Alexander performed a concert at the anniversary party of “Friends Club” in Riga on 18.10.2013
Video by YouTube-user dancheskus
Pictures by Ketija Grūbe and Boris Kuvshinnikov
Alexander played 30 minutes mini-concert at the Opening of Arctic Race in Bodø, accompanied at the stage by the Lithuanian modern ballet “Time to Show”. Playlist consisted of “Europe skies”, “Dovregubbens hall” (“In the Hall of the Mountain King” – piece by Edvard Grieg for tHenrik Ibsen’s play “Peer Gynt”), “If you were gone”, “Funny little world”, “Leave me alone”, “Roll with the wind” and “Fairytale”.
Recording and subs by Tessa Lande. English revising by Anni Jowett.
Recording, English translation and subs by Sonya Luzina
Photos from Lithuanian press
Recording by Tessa Lande
Opening act. Inga Jankauskaite feat. Alexander Rybak
Fairytale
Leave me alone
Interview from “Желтая газета”/ “Yellow Newspaper” №1, 2013
Author: Kataeva Viktoria
Link to the original article in Russian here
Translation by Kristina Ovcharenko
Revised by Bita
The winner of Eurovision 2009, “sunny boy”, as he is referred to as by journalists and fans, violinist Alexander Rybak had come to Moscow to present his song with the self-explanatory title: «Dostala» («Driven me up the wall»). For almost three years now, a strange female fan has compulsively pursued Sasha, and he is so sick of her at this point that the musician decided to take action and teach her a lesson by making her the heroine of his music video. After his presentation, Rybak gave a frank interview to “Yellow Newspaper.”
Continue reading Alexander Rybak’s interview in “Желтая газета”/”Yellow Newspaper”
Found by Darina Šahtarova. English translation by Anglesina Est. Revision by Katie Anderson.
Author: Meelis Kapstas
Source: Kroonika magazine, paper issue, published on 18 Jan., 2013
Continue reading Exclusive interview of Alexander Rybak in Estonian magazine “Kroonika” 18.01.13
Found, translated, and subtitled by Julia Bezbakh. Recorded by Venche M. Revised by Katie Anderson.
Article by: Liilit Kirss
Source: Kroonika
Found and translated by Anglesina Est. English revision by Anni Jowett.
Heaven forbid our beloved artists from things like that! Norwegian singer Alexander Rybak (26), who won Eurovision 4 years ago, has been struggling for some while with a stalker, who is following him to different parts of world and terrorizing him with phone calls. The young man put this experience into his new song “Leave Me Alone“.
“That kind of harassment one can only usually see in movies“, Rybak tells the magazine “Kroonika“. It’s a true story about a woman, who has travelled half the world by following me and stalking me at the hotel doors and other places, where I stay. Altogether I have received 600 e-mails from her and some how she managed to spy out my secret phone number.“
The woman from Israel still calls Rybak these days, but the young man hopes, that now after he has poured his emotions into the song, the insane woman understands where to draw a line.
Besides, on January 19th Alexander can be seen performing in the nightclub “Teater“, to where the magazine “Kroonika“ will draw lots on his Facebook page – tickets for 4 people and exclusive meeting with Rybak!
Recording by Sonya Luzina. Translation by Jolanta Esu and Erika Jasiūniene. Subs by Julia Bezbakh
Recording by Sonya Luzina, English Translation by Kristina Ovcharenko and Julia Bezbakh, subtitles by Sonya Luzina and Julia Bezbakh,
revision by Katie Anderson.
Alexander gave very long and interesting interview to the Russian publishing house “Komsomolskaya Pravda” during his visit to Moscow, Russia 6-9 November 2012, that was published on 13.11.2012. In this interview he told about many subjects: his new video and stalker girl, his attitude to Russia, his audience, his ex-girlfriend, his dreams, his musical idols, his traditions, his favorite sports and many others. He also played a lot of music live.
Rocording by Sonya Luzina. English translation and subs by Zhanna Sergueeva. English revision by Lillian Llewellyn.
Recording and subs by Sonya Luzina. English translation by Zhanna Sergueeva
Alexander visited E-motion.Tochka.net in Kiev, Ukraine on Oct. 24th 2012 and took part in a live-streamed web-conference, where he answered questions from some of his fans.
