Podcasts about Melodifestivalen

    Olá pessoal! Bem vindos a mais uma edição do PodESC! Na edição de hoje, os participantes Alex Tavares, Marek Henryk Zyjewski e Paulo César Lira comentam as opiniões sobre o que acharam dessa edição de 2026 do Eurovision. Falamos sobre as músicas que ficaram na semi, dos finalistas, dos postcards de gosto questionável, a organização desastrosa do show e a inédita e chocante vitória da música da Bulgária e muito mais.   Então, ouça o programa e comente com a gente do que achou desse ano, se gostaram da vitória da Dara, se curtiram Bangaranga. =]

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  Indepth Interview with Eurovision Winner Dara (Bulgaria 2026) Interview with Jiva (Azerbajan 2026) done at the Turquoise Carpet Interview Clips with ESSYLA (Belgium 2026)  Interview Clip with Simón (Armenia 2026) Interview Clip with Bzikebi (Georgia 2026)  Interview Clip with Alis (Albania 2026)  Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - The Assessment with Chris Poppe Interview with Christer Björkman on Eurovision Song Contest - Asia  Tribute to Björn Tidmand (Denmark 1964)  Eurovision News with Johannes Vitt courtesy of www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests    Eurovision Winner 2026 for Bulgaria - Dara "Bangaranga"   Interview with Eurovision Winner Dara:  The Grand Final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest took place on 16 May 2026 from the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria with delegations from 35 countries battling it out for the winning trophy of the contest and the right to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2027. For the very first time Bulgaria won the competiton with Dara and the song "Bangaranga" receiving a total amount of 516 points combined from Public and Jury Vote. The Radio International Team was on location and had the chance to meet Dara at the Turquoise Carpet but also Johannes was able to meet the singer during the rehearsals for an interview. Hear it all on the show this week.  The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Scoreboard   What a thrilling voting it was on Saturday with the final result being visible just above. Full details can be viewed at our friends from Wikipedia - click here The Radio International Photo Album from the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - CLICK HERE ESSYLA (Belgium 2026)   Interview with ESSYLA (Belgium 2026): Belgium has been part of the Eurovision Song Contest since the very beginning in 1956 only missing out participations for three times. In 2026, ESSYLA represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Dancing on the Ice" successfully qualifying Belgium to the Grand Final reaching Number 21. The Radio International Interview Team had pleasure to meet ESSYLA at the Turquoise Carpet as well as JP met her after the had qualified for the Grand Final and conducted interview which you can hear on the show this week.  Jiva (AZ), Bzikebi (GEO), Alis (AB) and Simon (AR)  with Radio International Interview Team   Interview Clips from the Turquoise Carpet (Alis, Jiva, Simón, Bzkebi):   The Turqoise Carpet marks the start of the Welcome Ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest. The Eurovision Artists walk the carpet in front of the many Eurovision Fans and International Media who conduct short interview clips with the artists. This week listen to the interview clips JP, Marc and Salman did with Jiva from Azerbaijan, Alis from Albania, Simón from Armenia, Bzikebi from Georgia.  Jiva performed "Just Go" and ended up at Number 15 in Semi Final 2. Alis performed "Nan" and made it to the Grand Final coming 13th. Simón performed "Paloma Rumba" reached Number 14 in Semi Final 2. Bzikebi performed "On Replay" reaching Number 15 in Semi Final 1.  Listen to these interview clips on the show this week.   Christer Börkman with JP Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - Asia: Interview with Christer Börkman:  During the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and a Media Briefing it was announced that that Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - Asia will be taking place in Bangkok, Thailand on 24 Nov 2026. The venue is IdeaLive and so far these countries are competing in the very first edition of the contest:  Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam (more countries will be added). One of the creative minds behind this new project is Christer Bjoerkman who himself represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 and created Sweden's National Selection to the Eurovision Song Contest - Melodifestivalen in the form as we know it today. Christer retired from Melodifestivalen but still is part of the Eurovision Family now creating Eurovision Song Contest - Asisa. Radio International had the pleasure to chat with Christer Björkman in the Media Centre of Eurovision 2026 in Vienna. Listen to it on the show this week.      The Eurovision Spotlight: The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - The Assessment:  It is a tradition that Radio International will review the Eurovision Song Contest with the Team Members and talking about the highlights and sharing opinions on the staging of the contest. This week Chris Poppe continues the new serieslooking at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.     Björn Tidman (Denmark 1963)   Tribute to Björn Tidmand (Denmark 1964):  During this week's edition of Radio International the sad news reach the studio of the passing away of Björn Tidmand at the age of 86. Björn represented Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 with the song "Sangen of Dig" which came 9th. Rest in Peace. More details about Björn Tidmand can be found over at our friends of Wikipedia - click here.   Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and lots more.   For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

Enregistré en public depuis la péniche le Marcounet à Paris, cet épisode exceptionnel marque le tout dernier volet thématique de l'histoire de 12 points. Pour l'occasion, l'équipe pose un regard sérieux sur le concours à travers le prisme de l'écrit, entourée de trois auteurs qui font l'actualité littéraire et académique de l'Eurovision.

Så har det blivit dags för Eurovision song contest igen. Felicia ska representera Sverige efter sin vinst i Melodifestivalen men i år har flera länder bojkottat tävlingen på grund av att Israel tillåts vara med. Genom åren har arrangörerna hävdat att tävlingen inte är politisk, men de senaste åren har mycket handlat om Israels medverkan i tävlingen. I år så markerar fem länder mot landets deltagande genom att inte delta; Spanien, Nederländerna, Island, Irland och Slovenien kommer helt enkelt inte vara med. Vad innebär det att flera länder bojkottar? Vad händer om Israel vinner och kan Felicia missa finalen? Gäst: Tobbe Ek, Aftonbladets Eurovisionexpert. Programledare och producent: Jenny Ågren. Klipp från: BBC News, Sky News Australia. Kontakt: podcast@aftonbladet.se. Ansvarig utgivare: Lotta Folcker.

