selected once again Greta Salome who back in 2012 represented Iceland in Baku together with Jonsi in the song "Never forget" which successfully qualified for the Final and ranked at Number 20 at the end of the night. Greta will once more represent Iceland with the song "Hear them calling" in Semi Final 1 in Stockholm. JP and Eric met the singer right after the winning performance and the end of the show and chatted with her. Listen to this Winner's Interview during this week's edition of the show.

    

Interview with Alda (Icelandic National Final 2016): Alda competed in the Icelandic National Final 2016 with the song "Now" and became the runner up in the Super Final during the Grand Final of Söngvakeppnin 2016. Just after the dress rehearsal Eric and JP chatted with the new young singer about her participation in the contest and her career. Listen to this interview on this week's edition of Radio International.

 

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. Due to Radio International being on Iceland Trip last week you will get two editions of the Eurovision Spotlight this week. Ross Bennett & Chris Poppe will be taking a look at the National Finals for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.  In addition to the look back of last two weekends' selection shows JP will take a sneak look ahead and plays clips of the songs competing in the national final shows of Germany, United Kingdom, Norway, Finland and Hungary.

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. Check out the updated list of all national finals.

 

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! Congratulations to Alexander Sanchez from Spain for winning the Clip Quiz from 10 February 2016.