# Antigoni Reveals ALL About Love Island All Stars, Eurovision MADNESS & Having A Famous Mum?!

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[00:00] Welcome back to another episode of
[00:02] Saving Grace and today we have got a
[00:05] Eurovision icon on. We have got the
[00:08] Queen Antiggony sweetheart.
[00:12] >> I'm so excited to be here.
[00:13] >> I'm buzzing that you're on. I feel like
[00:15] you go with this set as well.
[00:16] >> Oh my god. And you know what? You've
[00:17] even got like the Greek pillars.
[00:19] >> Listen up. Yeah. I did this for you.
[00:21] >> Just for me?
[00:21] >> Yeah. Yeah, of course. I built it for
[00:23] you.
[00:23] >> Thank you.
[00:24] >> Should we just get stuck in with your
[00:25] vision then?
[00:26] >> So you do you get the call? Do you
[00:28] audition? like what's how does it go?
[00:31] >> Each country has its different thing.
[00:32] Like a lot of countries do like a
[00:33] national selection where it's like a
[00:35] mini Eurovision in the country and they
[00:37] choose. Okay.
[00:37] >> With Cyprus, it's always been like
[00:39] behind closed doors and I've been like
[00:40] trying to get in there for so many years
[00:42] like not knowing what the thing is. Like
[00:43] I I was like ghost tagging the I found
[00:46] out like who the people who make the
[00:47] decisions are. And I was ghost No, not
[00:49] joking. Like a psycho. Like for like
[00:52] years I was tag ghost tagging them and
[00:54] never responded to me. Never gave me
[00:55] time a day. But then this year I found
[00:59] out after the how it like all I know is
[01:01] I got a call being like you're going
[01:02] Eurovvision and I was like
[01:04] >> oh you didn't even get
[01:05] >> no it was I was in the middle of Soho
[01:07] and they announced it the official
[01:09] Eurovvision collab with me 2 minutes
[01:11] after I found out that I was going.
[01:12] >> So like my best friends and my sister
[01:14] like everyone was calling me like
[01:16] >> is this true? Because they they would
[01:18] have thought they're going to know and
[01:19] my mom was on the plane going to Cypress
[01:21] funny enough. I was like my mom doesn't
[01:23] know
[01:24] >> she's going to land and get the shock of
[01:25] her life. They they turned up with like
[01:27] um cuz I told them I was like my mom's
[01:29] flying Cypress and they a TV crew like
[01:31] went and like filmed my mom and dad's
[01:33] reaction and like my mom's like good
[01:34] with this stuff. My dad never's been
[01:36] interviewed and like he's he's had a few
[01:38] situations recently where I'm like why
[01:40] did you say that?
[01:41] >> But anyway, that's another story. But um
[01:44] yeah, so I the way it worked this year
[01:45] was there was a panel of five people and
[01:47] I didn't know who these people were and
[01:49] they didn't know who each other was.
[01:51] music people, radio dealers. I don't
[01:52] know who who they who they were.
[01:54] >> And they were given a list of nine names
[01:57] who had been put forward by Greek record
[01:59] labels. Um I'm not signed to a Greek
[02:02] record label, but that I have I have a
[02:04] good relationship with one particular
[02:05] label and I said to them, "Look, I want
[02:06] to do your revision. Can you put my name
[02:07] forward?" All I knew was that a label
[02:09] had to put you forward to do with the
[02:10] funding.
[02:11] >> And they did.
[02:11] >> They put my name forward. And these
[02:13] people on the panel had to put from one
[02:15] to nine who they thought was right. And
[02:17] they didn't they weren't given any like
[02:19] info. They just said do your own
[02:20] research.
[02:21] >> So the timing was kind of perfect
[02:23] because at that time I was on tour
[02:25] supporting um an artist called Marina
[02:27] Sati who actually represented Greece two
[02:29] years ago
[02:30] >> and I was like holding a Cypress flag on
[02:32] stage every night. So anyone who did
[02:33] their research would be like well she
[02:36] should be going and that's what happened
[02:38] and that was it. Yeah. That's how I got
[02:39] chosen.
[02:40] >> That is incredible. Also I feel like the
[02:42] most nerve-wracking
[02:44] >> opportunity to get as well like leading
[02:47] up to it. Were you [ __ ] yourself?
