Tooji has. When the Swedish magazine QX asked him if he has he answered with a laugh "Who hasn´t?". He also tells he's very much aware he has a lot of gay fans and thinks it's very cool and he can't wait to perform in some Pride or another gay gathering soon. He says he's very proud to be among this year's gay favorites and why does he think gays like his song Stay? "Because it's the best!"
When asked who's cuter of the ex-Norwegian Eurovision artists Didrik Solli-Tangen or Alexander Rybak he says: "Didrik is hunkier, so I have to answer Didrik. But Alexander is very cute, too!" He also names his eyes as his best feature even if "it would be easier to name the body parts I'm not satisfied with!"
But let's leave these gay magazine questions aside as the interview is pretty nice. He says he met his Swedish songwriters through his management and went to Sweden to meet them. They all had a clear idea how his song should be and wrote it very easily. They reworked it several times but always went back to the original version, that remained the perfect one. One of them, Peter Boström is also co-writer of the Swedish entry Euphoria by Loreen that Tooji names his favorite along with the Cypriot entry Lala love by Ivi Adamou. Besides Loreen in Melodifestivalen he liked Ulrik Munther's Soldiers.
His staging in Baku 2012 will be pretty much the same as in the Norwegian final but obviously some minor changes will be done, including his outfit. He also reveals he hasn't performed the song since the Norwegian final but 2-3 times so he needs to get the act together again before going to Baku.
When asked about his similarity to Eric Saade he says: "I just loved Popular so it doesn't bother me, but most of all we are just two dark haired pop stars and that's all the similarity there is!"
In conclusion he says about his chances: "I'm going for the gold! It's going to be a very good year for Norway!"
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