Recording by Tülay Aydın. English translation by Zhanna Sergueeva and Sonya Luzina. English revision by Katie Anderson. Subs by Sonya Luzina
November 9th 2012, the magazine StarHit posted a short “teaser” on their website as advert for a longer article about Alexander, to be published in their paper issue November 12th.
Source: www.starhit.ru 09.11.2012. Photos: Sergey Milansky.
Found and translated by Zhanna Sergueeva. English revision by Katie Anderson
The star of ESC, Alexander Rybak, came to Moscow for a few days to present in the capital his new Russian-language single and the video for the song, “Dostala”/(“You’ve driven me up the wall).” According to Rybak the song is dedicated to one annoying female fan, who pursues her idol too actively . “StarHit” decided to find out what Alexander Rybak did in Moscow, besides the participation in presentations and press conferences. Read the big report about the several days the musician spent in the Russian capital in the next issue of our magazine that goes on sale on November the 12th. For now we present to our readers a few shots of Alexander Rybak, taken during his stay in the First Throne.
Nov. 12th 2012, the longer article was published in the paper-issue of StarHit.
Music: Alexander Rybak
Lyrics: Alexander Rybak, Irina Tsapenko, Yulia Bezbakh
DOSTALA
1.
Reshila dlya sebya – my dolzhny byt’ vmeste.
Pridumala, chto budesh’ ty moyei nevestoi.
Togda i nachalas’ bezumnaya igra,
Skazali mnye glaza, tvoi glaza.
Continue reading “Dostala” (Russian version of “Leave me alone”)
Article published on paparazzi.ru on 07.11.2012. Link to original article here
Text by Alice
Translation by Sonya Luzina
The delusional fan from Israel has been stalking Alexander Rybak for a few years. The musician answered her insinuations with a video, in which he appears in a straight jacket, showing to the woman that she sent the boy to the mental hospital.
Alexander asks the fan “don’t call me anymore” in the chorus of the song. And, by the irony of fate, the lady called him exactly during the presentation of the video
Continue reading Article from the press-conference of Alexander Rybak in Moscow 07.11.2012
While he visited Belgium on 3-5th of November, Alexander was guest at OutTV, which is broadcasted in Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden and Germany. He was interviewed and presented his new song “Leave me Alone”
The clip was broadcasted on www.outtv.be 5.11.2012. Recorded by Ulli Cologne.
Subtitles in English, German and Polish.
English translation by Marijke Arentsen. Revision by Katie Anderson. Polish translation by Joanna Anacka. German translation by Simone Schmidt.
More info about Alexander on the website of OutTV here
Facebook-page of OutTV here
Source: www.pramogos.delfi.lt published 5.11.2012. Link to original article here Text by Žurnalas Mieste. Photo: @LNK
Found by Erika Jasiūnienė and translated by Jolanta Esu. English revision by Katie Anderson.
Alexander Rybak, the singer and Eurovision winner (26) agreed to give, without a long hesitation, an interview for the magazine “City”, even though he is currently terribly busy with his new work and promotion. We spoke with the famous conqueror when he was preparing for a flight to Ukraine. Continue reading Interview for Lithuanian web-magazine “City”. Nov.5th 2012 — Alexander Rybak
This was the third time Alexander was a guest in Paul de Leeuw’s TV-show on Dutch TV. The first time was in May 2009 right after Alexanders victory in ESC. Back then Alexander did an improvisation of the song “Losing my mind” with Paul de Leeuw. In 2012, 3,5 years later, they performed the same song together 🙂
The TV-show was recorded 4.11.2012. Broadcast on VTM 5.11.2012. All rights belong to VTM
Article published at www.obozrevatel.com 03.11.2012. Written by Elina Sergacheva. Photos provided by MasterManagement. Link to original article here
Found by Sonya Luzina. Translation by Zhanna Sergueeva. English revision by Anni Jowett.
The whole world learnt about Alexander Rybak after his victory on ESC. The smiling Norwegian conquered the audience not only with his charisma but also with his talent as a composer. The song which was acknowledged as the best one almost unanimously by European countries in the international contest, was personally written by the performer. Sasha is very proud of this fact and continues his cooperation with the committee of this contest now as the author of lyrics and music. Continue reading Alexander Rybak: “Me and my ex-girlfriend don’t even talk to each other”. Nov. 3rd 2012
Article published on www.eurovision-quotidien.com 31.10.2012.
