TV4's Nyhetsmorgon, Abbey Road LIVE -Chris Medina talks about his music
with co-hosts Jenny Ăstergren and Peter Lindgren. December 14, 2011.
with co-hosts Jenny Ăstergren and Peter Lindgren. December 14, 2011.
TV4's Nyhetsmorgon, Abbey Road LIVE -Chris Medina talks with co-hosts Jenny Ăstergren and Peter Lindgren about his life since American Idol and the months since his successful visits to Scandinavia this past summer. December 14, 2011.
My last blog post about Chris Medina was on July 16th of this year -less than a week before the bombing in Oslo and the massacre on UtĂžya Island carried out by Anders Behring Breivik- when he performed LIVE on VG Lista Topp 20 at RĂ„dhusplassen, (City Hall) Oslo.
My post then about his American Idol performances and his successful trip to Sweden and Norway was called, A talented & worthy American takes Scandinavia by storm: up-close with Chris Medina - One Day In Stockholm (What Are Words)
As I mentioned at the time, and for reasons I explained, I'm NOT an American Idol viewer, but you don't need to be Quincy Jones to see that Chris Medina CLEARLY has a unique voice and talent.
It's hard not to root for him to have nothing but success.
As I said back in July, the more I see of singer Chris Medina the more I am impressed, and the more he reveals himself as one very-grounded individual in a very cynical world.
In the TV interview, Medina also discusses his feelings about being asked to perform at the funeral of 18-year old Monica Iselin Didriksen, one of the 77 Norwegians murdered at UtĂžya on July 22nd, whose very last conversation with her parents -on her cell phone, while taking the ferry to the island- was about her intense feelings for his song, the popularity of which had led him to be performing in Oslo just a few weeks earlier.
As I said back in July, the more I see of singer Chris Medina the more I am impressed, and the more he reveals himself as one very-grounded individual in a very cynical world.
And with this interview and these performances -in English- from December 14th on Sweden's most-popular TV morning program, Channel 4's Nyhetsmorgon, he proves that all over again.
In the TV interview, Medina also discusses his feelings about being asked to perform at the funeral of 18-year old Monica Iselin Didriksen, one of the 77 Norwegians murdered at UtĂžya on July 22nd, whose very last conversation with her parents -on her cell phone, while taking the ferry to the island- was about her intense feelings for his song, the popularity of which had led him to be performing in Oslo just a few weeks earlier.
TV4's Nyhetsmorgon, Abbey Road LIVE -Chris Medina sings One More Time. December 14, 2011.
TV4's Nyhetsmorgon, Abbey Road LIVE -Chris Medina sings What Are Words. December 14, 2011.
A few days after his calm and earnest appearance on Abbey Road, Aftonbladet columnist Ronnie Sandahl pondered what it must be like to be Chris Medina now,
and suddenly go overnight from unknown singer working hard to become a success in the industry on his own terms, to becoming a beloved American Idol contestant and popular singing artist whose songs are famously sung back to him with gusto at performances.
But inevitably, he knows that at nearly every performance he gives, the question will arise about his fiancée, Juliana Ramos.
But inevitably, he knows that at nearly every performance he gives, the question will arise about his fiancée, Juliana Ramos.
Medina talks forthrightly about that very issue in the second video above.
Aftonbladet
Chris fÄr berÀtta samma berÀttelse tusen gÄnger
av Ronnie Sandahl
2011-12-19
För vilken gÄng i ordningen stÄr han dÀr med samma milda sorgsna leende, samma fruktansvÀrda berÀttelse?Femhundrade? Tusende?
Det Àr Ànnu en dag i nöjesfabriken. Den amerikanske sÄngaren Chris Medina försöker variera sina intervjusvar,fastÀn frÄgorna nÀstan alltid Àr samma
Read the rest of the column at: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/kolumnister/ronniesandahl/article14097494.ab
As you know from my earlier blog post, for weeks earlier this year, What Are Words was the number-one song on the best-seller list in both Norway and Sweden.
UniversalMusicSweden video: Chris Medina - One Day In Stockholm (What Are Words). Chris appears on Rix FM in Stockholm.
Yes, they DO have 'Morning Zoo' radio formats in Sweden. http://youtu.be/eNjSIKIBE1U
As I wrote back in July, I received the behind-the-scenes Chris Medina video above within about ten minutes of it being posted to YouTube by Universal Music Sweden, and thus was one of the first persons to see it.
ABC News Good Morning America: Robin Roberts with Chris Medina.
NRK-TV video: Chris Medina LIVE on VG Lista Topp 20, RĂ„dhusplassen, (City Hall) Oslo, Norway. June 2011
http://youtu.be/ap6oY2cN11E
http://www.youtube.com/OfficialChrisMedina
http://www.youtube.com/user/ChrismedinaVEVO
http://www.facebook.com/OfficialChrisMedina
http://www.youtube.com/user/UniversalMusicSweden
