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Cypriot singer: “Baku is a very beautiful city and the Crystal Hall is very amazing”
Baku, May 18 (AZERTAC). “Baku is a very beautiful city and the Crystal Hall is very amazing,” said Cyriot singer Ivi Adamou in a press conference after her second rehearsal.
As one of the last press conferences of the day, there weren`t a huge number of press and fans assembled, but they were all very enthusiastic when they greeted Ivi Adamou and the Cypriot delegation. There were eleven people in total on stage, including backing performers, vocal coach, record company representative, choreographer, and the Head of Delegation, meant it was a crowded platform.
One question that comes up regularly is what is your favorite Eurovision song, and this press conference was no exception. Ivi replied with Is It True, the Icelandic runner up from 2009, and proceeded to give her own short interpretation of the song.
Once more, vocal coach, Elena Patraclou, also found herself answering a question; which was whether she would participate ever again in the contest? Elena has been involved five times before in various capacities, most notably as a soloist in 1991, but has also been a backing vocalist. Elena thought that she had probably done enough with Eurovision, but didn`t rule out the role of vocal coach in the future, and that her center stage experience in Rome remains a big moment in her life.
The Cypriot team are very optimistic of their chances this year, and the Head of Delegation proposed that if Cyprus were to win, that they might host an open air beach party contest, but failing that, as they had already staged the 2008 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Limassol, which had been widely praised as one of the best editions, they could host the main competition if required.