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2010 schied Michael von der Heide beim Eurovision Song Contest im Halbfinale aus. Doch bis heute ist er Fan des Grossevents. Auch Comedienne Reena Krishnaraja liebt den ESC. Anlässlich der 69. Ausgabe in Basel blicken sie auf die Highlights und sprechen darüber, welche Kraft in der Popmusik steckt. Seit Nemo 2024 mit «The Code» den Sieg für die Schweiz holte, ist die Welt hierzulande wieder in Ordnung. Dieses Jahr richtet die Schweiz also den grössten Gesangswettbewerb der Welt aus, und alle Augen richten sich in dieser Woche nach Basel. Auch der «Kulturplatz» schaut auf die vergangenen 69 Jahre Eurovision Song Contest. Denn wer hat's erfunden? Ein Schweizer. 1955 hatte der Westschweizer Marcel Bezençon, damals Generaldirektor der Schweizerischen Rundfunkgesellschaft, die Idee zu einem Schlagerwettbewerb, und in der ersten Ausgabe 1956 holte prompt Lys Assia mit ihrem Song «Refrain» den Sieg. Niederlagen für die Schweiz Doch so euphorisch sollte es die nächsten Jahrzehnte nicht weiter gehen für die Schweiz. Es ist vielmehr eine hoch-emotionale Geschichte mit ein paar Aufs und sehr vielen Abs. Legendär der Gewinn der Kanadierin Celine Dion, die für die Schweiz antrat und für heisse Diskussionen im Bundesrat sorgte. Und hochdramatisch auch der komplett misslungene Auftritt vom damals schon arrivierten DJ Bobo. Bis die Schweiz mit Nemo wieder richtig jubeln konnte, ist einiges passiert. Und dennoch hat man sich nie entmutigen lassen, mit dem ESC 2025 zeigt die Schweiz, dass sie ESC kann und das ganze Land mitfiebert. Vereint durch die Musik United in Music – So lautet das Motto des diesjährigen Eurovision Song Contest. Schaut man auf die Show heute, stellt man fest, dass die Künstler immer diverser werden. Vom braven Schlagerwettbewerb ist da nicht mehr viel zu spüren. Und obwohl der ESC nicht politisch sein will, ist er es. Denn Musik verbindet. Und doch, mit Popmusik Länder-, Geschlechter- und kulturelle Gräben zu überwinden, ist ein hehres Ziel. Ob es in Zeiten von Ukrainekrieg- und Nahostkonflikt, von Trump und Putin noch realistisch ist, ist fraglich. «Kulturplatz» schaut mit Musikjournalist und Poptheoretiker Jens Balzer, der sich seit langem mit der gesellschaftlichen Sprengkraft von Popmusik beschäftigt, auf die Kraft, die in der Popmusik lag und liegt. Und auch Eva Wannenmacher spricht mit ihren Gästen Michael von der Heide und Reena Krishnaraja über den Eurovision Song Contest, warum er fasziniert, und wie er sich verändert hat. Und welches der berühmteste Song ist, den der ESC jemals hervorbrachte. Und am Schluss singen und tanzen sie alle zu «Waterloo».

Im Mai 1956 fand der erste Eurovision Song Contest statt. Bis dahin war es ein weiter Weg. Wie die Fernsehsendung den Weg durch halb Europa schaffte und wer hinter der Idee des Liederwettbewerbs steckt, der Europa nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wieder aneinanderrücken sollte: Die Geschichte des ESC. Es ist ein schlichter Theatersaal, in dem 1956 europäische Fernsehgeschichte geschrieben wird: Im Teatro Kursaal findet die erste Ausgabe des «Concours Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne» statt. Die strahlende Siegerin stammt denn auch aus der Schweiz: Lys Assia mit ihrem Titel «Refrain» holt sich den Sieg des ersten ESC. Hinter dem Liederwettbewerb steht die European Broadcasting Union EBU, die den ESC auch heute noch verantwortet. Das ist ein europäischer Zusammenschluss nationaler Fernsehanstalten. Die EBU wurde 1950 in Grossbritannien gegründet und verfolgte das Ziel, Fernsehen für ganz Europa zu machen. Um zu sehen, ob das auch technisch funktionieren würde, unternahm die EBU erste Ausstrahlungsversuche zwischen Frankreich und England. Der erste Härtetest war die Krönung der Queen 1953. Damit war der Grundstein gelegt für weitere transeuropäische Fernsehsendungen. Im selben Jahr startete das Schweizer Fernsehen seinen Betrieb. 1954 erfolgten die ersten EBU-Sendungen unter dem Label «Eurovision» - die erste Übertragung war das Narzissenfest in Montreux und eine der bekanntesten das Finalspiel der Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft 1954, das als «Wunder von Bern» in die Geschichte einging. Doch die Programmkommission der EBU unter dem Vorsitz des Schweizers und damaligen SRG-Direktors Marcel Bezençon fand: Eine eigene Sendung muss her. Also lancierte sie den Liederwettbewerb, der 1956 in Lugano Premiere feiert und heute zu den grössten Unterhaltungsshows der Welt gehört. Damit solche Sendungen übertragen werden konnten, schaffte sich das Schweizer Fernsehen aus der TV-Pioniernation England einen voll ausgestatteten Übertragungswagen an. Dieser war an zahlreichen Orten im Einsatz, unter anderem auch beim ersten ESC in Lugano. Und diesen Übertragungswagen gibt es auch heute noch: Er steht im Depot des Museums für Kommunikation. ____________________ Feedback oder Fragen? Wir freuen uns auf Nachrichten an geschichte@srf.ch ____________________ 00:05 Intro 00:58 Lys Assia vergisst den Text bei der Reprise 02:51 Persönliche Erinnerungen an den ESC 05:01 Warum ein Liederwettbewerb? 09:03 Wie begann die europäische Fernsehzusammenarbeit? 11:37 Krönung der Queen als Geburtsstunde der Eurovision 13:10 Eurovisionsmonat als erstes europäisches Fernsehprogramm 14:57 Der erste Übertragungswagen des Schweizer Fernsehens 21:58 Der erste ESC geht über den Äther 23:06 Der ESC als Nebenprodukt der EBU 25:05 Europäische Fernsehmacher waren schneller als Politiker 26:45 Ende / Ausblick Episode 2 ____________________ In dieser Episode sind zu hören: · Andreas Fickers, Medienwissenschaftler und Historiker, Universität Luxemburg · Juri Jacquemet, Sammlungskurator Museum für Kommunikation, Bern · Tim Hellstern, Restaurator, Museum für Kommunikation, Bern ____________________ Links · https://www.srf.ch/audio · https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/eurovision-song-contest · https://www.mfk.ch/austauschen/blog/eurovision-song-contest-das-jungfraujoch ____________________ Recherche, Produktion und Moderation: Silvan Zemp ____________________ Hier lernt ihr die Schweizer Geschichte so richtig kennen – mit all ihren Eigenarten, Erfolgen, Fails, Persönlichkeiten und Dramen. Im Podcast «Geschichte» (ehemals «Zeitblende») von SRF Wissen tauchen wir in die Schweizer Vergangenheit ein – und möchten verstehen, wie sie unsere Gegenwart prägt. Habt ihr Themenvorschläge oder Feedback? Meldet euch bei geschichte@srf.ch.

