Eurovision Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience

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A Radio Show on the Eurovision Song Contest produced and broadcast by JP and his International Team with interviews, features, Eurovision News, Event Updates and Eurovision music. Find us on www.radiointernational.tv and also on our Facebook Group Page - Eurovision Radio International.

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3 days ago

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience (2026-02-25): Melodifestivalen 2026 Interview Erika Jonsson, Reveal of the Melo 2026 Grand Final Line Up, and lots more

3 days ago

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

Melodifestivalen 2026 - Grand Final Preview with Robert Wahlstroem
Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4: Interview with Erika Jonsson
Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals with Chris Poppe
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
National Final Update for Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti
New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists
Your music requests

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Melodfestivalen 2026: In view of the upcoming Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 in the Strawberry Arena in Solna near Stockholm, Radio International this week will be introducing all the songs in the running order in the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 on 07 Mar 2026. For that JP will be joined by Robert Wahlström from Sweden.

The Heats are scheduled as follows:

Heat 1: 31 Jan 2026 - Linköping - Saab Arena

Heat 2: 07 Feb 2026 - Gothenburg - Skandinavium

Heat 3: 14 Feb 2026 - Kristianstad - Kristianstad Arena

Heat 4: 21 Feb 2026 - Malmö - Malmö Arena

Heat 5: 28 Feb 2026 - Sundsvall - Gärdehov

Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026: 07 Mar 2026 - Stockholm - Strawberry Arena in Solna

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Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4 Allstarz

Congratulations to Smash Into Pieces and Cimberly winning the Heat 4 of Melodifestivalen 2026 out of the Malmö Arena on Saturday, 22 Feb 2026. Smash Into Pieces were the first winning act being announced after the first voting round. They will be competing in the Grand Final with the song "Hallow". Cimberly and her song "Eternity" won the second round of voting and also has won and secured herself a place in the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 20026 in the Strawberry Arena of Stockholm, Solna. The favourite to also win the Heat was Meira Omar with the song "Dooset Daram" came third and is with that in the Final Kval round of the competition and has a chance to advance into the Grand Final after Heat 5. JP has been in Malmö and conducted interviews with all participating acts of which you will hear some this week and some next week on Radio International. This week listen to longer interviews with the winners of Heat 4, Smash into Pieces, Cimberly and also Erika Jonsson who unfortunately did not advance.

The Complete Coverage Page of Heat 4 can be viewed by clicking here where you can also watch the interviews.

Erika Jonsson at Melodifestivalen 2026 "Från landet"

Interview with Erika Jonsson: A debutant at Melodifestivalen 2026 was Erika Jonsson and her Country Band participating in Heat 4 of Melodifestivalen 2026 with the song in Swedish Country entitled "Från landet" which unfortunately only ended up at third in the second voting round. Radio International's JP and Tanja from ESC Panelen met Erika Jonsson for an indepth interview before the Heat 4 competiton. Enoy this chat with a Swedish Country Chick on Radio International this week.

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The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision National Final Season: The New Eurovision Year 2026 has started and with that also the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is in full swing with countries selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Until the end of March 2026 the National Final Season for Eurovision 2026 is on and Radio International's team members will be highlighting the best picks of the national finals. Chris Poppe continues the series with taking a look at National Finals of the last seven days.

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 Alain Forotti gives us already the updates of the National Finals to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....

Eurovision 2 Album: The Eurovision 2 Album is now available on powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com, and CDs are also available by messaging Tony Power on Facebook to order copies.

https://powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/eurovision-connects-2

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

4 days ago

JP’s Golden Years - Edition 286 (2026-02-28)

4 days ago

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 286th edition of JP's Golden Years show aired on Saturday, 28 Feb 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 Feb 1972

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

#world #jpsgoldenyears #UKTop20 #MusicCharts #GoldenOldies #MonthlylChart #BestsellersOfTheMonth #1972 #February

Thursday Feb 26, 2026

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience (2026-02-25): Melodifestivalen 2026 Interviews with Smash into Pieces and Cimberly, Interviews with wavvyboi, Myle and Laura Nahr,

