| Show 30 March 2016 - Melodifestivalen Special Part 3 |
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Experience the Eurovision Song Contest with Radio International
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  Tribute to Roger Cicero (Germany 2007): Due to the sad news of the death of
Roger Cicero who represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
in Helsinki with the song "Frauen regier'n die Welt" Radio
International will broadcast a special tribute to the singer and
rebroadcasts an interview which was done by JP with Roger Cicero back in
2007. Rest in Peace - Roger Cicero (06 July 1970 - 24 March 2016). Lilian Brunell joins JP in the studio as being a huge fan of Roger and attended many of his concerts.  Melodifestivalen 2016 - The Recap (Part 3): Melodifestivalen
2016 took place on Saturday 12 March 2016 in
Stockholm's Friends Arena with 12 great artists selected out of the
four
Semi Finals and the Second Chance round. 30000 people in the Friends
Arena. Gina Dirawi and William Spetz hosted the Grand Final of
Melodifestivalen 2016. JP and Eric were on location and
conducted interviews with all the artists, the hosts, previeous
participants at Melodifestivalen and show producer Christer
Bjoerkman. This and next week's edition of Radio International will
be specials
on Sweden's selection to the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The
complete result of Melodifestivalen 2016 can be viewed here. At this
point Eurovision Radio International would like to congratulate the
Winner of the Melodifestivalen 2016 Frans who will be representing Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 on home ground with the song "If I were sorry".This week Radio International broadcasts more interviews with the competing artists and more. Don't miss it! :)
 Interview with David Lindgren (Melodifestivalen 2016, Number 11): It is David Lindgren's third participation in the great Melodifestivalen with the song "We are your tomorrow"
reaching the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2016 and then coming 11th.
In 2012, he took part in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2012 with "Shout It Out" coming 4th in the Final. Then a year later in 2013 he participated again with the song "Skyline"
coming 8th in the Final. Eric and JP met the singer at the Press
Conferences for a chat about his career and participation in Swedens
biggest music festival. Listen to this interview in this week's edition
of Eurovision Radio International.
You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel
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 Interview with SaRaha (Melodifestivalen 2016, Number 9): A newcomer to Melodifestivalen this is was SaRaha who performed an African-type song entitled "Kizunguzungu" which
came 9th at the end of the Final night in the Friends Arena of Solna
near Stockholm. JP and Eric met the singer at the Press Conference of
the Rehearsal day for a little chat. Enjoy the interview on the show
this week.
You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel
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 Interview with Christer Björkman & Edward Af Sillen (Executive Producer of Melodifestivalen 2016 & the Voice): Already last week Radio International broadcast the traditional assessment interview with the Producer of Melodifestivalen Christer Björkman after the show. But Eric and JP chatted with Christer as well as Edward Af Sillen who
is the speech writer of the hosts and resposnsible for everything that
is not related to the music in Meldodifestivalen. Also we hear his voice
when the songs are announced. Since Christer Björkman is also
getting ready to produce the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in
Stockholm come May Eric chatted with both about the preparations of the
Pan-European and biggest music event worldwide.
You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel
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 Interview with Lisa Ajax (Melodifestivalen 2016, Number 7): A
newcomer to Melodifestivalen Lisa Ajax made it directly to Friends
Arena from her Semi Final with the song "My heart wants me dead". The 17
year young singer performed her song in the Grand Final of
Melodifestivalen 2016 and ranked 7th at the end of the night. Eric and
JP met Lisa at the Welcome Reception in the Townhall of Stockholm,
Sweden and had
the pleasure to chat with her. Listen to this interview on this
week's
edition of Radio International.
Postponed to next week
 Interview with Panetoz (Melodifestivalen 2016, Number 8): Opening
up the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2016 was the funny energetic
bunch of Panetoz with their entry "Hall om mig hart" (Hold me tight)
which at the end of the voting ranked at Number 8. Eric and JP met the
guys a few times initially at the Welcome Reception in Stockholm's
Townhall and then at the Press Conference of the Rehearsals. Listen to
the chats on this week's edition of Radio International.
Postponed to next week Interview with Boris Rene (Melodifestivalen 2016, Number 10): It
was his very first performance of Boris Rene in Melodifestivalen 2016
with the song "Put your love on me" coming 10th at the end of the Final
night and the voting. Initially, a soccerplayer turned musician. He
combines both and enjoys it in full flow. Eric and JP met the singer at
the Welcome Reception in Stockholm's Town Hall before the rehearsals
started. Enjoy this interview on the show this week. Postponed to next week Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - Eurovision 2016 in Regions: For
the next few weeks the Eurovision Experts of Radio International will be
taking a look at the 2016 Eurovision entries per region and this week Ross Bennett will be staring with the Northern Eurovision countries that are competing at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2016. This week hear the songs from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden In addition, each week our correspondents
will be asked to tell us their personal favourite but also their tip
what could actually win the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. 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.
 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:
09 Apr 2016 (Sat) - The Netherlands/Amsterdam
Eurovision in Concert at Melkweg (Tickets on sale from 04 Jan)
12 Apr 2016 (Tue) - Tel Aviv, Israel
Israel Calling - Preview Party with Eurovision 2016 artists - details
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 Michael Nagelkerke from Maastricht in the Netherlands for winning the Quiz from 16 March 2016.
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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