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 Martina Barta (Czech Republic 2017):  Last July the Berlin Eurovision Weekend 2017 and Martina Barta who represented the Czech Republic 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine was also part of the guest line up of the event organised by Eurovision Club and OGAE Germany as well as OGAE Malta. Marta gave an entire concert on Sunday lunchtime as part of the Sunday Brunch and also came to the official opening on Saturday afternoon where JP had the pleasure to interview Martina about her Eurovision particiation as well as her career and link to Berlin. Martina represented the Czech Republic at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 reaching Number 13 in Semi Final 1 with the song "My Turn" and with this failed to qualify her country for the Grand Final. You can hear this interview on Radio International this week.

 

  Interview with Aarzemnieki (Latvia 2014):  The Dutch Eurovision event J'aime la Vlie 2017 took place end of June 2017 on the Dutch island Vlieland (details see above) and part of the line-up was Latvia's Musical Ambassadors Aarzemnieki who represented Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Cake to Bake" which came 13th in Semi Final 1 in Copenhagen's Ship Yard venue. Since 2014 the band reformed and three members of the band came to the Netherlands to be part of this event also to promote their music. JP had a pleasure again to chat with the crazy bunch of guys from Latvia, although none of them are Latvians :). You can hear this interview on Radio International this week. 

 

EUROSTARZ 2017:  This Saturday, 19 August 2017 sees the second edition of EUROSTARZ which is a new and upcoming Eurovision event in the heart of London, United Kingdom with many Eurovision artists performing at this event in London's Star of Kings, Kings Cross with the participation of Anne Marie David (Luxembourg 1973), Karl William Lund (NF 2016, United Kingdom), Anjeza Shahini (Albania 2004), Mihai Traistariu (Romania 2006), Kurt Calleja (Malta 2012) and Salena Mastroianni (NF 2017, United Kingdom). The website of the event can be found here - EUROSTARZ.

 

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