Interview with Ruslana (Eurovision Winner 2004, Ukraine):  Ukraine debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 and the year after in 2004 they won with the "Wild Dances" by Ruslana. It all happened in Istanbul Turkey. Some 12 years later the Ukraine won the Eurovision Song Contest for a second time when earlier on in May 2016 Jamala celebrated victory with her song "1944" in Stockholm, Sweden. Ruslana has been involved in many political activities in Ukraine and also been on may TV shows being a judge in many national finals to the Eurovision Song Contest. In October 2015 she was invited to OGAE Luxembourg's Eurovision Gala where JP had the pleasure to catch up with Rusland 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 Aron Promnitz (OGAEvision Song Contest 2016, Sweden):  At the recent edition fo the Eurovision Weekend 2016 in Berlin a new song contest was inaugerated being the first OGAEvision Song Contest which contained singers from 12 countries that competed for the trophy covering a Eurovision song. The quality was of very high standard and the contest was won by 18 year old Sebastian Calleja from sunny Malta who performed his cover of the Israeli Eurovision entry from 2015 by Nadav Guedj "Golden Boy". This week JP will be chatting with the representative from Sweden - Aron Promnitz who took part with the cover of the 2015 Eurovision winning entry of Sweden "Heroes"  performed by Mans Zelmerloew. Listen to an interview with Aron done in Berlin when JP chatted with the singer from Sweden.  

The Eurovision Champion Chart - 1986:  The Eurovision Champion Chart continues this week and the entire third hour of the show is devoted to looking at the Eurovision Song Contest of 1986 as requested by Robert Wahlstroem from Gothenburg in Sweden. JP will be running through the ranking of the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 that came from Bergen in Norway and highlights the specialties of the particular song contest. If you have any particular year that you would like to hear throughout the summer months on Radio International please contact Radio International via CONTACT and let us know which year and why. Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - The Dreaded Number 2 Position:  Through the Summer 2016 the Radio International's Eurovision Experts came up with the idea to take a look at the dreaded starting position of the Euroision Song Contest from where no country ever won the Eurovision Song Contest. This week Alasdair Rendall continues the series and you will be hearing some nice Eurovision oldies as well in this near Eurovision Spotlight. Enjoy the new Radio International Summer series.  Eurovision Under Cover:  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.