Interview to Ellen Benediktson (finalist Melodifestivalen 2014)

Ellen Benedikstson: ''my song is all about the voice and expression''

Hello again Ellen, 

First, thank you very much for your time and accept to answer these questions for eurofans in the OGAE Rest of The World LATIN AMERICA Club, we have many members that are very excited because of your proposal in Melodifestivalen 2014.

For all those fans of ''Songbird'' and your voice:

OGAE RoW Latin America - Tell us a little about your musical career, this is your first time in the Melodifestivalen right?, you should have been be there in the past.

Ellen - My music career has sort of begun with Melodifestivalen, before, I got the offer to participate, I had only performed at smaller stages, I'm 18 and still in school, where I study music. Last year I was stand-in for France in Eurovision in Malmö, the stand-in job was to ease the preparation job for the eurovision producers so that they could work on the lightening, audio, picture and stuff like that before the real musicians arrived, while I was there and sung the french song L'enfer et moi Christer Björkman saw me and thought I was so good, so he called me in october and asked me if I wanted to participate in this year's competition. 

Ellen at Malmo working with the ESC 2013 production

O.R.L.A -Songbird is a song that touches the feelings who listen it but, what do you feel when you sing it?

Ellen - There is a lot of feelings when I sing my song, It has really grown on me and in means a lot to me, the song is about finding strength in hard times, to listen your inner voice, your inner songbird when faced with difficulties. 

O.R.L.A. - Once they anounced that you passed directly to the final, you looked more secure in the stage, what will you be offering in the final of Melodifestivalen?

Ellen - I will do my best, but I won't change anything really, this is an amazing journey and I'm gonna make the best out of it, but in the end, I'm a winner anyhow and there isn't really any other way to do this than being myself and doing my thing, hopefully people like it, as long as I am happy about my performance and done my best, nothing else really matters. 

O.R.L.A. - Do you plan to keep the staging or will have some surprises in the final presentation?

Ellen - There won't be that many changes, my song is all about the voice and expression, not so much about the appearance of the stage.

O.R.L.A. -Eurovision has thousands of followers across Latin America, did you know it? What do you think? 

Ellen - No, I didn't know that. That is fantastic!

O.R.L.A. -Do you have plans of an album after the competition in Sweden?, and by the way any plans to conquer a diferente market like de Latin American?

Ellen - I do, we are in working process of an EP-album with Songbird and some other new songs, I'm very excited about that!, it is going to be amazing. ¨Songbird¨ is a beautiful song but I want to show you all I've got and what I can do more, so I'm thinking of a broader sound which you hopefully will like.

O.R.L.A.- What it means to you to represent Sweden in Eurovision? if you win the ''Golden ticket'' to Copenhagen.

Ellen - It would be unbelievable to be the one to represent Sweden, that would be huge, and fun of course!, but a lot of pressure as well.

O.R.L.A. - A last message for your fans in Latin America.

Ellen - Thank you for your support! It means a lot to me, hopefully we see each other in Denmark, until then, take care and cross your fingers the 8th of march... Love Ellen

With ¨Songbird¨, Ellen will participate on the Melodifestivalen Final 2014

OGAE RoW Latinoamérica es parte de OGAE Rest of the World