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20/Feb 2007 at 18:54

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Mihai with esctoday.com awards certificate - © Barry Viniker
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Song of the year singer thanks you!

Exclusive: Mihai Traistariu video interview

Mihai Traistariu, Romania's 2006 representative at the Eurovision Song Contest saw his entry Tornero, voted 'Song of the year' by almost 18,000 readers on Christmas eve. He has become a man in demand, with appearances at several national finals around Europe this year.Two weeks ago esctoday.com dropped in on Mihai during a television appearance in Malta on Lejn il-Eurovision to present him with his award. This weekend in Iceland, we caught up with him again and sat down to discuss the last year and what the future has in store.

Mihai has already appeared at the national finals in Malta, Iceland and will be in Greece on February 28th. esctoday.com by happy coincidence have been present at the first two and will of course be bringing you full coverage from the Greek final too.

In Iceland, we sat down with Mihai and spoke about the Eurovision Song Contest, and his performance. We talked abot the award, and asked Mihai if he voted for his song. We discussed his plans for an international career, we get to the bottom of what really happened with his songs that were entered for Melodifestivalen in Sweden and of course, Mihai tells us which website he checks for his daily dose of Eurovision news!

There is also exclusive footage of his performance of the new single Di mi si or no (Tell me yes or no) from the Icelandic national final after party. All this and much more in the video below.


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anna parvan [33955]
Thu 22 Feb 2007 15:00:24

I want to ask the administrator why in all the pictures there is a flag down on the left side representing the country the artist comes from ?Only on this picture it's missing.


Ian S [21531]
Thu 22 Feb 2007 10:30:25

you see ... experts speaking ... Mihai that is ... and his favourite is the Maltese Entry - Vertigoooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!
foreign experts in Malta voted for it
Maltese public voted for it
Experts like Mihai - have Vertigo (malta) as his favourite
so - i just only hope that Europe will share the same opinion!

Good luck olivia lewis in Cyprus :) ! ... and also good luck to our friends Cyprus - with comme ci comme ca !


Molly Parton [29330]
Wed 21 Feb 2007 22:19:38

It has to be said that, lovely though he is, Mihai makes ditchwater look exciting when he actually says something.


carlo . [36637]
Wed 21 Feb 2007 20:34:43

Mihai choses Vertigo...Malta....great start...no matter what people say...Malt will surprise this year...in Maltese we have a saying: min jidhak l ahhar jidhak l ahjar (ghal Spanja din)


Isabelle M [25287]
Wed 21 Feb 2007 18:32:21

Mihai Mihai I love you! It was nice to hear that your favourite song is Vertigo! Yes, Mihai! see you in Romania!!!!!


Ellie Blewitt [37846]
Wed 21 Feb 2007 16:06:17

omggggg i thought Mihai Traistariu's song last year was awesome i listen to it all the time and i think he is soooooooo cool!!!


Lara C [36590]
Wed 21 Feb 2007 10:56:26

esctoday, thank you SO much for this!! (L) (L) Mihai Traistariu, I love you!!!! (L) (L)


blue alibi [23783]
Wed 21 Feb 2007 10:11:55

malta loves u mihai


Al Bond [25734]
Wed 21 Feb 2007 02:24:46

It's incredible how someone with such a soft voice can sing so loud and powerful!




Adam Pettersson [23151]
Tue 20 Feb 2007 22:45:05

But why does it look like that :S

anyway in (...) it is Ro


Adam Pettersson [23151]
Tue 20 Feb 2007 22:41:23

Something went wrong, Lets try again :)

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anna parvan [33955]
Tue 20 Feb 2007 22:41:15

David I've just discovered that you are born in 3 June like me , if this is of course your real birthday date. I'm glad that you like Mihai :).


Adam Pettersson [23151]
Tue 20 Feb 2007 22:40:13

JOIN MY CONTEST!

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David James Garisson [36735]
Tue 20 Feb 2007 22:35:15

In 2006 Romania was really superb!! But in 2007 they are pure CRAP!! Sorry, but the truth hurts!!

Greetings,
DJ


Greekboy0522 [24241]
Tue 20 Feb 2007 21:39:29

He has a very light voice. :P


DENIS MILOVIC [29880]
Tue 20 Feb 2007 21:35:34

Great singer,Great song,hope to see him again on ESC soon !!!


anna parvan [33955]
Tue 20 Feb 2007 20:12:26

Mihai you are the best!!!!!!!!


COUNT D [23887]
Tue 20 Feb 2007 19:26:17

I AGREE! HE WAS THE BEST! HE SHOULD AT THE FIRST PLACE! HE OR CAROLA FROM SWEDEN!
BUT HIS SONG WAS A BIG HIT IN MANY COUNTRIES LIKE IN GREECE. GO LOCOMONDO!
GO LIUBI LIUBI!
GO ROMANIA!
NO MADONNA FOR GREECE!


Moderated by: Yiorgos Kasapoglou at Wed 21 Feb 2007 05:05:08


Jelena Milovanovic [37251]
Tue 20 Feb 2007 19:15:08

He has one of the best song last year!I like him...


Kevin Knight [36876]
Tue 20 Feb 2007 19:08:04

should have won 2006


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