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Host: Ten years ago he won Kjempesjansen on NRK.
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Later he has been awarded with the
"Spellemann Award", the Hedda award,
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and not least victory in Eurovision Song
Contest with the highest score ever.
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Now he celebrates ten years as an artist, and he does that with a tremendous show at Bølgen Culture House in Larvik.
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Then it's only appropiate to congratulate
for the ten years, Alexander Rybak.
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A: Thank you so much, I am very happy
about being able to make a proper celebration.
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Host: When you look 10 years back
in time, to Kjempesjansen,
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when you stood there, did you dare
to hope for all what you've experienced?
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A: I didn't think much about the
extent of it and the amount of CDs sold.
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What I hoped for was to make as many
people happy as possible with my music.
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I enjoy recording songs, but being on stage and performing, that's what I love. That's what I like the most.
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Host: You've done that bigtime.
A: Yes, lots of times. I'm very privileged.
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R: Then there'll be a grand, enormous celebration in Larvik this summer
A: Yes, at Bølgen .
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A: I'm extra privileged this year having Sofie and Heidi join me.
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Who have been picked from the first shelf.
No, how do we say it? Hand picked.
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Fantastic women that have joined you, Heidi Ruud Ellingsen and Sofie Bjerketvedt, welcome to you, too.
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The two of you have performed in various musicals
at different places. But now it will be fairytale.
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S&H: Now it will be fairytale, we answer in sync.
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S: We're Siamese twins, one blonde and one dark haired.
H: He just had to involve both of us.
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Host: But what's it like being part of this?
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S: It's a real treat and very nice. We have
only just begun, so it's very exciting,
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We have lots of plans and we hope to do just
as well as we do now, both on stage and off.
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A: The sky is the limit here, we have
talked about everything we can do.
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I have seen what Sofie and Heidi do
and can do. It will be very versatile.
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H: It's a bit fun... My first theatre job and also your first theatre job we did together.
A: Was that your first?
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H: It was my first one. "Fiddler on the Roof" ten years ago.
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H: Alexander had just won Kjempesjansen.
A: Yes, right after Kjempesjansen
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H: I actually played a bit of violin together with you. Do you remember that?
A: Yes, that's why I really hoped Heidi would join me in.
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H: It's fun being able to work together again.
A: I think so, too.
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We'll be a nice trio, and as
mentioned before it's the versatility,
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which is the most important
thing to me when I perform.
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These two girls here enjoy making people both
cry and laugh, and being impressive.
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Host: But then there is... what kind of show is this?
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It's probably best to ask the director who will
keep all three of them on a tight leash. What is this?
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J: It is a musical show. The music
is the main focus all the way.
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And that involves Alexander's pop music, classical music,
folk music and entertainer material mostly.
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And we have a big band, so there
will be some wind instruments.
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There will be girls singing loud and
long and do the splits and so on.
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So yes, this is a musical entertainer show,
but with some humorous elements.
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A: Because when I watch those tapes from
Kjempesjansen with a big band, I get to feel a bit of nostalgia.
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So then I had to have such a band this summer.
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And the three of us on stage, we love that sound with wind instruments, and it will be a bit old fashioned and a bit modern.
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A: It will be a mix. We will make a good mix.
Host: Big band, choir, dancers. The splits, does it still work?
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H: We have to practise.
J: It still works. I have seen Sofie taking some "break" splits now and then.
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H: Sofie takes care of that.
S: I will bend between two chairs every night until the premiere.
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Host: And the premiere is at Bølgen Culture House in Larvik on July 6.
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You heard Alexander Rybak, Heidi Ruud Ellingsen,
Sofie Bjerketvedt and director Johan Osuldsen.
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There will be fairytale in Bølgen Culture House
from 6th of July, and also here in NRK P1 now.