Thursday Feb 26, 2026

AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK

Live Interview with Laura Nahr (German National Final - Unser Lied für Wien)
Live Interview with Myle (German National Final - Unser Lied für Wien)
Live Interview with wavvyboi (German National Final - Unser Lied für Wien)
Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4: Interviews with: Smash Into Pieces, Cimberly and Meira Omar
Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals 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
National Final Update for Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti
New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists
Your music requests

Melodfestivalen 2026: Radio International continues with the coverage next week when JP will be in Malmö at Heat 4 of Melodifestivalen 2026. This week check out the Eurovision Spotlight with Ross for the qualifiers of Heat 3 from Kristiansta.

The Heats are scheduled as follows:

Heat 1: 31 Jan 2026 - Linköping - Saab Arena

Heat 2: 07 Feb 2026 - Gothenburg - Skandinavium

Heat 3: 14 Feb 2026 - Kristianstad - Kristianstad Arena

Heat 4: 21 Feb 2026 - Malmö - Malmö Arena

Heat 5: 28 Feb 2026 - Sundsvall - Gärdehov

Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026: 07 Mar 2026 - Stockholm - Strawberry Arena in Solna

Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4 Allstarz

Congratulations to Smash Into Pieces and Cimberly winning the Heat 4 of Melodifestivalen 2026 out of the Malmö Arena on Saturday, 22 Feb 2026. Smash Into Pieces were the first winning act being announced after the first voting round. They will be competing in the Grand Final with the song "Hallow". Cimberly and her song "Eternity" won the second round of voting and also has won and secured herself a place in the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 20026 in the Strawberry Arena of Stockholm, Solna. The favourite to also win the Heat was Meira Omar with the song "Dooset Daram" came third and is with that in the Final Kval round of the competition and has a chance to advance into the Grand Final after Heat 5. JP has been in Malmö and conducted interviews with all participating acts of which you will some this week and some next week on Radio International.

The Complete Coverage Page of Heat 4 can be viewed by clicking here where you can also watch the interviews.

Eurovision Song Contest - Das Deutsche Finale 2026: Germany will be selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 on Saturday, 28 Feb 2026 in Berlin with nine acts competing for the right to represent Germany in Vienna on 16 May 2026. Eurovision Host 2025 Hazel Brugger and Germany's regular National Final Host Barbara Schoeneberger will be presenting the acts from a studio in Berlin with a live audience. Radio International has reached out to some of the acts for an interview and the team is happy to welcome to the show Laura Nahr on the show this week who will compete in the German National Final with the song "Wonderland". Then, joining the Radio International Interview Team on the show this week is Myle who competes with the song "A OK". And also on tghe show live will be wavvyboi who competes with the song "Black Glitter".

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wavvyboi, Laura Nahr and Myle
live on Radio International this week

The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision National Final Season: The New Eurovision Year 2026 has started and with that also the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is in full swing with countries selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Until the end of March 2026 the National Final Season for Eurovision 2026 is on and Radio International's team members will be highlighting the best picks of the national finals. Alasdair Rendall continues the series with taking a look at National Finals of the last seven days.

Eurovision 2 Album: The Eurovision 2 Album is now available on powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com, and CDs are also available by messaging Tony Power on Facebook to order copies.

https://powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/eurovision-connects-2

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

Tuesday Feb 24, 2026

JP’s Golden Years - Edition 285 (2026-02-21)

Tuesday Feb 24, 2026

The 285th edition of JP's Golden Years show aired on Saturday, 21 Feb 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

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 Feb 2001

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

#world #jpsgoldenyears #UKTop20 #MusicCharts #GoldenOldies #MonthlylChart #BestsellersOfTheMonth #2001#February

Wednesday Feb 18, 2026

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience (2026-02-18): Melodifestivalen 2026 - Charlotte Perrelli & Maya Ivarsson, The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Interviews