You can't talk about Switzerland in Eurovision without going back to the very first year of the ESC: 1956. This week we're talking about the winner of that first contest, Lys Assia, and her long history with the contest with our special returning guest, Tobias Larsson of the Eurovision deep dive blog, Tobson och alla bidragen (https://allaeurovisionsbidrag.blogspot.com/). Jeremy finds The Simpsons in an unexpected place, Dimitry sees himself in the youths of 2013, Tobias breaks down the timing of horny song records in Eurovision, and Oscar just sees another Disney Princess. Watch Lys Assia's performances on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd2EbKTi9fyUO0-rSn-E8kvuKigEkEbrFThis week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0A5gtll8OwomS0ql7cHze1 The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompée.The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O'Connell.Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Instagram and @eurovangelists.com on Bluesky, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Head to https://maxfunstore.com/collections/eurovangelists for Eurovangelists merch. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!

1956 feierte der ESC in Lugano Premiere. Damals hiess der Wettbewerb noch «Concour d'Eurovision de la chanson». Erste Gewinnerin war mit Lys Assia eine Schweizerin. Am 24. März 2018 ist die erste ESC-Siegerin im Alter von 94 Jahren verstorben.

In the first of our two part special feature, Steven dives into the history of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest.From its early glory with Lys Assia through to the legend Celine Dion... and couple of nil points in between, Switzerland are one of Eurovision's longest-serving competitors, so we are shining a light on the good, the bad, and all the multilingual goodness they've had to offer us over the years!.Mentioned in this episode:Lys Assia - ‘Das alte Karussell' (Switzerland, 1956): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCzgcVPOb8ELys Assia - ‘Refrain' (Switzerland, 1956): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HKSP_HQ5hkLys Assia - ‘L'enfant que j'étais' (Switzerland, 1957): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiSnxD1tbVkLys Assia - ‘Giorgio' (Switzerland, 1958): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGsalvX8K4cPeter, Sue and Marc - ‘Les illusions de nos vingt ans' (Switzerland, 1971): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kJPdJuYPzIPeter, Sue and Marc - ‘Djambo Djambo' (Switzerland, 1976): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo-584dMfbcPeter, Sue and Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri - ‘Trödler & Co' (Switzerland, 1979): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C146vwTKLOEPeter, Sue and Marc - ‘Io senza te' (Switzerland, 1981): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l_BknJkjqYAnita Traversi - ‘Cielo e terra' (Switzerland, 1960): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQFa5bcRXUEAnita Traversi - ‘I miei pensieri' (Switzerland, 1964): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LVzg3_6WmoPaola - ‘Bonjour, Bonjour' (Switzerland, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXAxj0fYhkPaola - ‘Cinéma (Switzerland, 1980): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC_IEns_SSkVéronique Müller - ‘C'est la chanson de mon amour' (Switzerland, 1972): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gRJ9j0A834Mariella Farré - ‘Io così non ci sto' (Switzerland, 1983): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NefVUY13wsgPepe Lienhard Band - ‘Swiss Lady' (Switzerland, 1977): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdD2ljNVui0Mariella Farré & Pino Gaspiarini - ‘Piano, Piano' (Switzerland, 1985): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL_KON9qyqQFranca di Rienzo - ‘Nous aurons demain' (Switzerland, 1961):

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 Europe 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 Interview with Sonja Lumme (Finland 1985) done at the Eurovision Club Germany Convention 2024 in Cologne, Germany on 23 Nov 2024 Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest with Eurovision Lord Marcus Keppel-Palmer Home Composed Song Contest 2024 - Introducing the songs (Part 3 of 4) Tribute to Dickie Rock (Ireland 1966) Eurovision News with Javier Leal courtesy of www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal Eurovision 2025 National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists Your music requests Sonja Lumme (Finland 1985) at Eurovision Club Germany's Annual Convention 2024 Interview with Sonja Lumme (Finland 1985):  The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 came from The Skandinavium of Gothenburg in Sweden and the contest was won by the Bobbysocks from Norway with the song "Let it swing". Finland was represented by Sonja Lumme with the song "Eläköön elämä" coming 9th in the Eurovision Song Contest in that year. Sonja tried a few times to represent Finland at the contest and finally in 1985 it was the case.  Salman and JP were at the recent edition of the Eurovision Club Germany's annual Convention 2024 on Saturday, 23 Nov 2024 and chatted with Sonja Lumme about her time at Eurovision and her career before and after Eurovision. Listen to this interview on the show this week and also with some of Sonja's music.   The Home Composed Song Contest 2024: The annual music competition for non-professional musicians takes place again and is already in full swing. The public and jury already cast their votes as well. Visit the website of the Home Composed Song Contest - click here The Home Composed Song Contest is in its 33rd 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 28 songs from 13 different countries, and you can listen to the songs, and read the lyrics and bios on the official website - click here The Radio International Team once again formed one Jury and you will be able to hear the songs also on Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience. Once again very high standards this year. Well done to all participants and may the best entry win. There is a delay in the Grand Final show where the results will be published. As soon as the details are available Radio International will inform you on the show as well on this website.    Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories. As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer closes the current series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to the Eurovision Song Contest. Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick 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 and and....   Find out more details of how to tune in live - click here For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