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.         AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Interview with Bzikebi (Georgia 2026) done at Eurovision in Concert 2026, Amsterdam Interview with Alexandra Capitanescu (Romania 2026) done at the London Preview Event 2026, London   Interview with Felicia (Sweden 2026) done at the London Preview Event 2026, London   Interview with Alicja (Poland 2026) done at the London Preview Event 2026, London  Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - Hear all the songs from Semi Final 1 (12 May 2026) Interview with Boggie (Hungary 2015): done by John Dawton on the release of her new single and album  Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals: The Runners up from the top countries in the betting that had national finals with Alasdair Rendall Eurovision News with Johannes Vitt courtesy of www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests    Meet the Stars of Eurovision 2026 (Part 5):  Besides of Eurovision in Concert 2026 which took place at the AFAS Live Concert Venue in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Sat 11 Apr 2026 there was also the LondonHagen and London Preview Event 2026 on 17 - 19 Apr 2026 where the Stars of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 performed their songs to the Eurovision fans. Members of the Radio International Team were on location and conducted interview with some of the acts. Meet more Stars of Eurovision 2026 this week.     Bzikebi (Georgia 2026) with JP at Eurovision in Concert 2026 in Amsterdam   Interview with Bzikebi (Georgia 2026):  It was in 2008 when the seeds wee planted as group Bzikebi were created out of Georgi and two ladies both called Miriam as little wasps not only representing Georgia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 but also winning the contest with the song "Bzzzz". Now 18 years on the three members have grown and once again will represent Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "On Replay".  Radio International's JP had the big pleasure meeting the three once again at the recent edition of the Eurovision in Concert in Amsterdam. Listen to the interview on the show this week.        Felicia (Sweden 2026) with JP at the London Preview Event 2026 Interview with Felicia (Sweden 2026): The Winner of Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2026 will automatically also represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Sweden together with Ireland are the most successful countries winning the Eurovision Song Contest with seven victories to boot. Will Felicia be able to snatch the eighth victory for Sweden at this year's Eurovision Song Contest?  Felicia will be performing the song "My System" in Semi Final 1 at Song Number 2. Radio International's JP and Salman met and did a catch-up interview with Felicia at the recent edition of the London Preview Event 2026 on 19 Apr 2026. Listen to the interview on the show week.    Alicja (Poland 2026) with JP at the London Preview Event 2026 Interview with Alicja (Poland 2026): In 2020 when the Eurovision Song Contest was canceled by the EBU due to the Corona Pandemic hitting the globe Alicja had already won her national final in Poland before the Covid outbreak. At that time Alicja Szemplińska she won the national final with the song "Empires". In 2023, Alicja attempted again to get the ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "New Home" coming 6th in the Polish National Final.  At long last in 2026 Alicja was chosen to represent Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Pray". It will be competing in Semi Final 1 Song Number 14. Radio International's JP and Salman had the pleasure to meet and interview Alicja at  the London Preview Event 2026. Enjoy meeting Alicja once again on the show this week.      Alexandra Capitanescu (Romania 2026) with JP at the London Preview Event 2026, London, United Kingdom   Interview with Alexandra Capitanescu (Romania 2026):  Romania took a couple of years break before deciding to return to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with Alexandra Capitanescu and her group to represent Romania with the song "Choke Me" which will be performed in Semi Final 2 at Song Number 3 which will be on Thursday 14 May 2026. Radio International's JP and Salman met the delegation at the London Preview Party and conducted an interview. Get to know Alexandra and the group in this week's edition of Radio International.  Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - Semi Final 1: This is the final edition of Radio International before the Team will be heading out to Vienna, Austria - Home of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and in view of  Semi Final 1 of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 to be staged on Tuesday, 12 May 2026, Radio International will be playing all the songs competing in Semi Final 1 in full in the order as they will be performed during the live show on Tuesday including interviews mentioned above.      Boggie (Hungary 2015) in 2026 Interview with Boggie (Hungary 2015):  It was in 2015 when the Eurovision Song Contest came from the very same venue where the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will be staged - the Wiener Stadthalle. Back then Hungary was represented by Boggie with the song "Wars for nothing" which made it from the Semi Final into the Grand Final were it ended up at Number 20. Boggie has been busy over the years creating and writing new songs and has recently released a brand new album from wich she lifted her brand new song entitled "Ce Reve".  Radio International's John Dawton interviewed Boggie and you can hear this interview on the show this week plus of course her Eurovision entry 2015 and "Ce reve". To find out more of the new album and Boggie visit her website - click here   The Eurovision Spotlight - Eurovision 2026 - The Runners up from the top countries in the betting that had national finals - with Alasdair Rendall:  Vienna and Austria are ready to 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 last weeks Radio International reviewed all the 35 songs per geographical regions and just ahead of the Radio International Team is heading out to Vienna Alasdair Rendall had the idea to look at the Runners Up from the top countries in the betting that had national finals in their countries. Quite an interesting slot this week.  Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and lots more.   For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

För drygt tio år sedan fick rapparen Albin Johnsén ett dundergenombrott med låten ”Min soldat”. Men vägen dit var allt annat än enkel. Han fick tidigt en destruktiv relation till alkohol och droger som fyllde det tomrum och självhat Albin kände inom sig. Det ledde också in honom på en kriminell bana som han hade svårt att ta sig ur.Livet som hyllad rappare med pengar, uppmärksamhet och utsålda spelningar blev en ny sorts knark. Tomheten och självhatet fanns kvar och en dag rasade allt.Idag har Albin Johnsén tagit steget in bakom scenen och är en i teamet bakom Mellovinnaren Felicia. Vi pratar också om vad Melodifestivalen betyder för svenskarna under årets mörkaste tid, vikten av vuxnas närvaro, gangsterrap, AIK, att sätta familjen först och vad Orminge och fritidsgårdarna betytt för Albin.Välkommen till ett samtal med många kloka tankar och reflexioner med rapparen och musikproducenten Albin Johnsén!Moderator: Gunnar OesterreichMusik: Mattias Klasson/Daniel OlsenDistribution: AcastSamarbetspartners: Life Genomics, Gröna Gårdar, FunmedHitta allt om podden: Websida: https://spannandemoten.se/Instagram: @spannandemotenFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spannandemotenLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunnar-oesterreich/Kontakt: gunnar@oesterreich.se eller via sociala medier Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dennis Brøchner gästar podden! Han berättar om sitt största Inte ska väl jag-moment: Att tävla i melodifestivalen! Det blir också snack om karriären och att inte välja yrke, VIBEN i Köpenhamn, kreativitet, att vara Benjamin Ingrossos stylist, imposter syndrome, dragshow, swag - Och till sist några otroliga shoppingtips!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I det här avsnittet av 24Frågor gästar Lia Larsson – eller Olivia, som hon egentligen heter. I dagarna har hon släppt boken "Livet i 30 km/h" som i mångt och mycket beskriver Lias till stora delar tuffa resa fram till att slå igenom stort och brett i Melodifestivalen. Lia berättar varför hon valde att skriva en bok som inte handlar om att vara stark hela tiden, utan om att fortsätta när man inte känner sig tillräcklig. Vi pratar om barndomen, om skolan och om känslan av att vara en skugga som bara försöker ta sig igenom dagen – och om varför ingen såg, eller fångade upp, när det var som värst.Men boken är också en sorts överlevnadsguide. Vi pratar om vad hon förstår idag som hon inte kunde greppa då, och om hur man tar tillbaka sin egen röst när man länge har låtit andras blickar och ord bli ens sanning.Vi pratar också om EPA-kulturen – friheten, gemenskapen och motorintresset som blev en trygg plats. Vad betydde EPA-traktorn när hon växte upp, och hur känns det att idag vara en förebild för en kultur som vuxit explosionsartat?Samtalet går sedan vidare in i relationer och gränser. Lia berättar om en kontrollerande relation som satte spår, hur hon tog sig ur den, vilka “red flags” hon vill att andra ska se i tid – och hur erfarenheten påverkar henne idag.Och så givetvis musiken. När tycker hon själv att det “breakar”, och hur hon ser på EPA-musiken som fenomen. Vi pratar också om Melodifestivalen, rädslan att inte passa in, och om vad som hände när hon inte gick vidare – men låten 30KM/H ändå blev en enorm framgång. Var det en revansch? Och hur hanterar man allt när man samtidigt vill hålla sig nykter, ha kontroll och vara en bra förebild?Vi avslutar som alltid i offentligheten och pratar om varför hon valt att bo kvar i Mora, hur hon trivs i rampljuset, relationen till Stockholm – och hur det var att vara med i TV4-programmet Sveriges dummaste.Varmt välkommen Lia Larsson – i din poddspelare och hela avsnittet på Nyheter24:s YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.     AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Interview with Alis (Albania 2026) done at the MelFstWknd 2026 in Stockholm Interview with Atvara (Latvia 2026) done at the MelFstWknd 2026 in Stockholm Interview with Tamara Živković (Montenegro 2026) done at the MelFstWknd 2026 in Stockholm Interview with Dolly Style (Melodifestivalen 2025) done at the MelFstWknd 2026 in Stockholm  Interview with Jacqline (Melodifestivalen 2024 and 2026) done at the MelFstWknd 2026 in Stockholm   Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with Felix Manu (in Heat 4, Malmö) Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 in Geographical Regions:  Western Europe with Alasdair Rendall Eurovision News with Johannes Vitt courtesy of www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests        Meet the Eurostars 2026 (Part 1): The National Final Season ended with the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 in Sweden und all songs of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 are now known. The first Pre-Parties have started and members of the Radio International Team were on location in Stockholm at the MelFstWknd 2026 and conducted interviews with the first Eurovision entrants for 2026 and they are: Alis (Albania 2026), Atvara (Latvia) and Tamara Živković (Montenegro 2026). Alis will be representing Albania in the Second Semi Final in the Second Half with the song "Nan" and Atvara will be representing Latvia with the song "Ena" in the Second Semi Final Second Half while Tamara Živković will be representing Montenegro with the song "Nova Zora". Listen to the interview clips on the show this week.  MelFstWknd 2026 Allstars  (Atvara, Jacqline, Alis, Tamara and Dolly Style) MelFstWknd 2026: The event took place on Friday and Saturday 06 and 07 Mar 2026 in the CLub Nalen in Stockholm where artists from Melodifestivalen as well as Eurovision artists 2026. Futher to the above listed artists participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 listen to interview clips with Dolly Style and Jacqline. Dolly Style took part at Melodifestivalen a few times lastly in 2025 with the song "Yiha" that made it to the Grand Final and Jacqline debuted in 2024 with "Effortless" reaching the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen. She returned to the contest in 2026 with the song "Woman" but did not advance out of the Heat.     Melodifestivalen 2026:  Melodifestivalen 2026 was won  by Felicia with the song "My System" with which she will be representing Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Semi Final 1 First Half in the middle of May. Radio International was at three of the Heats meeting and interviewing the artists. This is the final interview in the current series of Melodifestivalen 2026.     Felix Manu at Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4 Interview with Felix Manu:  Also a debutant at Melodifestivalen 2026 is Felix Manu who competed in Heat 4 with the song "Hatar att jag älskar dig" coming 4th after the second round of voting which unfortunately did not advance him any further in the competition. JP from Radio International and Tanja from Swedish ESCPANELEN also had the pleasure in meeting and interviewing the young singer at the Artists' Hotel near the Malmö Arena. Enjoy listening to the interview with Felix on the show this week.   The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision 2026 Land in Geographical Regions:   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. And as a tradition the Radio International Eurovision Experts have split the Eurovision 2026 participating countries in geographical regions and over the next weeks you will hear all the 35 Eurovision 2026 entries on the show presented by the Radio International Team.  This week Alasdair Rendall continues the new series of the Eurovision Spotlight looking at the entries from the countries in the Western region of Eurovision 2026 Land.     Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and lots more.   Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and lots more.   For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

