Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience (2024-12-04): Interview with Mihai Trăistariu (Romania 2006), Home Composed Song Contest 2024, Eurovision News, plus much more

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

 

AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK

• Interview with Mihai Trăistariu (Romania 2006) done at the Eurovision Club Germany Convention 2024 in Cologne, Germany on 23 Nov 2024
• Melodifestivalen 2025 - The Returnees
• Eurovision Spotlight:  The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest with Alasdair Rendall
• Home Composed Song Contest 2024 - Introducing the songs (Part 3 of 4)
• The Eurovision Vault with Michael Goodrich
• Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com
• Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann
• Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal
• Eurovision 2025 National Final Updates with Alain Forrotti
• New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists
• Your music requests

  Mihai Tristariu (Romania 2006)
at the Eurovision Club Germany Convention 2006
Interview with Mihai Tristariu (Romania 2006):  The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 came from Athens, Greece, and was won by some Monsters from Finland called Lordi and the song "Hardrock Hallelujah". Romania was represented by young Mihai Tristariu with the song 'Torneo" which catapulted up to Number 4 during the Voting sequence. It was Romania's second highest result at the Eurovision Song Contest only bettered in 2005 with Luminita Anghel & Sistem "Let me try" and also in 2010 with Paul Seling and Ovi 's "Playing with Fire" coming 3rd. Mihai's Eurovision entry in 2006 "Tornero" became a world hit in 2006 and he tried many times to return to Eurovision in competing in the Romanian National Final. Salman and JP were at the recent edition of the Eurovision Club Germany's annual Convention 2024 on Saturday, 23 Nov 2024 and chatted with Mihai about his time at Eurovision and his career before and after Eurovision. Listen to this interview on the show this week and also with some of Mihai's music.
   
The Home Composed Song Contest 2024: The annual music competition for non-professional musicians takes place again and is already in full swing. The public and jury already cast their votes as well. Visit the website of the Home Composed Song Contest - click here

The Home Composed Song Contest is in its 33rd year, this is a competition for Eurovision fans who write, perform and produce their own music, who enter their own original song composition (audio only) and then also take part as a jury, to help choose the winning song. This year there are 28 songs from 13 different countries, and you can listen to the songs, and read the lyrics and bios on the official website - click here

The Radio International Team once again formed one Jury and you will be able to hear the songs also on Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience. Once again very high standards this year. Well done to all participants and may the best entry win.

Starting this week Radio International will introduce the first lot of songs of the Home Composed Song Contest 2024.

There is a delay in the Grand Final show where the results will be published. As soon as the details are available Radio International will inform you on the show as well on this website.




Eurovision Spotlight - The History of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was won by Nemo who represented Switzerland in Malmoe, Sweden this year with the song "The Code". With that victory Nemo took the contest back to Switzerland where it all begun in 1956 with the late Lys Assia from Switzerland being the first Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain". Celine Dion from Canada represented and won for Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 giving Switzerland three victories.
As a tradition the Team of Radio International reviews all the Eurovision entries of the upcoming host country and this week Alasdair Rendall continues the series in the Eurovision Spotlight taking a look at the Swiss entries to Eurovision.

Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. Michael Goodrich will present the Eurovision Vault. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and and and....  

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