[02:48] No, I wasn't like I wasn't actually. I
[02:51] was really excited. There was a period
[02:53] where like there was so much press stuff
[02:54] and so much traveling that I was like I
[02:56] need to get just into rehearsals. And I
[02:58] think once I got into rehearsals, I felt
[02:59] really good.
[03:01] >> But then for me, the the crowd, the
[03:03] arena does not freak me out one bit. I
[03:05] love it. Like the moment the arena was
[03:07] filled with people, I felt calmer than I
[03:09] did when we were doing it to the empty
[03:11] arena.
[03:11] >> Really?
[03:12] >> Cuz I really fed off the energy and
[03:13] people were singing along so loud. It
[03:15] was just such an amazing feeling. The
[03:16] thing that freaked me out a bit was the
[03:18] TV element of it, the live TV. Oh,
[03:21] really? That's the cuz like 166 million
[03:24] people watched the Eurovvision last
[03:25] year. I don't know what the numbers were
[03:26] from this year, but something like that.
[03:27] >> I couldn't know that information
[03:29] >> when performing. No.
[03:31] >> So that I was trying to put out my mind
[03:32] and I was just trying to be like perform
[03:34] the arena like you know. Um, so I had my
[03:37] I definitely when I got there
[03:39] >> I definitely had like some real nervous
[03:41] moments and like my it affected my um my
[03:45] breathing like even in the rehe like
[03:47] going yeah in one of the rehearsals I
[03:50] started the song and when I say
[03:51] rehearsals like these are being filmed
[03:53] and stuff so I started having like what
[03:55] I thought was a panic attack
[03:57] >> about like 10 seconds into the song and
[03:59] I was like in my head I was saying your
[04:01] voice isn't going to come out and that
[04:03] freaked me out and then it took me a to
[04:06] kind of like reenter from that
[04:08] experience.
[04:09] >> I feel like that's the most terrifying
[04:10] thing if you're performing something and
[04:12] you're like, I'm actually having a panic
[04:14] attack right now.
[04:14] >> And I was like, my voice isn't in my
[04:16] head. I was going, my voice isn't going
[04:17] to come out. I was like,
[04:19] >> oh my god.
[04:20] >> I said it to my like to my manager after
[04:22] and like like he knows me very well in
[04:25] terms of my performance, my voice. He
[04:26] was I knew something was up cuz like
[04:28] >> Yeah. But it was that's what the
[04:29] rehearsals are for.
[04:30] >> Yeah. Thank god. Um, but it was an
[04:32] amazing experience. Like,
[04:34] >> and you got to the final as well.
[04:37] >> That's is Thank God. That's insane.
[04:40] >> Yeah, it was. The thing with Eurovvision
[04:42] is that it's just it's an incredible um
[04:46] it's the biggest world stage other than
[04:48] the Super Bowl. It is the most watched
[04:50] like musical
[04:51] >> and this is more for the gays as well.
[04:53] Absolutely. Thank goodness.
[04:54] >> It's the best audience. Like the
[04:55] Eurovvision fandom is like amazing. It's
[04:58] such a nice environment and all the
[05:00] other like contestants, even though
[05:02] we're there and it's competition, I
[05:03] think everyone recognizes that you're
[05:05] not really competing with each other.
[05:06] You're you have an opportunity to do
[05:08] what you're going to do on stage and
[05:09] then what you do with your career for
[05:10] the rest of it, that's what you take
[05:11] from it. It's a bit like X Factor,
[05:13] right? Think about it. One Direction,
[05:14] where did they come like fourth?
[05:16] >> I think they came like second, was it?
[05:18] >> No, I think four. It was fourth.
[05:19] >> Fourth. Yeah. But it's like I don't even
[05:22] And who came first that year?
[05:23] >> Well, [ __ ] knows. You never remember who
[05:25] comes first. No disrespect to that. It
[05:27] goes it goes it goes it goes different
[05:29] ways though. Like Dra who won this year
[05:32] is incredible. I really really like as a
[05:34] person as well like I met her at first
[05:36] on a pro promo tour in in Oslo.
