Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience (2022-03-16) Interview with Mia Dimsic (Croatia 2022), Melodifestivalen 2022 Interviews: Cornelia Jakobs (Sweden 2022) , etc

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

• Live Interview with Mia Dimsic (Croatia 2022)
• Interview with Cornelia Jakobs (Sweden 2022, Winner of Melodifestivalen 2022) 
• Interview with Anders Bagge (Melodifestivalen 2022, Number 2)
• Interview with Medina (Melodifestivalen 2022, Number 3)
• Interview with Oscar Zia (Host of Melodifestivalen 2022)
• Melodifestivalen 2022 Assessment with Robert Wahlstroem
• Eurovision Cover Spot and The Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Spotlight: The Eurovision 2022 National Final Season with Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer (end of the current series)
• Eurovision News from escXtra.com with Nathan Waddell 
• Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal
• Your music requests
• New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists
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Live Interview with Mia Dimsic (Croatia 2022): This week sees the official end of the National Final Season of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. 40 countries have selected their country's entry to the World's biggest music competition. Joining us this week on the Radio International Interview Hour is Mia Dimsic who won her national final DORA and with that the ticket to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest. Croatia will start in Semi Final 1 Second Half with the song "Guilty Pleasure". The Radio International Interview Team is looking forward to be chatting with Mia during the show as well as finding out more about her career, her life and listen to her music, too.

Cornelia Jakobs (Sweden 2022) winning Melodifestivalen

Interview with Cornelia Jakobs (Sweden 2022), Anders Bagge, Medina and Host of the Show 0 Oscar Zia: Sweden's Biggest and Best TV Show Melodifestivalen ended on Saturday with the Grand Final after funneling down the 28 entries via four heats, two semi finals and the Grand Final. Swedish broadcaster SVT received way over 2000 songs for the 2022 edition of Melodifestivalen which on Saturday was won by Cornelia Jakobs with the song "Hold me closer" and will be representing Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Semi Final 2 Second Half. The Radio International Interview Team was in Stockholm, Sweden and interviewed all the contestants of Melodifestivalen plus more.

This week on Radio International hear the interviews with the Winner Cornalia but also the second placed entry Anders Bagge with the song "Bigger than the universe" as well as Medina who came third with the song "In i dimman". Complete overview of the results of Melodifestivalen 2022 can be viewed here - click here.

Melodifestivalen 2022 was hosted by former participant Oscar Zia who in 2016 came second with the song "Human". Radio International had the chance of a quick interview with Oscar after the Grand Final was over.

 

 

 

Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2022 Assessment: Last week Melodifestivalen expert Robert Wahlstroem from Gothenburg in Sweden joined JP to introduce the songs competing in the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2022. Robert will be joining JP again to assess the 2022 edition of Melodifestivalen.

 

The Radio International Interview Hall of Fame:

During the Interview Sessions Radio International takes photos and videos which you can find on the Radio International Interview Hall of Fame 2020 and 2021. To view the photos done during the interviews - click here - for the Radio International Hall of Fame Photo Album.

This is the Hall of Fame: Charlotte Perrelli, Linda Martin, Niamh Kavanagh, Katrina of Katrina and the Waves, Charlie McGettigan, Emmelie de Forest, Scott Fitzgerald, Eldar of Ell and Nikki, Sanna Nielsen, Lina Hedlund and Andreas Lundstedt from Alcazar, Poli Genova, Ira Losco, Jan Johansen Nicki French, Debbie Scerri, Rasmussen, 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, Andrea (North Macedonia 2022), Brooke Scullion (Ireland 2022), Citi Zeni (Latvia 2022), Ochman (Poland 2022) The Roop, Bilal of NorthKid, Cyan Kicks, Justs, James Newman, Senhit, 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, Hera Björk, 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 class.

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