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.     Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience  is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. Also the show is broadcast LIVE on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET including a chatroom via the Radio International Mixcloud Channel. Find out more details of how to tune in as well as the repeats - click here.     Join in this Wednesday, 25 Mar 2026 live from 1900 - 2300 hours CET live on the Radio International Mixcloud Channel  and the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International for Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience with lots of good music and features related to the Eurovision Song Contest.  Malta's Muzika Muzika 2026 AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Muzika Muzika 2026 - Interview with Jasmine Abela (Winner) Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with Cimberly (in Heat 4, Malmö) Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with Felix Manu (in Heat 4, Malmö) Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 in Geographical Regions:  Central Europe with Dermot Manning (new series) Eurovision News with Johannes Vitt courtesy of www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests    Jasmine Abela winning Malta's Muzika Muzika 2026 Muzika Muzika 2026:  Malta's Muzika Muzika took place on three days 19 - 21 Mar 2026 with 16 great entries selected out of 150 submitted songs to the contest with Televoting and Jury finding out the winning song. Congratulations go to Jasmine Abela who won Muzika Muzika 2026 with the song "Nistaqsi (I ask)" written by Philip Vella and Glen Vella who won the very first edition of Muzika Muzika in 2021. Radio International's JP was in Malta and conducted an interview with the Winner Jasmine which you hear on the show this week. See below the Muzika Muzika 2026 Scoreboard for the results. Malta's Muzika Muzika 2026 Scoreboard         Melodifestivalen 2026:  Melodifestivalen 2026 was won  by Felicia with the song "My System" with which she will be representing Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Semi Final 1 First Half in the middle of May. Radio International was at three of the Heats meeting and interviewing the artists. Almost all interviews were broadcast on Radio International but two and those will be on the show this and next week.     Cimberly at Melodifestivalen 2026 with   "Eternity" (Number 6)   Interview with Cimberly:  A debutant at Melodifestivalen 2026 with the song "Eternity" is Cimberly what won Swedish Idol in 2023. Cimberly's entry made it out of the 3888 songs sent into the Swedish Broadcaster SVT into the Top 30 songs which then were distributed into the five heats. Cimberly performed her song in Heat 4 out of Malmö where she was the second act to make it directly to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 after Smash Into Pieces coming 6th in the Grand Final. Radio International had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Cimberly at the Artists' Hotel near the Malmö Arena.  The interview will air on the show this week.      The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision 2026 Land in Geographical Regions:   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. And as a tradition the Radio International Eurovision Experts have split the Eurovision 2026 participating countries in geographical regions and over the next weeks you will hear all the 35 Eurovision 2026 entries on the show presented by the Radio International Team.  This week Dermot Manning starts the new series of the Eurovision Spotlight looking at the entries from the countries in the Centre of Eurovision 2026 Land.     Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and lots more.     For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

L'UER rêve d'un monde de Bisounours "United by Music"

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.   AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with Sanna Nielsen (at Media Conference) Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with Meira Omar after first Dress Rehearsal Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with Smash Into Pieces (at Artist Hotel) Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with Timo Räisänen (at Artist Hotel) Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals with Ross Bennett (Final in the current series) Eurovision News with Johannes Vitt courtesy of www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests        Melodfestivalen 2026 - We have a Winner:  The Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 took place on Saturday 07 Mar 2026 in the Strawberry (Friends) Arena in Solna near Stockholm. Radio International was on location and conducted interviews with the participating acts. Visit the photo album to see great pictures and video clips from the Interviews, Rehearsals,  the Live Show and the Aftershow Party.    Congratulations to Felicia    for winning Melodifestivalen 2026 out of 3888 entered songs into the competiton with the song "My System". With this Felicia will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Semi Final 1 in the First Half.   Melodifestivalen 2026 - The results For the Photo Album of Melodifestivalen 2026 please - click here.   Sanna Nielsen (Melodifestivalen 2026) Interview with Sanna Nielsen (Melodifestivalen 2026:  It is Sanna's eights participation in Melodifestivalen having won it once in 204 with the song "Undo" which came 3rd at the Eurovision Song Contest from Copenhagen's Shipyard. In the meantime Sanna Nielsen has become mother but also has been hosting a number of years Sweden's most popular Summer Sing-a-long shows "Allsang pa Skansen". 2026 marks Sanna's 30 years in the show business in Sweden and to celebrate that she entered Melodiestivalen 2026 with the song "Waste your love" which came 10th in the Grand Final of the Swedish National Final.        Smash Into Pieces (Melodifestivalen 2026)   Interview with Smash Into Pieces (Melodifestivalen 2026):  It was the group's third participation in Melodifestivalen 2026 with the song "Hollow" which came 4th in the competition compared to their previous two entries where they came third on both occasions with "Six Feet Under" in 2023 and in 2024 it was with "Heroes are calling". In 2026, Smash into Pieces participated in Heat 4 and made it to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen. Radio International had the pleasure to meet the Group at their hotel for an interview which you can hear on the show this week.      Meira Omar with JP (after the Melodifestivalen 2026 Grand Final)   Interview with Meira Omar (Melodifestivalen 2026): One of the nicest performances in the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 is the one from Meira Omar and her dancers in the song "Dooset Daram" which came 9th in the competition. Meira already took part in Melodifestivalen 2025 with the song "Hush Hush" coming 10th and returned to the competition in 2026 into Heat 4 via the FinalKval into the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026. The Team of Radio International had the pleasure to meet and interview Meira at the Media Conference which you can hear on the show this week.    Timo Räisänen (Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4)     Interview with Timo Räisänen (Melodifestivalen 2026, Heat 4):  Debuting at Melodifestivalen 2026 was Timo Räisänen with the song "Ingenting är efter oss" which ended up 4th in Heat 4. JP from Radio International had the pleasure to meet the singer together with colleague Tanja from ESCPanelen for an indepth interview in the Artist Hotel in Malmö. Find out more about Timo and his career in the interview on the show this week.      The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision National Final Season:  The New Eurovision Year 2026 has started and with that also the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is in full swing with countries selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Until the end of March 2026 the National Final Season for Eurovision 2026 is on and Radio International's team members will be highlighting the best picks of the national finals. Ross Bennett wil be closing out the current series with taking a look at last bunch of  Eurovision 2026 entries that have been released over the past seven days.  In the new series of the Eurovision Spotlight as from next week the Radio International Team will be taking a look at the Eurovisionk 2026 countries in geographical reasons as tradition continues.    Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and lots more. For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