[05:38] >> She's such a girls girl. Like we we
[05:40] clicked straight away cuz it was like oh
[05:42] you're cool. We're just like on a level
[05:44] where and I think every most
[05:47] nearly like everyone that I came across
[05:49] was just like we're just here to do an
[05:51] amazing thing. So it was really a nice
[05:53] atmosphere and like we all knew like the
[05:55] opportunity that we have. Do you do like
[05:57] a night out afterwards with everyone?
[05:59] >> You don't have time. Like everyone left
[06:01] the next day and bear in mind it was
[06:02] like by the time we finished filming the
[06:04] final it was like
[06:06] >> 1 in the morning and then you go back
[06:08] you de decompress a little bit whenever
[06:10] like and then I was leaving at like 9:00
[06:12] a.m. But we did have moments like the
[06:13] San Marino had a party and we were all
[06:16] there and that was like a night that
[06:17] most of us were like all there and we
[06:18] had a dance.
[06:19] >> That's so fun that you can all see each
[06:20] like meet each other properly, speak as
[06:22] well.
[06:23] >> No, definitely. I'll be in touch with a
[06:25] lot of the contestants now too. Like it
[06:26] was such cuz you'd have all these like
[06:28] weird This is the thing that you don't
[06:29] realize until you're there. There's
[06:30] these weird little moments. So
[06:33] >> once you know the the running order,
[06:34] there's rehearsals so you'll know who's
[06:36] coming before you who's coming after you
[06:37] and you have these little moments as
[06:38] you're leaving the stage or as you're
[06:39] going to the stage that you see the next
[06:41] person. Like for me when I was coming
[06:43] off the stage for the final
[06:44] >> and you know what a lot of people don't
[06:45] realize is that there's two finals and
[06:47] two semi-finals.
[06:48] >> Yeah.
[06:48] >> So the jury votes the night before the
[06:51] TV final. So the points that are like
[06:53] given to you by the jury have been
[06:55] already judged before it's live on TV.
[06:56] >> Oh wow.
[06:57] >> So you have to have four basically great
[07:00] performances and so you do the same
[07:02] running order many many times but like
[07:04] for me it was Italy straight after me in
[07:06] the final and I love first of all that
[07:07] was like I think that's my favorite song
[07:09] from the from this year other than Jala
[07:11] of course
[07:11] >> of course like I love that song. and I
[07:13] want to do a Greek version, but I would
[07:14] get off stage and I'd see um S and his
[07:17] team and it would be like this little
[07:18] moment and then I'd walk off and I'd see
[07:19] Jonas who was the Oso guy and we'd have
[07:21] this little like yeah let's do this like
[07:23] it was such a nice um you know like
[07:26] cheesy like Eurovvision family was like
[07:29] this
[07:29] >> it's nice it was a nice atmosphere as
[07:31] well I feel like that helps nerves
[07:32] >> and it's run it runs on volunteers most
[07:35] of the people working in the arena are
[07:37] volunteers and they just love Eurovision
[07:38] and they're so excited to be a part of
[07:40] it and they're working so hard as
[07:41] volunteers so it's just it just creates
[07:43] this really really nice atmosphere.
[07:48] >> Your outfit as well.
[07:49] >> Thank you.
[07:50] >> Was sensational.
[07:52] >> I hope you haven't got rid of it. I hope
[07:54] it's framed somewhere.
[07:56] >> I'm going to wear a wedding.
[07:57] >> I fear you have to. It was phenomenal.
[08:01] Like how did you go about getting that
[08:02] outfit?
[08:03] >> Honestly, that outfit was like actually
[08:04] something out of my dreams. Like I think
[08:06] if I saw anybody else wear that outfit,
[08:08] I would have gone green from Jenny. I
[08:10] was I just lose my dream outfit. Like it
[08:13] was like a mermaidy goddessy shells. So
[08:17] the way that that happened was me and my
[08:18] stylist, his name's Gostandino, he we
[08:20] have been manifesting your vision for
[08:22] years. Like I have videos of us like
[08:23] sitting on my living room floor like
[08:25] planning what we want. And then when we
[08:27] were searching for who would be the
[08:29] right designer, um we ended up going
[08:31] with Natar Georgu, which is a Cria
[08:33] designer. um two guys who are just
[08:36] amazing and they've made a few outfits
[08:38] of me on this journey leading up to it
[08:40] and it was just a real labor of love and
[08:42] a team effort.
