Eurovision Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel 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 2026: Interview with Junior Eurovision Winner 2026 - Naré (Armenia 2026)
• Junior Eurovision 2026 Interview with Caleb and Naomi (Ireland 2026)
• Interview with Eurovision Winner 2026 - Dara (Bulgaria 2026) 
• Home Composed Song Contest 2026 - Hear the songs and vote 
• Eurovision Spotlight: The Magical Letter Game with Ross Bennett
• Eurovision News with Johannes Vitt courtesy of www.escXtra.com
• Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann
• Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal 
• National Final Update Eurovision and Junior Eurovision with Alain Forrotti 
• New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists 
• Your music requests 
   

 

 

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026:  The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 took place on 24 Oct 2026  from the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre in Ta' Qali, Malta, and was presented by former Junior Eurovision Winners 2013 and 2015 Gaia Cauchi and Destiny Chukunyere, and Keane Cutajar. All three hosted the Malta National Final to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 earlier on in January 2026. It is the third time Malta hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest after 2014 and 2016. It was the 24th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. 18 countries are participating in the Junior Eurovision 2026:  Albania, Armenia, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, The Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and the Ukraine. JP, Johannes and Alain were in Malta and conducted interviews with many of the young artists and more which will be aired on Radio International during the coming weeks. 

This week listen to the interview with Naré before the won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "Boo!".

Team Armenia won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Malta by Naré with the song "Boo"

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - The Scoreboard

 

More details including detailed results can be viewed at our colleagues at Wikipedia - click here.

Eurovision Winner Dara (Bulgaria 2026) with JP

 

Interview with Eurovision Winner 2026 Dara (Bulgaria):  During the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Dara performed as Interval Act. Dara won the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 for Bulgaria last May with the song "Bangaranga". Coincidentally, JP had the pleasure to briefly chat with Dara in the lobby of the delegation hotel shortly after she had arrived in Malta. Listen to this interview on the show this week. 

Caleb and Naomi (Junior Eurovision 2026, Ireland)

 

 

Interview with Caleb and Naomi (Ireland 2026):  The first interview in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Season that Radio International did was with the Irish representatives Caleb and Naomi who performed a rather nice pop in the Gaelic language entitled "Níos láidre". JP and Johannes chatted with the two young singers at the hotel lobby in Malta about their young career and their upcoming participation at Junior Eurovision 2026. At the end of the voting sequence Ireland ranked at Number 14 with 64 points. 

 

 

The Eurovision Spotlight - The Magic Letter Game: Also in the autumn the Radio International Summer Feature continuous for a few more editions before looking back at the Eurovision entries of Bulgaria which is the country that will host the next Eurovision Song Contest 2027 in Burgas. The Magic Letter Game involving Eurovision Songs which you will be presented by the Radio International Team of Experts :). Ross Bennett continues the series with Letter O and will explain the Rules of the Game.

The Home Composed Song Contest 2026: The annual music competition for non-professional musicians takes place again and is already in full swing. The public and jury have the opportunity to cast their votes as well. Visit the website of the Home Composed Song Contest 2026 - https://home26.org/.

The Home Composed Song Contest is in its 35th year, this is a competition for Eurovision fans who write, perform and produce their own music, who enter their own original song composition (audio only) and then also take part as a jury, to help choose the winning song. This year there are 17 songs from 10 different countries, and you can listen to the songs as well on the official website - https://home26.org/.

The Radio International Team once again forms one Jury and you will be able to hear the songs also on the next three editions of Radio International. Well done to all participants and may the best entry win.

The results will be published on 05 Dec 2026 during the Grand Final Show on the contests YouTube Channel reachable via the website https://home26.org/.

Voting (Jury & Public) will begin on 27 Oct 2026 and run for 2 weeks, closing on the 10 Nov 2026. You can find the voting platform on https://home26.org/ which is open until 10 Nov 2026. So START VOTING NOW! And may the best song win.

 

Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. 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 the Eurovision Calendar and lots more.

For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

Enjoy this two hour oldies show presented by JP from Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience. The music is based on the UK charts from across the decades from the 50s to the 2010s hosted by JP. All kinds of music is possible and also your requests are welcome.

The 320th edition of JP's Golden Years show aired on Saturday, 24 Oct 2026 from 1700 - 1900 hours CET (1600 - 1800 hours UKT) via South Norfolk Radio in the United Kingdom - click here to listen.  The show airs also on other stations. Details of broadcast times and stations are below. 

