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SS: Please welcome Didrik Solli-Tangen!
SS: Welcome, welcome Didrik.
SS: Sit down. DST: Placemat on the table and stuff. This is really great.
SS: We make it nice here on TV2.
SS: You, you broke-through a couple of years ago, and then you were kind of a serious and self-important man.
DST: That was certainly how I was presented. SS: Yes, but now we see the "Recycle video" and a lots of other things.
DST: Just nonsense. SS: Now you've loosened up. What has happened?
DST: I don't know what has happened. I think probably that Didrik has been the same boy all the way, but that he has become a bit more confident.
SS: So confident in himself that he refers to himself in the third person. DST: Yes I ... Something like that.
DST: I have become a little more accustomed to the media now. I thought it was terribly scary. In the beginning it was like, 'Oh my God, why should everyone know what I'm doing? ".
It was a bit unnatural. Now I begin to understand that this is how such things work, and that you have to give a bit of yourself. And I like to have fun, that has never been a secret to my friends.
So it has only become a little more visible.
SS: You don't think this is scary now? To sit here? DST: It's a little scary, I can feel that. No, it's not.
DST: There is nothing scary at all. It is very fun.
SS: You've done a lot of things the recent years. What is the funniest thing you've been doing since you broke through with "My heart is yours"?
DST: It is very difficult to put my finger on something, because I've done everything from driving Petter Solberg's rally car to sing opera with Josè Carreras, one of my big idols.
One feels very small and humble compared to all that I have been allowed to experience during this time.
But I am most proud of, that in 2011, I took a year off from the school, so in 2011 I went back and finished school,
and have finished the school, and received a bachelor's degree in classical singing.
SS: That deserves an applause. DST: This's what I'm most proud of. Thank you very much.
SS: One of the things I find is the funniest thing you've ever have done, was when you were on "Torsdagskveld fra Nydalen" and made a parody of "Paradise Hotel".
And let's just allow ourselves a little look back on that one.
W: I'm slightly attracted by Didrik, so it will be interesting to see what happens when we get in the same bed.
DST: Reality TV sex, I don't want that. F*cking under the covers is just embarrassing.
DST: If you first are going to f*ck on TV, you get to f*ck like a man.
SS: Yeah, what do you feel when you see this? DST: I almost get blown away. SS: You do?
DST: I thought it was very fun to be a part of it, and when you know where it comes from and what setting it is, it is very ...
I think it's just totally harmless. But it is clear that some managed to turn and twist this to be .. that it looked absolutely horrible.
For example the local newspaper at home. I have always had a slightly older audience home, in Porsgrunn consists of a lot in a way ...
To be truthful, there is a lot of gray hair. And what my local newspaper ended up with was "Didrik has sex in a new tv reality show."
With a big picture, where I stood like this and had a cozy time behind the lady. Taken way out of context it looked quite strange, and I remember there were some comments to it.
But people forget pretty fast. Tomorrow it is gone, it's just ... It will pass.
SS: I will not forget this. DST: No, you will not forget, but you think it's fun, right?
DST: Those who think it was awful forget it. And that's the way it is. SS: What did your mother think about this?
DST: Mom thought it was okay. For Dad it was worse. SS: Why?
DST: I do not know. I think he .. He didn't want to watch it. I remember that I said that episode 1 or 2, I can not remember which episode it was, I think it was 1, was a bit hefty, I say to Dad.
I usually tell them if there is anything I do that is a little out of the ordinary. And then he said, "Okay, then I won't watch it".
And then I remember that we sat, it was me, Mom and Dad, I was home in Porsgrunn, and it was the last episode and then I remember they did a
recap of what had happened during the "Villa Paradise", and then of course this came up, and Dad was sitting there and just sort of "erhm, it was not that bad".
It was not as bad as he had heard, as he had thought.
SS: You were actually with your parents and watched it? DST: Yes, it's very open in our family.
SS: In addition to this, believe it or not, he has managed to do more. Now you are a presenter on TVNorge with "Alt til salgs".
DST: Right? SS: Let's go further on, let's talk about this. DST: Now we go on.
SS: Here you are helping people to sell their stuff on Finn.no. Let's take a look at it.
Hello my name is Elvis and I sell my grandfather's Vintage Playboy collection.
I got hold of these magazines when my grandfather died in 1989, when we cleaned his apartment, and I found these in a closet.
I think my dad got hold of the magazines when he worked at Narvesen.
SS: Have you succumbed to the temptation to buy some of these treasures, such as the magazines they were talking about here?
DST: They are quite a treasure.
DST: I am an avid user of Finn.no, I can admit that. SS: That you have to say as long as you present this TV-program.
DST: I was there before too, but it's something that the things we see here is maybe not exactly ... it does not fit in my segment of the things I seek.
DST: But it's very fun to in a way become aware of how much that can be bought and sold there. But I'm not sure.
SS: What are you searching for?
DST: I dream a litlle bit about cars and boats and stuff. SS: Cars and boats. DST: Cars and boats and houses
SS: We wanted to strike a blow for Finn.no because I searched around a bit and then I came across this ad.
There is a guy who auctioned off a date with himself on the Military Prom, and we have to get him in here. Welcome to Steffen Lehman!
SS: Welcome! Sit down Steffen. If one clicks on the "Give away" section on Finn.no, will find a date with you on the Military Prom.
How has the response been? Have there been many who have been excited about this Military Prom?
