Eurovision Weekend in Berlin 2017: The Eurovision Weekend in Berlin took place from Friday 14 - Sunday 16 July 2017. The event was partnered between OGAE Malta and OGAE Germany and international fans attended a fun weekend in Germany's capital. On the guest list were Kurt Calleja (Malta 2012), Claudia Faniello (Malta 2017) and the event is co-hosted by Glen Vella (Malta 2011). Further there was the runner up to the Germany National Selection "Unser Song 2017" - Axel Maximilian Feige. But also special guest is this year's Musical Ambassador to the Czech Republic: Martina Barta who performed the song "My Turn" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv. Over the coming weeks Radio International will broadcast interviews with the artists from this event but also listen out for interviews with the J'aime la Vlie 2017 artists on the show in the next weeks and the remaining interviews from Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv..

Interview with Svala (Iceland 2017):  Another great song entered by Iceland to the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 performed by Svala - "Paper" unfortunately did not make it to the Grand Final and reached Number 15 in Semi Final 1. A very interesting person - Svala lives in the USA and also is a fashion designer. Her father Bo Halldorsson represented Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995 with the song "Nuna" reaching Number 15. Bo could also be seen on the Eurovision Song Contest this year presenting the Iceland Jury's Votes. Listen to the interview that JP and Eugene of Radio International did with Svala during the rehearsal week in Kyiv. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here  

 

Interview with Rillie Willow (OGAEVision 2017 Winner, Israel): The second edition of the OGAEvision Song Contest was staged at the Eurovision Weekend Berlin 2017 when Sebastian Calleja from Malta who won the 2016 edition of OGAEvision Song Contest handed over the trophy to the new Winner being Rilli Willow and the String Trio representing Israel with the song "Ey Sham". Ilanit took the song to Number 4 in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest which also was Israel's very first participation. Listen to Radio International's JP and David interviewing the singer right after her winning performance in Berlin.

Interview with Axel Maximilian Feige (German National Selection 2017):  Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv by Levina who won the German National Final which consisted of 5 participants and in the elimiation rounds Axel Feige came second to Levina when both had to perform the songs "Wildfire" and "Perfect Life" for the audience to select which singer should represent Germany with which song. Levina won with "Perfect Life". Axel was part of the Berlin Eurovision Weeekend 2017 and JP had the pleasure in chatting with the singer about his career and the participation at the Eurovision Song Contest.
 

Localitour d'Autore with Jalisse:  Jalisse represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 reaching Number 4 with "Fiumi di parole". Meanwhile Jalisse (Fabio and Alessandra) have been busy with many projects and new music plus supporting young talented artists as well as hosting their own radio show. Each week Radio International is delighted to broadcast the Song of the Week from the Italian Independed Music as selected by Jalisse and also broadcast on their weekly radio show. If you have further questions to this project or the show of Jalisse please contact Jalisse directly by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it