But also a copy of the show is available on this website www.radiointernational.tv and uploaded to the the Radio International PODCAST server with this appearing in Spotify, Itunes, and various other podcast providers. For the link to the Spotify Channel - click here

Broadcast Times of JP's Golden Years:

Saturdays 
South Norfolk Radio 1700 to 1900 hours CET - click to listen
Venture Radio 0700 - 0900 hours CET

Mondays
Bradley Stoke Radio 2300 to 0100 hours CET - click to listen

Wednesdays
Venture Radio 1700 - 1900 hours CET
GoGoRadio Gibraltar 2200 - 2359 hours CET - click to listen
South Norfolk Radio (repeated) 1300 to 1500 hours CET - click to listen

Daily:
Malta's Sunshine Radio
Monday to Friday from 1000 - 1200 hours CET and repeated from 1600 - 1800 hours CET


We would be delighted to receive your request, dedications and comments via email to JP's Golden Years - click here

This week's Show Page is available here including the Play List - click here

 

Programme Segments are:

• The Mad Half Hour to get you into the mood for the music of our life
• The Best of Europop
• A TV Theme Tune or Radio Theme Tune to remember
• The UK Top 20 Best-Selling Singles of Oct 1986

Bessides being available on all the PODCAST Platforms, The Show is available at the following Radio Stations:

• South Norfolk Radio, United Kingdom (Saturdays 1700 - 1900 hours CET)
• Venture Radio, United Kingdom (Saturdays 0700 - 0900 hours CET)
• Venture Radio, United Kingdom (Wednesdays 1700 - 1900 hours CET)
• Go Go Radio Gibraltar (Wednesdays from 2200 - 2359 hours CET)
• Bradley Stoke Radio FM103.4 (Mondays from 2300 - 0100 hours CET)
• Malta's Sunshine Radio
• ILR (Indenpendent Local Radio Network), UK and Tenerife (Sundays 0100 - 0300 hours CET)
• on the website of www.radiointernational.tv
• Mixcloud Channel of Radio International
• PODBEAN, Itunes, Spotify and various PODCAST Channel

  #world #jpsgoldenyears #UKTop20 #MusicCharts #GoldenOldies #MonthlylChart #BestsellersOfTheMonth #1986 #Oct

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel 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 2026 Preview and Highlights over the years
• Eurovision Spotlight: The Magical Letter Game with Marcus Keppel-Palmer
• Eurovision News with Johannes Vitt courtesy of www.escXtra.com
• Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann
• Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal 
• National Final Update Eurovision and Junior Eurovision with Alain Forrotti 
• New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists 
• Your music requests 

This week's edition of Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience or better Junior Eurovison Experience is coming live from Malta and the 24th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The focus is on the 16 participating acts from 16 countries competing in this year's contest. All the regular segments are also part of the show. Enjoy this very special edition of Radio International. 

 

 

 

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026:  The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is the 24th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest staged on 24 October 2026 from the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre in Ta' Qali, Malta, and is presented by former Junior Eurovision Winners 2013 and 2015 Gaia Cauchi and Destiny Chukunyere, and Keane Cutajar. All three hosted the Malta National Final to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 earlier on in January 2026. It is the third time Malta hosts the Junior Eurovision Song Contest after 2014 and 2016. 18 countries are participating in the Junior Eurovision 2026:  Albania, Armenia, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, The Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and the Ukraine. In view of the contest Radio International will be introducing the participating entries on the show this week and next week plus also looking back to some of the contests highlights over the years. 
More details as well as the Running Order can be viewed at our colleagues at Wikipedia - click here

 

 

The Eurovision Spotlight - The Magic Letter Game: Also in the autumn the Radio International Summer Feature continuous for a few more editions before looking back at the Eurovision entries of Bulgaria which is the country that will host the next Eurovision Song Contest 2027 in Burgas. The Magic Letter Game involving Eurovision Songs which you will be presented by the Radio International Team of Experts :). Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer continues the series with Letter N and will explain the Rules of the Game.

 

Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. 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 the Eurovision Calendar and lots more.

For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

Enjoy this two hour oldies show presented by JP from Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience. The music is based on the UK charts from across the decades from the 50s to the 2010s hosted by JP. All kinds of music is possible and also your requests are welcome.

The 319th edition of JP's Golden Years show aired on Saturday, 19 Oct 2026 from 1700 - 1900 hours CET (1600 - 1800 hours UKT) via South Norfolk Radio in the United Kingdom - click here to listen.  The show airs also on other stations. Details of broadcast times and stations are below. 

