Dansbandskampen: Program 1
The night before the show, I slept really badly, maybe 4 hours. It was cold as hell in my room and I woke up feeling faint, like I was going to throw up. Both of my boys had had stomach viruses during the week and I thought NOOOO THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!!!! but then when I woke up again, I felt fine.
My day really didn't get started until kl. 13.30, when I went straight up to makeup and then conferred with the rest of the jury members. There was fruit, coffee, cookies and candy there. I really don't like candy and cookies very much, but 2 bananas, 1/2 of an orange and 4 cups of coffee later I realised that I forgot to eat lunch. No wonder I was hungry!! They delivered dinner to us:meatballs, potatoes and salad and meatballs never tasted so good. I remembered from last year that I hardly ate the day of the performance as well and I wondered to myself if I would lose weight from being on tv. The guys, Thomas ,Magnus and Melker (our director) ate all of the bad stufff and I could only skake my head at the injustice of the world...
Thomas Ledin was introduced to us sometime during the meeting. He was exactly as you thought he might be, but more tanned. Seems like a really lovely person.
So now it's 7pm and I am whisked up to makeup again. I changed clothes and 10 minutes to 8 we were taken onstage. The familiar electric feeling in the room gave me an adrenaline kick and I instantly found myself calmed by Gunilla and Kerstins presence right by the stage. Thank you for being there!!!
Black Ingvars took the stage. Played the hell out of their song and afterwards, Peter was supposed to ask me first what I thought, but he forgot and went to Thomas first. Thomas is a pro, so he didn't stress a muscle and said what he thought. I was surprised, but rolled with it too. Live TV is sooo exciting! There was definitely blood coarsing through my veins, but still, it was well-organised and I felt very secure in my roll and the gig. Wasn't relaxed, but like I said, secure.
The show seemed to go forward at lightening speed and suddenly Mr. Ledin was by my side and then the very next second, he shook our hands and said goodbye. Magnus had a ton of cd's he wanted Ledin to sign which I found charming. He even sung like a child after he got them and did a little dance " I got Thomas Ledin's autograph nä nä nä nä nääääää!" I swear to God I love Magnus!!! One of the sweetest, funniest, most wonderful guys on the planet!!!
My only thoughts afterwards on how it went for the bands are this: Essex should have left first, cute singer or not. Von Hofstenz was young, inexperienced and sounded shaky at best, but had a certain charisma anyway. Shame was a force to be reckoned with. They are now and will be for long time if they choose to be. Personally and not as a judge. I adore Lars in Shame. He is an amazing person! And finally, YES! The right bands went to the next show. It was a toss up for me on who would get the star or not, but based on performance, they both should have gone to the next show just as they did. The public is not stupid.
Afterwards, we were whisked away to the pressroom. We did our interviews and like a punch in the face, all of my energy slid out of my body and I was just a limp, exhausted body with no skeleton. I looked for Gunilla and didn't find her, so I changed clothes after speaking with Nina and slowly walked across the street to the hotel. I ran into Stefan from Larz Kristerz and we hugged each other so hard. I asked how it went on his show and if he made it this week too and he said yes. I was thrilled for him and listened as he described the evening with so much passion. He spoke of the soloist he had and how amazing she was and his passion moved me. I started tearing up as he poured his heart out. This man does everything with passion and soul and nothing with ego or prestige and my heart just overfloded with appreciation and love for his spirit. I wiped my eyes and went to the hotel.
It was just after 11pm and Lillen called during his pause. His gig went well and he poured out his love and support for me. I started to cry, just to release the pressure valve of stress that was left in my body and Lillen understood and the love in his voice filled me with energy. I went up to the pub, but there was hardly anybody there. I ordered a beer, but couldn't drink it. My stomach started bubbling and I just left the half of the beer on the counter and excused myself from the company I had (guitarist in Black Ingvars) and went right back to my room.