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 Europe 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 Interview with Mihai Trăistariu (Romania 2006) done at the Eurovision Club Germany Convention 2024 in Cologne, Germany on 23 Nov 2024 Melodifestivalen 2025 - The Returnees Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest with Alasdair Rendall Home Composed Song Contest 2024 - Introducing the songs (Part 3 of 4) The Eurovision Vault with Michael Goodrich 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 Eurovision 2025 National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists Your music requests   Mihai Tristariu (Romania 2006) at the Eurovision Club Germany Convention 2006 Interview with Mihai Tristariu (Romania 2006):  The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 came from Athens, Greece, and was won by some Monsters from Finland called Lordi and the song "Hardrock Hallelujah". Romania was represented by young Mihai Tristariu with the song 'Torneo" which catapulted up to Number 4 during the Voting sequence. It was Romania's second highest result at the Eurovision Song Contest only bettered in 2005 with Luminita Anghel & Sistem "Let me try" and also in 2010 with Paul Seling and Ovi 's "Playing with Fire" coming 3rd. Mihai's Eurovision entry in 2006 "Tornero" became a world hit in 2006 and he tried many times to return to Eurovision in competing in the Romanian National Final. Salman and JP were at the recent edition of the Eurovision Club Germany's annual Convention 2024 on Saturday, 23 Nov 2024 and chatted with Mihai about his time at Eurovision and his career before and after Eurovision. Listen to this interview on the show this week and also with some of Mihai's music.     The Home Composed Song Contest 2024: The annual music competition for non-professional musicians takes place again and is already in full swing. The public and jury already cast their votes as well. Visit the website of the Home Composed Song Contest - click here The Home Composed Song Contest is in its 33rd 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 28 songs from 13 different countries, and you can listen to the songs, and read the lyrics and bios on the official website - click here The Radio International Team once again formed one Jury and you will be able to hear the songs also on Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience. Once again very high standards this year. Well done to all participants and may the best entry win. Starting this week Radio International will introduce the first lot of songs of the Home Composed Song Contest 2024. There is a delay in the Grand Final show where the results will be published. As soon as the details are available Radio International will inform you on the show as well on this website. Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories. As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Alasdair Rendall continues the series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision. Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. Michael Goodrich will present the Eurovision Vault. 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 and and....   Find out more details of how to tune in live - click here For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

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 Europe 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 2024 - Interview with Simone Grande (JESC 2024, Italy, Number 9) Melodifestivalen 2025 - Presentation of the 30 acts competing Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest with Dermot Manning Home Composed Song Contest 2024 - Introducing the songs (Part 2 of 3) Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Vault with Michael Goodrich Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal Eurovision 2025 National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists our music requests   Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - We have a Winner:  The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place in the Caja Magica (Magic Box) in Madrid on 16 Nov 2024 with young singers from 17 countries taking part. Congratulations go to Andria Putkaradze winning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 for Georgia with the song "To My Mom" Radio International's roving reporter Alain Forrotti has been on location in Madrid and chatted with two of the 17 young acts you will hear on the show this week. Victoria Nicole from Portugal reached second place at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Esperança" receiving 213 points. The interview was broadcast on Radio International last week. The second young artist Alain chatted with is Simone Grande who represented Italy this year with the song "Pigiama Party" coming 9th on the Grand Final Scoreboard. You hear this interview on the show this week. Simone Grande Junior Eurovision 2024, Italy The Official Website of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is available - here.  Also more details are available at Wikipedia - click here.   Melodifestivalen 2025: On 26 Nov 2024, Swedish Broadcaster SVT revealed the lineup of Melodifestivalen 2025 with the return of former Eurovision Winner Mans Zelmerloew who won in 2015 with the song "Hero". But also there are more returnees to Melodifestivalen and who wins this will be representing Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland come May. JP will be looking at the returning acts to Melodifestivalen 2025. More details of Melodifestivalen 2025 can be viewed here at our colleagues from Wikipedia - click here.     The Home Composed Song Contest 2024: The annual music competition for non-professional musicians takes place again and is already in full swing. The public and jury already cast their votes as well. Visit the website of the Home Composed Song Contest - click here The Home Composed Song Contest is in its 33rd 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 28 songs from 13 different countries, and you can listen to the songs, and read the lyrics and bios on the official website - click here The Radio International Team once again formed one Jury and you will be able to hear the songs also on Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience. Once again very high standards this year. Well done to all participants and may the best entry win. Starting this week Radio International will introduce the first lot of songs of the Home Composed Song Contest 2024. The results should be published on 08 December 2024. Details where and when will be published here. Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories. As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Dermot Manning continues the series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision. The Eurovision Vault is a new segment on Radio International presented by with Michael Goodrich from Tuscon Arizona in the USA. Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. And Michael Goodrich opens the Eurovision Vault. 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 and an   Find out more details of how to tune in live - click here For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

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 Europe 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 2024 -We have a Winner - Andria Putkaradze (Georgia)  Interview with Victoria Nicole (JESC 2024, Portugal, Number 2) Interview with Simone Grande (JESC 2024, Italy, Number 9) - postponed to next week Eurovision 2025 National Final - Montenegro's Montesong with John Dawton  Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest with Ross Bennett Home Composed Song Contest 2024 - Introducing the songs (Part 1 of 2) 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 Eurovision 2025 National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists Your music requests Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - We have a Winner:  The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place in the Caja Magica (Magic Box) in Madrid on 16 Nov 2024 with young singers from 17 countries taking part. Congratulations go to Andria Putkaradze winning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 for Georgia with the song "To My Mom" Radio International's roving reporter Alain Forrotti has been on location in Madrid and chatted with two of the 17 young acts you will hear on the show this week. Victoria Nicole from Portugal reached second place at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Esperança" receiving 213 points. The second young artist Alain chatted with is Simone Grande who represented Italy this year with the song "Pigiama Party" coming 9th on the Grand Final Scoreboard. The Official Website of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is available - here.  Also more details are available at Wikipedia - click here.       Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - National Final Season: Montesong 2025: The Eurovision 2025 National Final Season has begun as on 27 November 2025 Montenegro will be selecting their country's choice what they will be sending to the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 to Basel. 16 acts are battling it out for the ticket to Basel and Radio International's John Dawton will be joining JP this week to present the songs to the audience with additional information on the artists.      The Home Composed Song Contest 2024: The annual music competition for non-professional musicians takes place again and is already in full swing. The public and jury already cast their votes as well. Visit the website of the Home Composed Song Contest - click here The Home Composed Song Contest is in its 33rd 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 28 songs from 13 different countries, and you can listen to the songs, and read the lyrics and bios on the official website - click here The Radio International Team once again formed one Jury and you will be able to hear the songs also on Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience. Once again very high standards this year. Well done to all participants and may the best entry win. Starting this week Radio International will introduce the first lot of songs of the Home Composed Song Contest 2024. The results should be published on 08 December 2024. Details where and when will be published here. Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories. As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Ross Bennett continues the series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision. Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick 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 and and....   Find out more details of how to tune in live - click here For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

