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PS: Alexander – now we are going to the University, where there are actually sixty students who study Nordic… A: Talking Norwegian…
PS: Yes, talking Norwegian – it’s very weird. I met them in December, and then they had … like… two heroes from Norway, one was Thor Heyerdahl and the other was Alexander Rybak.
Then I said – Yes, yes… playing tough as I usually do – and I said ‘Well when we come here with Eurovision,
I will bring Alexander with me to the University!’ – and then I didn’t know if you would be here or not…. A: Of course!
PS: Of course! And now I am doing it – and we will see how they will react. I think they will be speechless, because they are very humble…
A: As humble and down-to-earth as myself… PS: Yes A: Yes…
A: Oh, that’s cool…
Girl 1: Will you come to Azerbaijan another time? Next year?
A: Yes, yes - it won’t be the second time, it will be the fifth time! G: Yes!
A: Yes – so I will come – and you have to invite me as… PS: Teacher!
A: …as a teacher! That will be nice! Because I am taking an exam as a violinist, but also as a pedagogue – so I have become.. I'm studying pedagogy now - I have…
PS: So he will be a violin teacher R: Super
A: So I will teach you the violin all the time… you learnt Norwegian in one year, so now you can learn violin in half a year, right? G: Yes…
A: Yes! G: Thank you!
A: You’re welcome!
PS: More questions!
G2: Which country is your favourite now?
A: I am very… like it was… after Russia had sung, those Babushkas…so, so when I stood up from my chair it was very wet, so it was…
PS: *Come on and dance…*
A: Yes… they were really good…
PS: But that was wrong answer, Alexander - what do you say, who will win Eurovision this year?
A: Yes, that is… Azerbaijan and Norway..
PS: Yes Norway in first place and Azerbaijan in second.
A: – and then the Russian Babushkas in third.…
PS: I have a challenge: If you dance to ‘Fairytale’, he will play ‘Fairytale’. If you don’t dance to ‘Fairytale’, he will not play.
G: Noo… A: But you were so good earlier…
G: Deal? A: Deal!
A: In danger of being cocky – being myself is easiest in the middle of a hysteria, really…
to be the calm one and controlled, in the middle of all who want an autograph and such.
It’s nice to think: Yes I have done this before, and I want to do this a hundred times more!
R: I was with you in Dubrovnik last year, too – and every time you set foot in a place where Eurovision is arranged, there is hysteria. How do you experience this?
A: It’s very pleasant to go to different countries, and especially to be in one country for a week, and have the time to meet people, and really feel this ‘Glam’- thingy
and especially now when I actually have become a student nerd who practises for 4-5 hours every day, it is nice to be reminded that ‘Yes, I have this ‘Glam’ side, too…’!