But also a copy of the show is available on this website www.radiointernational.tv and uploaded to the the Radio International PODCAST server with this appearing in Spotify, Itunes, and various other podcast providers. For the link to the Spotify Channel - click here

Broadcast Times of JP's Golden Years:

Saturdays 
South Norfolk Radio 1700 to 1900 hours CET - click to listen
Venture Radio 0700 - 0900 hours CET

Mondays
Bradley Stoke Radio 2300 to 0100 hours CET - click to listen

Wednesdays
Venture Radio 1700 - 1900 hours CET
GoGoRadio Gibraltar 2200 - 2359 hours CET - click to listen
South Norfolk Radio (repeated) 1300 to 1500 hours CET - click to listen

Daily:
Malta's Sunshine Radio
Monday to Friday from 1000 - 1200 hours CET and repeated from 1600 - 1800 hours CET


We would be delighted to receive your request, dedications and comments via email to JP's Golden Years - click here

This week's Show Page is available here including the Play List - click here

 

Programme Segments are:

• The Mad Half Hour to get you into the mood for the music of our life
• The Best of Europop
• A TV Theme Tune or Radio Theme Tune to remember
• The UK Top 20 Best-Selling Singles of Oct 1997

Bessides being available on all the PODCAST Platforms, The Show is available at the following Radio Stations:

• South Norfolk Radio, United Kingdom (Saturdays 1700 - 1900 hours CET)
• Venture Radio, United Kingdom (Saturdays 0700 - 0900 hours CET)
• Venture Radio, United Kingdom (Wednesdays 1700 - 1900 hours CET)
• Go Go Radio Gibraltar (Wednesdays from 2200 - 2359 hours CET)
• Bradley Stoke Radio FM103.4 (Mondays from 2300 - 0100 hours CET)
• Malta's Sunshine Radio
• ILR (Indenpendent Local Radio Network), UK and Tenerife (Sundays 0100 - 0300 hours CET)
• on the website of www.radiointernational.tv
• Mixcloud Channel of Radio International
• PODBEAN, Itunes, Spotify and various PODCAST Channel

  #world #jpsgoldenyears #UKTop20 #MusicCharts #GoldenOldies #MonthlylChart #BestsellersOfTheMonth #1997 #Oct

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.

AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK 

• Interview with Eurovision Winner Nicole (Germany 1982) done at her 45th stage anniversary in Mannheim, Germany
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Preview and Highlights over the years
• Eurovision Spotlight: The Magical Letter Game with Dermot Manning
• Eurovision News with Johannes Vitt courtesy of www.escXtra.com
• Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann
• Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal 
• National Final Update Eurovision and Junior Eurovision with Alain Forrotti 
• New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists 
• Your music requests  
   

Eurovision Winner Nicole (Germany 1982)  with Salman

Interview with Eurovision Winner Nicole (Germany 1982):  It was back in 1982, and it was in Harrogate, Yorkshire in the United Kingdom that the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 took place with 18 countries paticipating while Jan Leeming hosted the show. The winner at the end of the voting sequence was Germany as Nicole represented her country with the beautiful entry entitled "Ein bisschen Frieden" (A little bit of peace) written by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger. At the reprise Nicole sang the winning songs in different languages. Now almost 45 years later Nicole embarked on her anniversary tour through Germany introducing new songs to the fans but also of course her evergreen classics such as "Flieg nicht so hoch mien kleiner Freund", "Papillion" and others. Radio International's Salman met Nicole just before the concert in Mannheim, Germany and conducted an interview which Radio International will be sharing with the many Eurovision Fans on the show this week. 

 

 

 

 

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026:  The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is the 24th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest staged on 24 October 2026 from the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre in Ta' Qali, Malta, and is presented by former Junior Eurovision Winners 2013 and 2015 Gaia Cauchi and Destiny Chukunyere, and Keane Cutajar. All three hosted the Malta National Final to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 earlier on in January 2026. It is the third time Malta hosts the Junior Eurovision Song Contest after 2014 and 2016. 18 countries are participating in the Junior Eurovision 2026:  Albania, Armenia, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, The Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and the Ukraine. In view of the contest Radio International will be introducing the participating entries on the show this week and next week plus also looking back to some of the contests highlights over the years. 
More details as well as the Running Order can be viewed at our colleagues at Wikipedia - click here

 

 

The Eurovision Spotlight - The Magic Letter Game: Also in the autumn the Radio International Summer Feature continuous for a few more editions before looking back at the Eurovision entries of Bulgaria which is the country that will host the next Eurovision Song Contest 2027 in Burgas. The Magic Letter Game involving Eurovision Songs which you will be presented by the Radio International Team of Experts :). Dermot Manning continues the series with Letter M and will explain the Rules of the Game.

 

Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. 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 the Eurovision Calendar and lots more.

For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here