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 Europe 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 2024 - Getting to know all the 17 entries Interview with Stay Tuned (Junior Eurovision 2024, The Netherlands) Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 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 Eurovision 2025 National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists Your music requests Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024:  France won the 2023 edition of the The Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Zoé Clauzure singing "Coeur" which was the third victory of France within the 2020s. The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will be staged from the Caja Magica in Madrid on 16 Nov 2024 with young singers from 17 countries taking part. All the songs are known and you will hear them on Radio International as from this week plus some highlights from previous years. The Official Website of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is available - here. Also more details are available at Wikipedia - click here.   Stay Tuned Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - The Netherlands Interview with Stay Tuned (Junior Eurovision 2024, The Netherlands): Representing the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is the groupe Stay Tuned who perform the song "Music" at Number 12 in the running order for Saturday, 16 Nov 2024. Just prior to this week's edition of Radio International Stay Tuned hold a Media Meeting online which Radio International's JP will attend. You will hear the outcome of the media meeting on the show this week.   Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories. As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Ross Bennett continues the series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision.   Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick 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 and and....   Find out more details of how to tune in live - click here For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

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 Europe 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 2024 - Getting to know all the 17 entries Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest with Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer 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 Eurovision 2025 National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists Your music requests Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024:  France won the 2023 edition of the The Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Zoé Clauzure singing "Coeur" which was the third victory of France within the 2020s. The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will be staged from the Caja Magica in Madrid on 16 Nov 2024 with young singers from 17 countries taking part. All the songs are known and you will hear them on Radio International as from this week plus some highlights from previous years. The Official Website of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is available - here. Also more details are available at Wikipedia - click here.   Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories. As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer continues the series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision. Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick 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 and and....   Find out more details of how to tune in live - click here For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

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 Europe 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 2024 - Getting to know all the 17 entries Interview with Fabian Feyaerts (Junior Eurovision 2012.Belgium), Number 5 - done in 2017 Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 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 Eurovision 2025 National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists Your music requests   Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024:  France won the 2023 edition of the The Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Zoé Clauzure singing "Coeur" which was the third victory of France within the 2020s. The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will be staged from the Caja Magica in Madrid on 16 Nov 2024 with young singers from 17 countries taking part. All the songs are known and you will hear them on Radio International as from this week plus some highlights from previous years. The Official Website of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is available - here. Also more details are available at Wikipedia - click here.   Fabian Feyearts (Junior Eurovision 2012) with David Mann - 2017 Interview with Fabian Feyaerts (Junior Eurovision 2012, Belgium):  JP has been looking in the interview archives and discovered an interview that has not been aired on Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience. Radio International's David Mann went to Belgium in 2017 and met up with Fabian Feyearts who represented Belgium at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Amsterdam with the song "Abracadabra" which came 5th in the Heineken Musical Hall which now is called AFAS Live. David caught up with Fabian some five years after he took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. What has Fabian been up to?  Let's find out in this interview when David met Fabian Feyearts in 2017.     Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories. As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Chris Poppe continues the series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision. Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick 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 and and....   Find out more details of how to tune in live - click here For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List  - click here

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 Europe 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 Interview with Suzy (Portugal 2014) done at the OGAE Germany Convention 2024 in Munich, Germany Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - Getting to know all the 17 entries Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland 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 Eurovision 2025 National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists Your music requests   Suzy (Portugal 2024) with JP at OGAE Germany's Convention 2024 Interview with Suzy (Portugal 2014): This week's interview is with Suzy who represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Quero ser tua" coming 11th in Semi Final 1 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Radio International Interview Team had the pleasure to meet Suzy for a deeper interview at the OGAE Germany Annual Convention 2024 in January.   Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024:  France won the 2023 edition of the The Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Lissandro singing "Oh Maman" which was the third victory of France within the 2020s. The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will be staged from the Caja Magica in Madrid on 16 Nov 2024 with young singers from 17 countries taking part. All the songs are known and you will hear them on Radio International as from this week plus some highlights from previous years. The Official Website of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is available - here. Also more details are available at Wikipedia - click here.   Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories. As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Alasdair Rendall continues the series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision. Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick 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 and and....   Find out more details of how to tune in live - click here For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List  - click here

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 Europe 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 Interview with Tini Kainrath of the Rounder Girls (Austria 2000) done at the OGAE Germany Convention 2024 in Munich, Germany Tribute to Martin Lee of the Brotherhood of Man (United Kingdom 1976, Winners) Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest with Dermot Manning 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 Eurovision 2025 and Junior Eurovision 2024 National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists Your music requests Tini Kainrath of the Rounder Girls at the OGAE Germany Convention 2024 in Munich, Germany Interview with Tini Kainrath of the Rounder Girls (Austria 2000): This week's interview is with Tini Kainrath of the Rounder Girls who  represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 in Stockholm, Sweden with the song "All to you" coming 14th. Unfortunately, The Rounder Girls seized to exist due to the passing of one of the three members. Since then Tini continued with solo projects. Find out the details on the interview you can hear on this week's edition of Radio International. The Radio International Inteview Team had the pleasure to meet Tini at the OGAE Germany Annual Convention 2024 in January.     Martin Lee of the Brotherhood of Man (United Kingdom 1976) passed away Tribute to Martin Lee of the Brotherhood of Man (United Kingdom 1976): On 29 September 2024 the Eurovision Community received the said news that Martin Lee of the Brotherhood of Man has passed away at the age of 77 after a short illness. Brotherhood of Man won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1976 with the song "Save your kisses for me" and following that they had a string of hits such as "Figaro" and "Angelo", just mention a few. JP from Radio International had the pleasure in meeting the group for an interview at the OGAE Germany Convention 2020. Please find the show show with the interview at this link - click here. Radio International will be broadcasting a tribute to Martin Lee on the show this week and play some of his music before joining the Brotherhood of Man.   Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories. As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Dermot Manning continues the series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision. Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick 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 and and.... Find out more details of how to tune in live - click here For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List  - click here

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 Europe 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 Interview with Igor Cukrov (Croatia 2009) done at the OGAE Germany Convention 2024 in Munich, Germany Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 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 Eurovision and Junior Eurovision National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists Your music requests Igor Cukrov (Croatia 2009) at the OGAE Germany Convention 2024 in Munich   Interview with Igor Cukrov (Croatia 2009): This week's interview is with Igor Cukrov who  represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009 in Moscow, Russia with the song "Lijepa Tena (Beautiful Tena)" with the help of Andrea Susnjara coming 18th. The Radio International Inteview Team had the pleasure to meet Igor at the OGAE Germany Annual Convention 2024 in January and did an interview you can hear on this week's edition of Radio International.    Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories. As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Chris Poppe continues the series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision. Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick 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 and and.... Find out more details of how to tune in live - click here For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List  - click here