With five more national finals, we've made it to the end of the super Saturdays until 2027, but not without first covering Romania's Selecția Națională, the San Marino Song Contest, Poland's Krajowych Kwalifikacji, Sweden's Melodifestivalen, and Portugal's Festival da Canção. And our beloved Oscar is across the pond this week, so we're instead joined by our Eurovision-obsessed neighbor to the north, Worldvishawn, to talk about what we liked and what we didn't. Jeremy doesn't think one song is all that Bellissima, Shawn finds Portugal to be just a little too chill, and Dimitry revels in the madness that is San Marino. Watch Romania's Selecția Națională on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/live/EX_FcyzRDFw Watch our San Marino Song Contest playlist on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7l0Co_QRmM&list=PLd2EbKTi9fyWy6_wKl4jSFHqX8EGGDjyf&pp=sAgC Watch the performances from Poland's Krajowych Kwalifikacji on TVP's website here: https://vod.tvp.pl/programy,88/eurowizja-odcinki,276170/odcinek-9,S09E09,2793303 Watch Sweden's Melodifestivalen on SVT's website here: https://www.svtplay.se/video/K5dYakN/melodifestivalen/final?video=visa Watch Portugal's Festival da Canção on RTP's website here: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p16368/festival-da-cancao-2026 This week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SLqpKzcsU7ZuDi3HF9tM6 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!

Felicia vann Melodifestivalen i helgen och ska med det representera Sverige i Eurovision Song Contest i Wien i maj. Men i en intervju med DN sa hon efter vinsten, att hon inte tycker att Israel borde få vara med och tävla. Efter det så stormar det en hel del kring artisten. Eurovision Song Contest ska vara opolitisk, men det visar sig år efter år att så inte är fallet. De senaste åren har Ryssland lämnat tävlingen och det har diskuterats fram och tillbaka huruvida Israel ska tillåtas vara med. Vad innebär Felicias uttalande för Sveriges chanser? Vad säger reglerna om att uttrycka sina politiska åsikter i tävlingen och kan Sverige komma att diskvalificeras? Gäst: Tobbe Ek, Aftonbladets expert på Melodifestivalen och Eurovision. Programledare och producent: Jenny Ågren. Klipp från: Aftonbladet, SVT Kulturnytt. Kontakt: podcast@aftonbladet.se. Ansvarig utgivare: Lotta Folcker.

I veckans avsnitt börjar vi i dejtingens eviga mysterium och landar i något mycket större. Vi pratar om dynamiken mellan kvinnor och män i relationer, om att spela svår, om pedestalplacering och varför vissa relationer börjar som en saga men slutar i något helt annat.Vi går också in på begrepp som lovebombing, gaslighting och psykiskt våld – och varför just den typen av manipulation kan vara svårare att upptäcka än fysiskt våld. Vad händer egentligen i en relation där någon sakta bryts ner? Varför är det så svårt att lämna – och hur kan man hjälpa någon som sitter fast?Dessutom: 90-talets mode, JFK Jr:s mytiska dragningskraft, Melodifestivalen med barn i loge, gamla hemtjänstminnen och den där märkliga känslan av att vissa epoker i livet faktiskt var lite mer levande.Ett avsnitt om kärlek, makt, begär – och varför “The Mystery of Men” kanske inte är så mystiskt ändå. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.     AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Melodifestivalen 2026 - Winner's Interview with Felicia (Sweden 2026) Melodifestivalen 2026 - Grand Final Interviews with: Greczula, Medina, Smash Into Pieces, Brandsta City Släckers, Cimberly, A*Teens, Little Al Fadji, Meira Omar, Sanna Nielsen, Robin Bengtsson and Saga Ludvigsson Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with the Hosts Gina Dirawi and Hampus Nessvold Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals 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  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests  Melodifestivalen 2026 Grand Final Allstarz Melodfestivalen 2026 - We have a Winner:  The Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 took place on Saturday 07 Mar 2026 in the Strawberry (Friends) Arena in Solna near Stockholm. Radio International was on location and conducted interviews with the participating acts. Visit the photo album to see great pictures and video clips from the Interviews, Rehearsals,  the Live Show and the Aftershow Party.    For the Photo Album of Melodifestivalen 2026 please click the link. Congratulations to Felicia    for winning Melodifestivalen 2026 out of 3888 entered songs into the competiton with the song "My System". With this Felicia will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Semi Final 1 in the First Half.     Melodifestivalen 2026 - The results On the show this week Radio International will broadcast interview clips with all the 12 Grand Finalist Felicia, Greczula, Medina, Smash Into Pieces, Brandsta City Släckers, Cimberly, A*Teens, Little Al Fadji, Meira Omar, Sanna Nielsen, Robin Bengtsson and Saga Ludvigsson.       The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision National Final Season:  The New Eurovision Year 2026 has started and with that also the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is in full swing with countries selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Until the end of March 2026 the National Final Season for Eurovision 2026 is on and Radio International's team members will be highlighting the best picks of the national finals. Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer continues the series with taking a look at National Finals of the last seven days.     Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and lots more.       Eurovision 2 Album: The Eurovision 2 Album is now available on powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com, and CDs are also available by messaging Tony Power on Facebook to order copies.  https://powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/eurovision-connects-2   powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

Medina är nya ettor på Svensktoppen med Viva L´Amor. Detta efter en mycket jämn toppstrid. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Medina klättrar till förstaplatsen på sin andra Svensktoppsvecka. Detta efter en mycket jämn toppstrid där de övriga tre topplacerade låtarna får lika många poäng och får sin placering efter hur länge de legat på listan. Saga Ludvigsson blir därför tvåa med ”Ain´t Today” , FELICIA trea med ”My System” och A*Teens fyror med ”Iconic” – alla dock med lika många poäng. HELA veckans lista kommer från Melodifestivalen.

It’s the last National Final weekend of the year. And that means Sweden is ready to decide on its song for Vienna. Michael and Bryan jump into the Melodifestivalen final, with 12 songs all vying for that ticket south. While some may argue Melfest has been going downhill of late, the fact that Michael and Bryan can’t settle on one winner is a positive. You can enjoy the show (and find out who wins) by watching via SVT Play from 8pm CET on Saturday 7 March (or 6am AEDT on Sunday 8 March). In this episode: Decide if you’re Team Medina or Team Bryan Find out just how much of a boomer mum Michael is Wonder who the 3-9 year olds will be voting for Get involved Follow JOYEurovision across Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Bluesky and X at linktr.ee/joy_eurovision Not in Australia? Grab this podcast via Spotify Podcasts. Playlist A*Teens – Iconic Meira Omar – Dooset Daram [Podcast extra] Lilla Al-Fadji – Delulu Saga Ludvigsson – Ain’t Today [Podcast extra] Smash Into Pieces – Hollow Cimberly – Eternity Medina – Viva L’Amor Greczula – Half Of Me Robin Bengtsson – Honey Honey [Podcast extra] FELICIA – My System Sanna Nielsen – Waste Your Love Brandsta City Släckers – Rakt in i elden [Straight into the fire] The post Turn up the heat: Previewing Sweden’s Melodifestivalen 2026 appeared first on JOY Eurovision.