[08:43] >> They they have this distinctive style
[08:45] with these 3D kind of dresses.
[08:47] >> So that's what they kind of really
[08:48] brought into this and then all the
[08:50] details of the shells and the the shell
[08:52] bra
[08:53] >> and like for me I love my belly out.
[08:55] Everyone everyone like is she going to
[08:58] change her style?
[08:58] >> No,
[08:59] >> I have my belly out today actually. So
[09:02] >> now and again I put it away. But for me,
[09:04] it was just like my dream outfit. I've
[09:06] still got my Eurovvision nails because
[09:08] that I haven't had time to get my nails
[09:09] done.
[09:09] >> I just wouldn't want to take them off
[09:10] though.
[09:11] >> I don't even want to. They've lasted so
[09:12] well. Nikki did my nails. This um girl
[09:15] who's amazing,
[09:16] >> but I do need to get them done at some
[09:17] point and do a pedicure and a manicure.
[09:19] And then I've got these um I've never
[09:21] worn extensions.
[09:22] >> So, I saw this video of you getting all
[09:23] of this done
[09:24] >> and now I'm now I'm trapped. He like as
[09:27] as the hair um stylist did them for me,
[09:29] he said, "Don't get ticked." And now
[09:30] once I've had it, I looked at an old
[09:32] video with my hair normal. I'm like, who
[09:35] is she? I can't.
[09:36] >> Extensions are so dangerous. You just
[09:39] feel bald without them,
[09:40] >> right? Cuz they look just they're so
[09:41] good as well. They look like my real
[09:42] hair.
[09:43] >> I don't know how cuz it matches your
[09:46] curl pattern so well.
[09:48] >> Maloi hairdressers is the one. It's in
[09:50] um Maloi means hair in Cria. It's almost
[09:53] like quite a villagy way of saying hair.
[09:55] And it's in Hamstead. and he must have
[09:57] permed I don't even know how many
[09:59] centuries to get it right and it was
[10:01] just perfect. So every detail from like
[10:03] the hair to the the makeup look like um
[10:07] we the makeup brand called Cherry Up
[10:09] >> my body oil that they put on me went
[10:12] completely viral. Like the video has
[10:14] like 10 million views. It's ridiculous.
[10:16] >> That was you know what's so funny? The
[10:17] outfit came to me first and then I
[10:19] thought what the [ __ ] has she put on her
[10:21] body? It looked sensational. It looked
[10:24] like I was like shining like everyone
[10:26] >> like you just come out the sea,
[10:28] >> right?
[10:28] >> Do you know what I mean?
[10:29] >> That's my dream.
[10:30] >> Oh my god. Honestly, you smashed it.
[10:33] >> Thank you.
[10:33] >> What has the reaction been like?
[10:35] >> Absolutely unbelievable. Like it's like
[10:39] >> it's just been amazing and especially in
[10:41] Cyprus because so Jala means more. It's
[10:44] specifically in Criate dialect and
[10:46] that's never happened before in the
[10:47] Eurovvision that they've actually taken
[10:48] Criate dialect to the Eurovvision. And
[10:50] me as a consumer have been saying for
[10:52] years and years, I want to see something
[10:53] criate representing Cypress. Of course,
[10:55] the last few years incredibly talented
[10:57] artists have gone great songs, but they
[10:59] weren't Criate style. So for me, I was
[11:01] like, when I go, I want to take
[11:02] something really criate. So Jala has
[11:05] like become a national anthem in
[11:07] Cypress. The excitement in Cypress is
[11:09] something that's like I just couldn't be
[11:11] more grateful for the the reaction. I
[11:13] went to visit a school the other day
[11:14] when we got back to Cyprus and the
[11:16] teachers were telling me that they did
[11:18] an assembly that was titled Astros Nalon
[11:21] and that means it's one of the lyrics in
[11:22] the song that says let them talk and
[11:25] they did this whole assembly about like
[11:27] don't care what people think be yourself
[11:28] and I was like your song lyrics
[11:31] >> like that's crazy
[11:32] >> you made it.
[11:33] >> So the reaction is crazy and in the like
[11:35] you know all the people in the arena who
[11:36] worked there were just like singing Jala
[11:38] constantly. I couldn't walk somewhere
[11:39] without people being like Jala Jala. So
[11:42] catchy and it is such a good song.
