| Show 06 September 2017 |
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  A Eurovision Summer 2017: The
Summer of 2017 is drawing to a close and Radio International wants to keep
Eurovision music in the ears of the many fans around the Eurovision World in a very special way. The
Eurovision Song Contest 2017 took place in Kyiv's International
Exhibition Centre, Ukraine on 09 & 11 May 2017 with the two Semi
Finals and the Grand Final on Saturday, 13 May 2017. Congratulations go
to Salvador and Luisa Sobral for winning the Eurovision Song Contest for Portugal for the very first time with the song "Amar pelos dois (Love for both of us)".
Enjoy and let's look forward as - the next
Eurovision is around the corner, in fact 08, 10 and 12 May 2018 from the
Arena MEO in Lisabon, Portugal as recently announced. :)
 Interview with Rui Andrade (Russia 2014, Backing Vocalist and National Finalist 2011, 2012 and 2014): After three attempts in the Portuguese National Final in 2011, 2012 and 2014 Rui Andrade finally made it to the
Eurovision Song Contest in 2014 but not for Portugal but being backing
vocalist in the Russian entry performed by the former Junior Eurovision
Winners for Russia in 2016 when the Tolmachevy Twins performed the song "Vesna".
Rui Andrade had three attempts in the Portuguese National Final called
Festival da Cancao trying to get the ticket to the Eurovision Song
Contest. In all three occasions he came third. In 2011 with "Em Nome do Amor", "Amor a preto e branco" in 2012 and "Ao teu encontro" in 2014. On 06 September 2017 Rui has released a new song entitled "Confia Em Mim (Know me better)" which is also a song from the album by Fabrizio Faniello.(Malta 2001 and 2006). Rui will be chatting with JP live on this week's edition of Radio International about the new release of the song and the video but also Radio International and the fans want to know if Rui will be playing a role in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 coming from Lisbon in 2018. You can hear this interview on this week's edition of Radio International.Further information about Rui and the new song can be viewed here.  Interview with Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson (San Marino 2017):
San
Marino first participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 but since
then never managed to qualify for the Grand Final of the Eurovision
Song Contest until 2014 when Valentina Monetta in her third consecutive attempt passed from the Semi Final with the song "Maybe"
written by Mauro Ballestri and composed by Ralph Siegel. In the Grand
Final it reached Number 24. The same team already tried it in 2012 with
the "Socia Network Song" and also in 2013 with "Crisalide"
which both
failed to qualify for the Grand Final. In 2017, Valentina made a comeback to the stage of th Eurovision Song Contest with the help of Jimmie Wilson who was discovered by Ralph Siegel in Germany. The song was called "Spirit of the Night" which represented San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 unfortunately, only reaching Number 18 in Semi Final 2. Eugene and JP of Radio International met the singers in the Press
Centre in Kiev. You can listen to the interview on this week's
edition of Radio International. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 Interview with Fusedmarc (Lithuania 2017): Closing out the series of interviews from the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev, Ukraine the last interview left for broadcast is with Lithuania's successful selling band called Fusedmarc. The group represented Lithuania with the song "Rain of Revolution" which unfortunately, did only reach Number 17 in Semi Final 2 and with this not qualifying for the participation in the Grand Final. Eugene and JP of Radio International talked to Lithuania's hopeful act during the rehearsal week in the Press Centre in Kiev. Listen to the interview on this week's edition of Radio International. You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here
 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
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 Eurovision Spotlight - The Show Starters at the Eurovision Song Contest: As every
year the Radio International Eurovision Experts were
brainstorming what should be the summer feature during Eurovision Radio
International throughout the summer of 2017 and the team thought let's
reflect on the songs that started off the Eurovision Song Contest in
each year. 62 editions of the Eurovision Song Contest were staged over
the years and there has to be always the first song in the Running Order
of the Eurovision Song Contest. Ross Bennett continues the series. It will be nice to hear some long forgotten classics again on the show in the weeks to come.  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.
 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,  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 plus more. Make sure you frequently check it out.
Upcoming Events - Highlights:
09-10 Sep 2017 (Sat-Sun) - Germany/Frankfurt-am-Main
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EVENT WAS CANCELLED BY THE ORGANISER ON 16 Aug 2017.
09 Sep 2017 (Sat) - Portugal/Setubal
Eurovision Live Concert 2017
26 Nov 2017 (Sun) - Georgia ,
Tbilisi
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
25 Nov 2017 (Sat) - Germany/Köln
ECGermany's annual Clubtreffen at Gloria Theater
 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 once again go to Paul Pollex from Germany for winning the Quiz from 09 August 2017.
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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