Ilta-Sanomat recently interviewed Waldo and here are some of the things he said."The song came in the last minute. We had another song that we had already sent to YLE but then like 2 weeks before deadline Lose control came out of nowhere. Listening to the piano version of it it was clear this is the one for Eurovision, the melody was so catchy and immediate. We didn't want to write a song especially for Eurovision but just take a song from our new album that felt right. Many have tried to write the perfect Eurovision song and it never works that way."
"The show on stage in Moscow will be massive. The stage is something like 27 meters per 15 meters so we have to fill it. I guess I must do some workout before Moscow just to be fit enough. We will move around the stage and will have a certain kind of free choreography."
"We are not afraid of being labeled as an Eurovision act. At this point of career no worries. If a young artists is taking part and Eurovision is the first big thing of course this is possible but we have been around for so long and done so many things, now this is just very cool! It's an honour. I take it as an Olympic athlete would take it: an honour to represant your country and we will be doing the best we can and give it all we can. It's a duty and hard work. "
"I trust my guy next door look will be enough in Moscow. No need to give away knickers and stuff in Moscow, we don't need this kind of gimmicks. We will be singing the song acoustic in every given chance there. We have been around for 15 years, toured the world and done big concerts and press conferences, we will handle it. I've been tought to be honest and whatever you do, do it with honesty. And that's just what we will do."
"There's a rumour the Russian embassies all around Europe are giving away prepaids for their citizens to vote Russia in May...."
"The preview video is different on purpose. We wanted people to notice and that it would create some discussion. Making the video was pretty hard. The first snow had just fallen the night before and we filmed it under the Hakaniemi bridge in Helsinki. I was on that frozen asphalt for something like 12 hours... The video has a story behind it and it's not the usual half naked girls shaking their asses dance video."
"Our aim is to bring Eurovision back to Helsinki. See you in Market Square!"
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