четверг, 7 мая 2015 г.
This week we're chatting with charming duo from Estonia - Elina and Stig.
We were able to learn about their preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest.
We were able to learn about their preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Elina and
Stig, you’ve known each other for quite a long time. Can you please tell us how
did you decide to make such an interesting duo?
Stig: The song was written a couple of years
ago and now it felt like the right time to take it out of the drawer.
Tell us a
bit about the process of recording your song? How was it? May be there is an
interesting story related to it?
Stig: It was quite an ordinary recording:)
Your song
says that you can’t live in yesterday and you always should say “Good bye” to
past relationships. Does this song have something with your personal
experience?
Stig: It is not based on my own real life
experiences but I admit that every song I write has something from my own life
as well.
Elina, you
are not new at the contests. In 2012 you reached the final of the «Eesti otsib
superstaari». Do you think this experience would help you at Eurovision Song
Contest? What is the biggest lesson from participation at this TV show?
Elina: The “Estonian Idol” gave me a lot of TV and stage
experience. And of course that is the show where people started to recognize me
as a singer.
Stig, you
had a long road to represent Estonia at Eurovision Song Contest. Elina did only
1 attempt and you did 7. What did you feel when you were announced as the
winner of Eesti Laul 2015?
Stig: Actually in Estonia they are writing that
it was the 9th time I tried. Go figure… :) But of course it was a
good feeling!
“Goodbye to
Yesterday” gained popularity among Eurovision fans in quite a short time.
Bookmakers predict a place in top-5. Will being favorites help you or make
more pressure?
We think that it does not mean that much. We
have to do our job which is to perform well.
Last year
the Dutch duo The Common Linnets finished on the second place and this success
was one of the reason that we will see a number of female-male duo entries.
What do you have special compared to duos let’s say from Lithuania and Norway?
Unfortunately we have not heard all of the
songs yet.
Tell us
something about your preparation to the contest. What are you doing? It’s less
than month left before your trip to Vienna. Is everything ready?
Everything is ready. We have done some camera
rehearsals and as we are both professional musicians we are giving concerts
week in, week out. We try not to overthink.
Can you
reveal secrets about your performance in Eurovision? Will you change the
staging? Or everything will stay the same as we saw in the final of Eesti Laul?
Everything will not be the same. For an
example, there will be colours :) But all the other things you will see at the
show!
Did you
have a chance to listen to the songs of the other contestants? Did any of them
stick in your memory? Who is your main competitor?
Unfortunately we have not heard all of the
songs yet.
Do you like
Polina Gagarina’s song “A million voices”?
The Russian entry is really good!
ESCRUS team and OGAE Russia wish all the best to the Estonian participants and delegation!
