Thank goodness the winner spoke English. Below is a transcription of everything Ralf Machenback said. Wiwi is so glad he took a shorthand class!
How has your week in Kyiv been?
“It’s been really busy, with a lot of photographers. It’s a really beautiful city with a lot of gold and churches.”
What will you do next?
“I really don’t know yet.”
What’s next for you?
“I love entertaining so I want to do something with that. It could be dancing, or it might be singing or it might be acting. I don’t really care so long as I can entertain.”
What are you going to do tonight?
“I think we’re just going to scream at each other [him and his dancers].”
What did you learn this week?
“I learned that you just got to go for it. You just have to do it.”
Will you compete in the adult Eurovision?
“Well, I think Junior Eurovision is enough.”
Have your dancers helped you?
“They really supported me. You can share the [work]load with each other.”
What do you want to say to the other contestants?
“I wish them a really fun party tonight. I wish them a career in entertainment. We’re all winners.”
Do you have any other thoughts on Kyiv?
“It’s a beautiful city. it’s really big and European.”
Are you famous in your own country?
“I don’t know. I haven’t been in my country yet.”
What about girls?
“Well, I think it’s going to be a really busy period coming up…”
Do you have a girlfriend?
“No.”
When did you start singing?
“I started singing about three years ago. I’ve been singing all my life. I don’t really know when singing began for me.”
Who have you made friends with?
“We had a lot of fun with Sweden because we were on the same floor in the hotel. We watched a horror movie about a horror in a hotel room, while we were in a hotel room.”
Why did Europe love your song?
“The tapping might have done it. To make a song original it needs something that the others don’t have. Not many people write songs about tapping.”
Do you speak German?
“I’m not very good. But I will learn.”
Do you have time to come to Germany to perform in some of our shows?
“We can make time.”
What advice do you have for future contestants?
“Write a song that you like. Don’t listen to the radio and make something like that. Write in your own style. That makes it original. I just wrote my song and went for it.”
I really think the girls from Armenia who sang Barcelona were better.