We've reached the final of Melodifestivalen 2026, so who will left the famous trophy on Saturday night?We cross to Stockholm as we're reunited with Aftonbladet's Tobbe Ek to predict the winners and losers and who could be flying flag for Sweden in Austria.Can anyone beat Felicia, could Greczula take it home, or will a complete outsider come from nowhere to win the whole competition?We're also joined by five-time Melfest finalist Robin Bengtsson, and we look back at the whole series after an exciting six weeks on the road.This year we're delighted to be teaming up with the Europarty app to help you bring even more enjoyment to this year's Melodifestivalen.Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

يوم من الإثارة الموسيقية ينتظر عشاق الأغنية السويدية مساء غد السبت، كما تجري العادة في مثل هذه الفترة من كل عام... لكن السنوات الأخيرة أظهرت أن الجدل عادة ما يشق طريقه إلى مسابقة الأغنية، أكانت Melodifestivalen السويدية أو مسابقة Eurovision الأوروبية.أكثر من 3 مليون شخص يشاهدون نهائي ميلوديفستيفالن كل عام، وقرابة 160 مليون يشاهدون النسخة الأوروبية Eurovision كل عام، ما يعني جمهور واسع وفرص سانحة لإيصال الشعارات ذات الطابع السياسي أو الاجتماعي.بودكاست "نظرة اقرب" مع فراس جنبلاطضيفة اليوم أسفار احمد، مراسلة قناة P3 في الاذاعة السويديةاعداد رفند شيخو

Melfest has come around again and with days to the Final in Stockholm, I had to invite Sebastian & Ashley back on the pod plus special guest and ABBA correspondent Peter as I count down the results of the TGPL jury! Enjoy!! Follow my guests:www.instagram.com/bast_palwww.instagram.com/mariah_bearywww.instagram.com/peterdunwoodyFollow the podcast: www.instagram.com/gaypeoplepodwww.twitter.com/gaypeoplepodSupport the podcast: www.patreon.com/gaypeoplepodSpotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3P5etk5WwFs1sb4yF3LeTx?si=22517ab5cea74270Apple Music Playlist: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/songs-gay-people-like/pl.u-kv9l44VTZpEb0

Äntligen får Edward Blom tillfälle att berätta nostalgiska minnen från sin tid som "kroggubbe" på 1990-talet, eftersom Mats Ryd denna gång tagit honom till det legendariska Konstnärsbaren (KB) i centrala Stockholm. Tillsammans äter de husmanskost – isterband respektive Wallenbergare – och eftersom de har Umeå-bartendern Emil Åreng med i samtalet får de tillfälle att diskutera såväl alkoholpolitik och cocktailbarer som snus och sprit. Inte nog med det, mer specifika och möjligen lite konstiga samtalsämnen som hälsofrämjande björkvatten och huruvida man kan skaffa svensk palmolja är på tapeten – och träskor!Edward berättar allt om isterbandets kulturhistoria, eller rättare sagt allt om det lilla som alls är känt om den sydsvenska korvens ursprung, och Mats ondgör sig över kultursnobbar som ondgör sig över Melodifestivalen och inte förstår att det är ett barnprogram.I denna episod avslöjar Mats att hans livsmål är att bli "berest, beläst och belevad". Om detsamma gäller dig, prenumerera på "Edward Bloms smörgåsbord" som en del av din bildningsresa! Prenumerationskostnaden är blygsam, från 39:-/månad för gourmander. Se vidare här: https://underproduktion.se/edwardblomssmorgasbord

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.     AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Melodifestivalen 2026 - Grand Final Preview with Robert Wahlstroem Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4:  Interview with Erika Jonsson Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals with Chris Poppe Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com  Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal  National Final Update for Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests        Melodfestivalen 2026:  In view of the upcoming Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 in the Strawberry Arena in Solna near Stockholm, Radio International this week will be introducing all the songs in the running order in the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 on 07 Mar 2026. For that JP will be joined by Robert Wahlström from Sweden.  The Heats are scheduled as follows: Heat 1:  31 Jan 2026 - Linköping - Saab Arena Heat 2:  07 Feb 2026 - Gothenburg - Skandinavium Heat 3:  14 Feb 2026 - Kristianstad - Kristianstad Arena Heat 4:  21 Feb 2026 - Malmö - Malmö Arena Heat 5:  28 Feb 2026 - Sundsvall -  Gärdehov Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026:  07 Mar 2026 - Stockholm - Strawberry Arena in Solna    Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4 Allstarz Congratulations to Smash Into Pieces and Cimberly winning the Heat 4 of Melodifestivalen 2026 out of the Malmö Arena on Saturday, 22 Feb 2026. Smash Into Pieces were the first winning act being announced after the first voting round. They will be competing in the Grand Final with the song "Hallow". Cimberly and her song "Eternity" won the second round of voting and also has won and secured herself a place in the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 20026 in the Strawberry Arena of Stockholm, Solna. The favourite to also win the Heat was Meira Omar with the song "Dooset Daram" came third and is with that in the Final Kval round of the competition and has a chance to advance into the Grand Final after Heat 5. JP has been in Malmö and conducted interviews with all participating acts of which you will hear some this week and some next week on Radio International. This week listen to longer interviews with the winners of Heat 4, Smash into Pieces, Cimberly and  also Erika Jonsson who unfortunately did not advance.   The Complete Coverage Page of Heat 4 can be viewed by clicking here where you can also watch the interviews.       Erika Jonsson at Melodifestivalen 2026 "Från landet"   Interview with Erika Jonsson:  A debutant at Melodifestivalen 2026 was Erika Jonsson and her Country Band participating in Heat 4 of Melodifestivalen 2026 with the song in Swedish Country entitled "Från landet" which unfortunately only ended up at third in the second voting round. Radio International's JP and Tanja from ESC Panelen met Erika Jonsson for an indepth interview before the Heat 4 competiton. Enoy this chat with a Swedish Country Chick on Radio International this week.      The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision National Final Season:  The New Eurovision Year 2026 has started and with that also the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is in full swing with countries selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Until the end of March 2026 the National Final Season for Eurovision 2026 is on and Radio International's team members will be highlighting the best picks of the national finals. Chris Poppe continues the series with taking a look at National Finals of the last seven days.     Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forotti gives us already the updates of the National Finals to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....       Eurovision 2 Album: The Eurovision 2 Album is now available on powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com, and CDs are also available by messaging Tony Power on Facebook to order copies.  https://powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/eurovision-connects-2   powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

The final heat, which means no more new songs till next year :( Gary, Mark and Alex take a look at Heat 5 of Melodifestivalen, and find there's barely time to pause for breath

FELICIA är inte bara förhandsfavorit i Melodifestivalen, nu är hon också etta på Svensktoppen. En glad FELICIA gratuleras av Carolina Norén. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. FELICIA är ny etta med ”My System”. Hon har tidigare legat på listan med ”Unga & FRia”, men då som Fröken Snusk. A*Teens tappar till andraplatsen med tidigare ettan Iconic”. Medina är nya på tredjeplatsen med ”Viva L´Amor”. Även Saga Ludvigsson är ny på listans sjätteplats med ”Ain´t Today”. Åtta av tio låtar är för övrigt från festivalen den här veckan. Agnes får lämna med ”EGO” liksom Newkid med ”Hurricane”.

