Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience (2022-12-14): Selma (Iceland 1999, 2005) and Fridrik Omar of Euroband (Iceland 2008) Interview, Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022, 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 Selma (Iceland 1999 and 2005) and Fridrik Omar of Euroband (Iceland 2008) Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 - The Result:  Official Website  Junior Eurovision 2022:  Interview with the Winner - Lissandro (France 2022) Junior Eurovision 2022:  Interview with Nicolas Alves (Portugal 2022) Junior Eurovision 2022:  Interview with Chanel Dilecta (Italy 2022) Junior Eurovision 2022:  Interview with Gaia Gambuzza (Malta 2022) Eurovision Cover Spot and The Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Spotlight: The United Kingdom's Eurovision History with Tom Carr Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from escXtra.com Eurovision Calendar Update with Javier Leal Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Your music requests Lots of New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists   Interview with Selma (Iceland 1999 and 2005) and Fridrik Ormar of Euroband (Iceland 2008): At the recent edition of Eurovision Club Germany's Annual Convention on 19 November 2022 in Cologne, Germany, five Eurovision acts were special guests performing each a little concert of course, containing their Eurovison entry / entries. Getter Jaani (Estonia 2011), WRS (Romani 2022), Selma (Iceland 1999 and 2005), Fridrik Omar of Euroband (Iceland 2008) and Chiara (Malta 1998, 2005 and 2009) performed at the event. JP, Marc and Salman were on location and conducted interviews with all the artists which you will hear on the show. This week the next interview from the event is a joint interview with two Eurovision personalities from Iceland. Look forward to meet Selma and Fridrik Omar in this funny interview.  Selma represented Iceland twice. It was in 1999 when the Icelandic entry "All out of luck"  was performed by Selma and almost won as she came second in the the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel. Some six years on she returned to the contest with the song "If I had your love".  Fridrik Omar was also part of this very interview and it was a very funny moment for all of the interviewers. Fridrik was the male part in the duo Euroband which represented Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrad's Beogradska reaching Number 14 with the song "This is my Life". Fridrik also took part at the Iceland National as a solo act in 2019 with the song " "Hvað ef ég get ekki elskað?" coming second to Hatari who then went onto represent Iceland at Eurovision in Tel Aviv. Listen to this interview this week on Radio International and find out all about Selma and Fridrik Omar from Euroband.     Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022   Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022:  The 20th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was staged on 11 December 2022 following the victory of Armenia in the 2021 edition with Malena and the song "Qami Qami".The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022  was held at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex. This was the second time that Armenia hosts the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the first being in 2011 from the same venue. Sixteen countries participated in the contest with The United Kingdom returned after a sixteen-year absence, while Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Germany and Russia took a break. Participating countries in the 2022 edition were: Albania, Armenia, France, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malta, The Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.     CONGRATULATIONS   Lissandro   for winning the 20th Junior Eurovision Song Contest  with the song "Oh Maman" representing France.   Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2