[11:45] Honestly, you had the song before
[11:47] Eurovvision, did you?
[11:48] >> Well, I started writing it and I'd been
[11:49] it's a song that I started writing like
[11:51] a year and a half ago and just about a
[11:53] month before I found out I hit up this
[11:55] producer. I made it initially with my
[11:56] team, Tqua Conor Mali, who I make most
[11:59] of my music with. I hit up this
[12:00] producer, Clay, who's a um Albanian
[12:03] producer based in Greece, and he's just
[12:05] really talented. And I was like, I feel
[12:06] like he can help me elevate this. We
[12:08] started making it. Then I found out I
[12:09] was going, we finished it. We did it.
[12:11] And I just knew I just believed that it
[12:13] was just God's timing cuz it all just
[12:15] happened in such a like amazing way.
[12:17] >> And the reaction to the song and the
[12:19] music video when it first came out, it
[12:20] just absolutely went crazy.
[12:22] >> How many extras did you have in the
[12:23] music video?
[12:24] >> I couldn't tell you cuz it was
[12:25] completely
[12:26] >> There was so many.
[12:27] >> It was crazy. It was literally But do
[12:29] you know how that happened? It was like
[12:30] literally my cousin called out the whole
[12:32] village.
[12:32] >> You're joking.
[12:33] >> Dead. There was not one paid extra in
[12:35] that. Nothing. Everything. So many
[12:37] people were commenting like, "Oh my god,
[12:38] Cypress had budget for this." We were
[12:39] like,
[12:40] >> "That's what I said when I heard this.
[12:41] Thought they got budget, but
[12:42] >> we didn't. We just I we so like for
[12:44] example, the Maserati that looked very
[12:46] fancy." My choreographer had a contact
[12:47] at a company called E-cars and Maserati
[12:49] Cypress lent us the car so we could tag
[12:52] them. And then with all the extras, it
[12:54] was literally my cousin
[12:56] >> going around the village because this is
[12:58] my grandma's village and was like, "We
[12:59] we're doing a music video. Can everyone
[13:01] come out?" And it was raining as well.
[13:02] Everyone sat in the rain. It was like my
[13:03] grandparents, all my cousins were there.
[13:04] That is so
[13:05] >> it was just it was so wholesome. Like it
[13:07] really was and it and it was just like
[13:09] even the oranges that were all in the
[13:11] truck like my uncle sourced the oranges.
[13:13] I called up Savos Flattley and this girl
[13:15] Sophia Japan Deli who's a model and all
[13:17] these iconic um diaspora criate criates
[13:20] and it really was just like labor of
[13:23] love and like people just doing it for
[13:25] the the culture.
[13:26] >> That's so amazing as well for the people
[13:27] that live in the village.
[13:28] >> Oh my god.
[13:29] >> If that was me,
[13:31] >> children, grandchildren, I'd be like
[13:33] watch this. Yeah, absolutely.
[13:35] Absolutely. And that's the thing about
[13:37] the song that's been the most amazing
[13:38] thing for me is that it's little kids
[13:40] like I'm talking like six-month-old kids
[13:43] like parents are sending me videos where
[13:44] they get excited to jala and then
[13:46] grandparents. It's like become this like
[13:48] crossgenerational song and you could
[13:50] never go to the studio and be like I
[13:51] want to write a song that's going to be
[13:52] crossgenerational. you could try, but
[13:55] you know, really it's for for the
[13:56] girlies or for the gays or for there's
[13:58] like a very clear whereas this song
[14:00] became this like,
[14:01] >> you know, so yeah, on the most part I
[14:03] did have like some I thought I put my
[14:05] phone on the side. I'm so sorry. But
[14:07] like I did have like some moments of
[14:09] negative reaction,
[14:11] >> but I feel like that's how you know that
[14:13] things are going really well.
[14:15] >> Yeah.
[14:15] >> Is when you do get a bit of negativity.
[14:18] >> Yeah. Yeah, I guess so. I mean, look,
[14:19] like for me, um, my semi-final
[14:22] performance was just not my best
[14:23] performance.
