Lockdown in the UK sent them to Prague. We Are Domi is now the Czech Republic’s representatives for the semi-finals of Eurovision in Turin, with two Norwegian musicians in the band.
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– We two Norwegians did not understand anything when the winner was to be chosen. Everything went in Czech. But then there was an official Eurovision video in English where, among other things, TIX gave us 12 points. We won the jury’s and international votes and came in fourth place among Czech voices, says bow guitarist Casper Hatlestad (27) from Stavanger on the phone from Prague night to Friday.
Together with keyboardist Benjamin Rekstad (26) from Nesodden and Czech Dominika Hasek (26) on vocals, they were told on Thursday night that they have won the Czech Melodi Grand Prix and thus will represent the Czech Republic in the semifinals of Eurovision in Turin in May.
Thus, they were able to bounce the champagne on Thursday night at Casper’s home in Prague, since the bars close at 10 pm in the Czech Republic due to the virus.
–From England to the Czech Republic
The three met in Leeds, England, where they studied music. But in August 2020, they moved east to the Czech Republic, due to virus restrictions in the UK.
During a concert with the Czech Republic’s former Eurovision representative, they were asked to submit a contribution to the competition.
We Are Domi submitted three songs, and in the end the song “Lights Off” became their contribution.
On December 6, the competition to become the Czech Republic’s choice for Eurovision began:
– We have noticed on views on YouTube and comments that we have been among the favorites, but the last two days we have thought that we will not win, says Benjamin Rekstad.
With 97,000 views on YouTube they were among the two contributions with the most views, they say themselves.
– You came in fourth place among the Czech votes – how are you going to convince the Czechs that your contribution is the right one?
– I thought we would get higher, but it did not happen. Fortunately, we won the other votes.
– How will the stage show for We Are Domi in Turin next year be?
– We have many ideas, but we want to be authentic and play on the charm as three good friends, says vocalist Dominika Hasek.
– If you ask us tomorrow, we have another answer to this. First we will celebrate, keyboardist Benjamin Rekstad says on Friday night.
Greece also chose Norwegian
Several countries do as the Czech Republic and send Norwegian artists: Greece goes for Amanda Tenfjord from Sunnmøre, with father from Greece.
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