I checked my mail, waited for Lillen to finish his gig and call and then I fell fast asleep. It was much warmer in the room this time.
Now back to real life. How nice... Tastes as good as the meatballs did yesterday.
My day really didn't get started until kl. 13.30, when I went straight up to makeup and then conferred with the rest of the jury members. There was fruit, coffee, cookies and candy there. I really don't like candy and cookies very much, but 2 bananas, 1/2 of an orange and 4 cups of coffee later I realised that I forgot to eat lunch. No wonder I was hungry!! They delivered dinner to us:meatballs, potatoes and salad and meatballs never tasted so good. I remembered from last year that I hardly ate the day of the performance as well and I wondered to myself if I would lose weight from being on tv. The guys, Thomas ,Magnus and Melker (our director) ate all of the bad stufff and I could only skake my head at the injustice of the world...
Thomas Ledin was introduced to us sometime during the meeting. He was exactly as you thought he might be, but more tanned. Seems like a really lovely person.
So now it's 7pm and I am whisked up to makeup again. I changed clothes and 10 minutes to 8 we were taken onstage. The familiar electric feeling in the room gave me an adrenaline kick and I instantly found myself calmed by Gunilla and Kerstins presence right by the stage. Thank you for being there!!!
Black Ingvars took the stage. Played the hell out of their song and afterwards, Peter was supposed to ask me first what I thought, but he forgot and went to Thomas first. Thomas is a pro, so he didn't stress a muscle and said what he thought. I was surprised, but rolled with it too. Live TV is sooo exciting! There was definitely blood coarsing through my veins, but still, it was well-organised and I felt very secure in my roll and the gig. Wasn't relaxed, but like I said, secure.
The show seemed to go forward at lightening speed and suddenly Mr. Ledin was by my side and then the very next second, he shook our hands and said goodbye. Magnus had a ton of cd's he wanted Ledin to sign which I found charming. He even sung like a child after he got them and did a little dance " I got Thomas Ledin's autograph nä nä nä nä nääääää!" I swear to God I love Magnus!!! One of the sweetest, funniest, most wonderful guys on the planet!!!
My only thoughts afterwards on how it went for the bands are this: Essex should have left first, cute singer or not. Von Hofstenz was young, inexperienced and sounded shaky at best, but had a certain charisma anyway. Shame was a force to be reckoned with. They are now and will be for long time if they choose to be. Personally and not as a judge. I adore Lars in Shame. He is an amazing person! And finally, YES! The right bands went to the next show. It was a toss up for me on who would get the star or not, but based on performance, they both should have gone to the next show just as they did. The public is not stupid.
Afterwards, we were whisked away to the pressroom. We did our interviews and like a punch in the face, all of my energy slid out of my body and I was just a limp, exhausted body with no skeleton. I looked for Gunilla and didn't find her, so I changed clothes after speaking with Nina and slowly walked across the street to the hotel. I ran into Stefan from Larz Kristerz and we hugged each other so hard. I asked how it went on his show and if he made it this week too and he said yes. I was thrilled for him and listened as he described the evening with so much passion. He spoke of the soloist he had and how amazing she was and his passion moved me. I started tearing up as he poured his heart out. This man does everything with passion and soul and nothing with ego or prestige and my heart just overfloded with appreciation and love for his spirit. I wiped my eyes and went to the hotel.
It was just after 11pm and Lillen called during his pause. His gig went well and he poured out his love and support for me. I started to cry, just to release the pressure valve of stress that was left in my body and Lillen understood and the love in his voice filled me with energy. I went up to the pub, but there was hardly anybody there. I ordered a beer, but couldn't drink it. My stomach started bubbling and I just left the half of the beer on the counter and excused myself from the company I had (guitarist in Black Ingvars) and went right back to my room.
I checked my mail, waited for Lillen to finish his gig and call and then I fell fast asleep. It was much warmer in the room this time.
Now back to real life. How nice... Tastes as good as the meatballs did yesterday.
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