Copenhagen - Day 2

The next day, we did a dry-run to Malmö to see some of the contestants on the rooftop of Emporia, the main shopping centre. We ended up seeing the Swedish contestants, Marcus and Martinus, who are actually Norwegian pop stars representing Sweden. We also saw Saba, the contestant for Denmark.

After lunch, we headed back to Hyllie (pronounced heal-lee-a) station to travel to Copenhagen. Outside of the train station, we were approached by a reporter from RTL, a Croatian TV station. She asked if she could interview us about Eurovision. Cameras rolled and she asked us our names and where we were from. People always seem surprised when they hear we are from Australia. She started by asking if we felt safe in Malmö, considering the heightened concerns about security and the numerous protests that were registered during Eurovision. We had to admit that it felt weird seeing so many armed police and tanks in the area. But we felt safe nonetheless.
The conversation then diverted to Croatia’s chances of winning the competition and a request for us to sing “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” by Baby Lasagna. I told the reporter that I wouldn’t embarrass myself by singing, instead we embarrassed ourselves by doing the dance 😂. It seemed to please the Croatian reporter and we went on our merry way. Some Croatian farmer is going to be shaking their head, thinking what are those crazy Australians doing on my TV bouncing up and down to a Croatian pop song.Weiterlesen