Written by Antoine. Link to original article in French here
Found by Claire Lefebvre. Translation from French by Claire Lefebvre and Marion Delafoy-Martin. English revision by Katie Anderson.
Photo: Patrycja Pajor
This week, for the event of the release of his new single » Leave Me Alone », the Eurovision success story, Alexander Rybak, returns.
Rybak currently holds – and probably will hold for a while – the record of points obtained in Eurovision: 387 points.
He also holds the largest gap to his closest competitor, 169 points, but was dethroned by Loreen and her number-of -12 points- record: He got only 16 while the Swedish performer got 18.
This radio-sequence was the introduction to the first Danish radio-broadcast of Alexander Rybaks new song, “Leave me Alone”
Broadcasted on Danish online-radio www.radionorth.dk 28.10.2012 at 6 pm
Uploaded by Hildebjørg Ha. English translation by Marianne Saietz. English revision by Katie Anderson. German translation by Sabine Fundel. Subtitles by Julia Bezbakh and Sonya Luzina
And after the introduction, followed the song:-)
Article from paper edition of Se&Hør, 26.10.2012.
Found by Tessa La, English Translation by Mary Ann H.
Beautiful Yana Obodets was among the 400 who wanted the role. The beautiful girl was Alexander’s obvious first choice.
Charmer Alexander is one of Norway’s most coveted bachelors. Ukrainian press speculate about him falling for sweet Yana.
I became infatuated by her
The Grand Prix-winner reveals the truth about his relationship with his beautiful opponent.
Alexander Rybak (26) is having a great success with his newest song “Leave Me Alone”, which is inspired by an Israeli lady, who has been stalking him for several years.
But the story also has its bright side. When Alexander was about to record a music video to the song in Ukraine, he arranged a huge audition for the role as his opponent in the video.
-Even if I don’t imagine the most beautiful picture of the woman who is stalking me, I still wanted to show her in the fairest possible way in the video. Among the 400 models I fell for Yana Obodets (21) from Donetsk, says Alexander.
Hot
At the filming location there seemed to have grown hot feelings between them and the Ukrainian press speculates if he and Yana have become a couple.
-I don’t plan to get a girlfriend who lives that far away. Still I was infatuated by her. When the filming got close to be lasting 24 hours in a row, it was the flirting that kept us going!
To Norway
-We are just friends, but I look forward to having her as a guest in Norway, Alexander admits.
The artist has been a single since July, after the break-up with his girlfriend Maria Slyngstad (26).
Alexander was a guest at the popular Ukrainian morning show “Breakfast with 1+1”, where he answered questions from viewers and told about his new song “Leave me alone” and they showed bits from his new music video for that song. Also there was an exlusive premiere of Alexander’s song “Dostala” (Russian version of “Leave me alone”), which he performed live at the TV studio together with dancers from ballet “Deja vu”.
Recording by Sveta Plyasun. English translation by Zhanna S. and Julia B. Subs by Julia B. English revising by Katie Anderson.
Music: Alexander Rybak & David Erikssen
Lyrics: Alexander Rybak
Director: Alexandr Filatovich
“Leave me alone” is released worldwide and is available to stream/buy on iTunes, Amazon & Spotify:
http://www.alexanderrybak.com/home/new-single-available-to-buy-now/
Link to the original article where you can watch the music video:
http://www.vg.no/musikk/artikkel.php?artid=10055043
Autor: Halstein Røyseland
Found by Hilde M. English translation by Tessa Lande.
For nearly three years, Alexander Rybak has been pursued by a female fan. The result is Rybak’s new single, “Leave Me Alone” in which the 26-year-old poses in straitjacket in the video.
“I refuse to let a woman make me crazy, but I like to play with the idea of it. I will certainly not want to have fun on the expense of those who are sick. That’s important for me to say clearly. But there is a symbolism that one can get crazy of it. She has ruined a lot for me”,- Rybak told VG.
Found by Ulli Cologne. Recording, subs and English translation of Russian parts by Sonya Luzina. English translation of Romanian parts by Laura Ser. English revision by Katie Anderson
Alexander talks about his new single “Leave me alone” in the morning show on Norwegian channel TV2. Also they show bits from his upcoming music video.
Recording and subs by Tessa La. English translation by Laila S.H. & Tessa La.