The man behind some of Melodifestivalen's most iconic moments reveals all about his decision to enter as a songwriter in 2026.Speaking ahead of his song 'Delulu' (performed by Lilla Al-Fadji) competing in the final heat of this year's competition, he explains how he came to be involved and why this marks a full circle moment after more than two decades of being involved with Mello. Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Live Interview with Laura Nahr (German National Final - Unser Lied für Wien) Live Interview with Myle (German National Final - Unser Lied für Wien) Live Interview with wavvyboi (German National Final - Unser Lied für Wien)  Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4:  Interviews with:  Smash Into Pieces, Cimberly and Meira Omar Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals with Alasdair Rendall Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com  Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal  National Final Update for Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests  Melodfestivalen 2026:  Radio International continues with the coverage next week when JP will be in Malmö at Heat 4 of Melodifestivalen 2026. This week check out the Eurovision Spotlight with Ross for the qualifiers of Heat 3 from Kristiansta.  The Heats are scheduled as follows: Heat 1:  31 Jan 2026 - Linköping - Saab Arena Heat 2:  07 Feb 2026 - Gothenburg - Skandinavium Heat 3:  14 Feb 2026 - Kristianstad - Kristianstad Arena Heat 4:  21 Feb 2026 - Malmö - Malmö Arena Heat 5:  28 Feb 2026 - Sundsvall -  Gärdehov Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026:  07 Mar 2026 - Stockholm - Strawberry Arena in Solna  Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4 Allstarz Congratulations to Smash Into Pieces and Cimberly winning the Heat 4 of Melodifestivalen 2026 out of the Malmö Arena on Saturday, 22 Feb 2026. Smash Into Pieces were the first winning act being announced after the first voting round. They will be competing in the Grand Final with the song "Hallow". Cimberly and her song "Eternity" won the second round of voting and also has won and secured herself a place in the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 20026 in the Strawberry Arena of Stockholm, Solna. The favourite to also win the Heat was Meira Omar with the song "Dooset Daram" came third and is with that in the Final Kval round of the competition and has a chance to advance into the Grand Final after Heat 5. JP has been in Malmö and conducted interviews with all participating acts of which you will some this week and some next week on Radio International.   The Complete Coverage Page of Heat 4 can be viewed by clicking here where you can also watch the interviews.   Eurovision Song Contest - Das Deutsche Finale 2026:  Germany will be selecting their entry to the  Eurovision Song Contest 2006 on Saturday, 28 Feb 2026 in Berlin with nine acts competing for the right to represent Germany in Vienna on 16 May 2026. Eurovision Host 2025 Hazel Brugger and Germany's regular National Final Host Barbara Schoeneberger will be presenting the acts from a studio in Berlin with a live audience. Radio International has reached out to some of the acts for an interview and the team is happy to welcome to the show Laura Nahr on the show this week who will compete in the German National Final with the song "Wonderland". Then, joining the Radio International Interview Team on the show this week is Myle who competes with the song "A OK". And also on tghe show live will be wavvyboi who competes with the song "Black Glitter".    wavvyboi, Laura Nahr and Myle  live on Radio International this week   The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision National Final Season:  The New Eurovision Year 2026 has started and with that also the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is in full swing with countries selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Until the end of March 2026 the National Final Season for Eurovision 2026 is on and Radio International's team members will be highlighting the best picks of the national finals. Alasdair Rendall continues the series with taking a look at National Finals of the last seven days.   Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forotti gives us already the updates of the National Finals to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....       Eurovision 2 Album: The Eurovision 2 Album is now available on powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com, and CDs are also available by messaging Tony Power on Facebook to order copies.  https://powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/eurovision-connects-2 For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

Vi diskuterar vad Melodifestivalen behöver göra för att få tillbaka sin forna stjärnglans, Joel öppnar upp sig om en stor hemlighet han hållit för sig själv i flera månader, och Emil, ja Emil kommer äntligen att berätta om den isande frestelse som dykt upp i hans liv.

Callum sits in this week as we preview the penultimate Heat in this year's contest and the return of one of Sweden's biggest bands. Smash into Pieces return to Mello for the third time, but will this be their year? Mellopedia founder and Melodifestivalen expert Gustav Dahlander is here to answer that and many more questions.We're also joined by newcomer and Idol winner Cimberley as she prepares to make her debut and open this weekend's show.Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month.To support the podcast, head to Buy Me A CoffeeFollow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.     AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Interview with Eurovision Winner Charlotte Perrelli (Nilsson) (Sweden 1999) - done at the Aftershow Party of Heat 2 of Melodifestivalen 2026 in Gothenburg Interview with Maja Ivarsson (Melodifestivalen 2025, Sweden) - done at the Aftershow Party  of Heat 1 of Melodifestivalen 2026 in Linköping Malta Eurovision Song Contest (MESC) 2026 - Review continue Interview with Kelsy Attard (MESC 2026, Semi Finalist) Interview with Kelsie Borg (MESC 2026, Number 11)  Interview with Liston (MESC 2026, Semi Finalist)  Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals with Ross Bennett Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com  Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal  National Final Update for Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests      Melodfestivalen 2026:  Radio International continues with the coverage next week when JP will be in Malmö at Heat 4 of Melodifestivalen 2026. This week check out the Eurovision Spotlight with Ross for the qualifiers of Heat 3 from Kristiansta.  The Heats are scheduled as follows: Heat 1:  31 Jan 2026 - Linköping - Saab Arena Heat 2:  07 Feb 2026 - Gothenburg - Skandinavium Heat 3:  14 Feb 2026 - Kristianstad - Kristianstad Arena Heat 4:  21 Feb 2026 - Malmö - Malmö Arena Heat 5:  28 Feb 2026 - Sundsvall -  Gärdehov Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026:  07 Mar 2026 - Stockholm - Strawberry Arena in Solna    Charlotte Perrelli with JP  at the Aftershow Party of Heat 2 of Melodifestivalen     Interview with Charlotte Perrelli (Eurovision Winner 1999, Sweden):  At the aftershow party of Heat 2 of Melodifestivalen 2026 in Gothenburg in Sweden, Radio International's JP had the pleasure to meet Charlotte Perrelli who as Charlotte Nilsson won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999 with the song "Take me to your heaven". Charlotte and Gina Dirawi (Host of Melodifestivalen 2026) performed an Interval Act in Heat 2. How this came about listen to the interview on the show today.      Maja Ivarsson with JP  Interview with Maja Ivarsson (Melodifestivalen 2025, Sweden):  At the aftershow party of Heat 1 of Melodifestivalen 2026 in Linköping in Sweden, JP had the pleasure to meet again Maja Ivarsson after she had taken part in Melodifestivalen 2025 making it to the Grand Final with the song "Kamikaze Life". Maja performed an interval act at Heat 1 of Melodifestivalen 2026.          The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (Part 3): The Malta Eurovision Song Contest is the National Final to select that song that will be representing the country at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2026 in Vienna, Austria in May. The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was hosted hosted by Keane Cutajar, Destiny Chukunyere (who won Junior Eurovision 2015 and represented Malta in Eurovision 2021) and Gaia Cauchi (who won Junior Eurovision 2013). The Semi Final with 18 artists took place on Thursday, 15 Jan 2026 followed by the Grand Final on Saturday, 17 Jan 2026 from MFCC (Malta Fairs and Convention Centre).  Congratulations to Aidan who won the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Bella" which will be in Semi Final 2 in the Second Half at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on Thu 14 May 2026.      Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Scoreboard   Radio International already broadcast some of the interviews from Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in last week's edition. Listen to more interviews this week with:  Kelsie Borg (MESC 2026, Number 11), Kelsy Attard (MEC 2026, Semi Final) and the Liston (MEC 2026, Semi Final).   Kelsie Borg at Malta ESC 2026 ("Let a girl breathe")     Liston at Malta ESC 2026 ("Mela")     Kelsy Attard at Malta ESC 2026 ("Perfectly Broken") You can watch all our Interviews with the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 participants on this page - CLICK HERE     The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision National Final Season:  The New Eurovision Year 2026 has started and with that also the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is in full swing with countries selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Until the end of March 2026 the National Final Season for Eurovision 2026 is on and Radio International's team members will be highlighting the best picks of the national finals. Ross Bennett continues the series with taking a look at National Finals of the last seven days.     Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forotti gives us already the updates of the National Finals to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....       Eurovision 2 Album: The Eurovision 2 Album is now available on powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com, and CDs are also available by messaging Tony Power on Facebook to order copies.  https://powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/eurovision-connects-2 For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

Send Mary and Kelsey a Message!In a full-circle Y2K moment they truly manifested, Mary and Kelsey are joined by Marie, Sara, Dhani, and Amit of A*Teens for a candid and hilarious deep dive into life as global teen pop royalty. From selling millions of records as the world's favorite ABBA-loving supergroup to creating their own original music and identities, A*Teens takes us behind the scenes of their hits that defined an era, world tours with the likes of *NSYNC and Britney Spears, and what it felt like to reunite after nearly two decades apart in 2024.The group also shares about their current run in Melodifestivalen with “Iconic,” their first new single in over 20 years. (And, they promised this comeback is just the beginning!)Listen to our original A*Teens episode on Apple and Spotify! Support the show Instagram: @whentheypoppedpodTikTok: @whentheypoppedpodEmail: whentheypoppedy2k@gmail.comWebsite: linktree.com/whentheypopped Subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85610411

