Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is also broadcast on SWITCH Radio Essex in the United Kingdom live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.
AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023: Interviews with Jessica McKean (JESC 2023 Ireland), Arhanna (JESC 2023 Estonia) and Junior Eurovision Winner 2022 Lissandro (France)
Interview with Gustaph (Belgium 2023) done at Het Grote EurovisieSongfestivalFeest 2023 in Amsterdam on 16 Nov 2023
Melodifestivalen 2024 - A look ahead
New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists
Eurovision Spotlight: Sweden's History at the Eurovision Song Contest with Alasdair Rendall
Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com
Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann
Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal
Your music requests
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - And the Winner is.....: The 21st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place on Sunday on 26 November 2023 from the Palais Nikaïa in Nice, France hosted by Olivier Minne and Laury Thilleman.
Sixteen countries took part in the contest with Estonia debuting, Germany returning and taking a break are Serbia and Kazakhstan.
Participating countries were: Albania, Armenia, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine and United Kingdom.
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Zoé Clauzure from France
for winning the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023
with the song
"Coeur"
Junior Eurovision 2023 - THE SCOREBOARD
Updates from the official website of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest can be viewed here - click here. Alternatively, our friends from Wikipedia also have a good overview of the contest - click here.
This week listen to interviews with Junior Eurovision Winner Lissandro who won the 2022 edition of the contest with the song "Oh Mamman". Then debuting this year was Estonia and Arhanna with the song "Hoiame kokku" coming 15th and the Irish representative Jessica McKean who beautifully performed the song "Aisling" coming 16th. A hug thanks to Alain Forrotti for conducting these interviews on behalf of Radio International.
Gustaph (Belgium 2023) with JP at
Het Grote EurovisieSongfestivalFeest 2023, Amsterdam
Het Grote Songfestival Feest 2023 - Interview with Gustaph (Belgium 2023): The 3rd edition of the Big Eurovision Festival (Het Grote Eurovisie Songfestivalfeest) took place in the Ziggo Dome of Amsterdam the Netherlands on 16 Nov 2023 with the participation of Alessandra・ALIKA・Bobbysocks・Charlotte Perrelli・Conchita Wurst・Cornelia Jakobs・Eleni Foureira・Ell & Nikki・Emmelie de Forest・Gjon's Tears・Gustaph・Johnny Logan・KEiiNO・Käärijä・Linda Wagenmakers・Luca Hänni・Måns Zelmerlöw・Rosa Linn・Ruslana・Ruth Jacott・Serhat・Stefania・The Roop・Verka Serduchka・WRS
JP and the colleagues of Radio International where there also attending the media meeting some of the artists for interviews.
See some photos and videos of the concert and the interviews at the link below - Click Here
Radio International continues broadcasting the interviews this week on the show with Gustaph from Belgium who with the song "Because of you" came 7th at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. The Team of Radio International had the pleasure to meet once again Gustaph at Het Grote EurovisieSongfestivalFeest 2023 in Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome on 16 Nov 2023 and interviewed the Eurovision Royalty. Listen to the interview on the show this week.
AND MORE ON THE SHOW:
Eurovision Spotlight - Sweden's History at the Eurovision Song Contest: Sweden will be hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 which will be the 68th contest in its history coming once again from the Malmoe Arena, Malmoe, Sweden on 07 & 09 May 2024 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Final scheduled for Saturday 11 May 2024. In view of Sweden once again being the host of Eurovision after 2016 the Team of Radio International will look at the history of Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest that over the years really added amazing songs to the fans' music collections.
Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot. The Eurovision Spotlight is presented by Alasdair Rendall as the series of Sweden's History at the Eurovision Song Contest continues. It is a Radio International tradition to showcase the songs of the country that will host the next Eurovision Song Contest. So once again it is Sweden following the victory of Loreen for a second time after 2012 with "Euphoria" with the song for 2023 entitled "Tattoo".
Then there will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in his Eurovision Calendar and and and....
The Radio International Hall of Fame:
Dana, Charlotte Perrelli, Linda Martin, Niamh Kavanagh, Katrina of Katrina and the Waves, Charlie McGettigan, Emmelie de Forest, Anabel Conde, Scott Fitzgerald, Eldar of Ell and Nikki, Sanna Nielsen, Hera Björk, Bojana Stamenov, Deen, Lina Hedlund and Andreas Lundstedt from Alcazar, Poli Genova, Ira Losco, Jan Johansen Nicki French, Debbie Scerri, Rasmussen, Senhit, Rainer from Wind, Jalisse, Maja Keuc (Amaya),Thomas Forstner, Lisa Andreas, Esther Hart, Vanilla Ninja, Maja Keuc (Amaya), Sibel Tüzün, Sidsel Ben Semmane, Monika Linkyte, Boggie, Emilija Kokic of Riva (Yugoslavia 1989), Intelligent Music Project (Bulgaria 2022), Mia Dimsic (Croatia 2022), Andrea (North Macedonia 2022), Brooke Scullion (Ireland 2022), Citi Zeni (Latvia 2022), Ochman (Poland 2022), Anna Bergendahl, The Roop, Tim Schou of A Friend in London, Bilal of NorthKid, Cyan Kicks, Justs, James Newman, Serhat, Vanessa Amarosi, Lesley Roy, Brooke, Franklin, Martina Majerle of Quartissimo, Miriam Christine, Claudia Faniello, Fabrizio Faniello, Chanel, Jordan Ravi, Viorela Moraru, Mia Negovetic, Parvani Violet Vasil, Janice Mangion, Mariette, KEiiNO, Anett Kublin (Anett and Fredi), Tess Merkel, Glen Vella, Anton Ewald, Katrina Dimanta formerly of Aarzemnieki, ManuElla, Tusse, Blind Channel, Danny Saucedo, Jendrik, Tornike Kipiani, GO_A, Kurt Calleja, Rafał Brzozowski, Barbara Pravi, Fyr og Flamme, almost all artists from the Eurovision 2021 and 2022 class.
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