Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience (2023-01-18): Interview with Eurovision Winner Jamala (Ukraine 2016), Eurovision National Final Season 2023, and more..

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is also broadcast on SWITCH Radio Essex in the United Kingdom live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.

AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK

• Interview with Eurovision Winner Jamala (Ukraine 2016)
• Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2023 - The National Final Season with Tom Carr
• 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
• Your music requests
• New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists

Interview with Eurovision Winner Jamala (Ukraine 2016): On 17 November 2022 Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome in the Netherlands was the setting of a great Eurovision Concert with many previous winners and artists. JP has been out and about at the event and met some of the artists as part of a press moment and conducted short interviews with:

Johnny Logan (Eurovision Winner 1980, 1987, Ireland): "What's another year" and "Hold me now"
Helena Paparizou (Eurovision Winner 2005, Greece): "My Number One"
Mans Zelmerloew (Eurovision Winner 2015, Sweden): "Heroes"
Frizzle Sizzle (Netherlands 1986): "Alles heft Ritme"
Gjon's Tears (Switzerland 2021): "Tout l'Univers"
TIX (Norway 2021): "Fallen Angle"
Sheldon Riley (Australia 2022): "I'm not the same" and
Jamala (Eurovision Winner 2016, Ukraine): "1944"

All interviews were aired on the final edition of Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience of 2022, but one. And that one interview will be airing on the show this week when Jamala talks to JP. Jamala won the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 for the Ukraine with the song "1944" when Stockholm's Golden Arena in Sweden was the home of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Since the beginning of the Russian War on Ukraine Jamala has been a very good Ambassador for her country and has been touring around the Eurovision countries as her song "1944" brought the bad history back.

EUROVISION 2023 - The National Final Season:  The Most Wonderful Time of the Year has already begun - the selection process in various countries that are participating at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Livepool, United Kingdom on May 09, 11 and 13 for the Grand Final. In the run up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience will be playing many of the songs that are offered to the public in the many participating countries out of which the best ones will be competing in Liverpool in May.

Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot  as well as Tom Carr who will be starting a new series of the Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2023 - The National Final Season. Then there will be some of the great new releases of Eurovision artists are on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in his Eurovision Calendar and Nick van Lith has the latest update from the Eurovision News Room courtesy of escXtra.com.

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: Dana, Charlotte Perrelli, Linda Martin, Niamh Kavanagh, Katrina of Katrina and the Waves, Charlie McGettigan, Emmelie de Forest, Anabel Conde, Scott Fitzgerald, Eldar of Ell and Nikki, Sanna Nielsen, Hera Björk, Bojana Stamenov, Deen, Lina Hedlund and Andreas Lundstedt from Alcazar, Poli Genova, Ira Losco, Jan Johansen Nicki French, Debbie Scerri, Rasmussen, Senhit, Rainer from Wind, Jalisse, Maja Keuc (Amaya),Thomas Forstner, Lisa Andreas, Esther Hart, Vanilla Ninja, Maja Keuc (Amaya), Sibel Tüzün, Sidsel Ben Semmane, Monika Linkyte, Boggie, Emilija Kokic of Riva (Yugoslavia 1989), Intelligent Music Project (Bulgaria 2022), Mia Dimsic (Croatia 2022), Andrea (North Macedonia 2022), Brooke Scullion (Ireland 2022), Citi Zeni (Latvia 2022), Ochman (Poland 2022), Anna Bergendahl, The Roop, Tim Schou of A Friend in London, Bilal of NorthKid, Cyan Kicks, Justs, James Newman, 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, 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 and 2022 class.

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