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 Europe 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 Interview with Poli Geneva (Bulgaria 2011 and 2016) done at the OGAE Germany Convention 2024 in Munich, Germany The Radio International Eurovision Summer Party Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 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 Eurovision and Junior Eurovision National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists Your music requests   Poli Genova (Bulgaria 2011 and 2016) with JP at OGAE Germany's 2024 Convention in Munich   Interview with Poli Genova (Bulgaria 2011 and 2016): This week's interview is with Poli Genova who represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest not only once but twice. It was in 2011 with the song "Na Inat" which unfortunately did not qualify for the Grand Final in Duesseldorf, ending up at Number 12 in Semi Final 2. But then Poli returned to the Eurovision Song Contest with a BANG! "If love was a crime" achieved Bulgaria's best-ever result at the contest being Number 4 which was bettered a year later by Kristian Kostov as he came second.  In 2015, Poli was the Host of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest which was held in Sofia, Bulgaria and as a musician she also released a number of songs and has been involved in a few projects. Radio International had the pleasure to meet Poli Genova at the OGAE Germany Annual Convention 2024 in January and did an interview you can hear on this week's edition of Radio International.      Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories. As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Ross Bennett continues the new series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision. The Radio International Eurovision Summer Party:  Let's celebrate the Hot Summer of 2024 with the Hottest Eurovision Party Songs as compiled by Javier Leal from Montreal, Canada. Enjoy the nonstop half hour or so of Eurovision Dance Tunes on Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience.  Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick 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 and and.... Find out more details of how to tune in live - click here For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List  - click here

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 Europe 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 Interview with Suzy (Portugal 2014) done at Warsaw Eurovision PreParty 2023 The Radio International Eurovision Summer Party Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland 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 Eurovision and Junior Eurovision National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists Your music requests Suzy (Portugal 2014) with JP at the Warsaw Eurovision PreParty 2023   Interview with Suzy (Portugal 2014): This week's interview is with Suzy who represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Quero ser tua" coming 11th in Semi Final 1 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The interview was done at the Warsaw Eurovision Pre-Party 2023 in Poland.  Radio International had the pleasure to meet Suzy for an update interview you can hear on this week's edition of Radio International.    Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories. As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Alasdair Rendall continues the new series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision. The Radio International Eurovision Summer Party:  Let's celebrate the Hot Summer of 2024 with the Hottest Eurovision Party Songs as compiled by Javier Leal from Montreal, Canada. Enjoy the nonstop half hour or so of Eurovision Dance Tunes on Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience.  Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick 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 and and....   Find out more details of how to tune in live - click here For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List  - click here

12 Points Saison 4 c'est parti ! Dans cet épisode on se focalise sur le grand pays vainqueur de l'année : La Suisse. De la toute première victoire de Lys Assia avec la chanson Refrain jusqu'à Nemo et sa chanson The Code, Quentin, Vincent, Lilly, Agathe et Thomas retracent l'histoire du pays dans le concours. Vincent nous offre un billet Hurleuse où la Grande Céline n'est pas ommise. Agathe s'interroge encore sur la notoriété de l'Eurovision dans sa chronique Zéro Vision.Quand à nous on se retrouve aussi dans le Club 12 Points www.12pointspodcast.com rubrique boutique Ainsi que le 12 Octobre au Pod Paris à 10h30 en direct de la Bellevilloise. Bonne écoute :)Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

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 Europe 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 Interview with Melovin (Ukraine 2018) done at Warsaw Eurovision PreParty 2023 The Radio International Eurovision Summer Party Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest with Dermot Manning - new 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 Eurovision and Junior Eurovision National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists Your music requests   Melovin (Ukraine 2018) at the Warsaw Eurovision PreParty 2023 with JP   Interview with Melovin (Ukraine 2018): This week's interview is with Melovin who represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Under the Ladder" coming 17th in the Grand Final in Lisbon, Portugal. The interview was done at the Warsaw Eurovision Pre-Party 2023 in Poland.  Radio International had the pleasure to meet Melovin for an update interview you can hear on this week's edition of Radio International.    Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories. As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Dermot Manning starts the new series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision. The Radio International Eurovision Summer Party:  Let's celebrate the Hot Summer of 2024 with the Hottest Eurovision Party Songs as compiled by JP. Nonstop half hour or so of Eurovision Dance Tunes on Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience.  Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick 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 and and.... Find out more details of how to tune in live - click here For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List  - click here

Wenn Lisa Bögli als Clown Menschen mit Demenz besucht, zählt die Reduktion auf das Wesentliche und das aushalten können von Stille. Ein Gespräch über Humor, die eigene Vergänglichkeit und die Erkenntnis, dass die Momente, in denen scheinbar nichts passiert, manchmal die wichtigsten sind. Lisa Bögli möchte bei ihren Auftritten in Alters- und Pflegeheimen Emotionen auslösen, und Lachen steht dabei nicht unbedingt an erster Stelle. So knistert dann «Oh mein Papa» aus dem alten Koffer-Grammophon und weckt beim Publikum Erinnerungen an die 1950er-Jahre, als der Song von Lys Assia zum Hit wurde. Um die Magie des Augenblicks geht es auch in Lisa Böglis künstlerischer Arbeit mit Seifenblasen und Schaum. Stundenlang tüftelt die 33-Jährige in ihrem Atelier im Zürcher Oberland an der perfekten Schaum-Mischung für ihre Figuren, die dereinst in einem Bühnenstück auftreten sollen. _ (01:30) Seifenblasen-Kunst (07.59) Figuren aus Schaum (11:30) Als Clown bei Menschen mit Demenz (25:00) Lisas Lieblingslieder bei der Arbeit als Clown (38:38) Wie schaut Lisa aufs Alter? (40:11) Lisas Kindheit in Lotzwil/BE (46:38) Feuershows _ Webseite Lisa: lisaboegli.ch _ Serie «Reporter spezial - Auf Achse» mit Donat Hofer: srf.ch/play/tv/sendung/reporter?id=18477e06-560d-4305-85f0-fd397d43ad1c

