Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Here it comes, the interview number 20 from my flying reporter Robert who I wish to thank here publicly and I hope we can do this again! :-) But to the business. German hope Roman Lob had a chat with him, too and they talked his music taste, holiday plans and how does it feel to be a sex symbol? Read it here: Who is Roman Lob besides the singer we know? Hobbies, interests..? Who is Roman Lob? Me and myself and I! My greatest hobby is singing but I like also extreme sports, snowboarding, biking and... that's all I guess. Did you concidered stydying after high school or was it clear that you would go for the music business right away? No, I have done studies, industrial mechanic. But I have been singing since I was 13 and it's cool, I like it a lot. What kind of music do you listen to yourself? I like heavy metal music, hardcore, deathcore... but I like also pop, rock'n roll, electro.... bands like Kiss, AC/DC, Metallica.... So we can maybe expect different...

Germany is the first of the Big5 to take the stage. I think this is one of the underrated songs this year. The whole thing is kept very simple creating a rock club gig feeling when Roman is on stage with a full band illuminated by the spotlights only. In the refrain there are red lights travelling about in the backdrop. Vocally he is very good and all in all, a very good first rehearsal for Germany! From the series less is more. Great stuff! Another top-10 perhaps? More here .

The German Eurovision 2012 entrant Roman Lob has released his debut album Changes . A total of 13 tracks, including obviously Standing still (album version). It may be a hard task to follow Lena's footsteps Roman who looks forward for Baku experience with curiosity - and hopes to have some time off to go to the beach, too. He names before mentioned Lena and Lordi as his Eurovision favorites and tells his staging will be simple and fairly straight forward. He fell in love with his entry Standing still , written by Jamie Cullum, the first time he heard it. The song's about a couple who unfortunately split up and the guy has to come to terms with the fact the woman has left him.  This blogger thinks this is one of the most underrated entries this year and is a wonderful little tune that has something special from the first notes that make me always think about Adele for some reason.  Stay tuned for a Roman Lob competition coming up!

I guess no one is surprised Roman Lob won the German final last night. He was leading the chart from the second show time after time. Roman is 21 and this wasn't his first reality show as he already took part in Deutschland sucht den Superstar five years ago. He was already in top-20 when he had to quit for vocal cord imflammation. But now he's going to Baku with Jamie Cullum co-penned Standing still . Nice song indeed sung well by Roman who comes across very likable. Germany should feel pretty safe in Baku. Not a winner but will do well, me thinks.

Carola will bring her Christmas in Betlehem tour also in Finland (December 2 Mariehamn, December 4 Kristiina, December 5 Pietarsaari and December 6 Helsinki). After that she's off to Norway and then back to Sweden. Worth mentioning is Alexander Rybak is in Finland at the same time (December 5 Helsinki, December 6 Tampere) and will perform in Kulttuuritalo the night before Carola. Meanwhile her third  (the first has sold over 600.000 in Scandinavia, the second 200.000 so far and keep selling more every Christmas time) Christmas in Betlehem album will be released November 11. This time it's all in English featuring duets with Paul Potts, Hank von Helvete, Gladys Del Pilar and Finnish violinist Linda Lampenius amongst others) In the end of November she's off to Denmark to star along Malena Ernman, Michael Bolton, Jamie Cullum and Aqua in a Christmas TV-special.