Composer genius Thomas G:son understands the disappointment of Finns after Eurovision.
A very cheerful sounding voice answers the phone. This is a Swedish poet Thomas Gustafssonbetter known by his stage name Thomas Gson.
There is reason to be happy, because this weekend the composer Tattoo-song won the Eurovision Song Contest. Stockholm singer Loreen scored 583 points with her performance, leaving Finland right in silver.
Sweden’s Loreen went wild in the Eurovision final. PDO
At the same time, history was made, because Sweden is now, along with Ireland, the participating country with the most wins. There are 7 first places in both countries in the prize cabinet.
– It feels great and a little unreal, G:son responds to the Finnish journalist’s congratulations.
Loreen’s and G:son’s success can only be watched with envy from the sidelines. This is not the first time that the duo’s collaboration has produced results in Eurovision. Loreen’s previous winning song, Euphoriais also the handwriting of a Swedish inventor.
– Loreen is such an incredible artist. It feels great to be able to do this with him one more time.
Thomas G:son has sent numerous compositions to the five-a-side qualifiers year after year. With Loreen, he has won the race twice. PDO
A huge win
After the results, there has been a lot of buzz on social media.
Sweden received by far the most judges’ points, but was second in telephone votes. Instead, Käärijä, who represented Finland, managed to get a wild avalanche of phone calls, but the jury reacted vehemently Cha Cha Cha to the song. In the opinion of many, the crowd favorite should have won.
The situation has even gone to the point where signatures are being collected on the internet to remove the jury from the singing competition.
However, the Swedish composer does not like the idea. He believes that the jury evaluates performances and songs in a slightly different way than ordinary viewers.
In his opinion, Loreen’s presentation convinced the juries.
– Loreen is a great singer and the performance was of high quality. They probably liked the song too, G:son analyzed.
Loreen’s win has caused strong emotions, especially in Finland. PDO
Kudos to the wrapper
The composer genius understands that people in the neighboring country are very disappointed, even though it is Finland’s second best ranking in the singing competition. The man has a comforting message for Finns.
– I have been in the same place, I understand you completely! Last year we came second at Melodifestivalen Anders Baggen with when Cornelia Jakobs won. At that time we also won the audience votes, but we lost because of the juries, G:son continues.
– Next year is another new year.
Käärijä’s spectacular performance and fast-paced song receive praise from G:son. Sarah Louise Bennett
He admits that Käärijä offered a tough resistance to Loreen. Cha Cha Cha was one of the composer’s favorites in the entire competition.
– I knew that the competition would be tight (between Finland and Sweden). Kääriä’s performance was fascinating, it had attitude and there was a party on stage, he praises.
What tips would G:son give to profit-hungry Finns?
– Continue on the same track! I didn’t watch your quintet this year, but I heard it was very good, composer inches.
In addition to Thomas G:son and Loreen, they have been working on a Tattoo song Jimmy “Joker” Thornfeldt, Jimmy Jansson, Peter Boström mixed Moa Carlebecker.