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.     AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Greczula Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Jacqline Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Indra Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Noll2 Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with A-Teens Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Junior Lerin      Malta Eurovision Song Contest (MESC) 2026 - Review continue Interview with Franklin Calleja (MESC 2026, Number 8) Interview with Denise (MESC 2026, Number 6)  Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 (Linköping) Review and Interviews  Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals 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  National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests      AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 2 (Gothenburg) Review and Interviews  Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 2 Interview with Arwin Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 2 Interview with Laila Adele Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 2 Interview with Robin Bengtsson Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 2 Interview with Felicia Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 2 Interview with Klara Almström Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 2 Interview with Brandsta City Släckers      Malta Eurovision Song Contest (MESC) 2026 - Review continue Interview with Rhiannon (MESC 2026, Semi Finalist) Interview with Janice Mangion (MESC 2026, Number 10)  Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals 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  National Final Update for Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests        Melodfestivalen 2026:  Melodifestivalen 2026 Heat 2 from the Scandinavium of Gothenburg, Sweden on Saturday, 07 Feb 2026. Details are below:  The Heats are scheduled as follows: Heat 1:  31 Jan 2026 - Linköping - Saab Arena Heat 2:  07 Feb 2026 - Gothenburg - Skandinavium Heat 3:  14 Feb 2026 - Kristianstad - Kristianstad Arena Heat 4:  21 Feb 2026 - Malmö - Malmö Arena Heat 5:  28 Feb 2026 - Sundsvall -  Gärdehov Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026:  07 Mar 2026 - Stockholm - Strawberry Arena in Solna      Melodifestivalen 2026 Heat 2 Allstarz  (Arwin, Felicia, Robin Bengtsson, Klara Almström, Laila Adele and Brandsta City Släckers) Radio International's JP has traveled to Gothenburg, Sweden where from the legendary Scandinavium Hall Heat 2 of Melodifestivalen 2026 is staged. JP conducted interviews with the all the six acts who are:  Arwin, Felicia, Robin Bengtsson, Klara Almström, Laila Adele and Brandsta City Släckers. Listen to the interviews and all the songs on this week's edition of Radio International.      Congratulations to   Felicia and the Brandsta City Släckers for advancing directly to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026  and to Robin Bengtsson for the advancement into the Final Qualification Round. For detailed results please visit our colleagues over at Wikipedia - Click Here NOTE:  To watch all the interviews and view the photo album as well as videos from the Aftershow Party please visit this link - click here     The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (Part 3): The Malta Eurovision Song Contest is the National Final to select that song that will be representing the country at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2026 in Vienna, Austria in May. The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was hosted hosted by Keane Cutajar, Destiny Chukunyere (who won Junior Eurovision 2015 and represented Malta in Eurovision 2021) and Gaia Cauchi (who won Junior Eurovision 2013). The Semi Final with 18 artists took place on Thursday, 15 Jan 2026 followed by the Grand Final on Saturday, 17 Jan 2026 from MFCC (Malta Fairs and Convention Centre).  Congratulations to Aidan who won the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Bella" which will be in Semi Final 2 in the Second Half at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on Thu 14 May 2026.      Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Scoreboard   Radio International already broadcast some of the interviews from Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in last week's edition. Listen to more interviews this week with:  Janice Mangion (MESC 2026, Number 10) and the Rhiannon (MEC 2026, Semi Final).   Rhiannon at Malta ESC 2026 ("Hold myself up")     Janice Mangion at Malta ESC 2026 ("Univers")   You can watch all our Interviews with the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 participants on this page - CLICK HERE   The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision National Final Season:  The New Eurovision Year 2026 has started and with that also the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is in full swing with countries selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Until the end of March 2026 the National Final Season for Eurovision 2026 is on and Radio International's team members will be highlighting the best picks of the national finals. Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer continues the series with taking a look at National Finals of the last seven days.     Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forotti gives us already the updates of the National Finals to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....       Eurovision 2 Album: The Eurovision 2 Album is now available on powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com, and CDs are also available by messaging Tony Power on Facebook to order copies.  https://powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/eurovision-connects-2   For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

[Detta är bara en preview! Vill du lyssna på hela avsnittet så får du se till att stötta podden på http://patreon.com/mandag. Gör det så blir vi alla glada!] Det är Måndag! Jofi, Armann och Petrina pratar om nostalgi för slagsmålsvideor, TV4-profilen som friats från sexköp, gravida kvinnor som skickar pattbilder för forskning, och Jeffrey Epstein i publiken för Melodifestivalen. Och en massa annat! Världens ballaste ståuppklubb ligger i Malmö och heter Under Jord! Biljettlänkar till alla kvällar finns på underjord.nu! Nu finns ståuppföreställningen ÅRET ÄR 2025 med Johannes Finnlaugsson att streama online för en ynka skrynklig hundralapp. Det är det lätt värt! Besök https://underproduktion.se/jofistandup och fyll i dina uppgifter för att köpa. Håll koll på grejer Petrina gör på http://petrina.se Vi gjorde ett nytt avsnitt av branschens branschigaste branschpodd JORDEN GÅR UNDER för några dagar sedan! Den kan du lyssna på t ex här: https://poddtoppen.se/podcast/1091245818/jorden-gar-under/69-varldens-rikaste-komiker-i-goteborg Och framför allt: Stötta podden på http://patreon.com/mandag om du inte gör det! Då stöttar du en lide ball podd, och dessutom slipper du reklam samt får lyssna på alla avsnitt av podden i sin helhet!

Gary, Mark and Alex cast their eye over Heat 2 of Melodifestivalen, and things are heating up! It's such a strong heat, they gotta have a system to decide who qualifies!

Shaolin Heroes, Melodifestivalen, Gift vid första ögonkastet Norge och Bonde söker fru andra sommaren.

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.     AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Greczula Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Jacqline Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Indra Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Noll2 Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with A-Teens Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Junior Lerin      Malta Eurovision Song Contest (MESC) 2026 - Review continue Interview with Franklin Calleja (MESC 2026, Number 8) Interview with Denise (MESC 2026, Number 6)  Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 (Linköping) Review and Interviews  Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals 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  National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests    Melodfestivalen 2026:  Melodifestivalen 2026 is starting this weekend as Heat 1 will be staged in the Saab Arena of Linköping on Sat 31 Jan 2026.  The Heats are scheduled as follows: Heat 1:  31 Jan 2026 - Linköping - Saab Arena Heat 2:  07 Feb 2026 - Gothenburg - Skandinavium Heat 3:  14 Feb 2026 - Kristianstad - Kristianstad Arena Heat 4:  21 Feb 2026 - Malmö - Malmö Arena Heat 5:  28 Feb 2026 - Sundsvall -  Gärdehov Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026:  07 Mar 2026 - Stockholm - Strawberry Arena in Solna      Melodifestivalen 2026 Heat 1 Allstarz  including the Hosts Gina and Hampus   Radio International's JP has traveled to Heat 1 and conducted interviews with the Hosts Gina Dirawi and Hampus Nessvold andvall the participanting acts who are:  Greczula, Jacqline, Noll2, Junior Lerin, Indra and the A-Teens. Listen to the interviews and all the songs on this week's edition of Radio International.    Congratulations to   Grezcula and the A*Teens  for advancing directly to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026  and to Jacqline for the advancement into the Final Qualification Round. NOTE:  To watch all the interviews and view the photo album as well as videos from the Aftershow Party please visit this link - click here   The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (Part 3): The Malta Eurovision Song Contest is the National Final to select that song that will be representing the country at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2026 in Vienna, Austria in May. The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was hosted hosted by Keane Cutajar, Destiny Chukunyere (who won Junior Eurovision 2015 and represented Malta in Eurovision 2021) and Gaia Cauchi (who won Junior Eurovision 2013). The Semi Final with 18 artists took place on Thursday, 15 Jan 2026 followed by the Grand Final on Saturday, 17 Jan 2026 from MFCC (Malta Fairs and Convention Centre).  Congratulations to Aidan who won the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Bella" which will be in Semi Final 2 in the Second Half at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on Thu 14 May 2026.      Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Scoreboard   Radio International already broadcast some of the interviews from Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in last week's edition. Listen to more interviews this week with:  Denise (MESC 2026, Number 6) and the Franklin Calleja (MEC 2026, Number 8).     Franklin Calleja at Malta ESC 2026 ("Guide you Home") Denise at the Malta ESC2026 ("Trophy")   You can watch all our Interviews with the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 participants on this page - CLICK HERE   The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision National Final Season:  The New Eurovision Year 2026 has started and with that also the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is in full swing with countries selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Until the end of March 2026 the National Final Season for Eurovision 2026 is on and Radio International's team members will be highlighting the best picks of the national finals. Dermot Manning continues the series with taking a look at National Finals of the last seven days.     Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forotti gives us already the updates of the National Finals to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....       Eurovision 2 Album: The Eurovision 2 Album is now available on powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com, and CDs are also available by messaging Tony Power on Facebook to order copies.  https://powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/eurovision-connects-2 powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com   For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

