Eurovision Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience (2025-12-31): A Eurovision Happy New Year with Eurovision West End, Tommy Seebach Special,Birthday File, Coverspot, and much more

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.

 

 

 

Wishing you and your loved ones a

Happy Healthy and Prosperous Happy New Year

from your Happy Team of

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience. 

Thank you for your precious support to the show 

during the last 27 years.

May the Eurovision Season 2026 come on.

          

 

AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK 

• Eurovision Spotlight XXL - 1: Best of UK: Looking at the best songs/performances to come out of the nine contests that have been staged in the United Kingdom with Dermot Manning.
• Eurovision Spotlight XXL - 2: Eurovision Artists - They Were on The West End Stage with Chris Poppe
• Eurovision Spotlight XXL - 3: Tommy Seebach Special with Javier Leal 
• Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann 
• Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal 
• National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti 
• New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists

 

 

 

The New Year's Eve Special this week: Just ahead of the end of 2025 and the start of 2026 Radio International airs for the final time in 2025 with a special show containing three Eurovision Spotlight XXLs .

Eurovision Spotlight XXL - 1: "The Best of the United Kingdom": Dermot Manning looks at the best songs /performances to come out of the nine Eurovision Song Contests that have been staged in the United Kingdom.

Eurovision Spotlight XXL - 2: "They Were on The West End Stage" as Chris Poppe takes a look at the Eurovision artists that have performed on the stage of the West End in London.

Eurovision Spotlight XXL - 3: "Tommy Seebach Special" presented by Javier Leal taking a look at Tommy Seebach's Eurovision entries and beyond. Tommy Seebach represented Denmark a few times. Check out the details during the show.

Enjoy this final edition of Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience for 2025 and the normal format of the show will return next week in 2026 with all the regular programme segments and starting the review the national finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

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 some updates of the National Finals regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....

 

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

JP’s Golden Years - Edition 277 (2025-12-27)

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 277th edition of JP's Golden Years show aired on Saturday, 27 Dec 2025 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 Dec 1976

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 #1984 #December

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience (2025-12-24): Christmas 2025 has arrived - Let's enjoy a Eurovision Christmas, Ralph Siegel Special, Birthday File, Coverspot, and much more

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 

• Step into a Eurovision Christmas - Eurovision Artists sing Christmas Songs 
• Eurovision Spotlight XXL:  The Ralph Siegel Special 
• Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal 
• National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti 
• New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists (including Christmas Songs)
• Your music requests 
  
  

Eurovision Stars sing for Christmas - The perfect soundtrack to your Christmas 2025:  As the penultimate  show of Radio International of 2025 falls on Chrismas Eve the music choice is rather special as many Eurovision artists released their cover version of great Christmas Songs or new Christmas songs of which you will hear some on the show this week. 

The Team of Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience
wishes you and your loved ones a

Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy and Prosperous New Year

Thank you for your precious support to the show
during the last 27 years.

 

The Eurovision Spotlight - Ralph Siegel Special: "Ein bisschen Frieden" performed by Nicole was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 winning for Germany which was the most successful entry that Ralph Siegel composed and Dr. Bernd Meinunger provided the lyrics to. Sadly, the Eurovision Commnity lost Dr. Bernd Meinunger on 17 Oct 2025 at the age of 81. However, on the 30 Sep 2025 Ralph Siegel celebrated his 80th Birthday in a big party in Munich with the participation of many prominent people such as showmasters, as well as artists that Ralph wrote successful songs for. All in all Ralph created over 2000 songs out of which 24 where entries to the Eurovision Song Contest, but not only for Germany.

Radio International's Salman was invited by Ralph Siegel for the festivities in Munich which triggered to produce a radio special about his greatest songs including all his Eurovison entries and entries in national finals around Europe he took part in as composer and songwriter. Listen to this radio special on the show this week. 

For the details please visit the website of our colleagues over at Wikipedia - click here.

 

Ralph Siegel with his wife and the Radio International Interview Team

 

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 some updates of the National Finals regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....

 

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

JP’s Golden Years - Edition 276 (2025-12-20)

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 276th edition of JP's Golden Years show aired on Saturday, 20 Dec 2025 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 Dec 1984

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 #1984 #December

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience (2025-12-17): Heading into Christmas 2025, Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - And the Winner is..FRANCE, Birthday File, Coverspot,...

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 

• The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - We have a Winner
• Junior Eurovision 2025 Interview with  Sofia Nersesian (JESC 2025, Ukraine, Number 2)
• Junior Eurovision 2025 Interview with  Nela Mančeska (JESC 2025, North Macedonia, Number 7
• Junior Eurovision 2025 Interview with  Leonardo Giovannangeli (JESC 2025, Italy, Number 12)
• Junior Eurovision 2025 Interview with  Inês Gonçalves (JESC 2025, Portugal, Number 13)
• Step into a Eurovision Christmas - Eurovision Artists sing Christmas Songs 
• The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 National Final Season
• Eurovision Spotlight: Austria's History at the Eurovision Song Contest  with Chris Poppe (final in the current series)
• 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 Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti 
• New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists 
• Your music requests 
  
  

 

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - We have a Winner: The 23rd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was held on Saturday 13 Dec 2025 from the Gymnastic Hall of the Olympic City in Tblisi in Georgia with young artists from 18 countries taking part. In the running order: Malta, Azerbaijan, Croatia, San Marino, Armenia, Ukraine, Ireland, The Netherlands, Poland, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Georgia, Cyprus, France and Albania. Returning countries were Azerbaijan, Croatia and Montenegro while Estonia and Germany took a break. The Hosts of the show were David Aladashvili and Liza Tsiklauri. The show started at 1700 hours CET. 

 

 

 

Lou Deleuze - Junior Eurovision 2025 Winner for France

 

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

to Lou Deleuze from France  

for winning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 

with the song "Ce Monde" 

 with a total of 248 points

 

 

 

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Scoreboard

 

Interviews with four Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Little Artists:  The Radio International Rowing Reporter Alain Forrotti has traveled to Tiblisi, Georgia to meet some of the young stars and interview them. Meet the four young artists on the show this week. 

Sofia Nersesian (Ukraine, Number 2, "Motanka"), 
Nela Mančeska (North Macedonia, Number 7, "Miracle" ), 
Leonardo Giovannangeli (Italy, Number 12, "Rockstar")
Inês Gonçalves (Portugal, Number 13, "Para onde vai o amor?")

 

 

 

 

The Eurovision Spotlight - The history of Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest:  It is time for the traditional look at the next host country's Eurovision Song Contest entries. 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. Over the next weeks and before the National Final Season for 2026, Radio International's team members will be reviewing all the Eurovision entries from Austria. Chris Poppe will be continuing series of the Eurovision Spotlight looking at the history of Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest.

 

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 some updates of the National Finals regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....

 

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