 (22 May 2013) The Team of Radio International is back from Europe's biggest Music Party - the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 and invites you to
the weekly Ultimative Eurovision Experience. Apart from the means of FM Radio in the Netherlands on FM
106.8 and the
audio stream from the studio via www.radiointernational.tv and on
Digital Cable 781 & cable 88.1Mhz in the Netherlands, the show will
also be web-televised via the Radio International TV Channel from the studio and linking up the many international Eurovision fans and friends and play your requests and read your
messages out on air. Tell your friends to join in - SPREAD THE NEWS. The simulcast
will be from 2000 – 2300 hours CET when Eurovision fans
can join in and chat amongst each other via the Chat Room and request their favourite Eurovision entry.
Hightlights of the Show ...
 Eurovision Song Contest 2013 - The Post Eurovision Depression Cure: Over the next few weeks Radio International delighted to be your cure for the Post Eurovision Depression. All you have to do is to listen to the weekly editions of Eurovision Radio International which features many stories, interviews and music from the 58th Eurovision Song Contest that came to you from the Swedish city of Malmoe. This week the Post Eurovision Depression Cure starts with the Top 5 countries interviewes and the songs. Congratulations go to Denmark who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song " Only Tear Drops" performed by Emmelie de Forest. Denmark received a total amount of 281 points. Below the runners up of which Radio International will also air interviews during the show this week.
2. Azerbaijan - Farid Mammadov "Hold me" (234 points)
3. Ukraine - Zlata Ognevich - "Gravity" (214 points)
4. Norway - Margaret Berger - "I feed you my love" (191 points)
5. Russia - Dina Garipova - "What if" (174 points)
For the entire list of the ranking of the Grand Final and Semi Finals visit the official website of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 - eurovision.tv - click here to view further results.
Also listen to the first reaction of the Finalists from the Winners' Press Conferences of Semi Final 1 and 2. Quick chats with Malta's Gianluca Bezzina, Romania's Cesar, Iceland's Ithor, Finland's Krista Siegfrids, Lithuania's Andrius Pojavis, Moldova's Aliona Moon and last but not least Denmark's Emmelie de Forest plus some fan reactions before the shows courtesy of David Mann who was the roving reporter in front of the Malmoe Arena just before the start of the shows. Watch out - it could be YOU being aired on Radio International this week.
After the Grand Final's Winner Press Conference JP and Bert met the backing vocalists of the winning act from Denmark and had their reactions of being part of the winning song. Listen to JP chatting with Heidi and Anne.
South Africa's Lee Scott: Joining us live in the studio is South Africa's Lee Scott and Record Company Representatives from www.artistwarehouse.co.za who are known to produce covers of Eurovision songs in the Afrikaans language. Lee and the team will be in the studio the entire length of the show and listeners are encouraged to ask their questions to the artist and the record company representative - you can do this by email clicking on CONTACT or in the live stream chat room.
 Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - The 2013 Review with Ross Bennett: Sadly for many fans the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 is over, however, it is nice to take a look back at the event with our correspondents. This week Ross Bennett returns to the airwaves and takes a look at the Balkan countries which were not qualified for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.
 Eurovision UnderCover: Radio International each week inserts into the show Eurovision Cover Versions where David Mann from Eurovision-Norwich
will be intoducing some of the finest Eurovision Song Contest
entries covered by other singers. Just be surprised. You will be hearing
the actual song that has been on the Eurovision stage followed by the
cover. Enjoy the brand new series. Listeners are encouraged to send in
their cover versions they came across over the years to share with the
other fans tuning into the show. Alternatively, listeners can send in
their request for a particular Eurovision covered song using this link.
 Eurovision Song Contest News: Luke
Fisher
joins the team in the studio every week to bring you the news
and the latest developments connected to the Eurovision Song Contest.
Whether it is music releases of Eurovision performers, special
concerts, gossip, etc Luke will have it all for us during the weekly
edition of Radio International.
In addition, Eurovision News is available on www.eurovision.tv, escxtra.com, esctoday.com and escflashmalta.com.
 Eurovision News Website: escXtra.com: Luke Fisher is the Editor - in - Chief of the Eurovision News website called escXtra.com. Check out more and EXTRA news on the Eurovision Song Contest by visiting the website here.
 Eurovision Quiz: Scratch your heads and bite your
nails at our weekly Eurovision Song Contest Quiz. Good luck and win a
copy of a past Eurovision Song Contest Final on DVD or a dip into the
Eurovision Goodies Bag which has been restocked with 2012 items. All you
have to do
is to identify the five clips with Artist, Song, Country and Year. Send
your answers via the website's CONTACTs form. As for the quiz answers, you have time until 2359 hours the Tuesday
after Radio International was aired live. That gives the chance for the
listeners who were not able to join us live on Wednesdays to participate
in the quiz and the draw for the prize. Our friends who pick Radio
International up via EurovisiOradio.eu can also participate at the
weekly quiz. Good Luck!
 New Song Releases by Eurovision Artists: Radio
International is always keen to know how the careers of Eurovision
performers develop after their performance at the event. The show is in
collaboration with many Music Companies that supply Radio International
with the latest songs of their signed up artists to bring the music
closer to the fans. On a weekly basis Radio International receives songs
which are being featured on the show.
There will be the usual bits and pieces such the Eurovision Quiz, your Eurovision Music Requests and messages, Eurovision Calendar Items and the Eurovision News as they happen. Your views and requests are welcome and quiz answers can be sent via the website's CONTACT link.
Join us at our usual time live on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 from 2000 - 2300 hours CET via 106.8FM & Digital Cable Channel Number 781 in the Netherlands or via the webradio or via Radio International's TV Channel & Chat. Should you not be able to listen live or
missed any show fear not as the shows are available as "Listen Again"
in the Show Archive or you can subscribe to the PODCAST. For this check out the Show Archive.
Happy Listening !
The Team of Radio International
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addition to the means of FM radio and webradio, Radio International
will also be simulcast on the show's own web TV channel (where you can
see how we actually do Radio International).
CARA 2013 is a new International Song Contest which shall become a major festival of different styles of European pop music. Famous artists, as well as newcomers are welcome to compete for the best song and celebrate the dream of one Europe in all its variety - Music is connecting people! The first edition will be held on 02 November 2013 in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany. Radio International is delighted to collaborate with this international music event. For more details follow the link to the website of the contest by clicking 
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