Luis Fonsi vuelve a Cuerpos especiales para presentar su tema Cambiaré, su colaboración con Feid en la que da un giro a su música. Javi Sánchez repasa los lanzamientos musicales más destacados de la semana, Arturo Panigua habla de la primera fase del Melodifestivalen y, ya de paso, analiza el resultado de la noche de los Grammy y Jorge Yorya analiza la trayectoria de Khaby Lamee, el tiktoker más grande del mundo que cumple con todos los checks de un buen tiktoker.

Granskning visar att många privata företag fuskar när de gör adhd-utredningar. En daglig verksamhet i Skåne reser ut på Sverigeturné för att lära andra hur man gör stumfilm. I helgen startar Melodifestivalen. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app.

Granskning visar att många privata företag fuskar när de gör adhd-utredningar. En daglig verksamhet i Skåne reser ut på Sverigeturné för att lära andra hur man gör stumfilm. I helgen startar Melodifestivalen. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app.

We're back with a brand new season of Melfest Friday as we provide the best coverage of Melodifestivalen 2026. We'll be here every week with the best preview to the forthcoming weekend's action, including the best guests and behind the scenes gossip.This week we begin with Aftonbladet's Eurovision veteran Tobbe Ek as he looks ahead to the coming weeks, while we also catch up with Jacqline on her return to the competition in this Saturday's first live show.Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month.To support the podcast, head to Buy Me A CoffeeFollow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on January 27th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh

Nyheter och fördjupning från Sverige och världen. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app.

På lördag drar årets upplaga av Melodifestivalen igång. Vinnaren får åka till Wien för att representera Sverige i Eurovision song contest – ett projekt som var tänkt att ena Europa. Idag är tävlingen tvärtom kantad av debatter: Israels medverkan har fått flera länder att bojkotta Eurovision och valet av Gina Dirawi som programledare för den svenska festivalen har väckt kritik innan den ens börjat. Är det här början på slutet för tävlingen? Programledare: Sebastian Nowacki. Med DN Kulturs Hanna Fahl. Producent: Måns Mosesson.

I det här avsnittet möter vi tv-personligheten, artisten och entreprenören Samir Badran i ett ärligt samtal om offentlighetens baksidor och modet att byta spår. Samir berättar varför han i dag undviker intervjuer - och hur snabbt både media och allmänheten kan vrida ord, skapa narrativ och vända allt emot en.Vi pratar om näthatet i det sociala medier-klimat som blivit allt hårdare. Samir ger sin bild av vad som egentligen hände mellan honom och Anjo när stormen var som störst, hur drevet tog fart och vilka konsekvenser det fick både personligt och professionellt.Samtalet leder vidare till ett av hans mest oväntade livsval: att kliva av en extremt framgångsrik mediekarriär mitt i Melodifestivalen, Talang och musiken, för att flytta till Linköping och bli fastighetsmäklare. Trots framgång på pappret berättar Samir om en växande tomhet, ett starkt prestationsdriv och insikten om att mäklarbranschen krävde att han slipade bort det som är mest han.Vi pratar också om erfarenheterna från Förrädarna och Sveriges dummaste – om spelet bakom kulisserna, den psykologiska pressen och isoleringen. Samtidigt delar Samir en ny, mer långsiktig syn på karriär, ekonomi och familj. Ett avsnitt om att våga kliva av, våga kliva tillbaka – och att stå fast vid vem man är.Följ Samir Badran här.Läs mer om MyValueVault här.Läs mer om Framgångsakademin här.Ta del av Framgångsakademins kurser.Beställ "Mitt Framgångsår".Följ Alexander Pärleros på Instagram.Följ Alexander Pärleros på Tiktok.Bästa tipsen från avsnittet i Nyhetsbrevet.I samarbete med Convendum.I samarbete med Convendum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I det här avsnittet möter vi tv-personligheten, artisten och entreprenören Samir Badran i ett ärligt samtal om offentlighetens baksidor och modet att byta spår. Samir berättar varför han i dag undviker intervjuer - och hur snabbt både media och allmänheten kan vrida ord, skapa narrativ och vända allt emot en.Vi pratar om näthatet i det sociala medier-klimat som blivit allt hårdare. Samir ger sin bild av vad som egentligen hände mellan honom och Anjo när stormen var som störst, hur drevet tog fart och vilka konsekvenser det fick både personligt och professionellt.Samtalet leder vidare till ett av hans mest oväntade livsval: att kliva av en extremt framgångsrik mediekarriär mitt i Melodifestivalen, Talang och musiken, för att flytta till Linköping och bli fastighetsmäklare. Trots framgång på pappret berättar Samir om en växande tomhet, ett starkt prestationsdriv och insikten om att mäklarbranschen krävde att han slipade bort det som är mest han.Vi pratar också om erfarenheterna från Förrädarna och Sveriges dummaste – om spelet bakom kulisserna, den psykologiska pressen och isoleringen. Samtidigt delar Samir en ny, mer långsiktig syn på karriär, ekonomi och familj. Ett avsnitt om att våga kliva av, våga kliva tillbaka – och att stå fast vid vem man är.Följ Samir Badran här.Läs mer om MyValueVault här.Läs mer om Framgångsakademin här.Ta del av Framgångsakademins kurser.Beställ "Mitt Framgångsår".Följ Alexander Pärleros på Instagram.Följ Alexander Pärleros på Tiktok.Bästa tipsen från avsnittet i Nyhetsbrevet.I samarbete med Convendum.I samarbete med Convendum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some said hitting the triple digit mark couldn't be done, but the Eurovangelists have talked ESC a HUNDRED times! We celebrate by doing our favorite thing: talking about Eurovision, and taking a look at the many national finals that await us in 2026. Jeremy's aged out of A-Teenagerhood, Dimitry's favorite is a little inappropriate, and Oscar makes a called shot for where his favorite will come from in 2026. All the upcoming national finals and where to watch them can be found at Eurovisionworld: https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/calendarDimitry's favorite moment can be found starting at 11:54 in this episode: https://maximumfun.org/episodes/eurovangelists/episode-45-montenegro-in-the-esc/This week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2VIL1ZTIqcb2ACD78FLcC0 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!

Veckopanelen med Håkan Juholt, Hanna Mattsson Wagenius och Ronie Berggren under ledning av Staffan Dopping. Stor upprördhet över män som mördar kvinnor och som själva vill behandlas som kvinnor efter styckmordet i Rönninge. Donald Trump låter övertygad om snar fred efter mötet med Ukrainas president. SVT står ännu bakom Gina Dirawi som Melodifestivalens ansikte. Varför blir utländska nonsensuttryck svenska nyord, och hur ska advokater hinna granska alla nya Epstein-dokument?

Veckopanelen med Håkan Juholt, Hanna Mattsson Wagenius och Ronie Berggren under ledning av Staffan Dopping. Stor upprördhet över män som mördar kvinnor och som själva vill behandlas som kvinnor efter styckmordet i Rönninge. Donald Trump låter övertygad om snar fred efter mötet med Ukrainas president. SVT står ännu bakom Gina Dirawi som Melodifestivalens ansikte. Varför blir utländska nonsensuttryck svenska nyord, och hur ska advokater hinna granska alla nya Epstein-dokument?

Cora kan bara kissa en gång per skoldag. Melodifestivalens artister 2026 har avslöjats. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app.