[14:24] >> And the grief that I got online the next
[14:26] day, I thought I was going to die. Like,
[14:28] I I I literally had a breakdown that day
[14:31] in the arena, I was literally sobbing
[14:33] cuz it was like,
[14:34] >> and the thing is is the TV sound versus
[14:37] the arena sound is so different, too.
[14:39] Cuz like all the videos when I was
[14:40] watching in the arena, I was like, "This
[14:41] sounds great. Like, I'm not delusional."
[14:43] But then I was watching TV, I was like,
[14:44] "This isn't my best performance." And
[14:46] the the negativity was so strong. It was
[14:49] like she can't sing, she's this, she's
[14:51] that. It was like really really
[14:53] overwhelmingly bad. I honestly
[14:54] >> And that's right before the final as
[14:56] well. Worst time to have all of that in
[14:58] your head. And the thing is, I'm so
[14:59] grateful that I got through to the final
[15:02] cuz yeah, if my Eurovvision journey had
[15:03] ended there, I don't know how I would
[15:05] have picked myself back up because it
[15:07] would have been so
[15:09] >> it's one thing if you know you've
[15:11] smashed it
[15:12] >> and then you get hate that you can live
[15:13] with that. But when you're like
[15:15] >> my my nerves got the best of me, it just
[15:17] wasn't my best. So then I I had this
[15:20] like crossroads here where I was like I
[15:21] either let this break me or I come back
[15:23] in the final like swinging and that's
[15:26] what I just had this sense of cool in
[15:28] the final and that performance for me
[15:30] was like probably one of the best
[15:31] moments of my whole life. It's so nice
[15:32] that you were able to have a moment like
[15:34] that as well. But I also think
[15:36] >> your harshest critic is yourself anyway
[15:40] and I think anyone that is commenting
[15:42] anything bad about that performance or
[15:44] whatever I would love to see them
[15:47] >> Yeah. right
[15:48] >> perform in an arena and I would love to
[15:50] hear what they sound like
[15:51] >> and literally the saying in the song is
[15:53] ask let them talk and generally I'm
[15:55] pretty good
[15:56] >> at like letting things just bounce off
[15:58] me but like it was so overwhelming that
[16:00] it did get me but then it was like this
[16:02] moment of celebration once the final
[16:04] happened all the people that had backed
[16:06] me were like where are the haters now
[16:08] and all the people that had like been
[16:09] cussing me literally comments were like
[16:11] oh I take it back like she smashed it
[16:12] and I was like thank you that I got to
[16:15] just like do
[16:16] >> also the amount of performance
[16:17] performances you had to do.
[16:18] >> Yeah. Crazy.
[16:19] >> One of them at least wasn't going to be
[16:21] your best performance.
[16:22] >> Yeah. And it happened to be that one.
[16:23] Like that was of cuz we do all these
[16:25] rehearsals on stage and then just on the
[16:27] from the semi-final to the final. It's
[16:28] four days in a row where you go on the
[16:30] stage. It was eight performances just
[16:32] back to back.
[16:33] >> [ __ ] me.
[16:33] >> And like that was the one where I don't
[16:36] know whether I got over excited. I don't
[16:37] know whether I whatever it was. It was
[16:39] just
[16:40] >> Yeah. I was But the final the moment I
[16:41] came off that stage, I felt like on the
[16:43] stage I felt like I was flying. Well,
[16:44] the moment that was important. You
[16:46] smashed it. So,
[16:47] >> thank you.
[16:48] >> Eat [ __ ] Anyone that commented nasty
[16:50] things, thank you.
[16:51] >> People are also remixing your songs.
[16:54] They're adding their own twist to it.
[16:55] I've seen it all over my TikTok for you
[16:59] page. I've seen house versions. I think
[17:01] I've seen an Arabic version. Is that
[17:02] right?
[17:03] >> Yeah. So, we just released an Arabic
[17:04] version with an artist called
[17:07] is Yeah, I love Arabic. Thank you. So
[17:09] good.