Laut internationalen Wettanbietern ist bereits klar, wer nächstes Wochenende den Euro Vision Song Contest (ESC) gewinnt: Die Schweiz. Beziehungsweise: Nemo. Mit dem Song «The Code» steht Nemo auf sämtlichen Plattformen zuoberst auf der Rangliste.Das ist aussergewöhnlich. Erst zwei Mal in der langen Geschichte des Kult-Contests konnte die Schweiz diesen auch tatsächlich gewinnen. Einmal 1956 mit Lys Assia, einmal 1988 mit Céline Dion. Heute ist der Eurovision Song Contest zu einem der grössten TV-Ereignissen der Welt gewachsen. 150 Millionen Zuschauerinnen und Zuschauer werden nächstes Wochenende den Event mitverfolgen.Wer ist die Person, die für die Scheiz ESC Geschichte schreiben könnte? Was macht Nemos Song zu einem möglichen Siegersong? Und warum konnte die Schweiz in den letzten Jahren nie am ESC überzeugen?Das erzählt Magazin-Autor Christof Gertsch in einer neuen Folge des täglichen Podcasts «Apropos». Er hat Nemo vor dem ESC porträtiert.Host: Philipp LoserProduzent:innen: Laura Bachmann, Noah FendDas Nemo-Porträt von Christof Gertsch zum Nachlesen Als Podcast-Hörer:in den Tagi 3 Monate zum Preis von einem Monat lesen und hören: tagiabo.chHabt ihr Feedback, Ideen oder Kritik zu «Apropos»? Schreibt uns an podcasts@tamedia.ch

(00:00:44) Es ist eine der seltenen Gelegenheiten, Roman Haubenstock-Ramatis «Amerika» nach einem Romanfragment von Franz Kafka zu sehen. Und die Inszenierung überzeugt.  (00:06:16) Ein Tell mit Empathie für alle Figuren - auch für Gessler - ist am Theater Chur zu sehen. (00:10:41) «Stillleben» am Theater Winkelwiese zieht einen spannenden Vergleich zwischen heute und dem Biedermeier, wirkt aber dozierend. (00:00:00) Alexei Nawalnys Tod macht den Oppositionellen für Putin nicht ungefährlicher.  (00:15:04) Geburtstagstorte für Lys Assia - die erste Gewinnerin des Eurovision Song Contests wäre gestern hundert geworden.  (00:23:49) Vor 85 Jahren kam die erste Aufnahme des Jazzlables Blue Note heraus. 

Die Schweizerin Lys Assia war die erste Grand Prix-Siegerin und galt als "Grande Dame des deutschen Schlagers". Mit dem Hit "O mein Papa" wurde sie in Deutschland berühmt. Musikexperte Hans-Jürgen Finger zeigt in seinem Podcast, wie sie auch international den Durchbruch schaffte und welche Lieder auch heute noch unvergessen sind.

Philippe Robin nous raconte les histoires des reprises les plus insolites de la musique. Du lundi au vendredi à 7h30.

A vencedoa do primeiro Festival da Eurovisão morreu faz hoje 5 anos.

Ritorna “Note sulle note”, il programma musicale settimanale, nel quale annoto per voi piccoli appunti prima di lasciarvi ai brani scelti, che di puntata in puntata andiamo a conoscere. Prima dell'estate ci siamo lasciati con le canzoni vincitrici del festival di Sanremo. Questa nuova stagione inizia, perciò, con i vincitori dell'Eurofestival, che attualmente si chiama: “Eurovision Song Contest”. La prima edizione dell'Eurofestival ha luogo a Lugano il 24 maggio 1956, da un'idea di Sergio Pugliese, drammaturgo e giornalista italiano, il quale prese a modello proprio il Festival di San Remo. Suggerì di puntare su di una gara alla quale potessero prendere parte i diversi Stati europei. L'idea piacque all'allora direttore generale del UER (Unione Europea di Radiodiffusione), e così il 19 ottobre 1955, a Roma, venne stabilita la data nella quale avrebbe preso il via l'Eurofestival, al teatro Kursal di Lugano, in Svizzera. Così, dal 1956, il Festival è stato trasmesso ogni anno senza interruzioni in tutto il mondo, fatta eccezione per il 2020 a causa della pandemia. Si è rivelato uno dei programmi televisivi musicali più longevi: l'evento non sportivo più seguito al mondo, perché pur essendo una gara europea, viene trasmesso anche in altri Paesi come l'Australia, il Canada, la Cina e gli Stati Uniti. Venne deciso che la manifestazione sarebbe stata ospitata a turno dai Paesi partecipanti; in seguito, invece, il Paese vincitore avrebbe ospitato l'evento. Nel 1958, la canzone “Nel blu dipinto di Blu”, nonostante si sia classificata al terzo posto, è rimasta una delle più significative e ricordate edizioni dell'Italia alla manifestazione. Abbiamo trionfato con Gigliola Cinquetti, prima vincitrice italiana, nel 1964, con “Non ho l'età (Per amarti)”. Nel 1990, poi, con Toto Cutugno, l'Italia vince grazie al brano “Insieme”, fino ad arrivare al 2021 con la vittoria dei Maneskin, che si sono esibiti con il brano “Zitti e Buoni”. Andremo ad ascoltare: “Refrain”, di Lys Assia, prima vincitrice nel 1956. “Non ho l'Età”, Gigliola Cinquetti: “Puppet on a String”, Sandie Show; “Waterloo”, Abba; “Making your mind up”, Bucks Fizz; “J'aime la vie”, Sandra Kim; “Hold me now”, Jonny Logan; “Ne partez pas sans moi”, Celine Dion; “Insieme”, Toto Cutugno; “Love shine a light”, Katrina and The Waves; “Fly on the wings of love”, Brøthers Olsen; “My number one”, Helena Paparizou; “Fairytale” Alexander Rybak; “Rise like a Phoenix”, Conchita Wurst; “Amar pelos dois”, Salvador Sovral; “Zitti e buoni”, Maneskin. Buon ascolto da Lorella Turchetto Michieli. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radio-nostra/support

This week, it's our first episode of Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest, covering 1956 - 1966.Tonight, Lys Assia picks up the first ever Eurovision trophy, Switzerland lands in second place amid some controversial voting, and we wonder, just did someone say 'Switzerland has a nuclear bomb'?Check it out!Starfleet Leadership Academy - Leadership Through Star TrekLeadership; the Final Frontier. It's Star Trek told through the lens of leadership.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Nick and June, After the Fact. A Handmaid's Tale Podcast Are you a fan of the hit HULU series, The Handmaid's Tale, who ships Nick and June? Are...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

In this week's episode Kris treats Chrissy to a song by an artist from before her time, with a song that was less than a decade ago! Chrissy reminds Kris about a comment he posted on Youtube and WE'RE STARTING TO GET EXCITED FOR EUROVISION 2022 OMFG AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!! Johnny Logan: What's Another Year (1980) Hold Me Now (1987) Lena: Satellite (2010) Taken By A Stranger (2011) Alexander Rybak: Fairytale (2009) That's How You Write A Song (2018) **WARNING - THIS LINK CONTAINS A YOUTUBE VIDEO OF ALEXANDER RYBAK - THATS HOW YOU WRITE A SONG - PROCEED AT YOUR OWN PERIL** Dana International: Diva (1998) Ding Dong (2011) Helena Paparizou - My Number One Carola - Fångad Av En Stormvind (Video contains an utterance of “allora”) Herrey's - Doggo-loo Diggi-ley Lys Assia: Refrain (1956) L'enfant Que J'étais (1957) Georgio (1958) Oldest performer on the Eurovision stage playing double bass for Takasa - You And Me "Ooooh young man" The Sweet - Little Willy Slade - Cum On Feel The Noise