SL: Yes, all from the cute 18-year-olds to the bit more eager 26-year olds + +. Some are single and some are married and have children.
SS: How many have you got? SL: I have not counted, approximately 20 and up.
SS: 20 and up? SL: Yes SS: Who is excited about going to the Military Prom?
SS: Have you found anyone that you would like to go to the MIlitary Prom with? SL: Yeah, I've actually have.
SS: What kind of woman is that? SL: It's a ... yes, it is a sweet SS: A "perfect shot", simply saying.
SS: Didrik, could you imagine personal ads posted on Finn.no?
DST: I sounds great. Can you and I have a chat afterwards ...
DST: But I have a girlfriend, so that is quite out of the question for me right now, but in the future we'll see.
DST: I love you very much dear. SS: What's said is said. So it has to be. DST: Ouch!
SS: Steffen, good luck with "blink shot" and Military Prom, and the whole package. Thanks Steffen.
SS: And now we'll eventually get someone in the studio, who will sing a bit for us. The Euro Trance group "Infinity" are actually my next guests. Look at this.
SS: Except for a few concerts, "Infinity" hasn't actually been super relevant the recent years. But a couple of days ago, they announced on Facebook that they are having a Christmas tour this year.
So I thought, "We just got to have them in the studio". Welcome to "Infinity"!
SS: Welcome, welcome! Sit down.
SS: Birgitte and Kjell Gabriel - Christmas Tour, what happened?
KG: I was wondering a bit too because you must not leave your computer at work. It is extremely dangerous, especially where I work. I work at RadioNorge.
And what happened was that I went away from the computer, and usually I am very harmless, so you can play whatever joke you want with me, because I don't get effected.
You should actually be pretty good manager to effect me. And this one went pretty well, because I was gone nearly an hour.
And then I got a call from our old booking agency, who wondered if we could book some more jobs to our Christmas tour.
And I just "Christmas Tour?" I did not get it, I was a little busy, so I did not really understand what he was talking about.
He talked about Svolvaer and Ørsta and not to mention that we would finish at Herr Nilsen, a jazz club in Oslo on December 22nd.
So I just had to deny it and said it was Tom Espen Kroken that had been out with his long fingers again.
KG: But it has resulted in the fact that we are here. SS: Now you're here.
SS: I was so so excited about the idea of a Christmas tour that I just had to invite you here. Can't you just go on tour then?
B: We could certainly have done that, but it came too quickly. We would have to go "in the box", and learn all our songs in ballad version.
But it is a good idea, so I said to Kjell that we will do it next year.
KG: We will come if someone wants us. We have never been difficult. B: Yes SS: You're here.
KG: We will come. We just need a call. We are easy to deal with. And as long as we get some peanuts and Taffle Sticks, we are there. So we are not difficult.
SS: You've been very nice to deal with today. But I think an "Infinity" tour is not the most unthinkable in the world.
Right now, you have been around with "We love the 90" and played along with Dr. Woodbay and Scooter and the whole package. So the 90's is the back.
KG: It is. You're absolutely right. Congratulations. SS: Thank you. Thank you so much.
SS: Has it become acceptable to be nostalgic of the 90's?
B: Definitely. It's ... it keeps rolling on the radio all the time. Trance is back.
KG: We have been "living clean" all the time. SS: No, you have not. KG: We're maybe the music genre that may not have been taken blood seriously.
KG: Even the tall metal guys who are really creepy, they are taken seriously, but we, who are very nice, are not taken seriously. We have never understood that.
SS: Didrik, you're also a child of the 90s. What is your most nostalgic 90's memory?
DST: I listened a lot to "Infinity", but I have to say that Scooter was the 90's for me.
SS: The Opera boy Didrik Solli-Tangen loved Scooter? DST: And Fire. I remember a friend of mine who bought a double CD with Scooter. That CD was played a lot.
DST: We listened to it a lot. SS: And I thought it was embarrassing that I listened to the Spice Girls, but this here is something else entirely.
KG: Scooter's much cooler to listen to than the Spice Girls. SS: No, come on! "How much is the fish?"
KG: But that's what's so beautiful with Scooter. It's just absolutely perfect honest. It's a machine you shaking started.
SS: But Didrik, what is your relationship to Infinity? DST: Like I said, I listened a lot to you.
DST: It's something about that you have grown up with the music. I bought all those "Absolute Music" and McMusic and all these kinds of CD.
And they were on .. I do not know for sure, but you've probably been on them all.
KG: We're the only band in the world that has been on "Absolute Music" four times in a row.
There is no other band that has four in a row. There are many who have more than four, but we have four in a row.
DST: So my ears have been filled with lots of those here when I was younger.
B: If I say that we do a come back, because we will, will you come with your beautiful opera voice and sing along with me in a chorus?
DST: Yes, maybe I should do that..
SS: Then we simply have to do it here and now. I have promised that I will get these two amazing from Infinity to play acoustic for me.
SS: And Didrik, now you've promised .. DST: If you have a microphone, I'll sing. SS: We need to bring in a guitarist first.
SS: And I have of course a microphone for you.
SS: In many ways, this is the start of their fictional Christmas tour. An acoustic version by Infinity of the hit "Happy" with Didrik Solli-Tangen as backing vocals.
I am excited like a child. Here you go!
If this wasn't magic, I do not know. Thanks to Infinity and Didrik Solli-Tangen.