Krista Siegfrids, the pop explosion in UMK 2013 took time from her busy schedule in Dubai of all places to answer some questions. Is she Eurovision fan? Who took her like a stormwind? What does she think about Loreen? Did girlpower rule over hanky dancing boys? Do want to get ding donged? In that case vote for her in my poll on the right side!
When and how did you hear you have made
the cut of the top-12 in UMK 2013?
I was at home when they called me and
told me I was one of the 12 finalists. I was REALLY happy to join the
competition with my own song Marry Me! I was jumping up and down in
the sofa like a happy kid!
What made you to take part in UMK after
The Voice?
I wanted people to hear my songs. I
have no record deal so it's really hard to get my music out there.
UMK was a great opportunity for me to get people to discover me and
my music
How did you start writing songs and do
you remember your first song you wrote?
I started to write texts and rhymes. I
write about stuff that I'm thinking about, like what makes me laugh,
what makes me angry, what makes me happy... I remember I sometimes
wrote songs when I was really young, like 10 years old or something
like that. I started to write, but I never finished them. I didn't
have the patience... But my first REAL song that I was actually proud
of I wrote when I was 20 years old.
If you were offered a recording deal
and rush to make an album, would you have enough material? How do you
feel about covers and is there a song or two that you'd like to
cover?
I have a lot of songs and I'm ready to
make a record. But I have no record deal yet. I hope I'll get one
soon! But If I don't get a deal, I'll make the record myself! I
have done so much cover gigs that I really would like just to do my
own music right now.
If you could work with any musician
(living or not), who would it be?
I would like to write songs with Max
Martin!!!
An ideal duet partner?
A duet with Michael Jackson would have
been cool
Who are your idols, musical influences?
I have SO many idols! I really like
strong female artists like Lady Gaga, Pink, Katy Perry, Jessie J,
Gwen Stefani, Maja Ivarsson... But I also love 80's rock and all
those bands from that era.
Did you watch UMK last year and if so,
what did you think?
Yes, I watched it last year and I think
it's a great new concept! It's great that they wanna find new young
artists and new music.
I think the quality of songs is much
better this year, do you agree?
Yes, I think the songs are better this
year.
Are you happy how everything is
progressing in UMK this year?
Yes, I think it's been a good process
this year.
Are you an Eurovision fan and have you
followed it? If so, what is your earliest memory?
I love The Eurovision Song Contest!!!
I've always been a big fan of it and it has been a dream for me since
I was a little kid to be a part of the competition at some point. My
earliest memory of me being a hardcore Eurovision fan was when I saw
Carola win with "Fångad av en stormvind". Her voice and
her show blew me away back then. Haha!
Any Eurovision favourites?
I love Loreen and I think she was
absolutely amazing!!!
And the grannies last year?
I think the grannies were cute too
Charming in a weird way. Haha!
An Eurovision song you would have
wanted to sing first?
Ruslana - Wild dances or Elena
Paparizou- My number one would have been cool to do
We just saw this Thursday your first
performance to the judges? How did you feel it went? Were you
nervous?
It thought it went great. I wasn't so
nervous, It was fun to sing my own song. I'm just waiting for the
next performance when you get to see my fabulous dancers!
What do you think about their advice
and opinions? They seem to think you have it in your pocket
already.... Are you going to act on them? What can we except in two
weeks time in live gig at Circus?
I was happy about the feedback! They
were right about one thing. They thought I should use girls in my
show instead of boys. I thought that was a great idea! I'm gonna go
with girlpower all the way It will be a great show! Reija Wäre
has done a really cool choreography! The dancers and the background
singers are fantastic and the clothes too! The number will be
colorful and funny
Where were you when Lordi won
Eurovision? Did you think one day you would be very close to that
stage as well (well, not Athens but Malmö...)
I was celebrating all night long when
Lordi won! It was a crazy evening! I still remembered how cool it was
when they won. I couldn't believe it! I lived in Vasa back then, the
whole town was celebrating!
How will you get your fans to vote for
you in UMK? Are you busy in social medias and what plans do you have
on that?
I'll do all the promotion I can! I hope
people like my song and show so much that they wanna vote. I'm active
on facebook, twitter, instagram and I'm also blogging on my website
www.kristasiegfrids.com if you wanna know what's up!
Thanks for the interview straight from
Dubai, Krista. Would you like to say hi to the readers of Blogilkar?
Hey all fabulous readers! I hope you
wanna join Team DiNG DoNG!
Hugs!
Krista
Originally published January 10, 2013
Originally published January 10, 2013
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