Wednesday Feb 18, 2026

AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK

Interview with Eurovision Winner Charlotte Perrelli (Nilsson) (Sweden 1999) - done at the Aftershow Party of Heat 2 of Melodifestivalen 2026 in Gothenburg
Interview with Maja Ivarsson (Melodifestivalen 2025, Sweden) - done at the Aftershow Party of Heat 1 of Melodifestivalen 2026 in Linköping
Malta Eurovision Song Contest (MESC) 2026 - Review continue
Interview with Kelsy Attard (MESC 2026, Semi Finalist)
Interview with Kelsie Borg (MESC 2026, Number 11)
Interview with Liston (MESC 2026, Semi Finalist)
Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals with Ross Bennett
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
National Final Update for Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti
New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists
Your music requests

The Heats are scheduled as follows:

Heat 1: 31 Jan 2026 - Linköping - Saab Arena

Heat 2: 07 Feb 2026 - Gothenburg - Skandinavium

Heat 3: 14 Feb 2026 - Kristianstad - Kristianstad Arena

Heat 4: 21 Feb 2026 - Malmö - Malmö Arena

Heat 5: 28 Feb 2026 - Sundsvall - Gärdehov

Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026: 07 Mar 2026 - Stockholm - Strawberry Arena in Solna

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Charlotte Perrelli with JP
at the Aftershow Party of Heat 2 of Melodifestivalen

Interview with Charlotte Perrelli (Eurovision Winner 1999, Sweden): At the aftershow party of Heat 2 of Melodifestivalen 2026 in Gothenburg in Sweden, Radio International's JP had the pleasure to meet Charlotte Perrelli who as Charlotte Nilsson won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999 with the song "Take me to your heaven". Charlotte and Gina Dirawi (Host of Melodifestivalen 2026) performed an Interval Act in Heat 2. How this came about listen to the interview on the show today.

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Maja Ivarsson with JP

Interview with Maja Ivarsson (Melodifestivalen 2025, Sweden): At the aftershow party of Heat 1 of Melodifestivalen 2026 in Linköping in Sweden, JP had the pleasure to meet again Maja Ivarsson after she had taken part in Melodifestivalen 2025 making it to the Grand Final with the song "Kamikaze Life". Maja performed an interval act at Heat 1 of Melodifestivalen 2026.

The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (Part 3): The Malta Eurovision Song Contest is the National Final to select that song that will be representing the country at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2026 in Vienna, Austria in May. The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was hosted hosted by Keane Cutajar, Destiny Chukunyere (who won Junior Eurovision 2015 and represented Malta in Eurovision 2021) and Gaia Cauchi (who won Junior Eurovision 2013). The Semi Final with 18 artists took place on Thursday, 15 Jan 2026 followed by the Grand Final on Saturday, 17 Jan 2026 from MFCC (Malta Fairs and Convention Centre).

Congratulations to Aidan who won the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Bella" which will be in Semi Final 2 in the Second Half at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on Thu 14 May 2026.

Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Scoreboard

Radio International already broadcast some of the interviews from Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in last week's edition. Listen to more interviews this week with: Kelsie Borg (MESC 2026, Number 11), Kelsy Attard (MEC 2026, Semi Final) and the Liston (MEC 2026, Semi Final).

Kelsie Borg at Malta ESC 2026 ("Let a girl breathe")

Liston at Malta ESC 2026 ("Mela")

Kelsy Attard at Malta ESC 2026 ("Perfectly Broken")

You can watch all our Interviews with the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 participants on this page - CLICK HERE

The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision National Final Season: The New Eurovision Year 2026 has started and with that also the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is in full swing with countries selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Until the end of March 2026 the National Final Season for Eurovision 2026 is on and Radio International's team members will be highlighting the best picks of the national finals. Ross Bennett continues the series with taking a look at National Finals of the last seven days.

Eurovision 2 Album: The Eurovision 2 Album is now available on powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com, and CDs are also available by messaging Tony Power on Facebook to order copies.

https://powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/eurovision-connects-2

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