KRISTA SIEGFRIDS: EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SING MARRY ME!

To his/her loved one that is. Krista Siegfrids, the Queen bee of the season gave a great interview to Viisukuppila's lovely Anna Muurinen, where she tells how two of her big dreams could come reality this spring. Here's the English edition of it. While at it, support also Tahdon2013 campaign for equal marriage.

Why do you want to marry so bad?

it's been a dream of mine since childhood. I want to be marred like my parents were. Somehow being married just seems like something more than just being together (and we know Krista's motto is More is more! Ed.note)

You must really be of marrying kind as you have publicly also supported equal marriage right?

Yes! I think it's wrong that all people can't marry. Commitment brings security, love and the feeling of not being alone in this world. Each and everyone must have a right to feel that. I really hope that everyone could sing Marry me to her/his loved one...

You are also a huge Eurovision fan.How one writes a good Eurovision song?

I have always followed Eurovision, and Melodifestivalen in particular. Yeah, I love Eurovision! Eurovision song must be catchy, with some hook that sticks to your head. The you must have some cool choreography for it, and some theme that people will instantly understand what it is about. And it must bring joy to the people! I have always thought that WHEN I go to Eurovision the song must be a happy, up tempo show number and it must have some catchy theme. And then I realized Marry me is exactly like that!

What are your all time favorites?

Carola was my first idol! I was 5 when she won with Fångad av en stormvind. I have always liked show numbers, for example Ruslana's Wild dances was fab, Verka Serduchka in Helsinki was megafun, Helena Paparizou's My number one wonderful... and Sertab Erener's Everyway that I can is also fantastic. Obviously also Lordi's win is a fond memory. I was living in Vaasa back then and the whole town was partying like crazy all night. I'm sure it was the same all over Finland that night.

But weren't you upset Carola didn't win?

Ha ha, that's a tricky one! Carola was wonderful also that time, Invincible is re-al-ly good song! But Finland's win was something really spectacular. Carola came 5th after all, that's really good after all! The Swedish songs have been very important for me as I have been following the Swedish selections so closely. When Charlotte Perrelli won in 1999 that was so fabulous, too. It's been great to follow the Swedish success, it feels kinda close. In our household the Eurovision night was always something special; we had snacks and drinks and whole family was watching it together. We gave points and voted. Later I have always watched the final with friends, sometimes even from some big screen, it's still a special occasion.

The tradition will break this year with this different experience....

Indeed! But it's SO great. I have always dreamed about this! Carola told me, as did Geir Rönning: "remember to enjoy the moment because it's such an awesome experience!" And I plan to do just that. I have dreamed of this since I was little and now I'm gonna milk it all it's worth. I want the whole of Europe join Team Ding Dong! It's fantastic big stars like Bonnie Tyler, Cascada and Anouk are taking part but also a bit dangerous as they already have a lot of fans. But hey, Bonnie is also my big idol, I don't even want to tell how many times I have been listening I need a hero and singing along until my throat ached. It's crazy we are now in the same competition!

You know the Eurovision world already so what special effects will you have on stage?

Wind machine! Ha ha ha! I want definately that because Carola had it, too! And we are practising some wardrobe tricks, we try to make them work but nothing has been decided yet but there will be some nice surprise for sure. It all must come together though.

Are you aware the Finnish fans are prepairing for the Eurovision by dressing up in wedding dresses and veils?

No kidding??!! Fantastic! Absolutely crazy! We will be launching shortly also Team Ding Dong t-shirts so you can also support us with them if you don't want to wear a wedding dress. But it doesn't matter what you wear, everyone is welcome in Team Ding Dong! I have wanted to be an artist ever since I was a kid and my goal is to make people forget for a moment all their daily worries with my music. I hope everyone enjoys our Marry me and sings, dances and laughs with us. Let's party!

(Thanks to Anna Muurinen for permission to publish this interview. The original is here)

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