Mesdames, Mesdemoiselles et Messieurs, Bienvenue en Suisse !  Quentin, Vincent et Thomas sont heureux de vous retrouver pour couvrir avec un chouilla de retard la Finale du Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne !  Alors oui ils vont parler de la toute première édition qui a eu lieu en 1956, mais avec leurs esprits d'aujourd'hui bien évidemment... Et forcément, ça risque d'être un peu grincant…   Où sont passés les juges Luxembourgeois ? Lys Assia méritait-elle de gagner ? A-t-on plagié la Belle et le Clochard ? La chanson allemande est-elle si bien que ça ? Tant de suspense et d'interrogations qui trouvent leur réponses dans ce nouvel épisode !! Rajoutons également le plaisir de découvrir un nouvel instant EG comme on aime en rire, sans oublier bien sûr une nouvelle Hurleuse qui entre dans la collection 12points par Vincent ! Bref, vous l'attendiez, le voilà ! N'hésitez pas à interragir avec nous sur les réseaux, à nous laisser pleins d'étoiles et de commentaires sur les plateformes.

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 CASTLEPOINT FM 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 Thomas Forstner (Austria 1989 and 1991) Eurovision Cover Spot and The Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2021 - The Assessment (Part 4) with Tom Carr Eurovision News from escXtra.com with Nathan Waddell  Eurovision Birthday File and Coverpot with David Mann Your music requests New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists Live Interview with Thomas Forstner (Austria 1989 and 1991): One of the rare occasions when a Eurovision artist returns to the scene of crime as we saw that from Johnny Logan who won the Eurovision Song Contest twice for Ireland, Chiara represented Malta even three times and the very first winner Lys Assia was the Swiss Musical Ambassador even four times. But there are more. In fact, the guest on this week's edition of Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience represented his native Austria twice.  In 1989, Thomas Forstner performed "Nur ein Lied" ("Only A Song") in Lausanne,Switzerland giving Austria the fifth place — their highest position since their last victory in 1966 and until Austria's victory in 2014 with Conchita Wurst and "Rise like a Phoenix".  Thomas Forstner was selected to represent Austria again at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 in Rome, Italy with "Venedig im Regen" ("Venice in Rain") reaching Number 22. Since his Eurovision participation he released some singles and the latest single released was in May 2021 entitled "Summer Dream" which is right on time for the Summer of 2021. The Interview Team of Radio International is looking forward to meet Thomas Forstner on the show this week to get to know him better and listen to the stories from his participation at the Eurovision Song Contest and his career beyond. 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, Katrina of Katrina and the Waves, Eldar of Ell and Nikki, Sanna Nielsen, Lina Hedlund and Andreas Lundstedt from Alcazar, Ira Losco, Nicki French, Debbie Scerri, Rainer from Wind, Jalisse, 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, . Then there is the Eurovision Birthday File, the Eurovision Cover Spot, the Eurovision Spotlight, the Eurovision Calendar Update and Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. Plus the best selection of great Eurovision music and new releases by Eurovision artists. Find out more details of how to tune in live - click here For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

Spectacle, camp and glamour were NOT on the agenda in Lugano, Switzerland on 24th May, 1956: the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast mostly on the radio, and featured a whistling duo as its interval act. Who had to perform twice.Voting controversy, however, was enshrined in the institution right from the outset - as Judges were permitted to award points to their own nations, and vote in absentia.In this episode, Rebecca, Olly and Arion reveal which countries have most consistently scored the famous ‘nul points'; consider why the future of the contest seems to lie Eastwards, and revisit Israel's entry from 1999, ‘Happy Birthday'...Further Reading:• Lys Assia wins the first Eurovision for Switzerland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyqIPvOkiRk• Facts and Figures from the 1956 contest at the official Eurovision website:https://eurovision.tv/event/lugano-1956• Full list of 1956 voting and points from Eurovisionworld:https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/1956For bonus material and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/RetrospectorsWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/Retrospectors The Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Monday the 24th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Lys Assia, who sang the winning song in the first Eurovision Song Contest. Our Feature of the Day is some more recollections from a conversation with the late Tommy Byrne, on hors-drawn hearses and making ice-slides on the bridge. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.

En El Guateque de Onda Regional de Murcia . Hoy salimos a las 17,00h (orm.es; domingos, 22,05h) rescatamos olvidadas melodías del ayer. Atrás quedaron los años en los que toda una generación, con el alma en vilo, escuchaba el 'guaiominí, tu poins' de rigor. El Festival de Eurovisión, espejo de la Europa pop, ha perdido fuelle pero sigue con vida. 65 años han pasado desde el primer Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión. Aquel 24 de mayo de 1956, siete naciones competían en Suiza demostrando al resto de Europa su superioridad musical, y por ende económica. En El Guateque revisamos su historia desde el comienzo (La cantante suiza Lys Assia resultaría ser la primera ganadora con el tema titulado “Refrain”) hasta la victoria de Massiel en 1968; nos centraremos en la participación española (Conchita Bautista fue la protagonista del primer desembarco español) . El alemán Freddy Quinn concursó con un rock and roll. Víctor Balaguer, 'el rocker español', tampoco salió bien parado. "Llámame", sucumbió ante la representante francesa Isabelle Aubret. No fue hasta 1960, tras las cuatro primeras ediciones, que Eurovisión empezó a cobrar relevancia: una de sus canciones "Tom Pillibi", interpretada por la francesa Jacqueline Boyer, alcanzó la popularidad. José Guardiola tenía una voz de baritono y se había especializado en versiones en castellano o catalán de canciones internacionales. Antes de Raphael era el cantante melódico por antonomasia. LOS TNT representaron a España en la 9ª edición con "Caracola" Durante su actuación salió un activista con una pancarta protestando en contra de las dictaduras de Franco y Salazar, y se cortó la retransmisión. La canción ganadora fue Non ha lètá interpretada por la jovencísima Gigliola Cinquetti. En 1965 repetía Conchita Bautista con ¡qué bueno, qué bueno! . Ganó France Gall con su 'muñeca de cera' , que escucharemos en la versión cantada en italiano por Bautista. Y en la 11ª edición del festival celebrada un de marzo de 1966 en Luxemburgo participó Raphael, quedando en 7º posición con Yo soy aquel, cuyo autor era Manuel Alejandro. Raphael ha sido el único artista que nos representó dos años seguidos .Un año más tarde volvería a intentarlo con "Hablemos del amor" ganando un puesto, pero no pudo con Sandie Shaw, la cantante descalza, que representaba el Swinging London del momento. Para los críticos europeos,"La, La Lá" siempre será la canción que se cargó a Cliff Richard en el mismísimo Royal Albert Hall. No se olvide que el Duo Dinámico había escrito el tema para Joan Manuel Serrat, que era el elegido. Serrat le puso letra en catalán y quiso así cantarla en Londres. Incluso se prensaron algunos ejemplares de la versión en catalán. En la actualidad, se ha convertido en un vinilo de culto. Nueve días antes del festival, Massiel estaba de gira en México, pero dijo que sí y, encima, ganó, Y un acto de justicia: Conchita Bautista no merecía quedar en última posición

