Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience (2026-08-19): Through the Summer: Interviews with Ela of Elaiza (Germany 2014), ESSYLA (Belgium 2026) and Kurt Anthony (Malta ESC 2026), ...

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 Ela of Elaiza (Germany 2024) - done at the OGAE Germany Convention 2026, Munich Interview with Kurt Anthony (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026) done at the event Interview with ESSYLA (Belgium 2026) done at Eurovision in Vienna Eurovision Spotlight: The Magical Letter Game with Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer 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  National Final Update Eurovision and Junior Eurovision with Alain Forrotti  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests      Ela of Elaiza (Germany 2014) with JP  at the OGAE Germany Convention 2026 Interview with Ela of Elaiza (Germany 2016):  The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 came from the shipyard in Copenhagen, Denmark. Germany was represented by a group of young girls called Elaiza who performed the song "Is it right" which came 18th in the Grand Final after the Voting Sequence. Ela was part of the OGAE Germany's Convention 2026 in Jan 2026 in Munich, Germany. JP and Salman had the pleasure to chat with Ela about her Eurovision adventure and about her career. Enjoy listening to this interview on the show this week.  Kurt Anthony and Team at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026   Interview with Kurt Anthony (MESC 2026): The Malta Eurovision Song Contest is the National Final to select that song that will be representing Malta at the Eurovision Song Contetest. 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). Aidan won the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "Bella" and represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria coming 18th. You can watch all our Interviews with the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 participants on this page - CLICK HERE On the show this week listen back to an interview the Radio International Team did in Malta with Kurt Anthony who participated at the Malta Eurovison Song Contest 2026 with the song "On the Borderline". Sadly, the entry did not advance into the Grand Final of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest. But listen back to this funny interview which will air on the show this week.      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 participation 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 colleague Alain Forrotti had the pleasure to meet ESSYLA for an interview during the rehearsal week of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria. Listen to this interview on the show this week.        The Eurovision Spotlight - The Magic Letter Game: As summer has officially arrived on the northern hemisphere of the globe it means that it is also time for the summer feature for the next few weeks. The summer feature is the Magic Letter Game involving Eurovision Songs which you will be presented by the Radio International Team of Experts :). Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer continues the summer series with Letter I and will explain the Rules of the Game.   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.  Johannes 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