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Hadise Acikgoz: â€œI expect 12 points from Azerbaijanâ€ â€“ EXCLUSIVE â€“ INTERVIEW

Hadise Acikgoz: â€œI expect 12 points from Azerbaijanâ€ â€“ <font color=red>EXCLUSIVE â€“ INTERVIEW </font>

12 May 2009 14:10 (UTC +04:00)

Moscow. Ulkar Gasimova â€“ APA. Hadise Acikgoz, who will represent Turkey in Eurovision-2009 song contest, gives exclusive interview to APAâ€™s special correspondent sent to Moscow

-How do you feel?

-I feel a little better, but I am not fully happy. I am not satisfied with the shooting because of my facial problems. I am not satisfied with anything. Maybe everything will be much better this evening. We have begun preparations. I understand that it is not easy for stage managers. 42 countries compete in the contest and 24 will stay in the final. But I am not satisfied with the shooting. Indeed my performance does not look nice.

-Maybe your health problems, spots on your face are connected with evil eye?

-I also think so. I attribute everything that does not satisfy me, including spots on my face, to evil eye. Much was spoken about me and my song â€œDum tek-tekâ€. Everybody said â€œHadise will be the firstâ€ and put an evil eye on me. I can not explain it the other way. I am not satisfied with anything. I do not know what to do.

-It seems that all this had negative impact on your mood.

-I feel very bad, all this had negative impact on my mood. But I do not lose faith in Allah and expect the results. I believe that everything will be good. Because we worked much, overcame a lot of difficulties together with all the team.

-Do you know that you are loved much in Azerbaijan?

-Of course, I know and I am pleased with the love of Azerbaijani people. I remember Azerbaijan supported me much when â€œDum tek-tekâ€ won the right to participate in the competition, and this support still continues. I receive messages and calls, they say they like this song very much. Hadise was known in Azerbaijan thanks to â€œDum tek-tekâ€. I feel happy for it. I had not thought that I would be loved in Azerbaijan so much, but it happened. I am grateful to Azerbaijani people for this love. I am sure they will support me with their messages.

-What points do you expect from Azerbaijan this evening?

-I expect 12 points from Azerbaijan. I should underline that I like the song of Azerbaijani representatives very much. Their performance is wonderful. Aysel and Arash are very nice. I hope Aysel and Arash will get 12 points from Turkey. I expect this.

-Maybe you know that you have a lot of admirers in Azerbaijan. Will you agree to marry, if you love one of them?

-Of course I will. Why not? I think a loving man can do everything he has never done before. I can also do it. My cousins in Belgium married and left for Denmark, Italy and now they are very happy. Love makes people blind.

- Are you looking forward to reach the finals?

- Believe me I am not sure. If there is a good filming, I can reach the finals. Privately I am not impressed with current filming. The TV viewers can watch it only on the monitors. We should make a nice filming to gain more votes.

-The number of participants considers you as strongest rival. Do you determine your rivals?

-I canâ€™t say exact names. I watched performances of all participants. I think everyone inflated own performance. It means that they admitted many distracting in their performances. I canâ€™t say that something flying over the stage or strange and long dress is good. My team tried to create more simple appearance. We try to deliver more energy to the viewers with our dances and performances. I am sure of my performance from this point of view. I donâ€™t think about my rivals, about their performances or dresses and I donâ€™t say that I have a rival here. My only wish is to represent my country in the high level. I want to be beautiful and to show beautiful performance.

-Suppose that you donâ€™t join the contest. What country would you vote for as a viewer? What countries would you place in top five?

-I have to think about this question before the answering it. Azerbaijan will be in my top five certainly. I like the Dutch singers. They are well-known performers and I like their voices. I am happy to listen their song and it amuses me. I like the Swiss representatives and I can put them in top five.

-You have very strong team. Did you collect this team yourself?

-Yes. It was my wish to see them around me. I am appreciating every of them and their job. Everyone is professional in my team. Thank to their professionalism for our successful performances.

-Who is an author of your song, designer and choreographer at the Eurovision?

- Privately I am. I am an author of the performance I show to the Europe tonight. Of course, it is a teamâ€™s work and all the team was hard working over it, but the design and dance choice is mine.

-You are one of the three favorites at the Eurovision. Majority predicts your victory. Are you ready for the victory?

-You exalted my mood. I was feeling low today, but you made me confident. There is no need to be ready for the victory. I will be very happy to hear that I win.

- How will you celebrate the victory, if you win?

- I have no time to think about that. We are working hard and havenâ€™t even a spare minute. How would I celebrate the victory? You can expect everything from me in that moment. If it takes place, everything may happenâ€¦

-Do you think to travel to Azerbaijan after the Eurovision?

-Yes, I do. I want to visit Azerbaijan, to perform a concert in Baku, to feel that love closely, to see and to hear applauds of Azerbaijani people. Wait me in Azerbaijan and I will certainly visit Azerbaijanâ€¦