In this week's Think About Eurovision we head for a "night out at the symphony" in Hilversum, Netherlands, Kim finds out that Volare (Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu) is a Eurovision song, we have a little impromptu singalong and Kris makes a romantic song sound creepy. Eurovision 1956 Audio, for those that are interested Corry Brokken's winning song from 1957, Net Als Toen A modern cover of Net Als Toen from Beste Zangers Songfestival Dean Martin's cover of Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu - Volaré Anti-Americanism in 20th Century Europe - Historiographical Review by Egbert Klautke for UCL Unfortunately I cannot find a copy of Il Castello Dei Sogni to compare it to Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu Ivan - Help You Fly (Belarus 2016) The future will just be the Four Yorkshiremen Sketch Galactica video for Air, the flying rollercoaster at Alton Towers Eurovision Book Of Records: Most La's Spain 1968 - La La La Margot Kendoll/Gothy Hielscher Roxxxy Andrews - We wear the shaw Deanna (American) and Phil (German) discuss the stigma of the German language being harsh and aggressive Lys Assia performing Refrain at Stockholm Pride in 2013 Opera-lele - Funiculi, Funicula Fuck You/Talk To The Stigmata - Jerry Springer The Opera Next time, Eurovision 1974 Post Pod Drag Race Chat: Rent Live - Valentina performing Today 4 U Alex Brooker roasting Rosie Jones (also featuring a funny whale joke)

Even by the 1950s 78s were beginning see their dominance fade in the record market. Vinyl 33s and 45s was here. This though is a celebration of 50s shellac. To start we have the other side of the cracked Hot Lips Page, Randy Hall record from FS54, I tin whistle you. Earl Grant with Hunky dunky doo. Pianist, organist and singer. Sadly he died young at 39 in 1970. Lys Assia, Swiss winner of Euro vision in 1956, sings O Mein Papa. Also Eddy Arnold, Alma Cogan, Charlie Gracie, Fat Domino, Lonnie Donegan and Winifred Atwell.  Delighted to have Rose Murphy back, the Chee, Chee Girl. Surely one of  the most unusually voices of the 50s. Rose Brennan is back too, singing, as she did for many years, with Joe Loss. I think female singers and artist were really came to the fore in the 50s.  Hungarian born Eve Boswell gives us, Where you are. Love the fact that she started in the entertainment world in a family juggling act. Jill Day was hugely popular in this decade with her own TV show. She sings: Give her my love when you see her. Jim Dale, Actor, song writer, director, composer and star of a few Carry on films gives us a perfect piece of 50s pop in Be my girl. In amongst it all is Jack Scott, Canada's greatest Rock and Roll artist.  Two belter from him, Leroy and My True Love. Stay safe

Le Concours Eurovision de la chanson et la Suisse romande, une histoire qui remonte au premier Grand Prix gagné par la chanteuse Lys Assia en 1956, se poursuit avec la participation de plusieurs artistes romands, la victoire de Céline Dion sous les couleurs helvétiques et l'édition 1989 à Lausanne. Des archives à redécouvrir dans cette émission spéciale présentée par Jean-Marc Richard.

Episode 46 of the Europhoria Podcast and Isobel and Roland are back to discuss one of the indisputable legends of Eurovision, Lys Assia and the story of the first ever Eurovision song contest. Then, after more than a year of waiting, something truly magical happens... listen to find out what!

Pasión Eurovisión continúa con la #PorraPasión2018, homenajeará a Lys Assia y muchos más contenidos que no deberías perderte.

This week we have a mini episode where we remember some of the Eurovision national final entries that won't be making the trip to Lisbon. We also take a moment to remember Lys Assia, the original ESC chanteuse. #10: The Ones That Got Away Follow The EuroWhat? Podcast on your favorite podcast app and on Twitter @eurowhat

The first of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we have Ann Squires of ESC Armchair joining us as our first special guest judge as we look at the songs in the first half of Semi-final 1. We also take time to pay tribute to both Katie Boyle and Lys Assia after their recent passing. The songs reviewed in this episode: Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - "Mall" Azerbaijan: Aisel - "X My Heart" Belarus: Alekseev - "Forever" Belgium: Sennek - "A Matter Of Time" Bulgaria: Equinox - "Bones" Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - "Lie To Me" Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - "La forza" Iceland: Ari Ólafsson - "Our Choice" Israel: Netta - "Toy" Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - "When We're Old"

We mark the passing of two legends - Lys Assia and Katie Boyle, check in on Jessica Mauboy's campaign for 2018, see what people think outside the fan bubble and do an odds check on the contenders.

Lögin í þættinum: Bel Ami með Lys Assia, Ég er vinur þinn með Bergsveini Arelíussyni og Hreimi Erni Heimssyni, My friend and I með Trúbroti, You've Got A Friend með Carole King, Ó vinur minn með Páli Rósinkranz, Ein guter freund með Juliane Werding, Hoyr vinur mín með Jens Lisberg, Gamli góði vinur með Mannakorni og Vinur með B.G. og Ingibjörgu.

Put your headsets on, dear listener, and prepare to record this week’s show for training purposes as we bring you a show all about telephony. We’ve got theremin, sax-sational library music, telephone-inspired music from around Europe, inter-dimensional mento and the … Continue reading →

Carolina Norén och Björn Kjellman med gäster laddar upp inför morgondagens final. Direkt från Friends Arena i Stockholm med senaste nytt om allt! Bland gästerna märks alla från Carola till Yohios pappa. Björn har också kvällen till ära satt på sig sin "schlagerprofessorshatt" och svarar på lyssnarnas frågor. Dessutom delas Kjellman & Noréns "Lys Assia pris 2013" ut för första gången. En utmärkelse som går till den artist som Carolina och Björn tycker saknas i årets final.