[17:09] >> Thank you. And so many people were
[17:11] thinking Jala was yala when the song
[17:14] came out. So then we were like, "Oh,
[17:15] well this is genius. We have to do like
[17:18] um an Arabic version and I've done um a
[17:20] collaboration with Arabic artists
[17:21] before." So and Criate music and Middle
[17:23] Eastern music. It all just has this
[17:25] similar flavor. So it was like a really
[17:26] natural collaboration
[17:28] >> and then yeah, we've just released the
[17:29] Afro House version as well with a DJ
[17:31] called DJ Gigi who's a Greek Australian
[17:33] girl
[17:34] >> and she's so fire. I've been following
[17:36] her for ages and she sent me she was
[17:37] like I want to do this remix. like let's
[17:39] do it. Do you ever get a moment when
[17:40] you're like how I know you've always
[17:43] been a singer but I feel like this is
[17:45] like your your like time now like you're
[17:48] everyone sort of like oh yeah this is
[17:50] actually sick. Do you ever sit there and
[17:52] think oh my god
[17:54] >> like can you believe it like
[17:56] >> I don't know you know when you work so
[17:57] hard for something is this now a time
[17:59] where you can enjoy it? That's what I'm
[18:01] really like like I'm I've been so busy
[18:03] and running a million miles an hour and
[18:04] but even at the Eurovision I did take
[18:06] moments to be like take this in like you
[18:07] went to this and you're here and it was
[18:09] just such an incredible feeling and now
[18:11] there's all these other opportunities
[18:13] happening and it feels like you know I I
[18:15] signed a publishing deal when I was 14.
[18:16] So I've been in this game for a long
[18:19] time. I'm 16 years into the music
[18:22] industry
[18:23] >> and I've been like working so hard and
[18:25] it's there's been so many moments where
[18:26] it felt like damn is this going to
[18:28] happen for me? Am I going to get these
[18:29] moments? And then from the moment I got
[18:30] that call of Eurovvision, it just felt
[18:32] like so many things in my life started
[18:34] to just line up.
[18:35] >> Yeah.
[18:35] >> And um and now it's just an ongoing
[18:37] thing. Um so I'm about to do a European
[18:40] tour, which we've announced now, which
[18:42] is like
[18:42] >> last year we could barely sell out a
[18:44] show of like 300 people, 200 people. And
[18:46] now I'm doing a huge show in Cypress.
[18:48] I'm doing a tour. I'm just like it's
[18:50] like pinched me. I'm just so grateful
[18:52] cuz it's like it's what I love. It's
[18:54] what I love to do. It's what I've always
[18:56] wanted to do is write music and perform.
[18:58] And now I'm actually getting the
[18:59] opportunity to do that in a real way.
[19:01] And yeah, I'm I'm really like trying to
[19:02] just enjoy it.
[19:03] >> You deserve it. You've put in some hard
[19:04] graft. Absolute hard graft. And did you
[19:07] go to the Brit school?
[19:08] >> No. This is like an online rumor that it
[19:10] ends up in articles all the time.
[19:12] Really?
[19:12] >> Someone just said it once and then
[19:14] >> people run with it.
[19:15] >> Yeah. Like it was even I even did this
[19:16] thing with an airline recently. They put
[19:17] like me in the in the airline booklet
[19:19] and it was like went to the Brit School.
[19:21] I was like
[19:22] >> we I just didn't like the Brit school's
[19:24] amazing and like so many amazing artists
[19:25] love it. Like
[19:26] >> people just I didn't go to Brit school.
[19:29] I went to college and then I just went
[19:30] straight into music.
[19:31] >> Did you do music at college?
[19:33] >> No, I did ancient history, drama, and
[19:35] English.
[19:36] >> What the [ __ ] do you mean ancient
[19:37] history?
[19:38] >> Classics. I'm obsessed with like ancient
[19:40] history.
[19:41] >> Classics is mental, by the way. I
[19:42] remember people did that at my school,
[19:43] and I was like, I don't know what you're
[19:44] talking about.
[19:45] >> No, it's basically Greek myths. It's
[19:47] like little stories. Wow. Like I loved
[19:49] studying class. My mom studied classics
[19:51] at uni and my little brother's doing
[19:52] this.
[19:52] >> Is that what it's about?
[19:53] >> Yeah, it's all about just like ancient
[19:54] history. I know. And my name is an
[19:56] ancient Greek name. It's a tragedy. So,
[19:57] you might as well Well, I'm sorry about
[19:59] that, but that
[20:00] >> I'm glad I didn't have to.
[20:04] >> That's incredible, though.
[20:05] >> Yeah. Know, so it's I didn't even like I
[20:08] I always did music, but it was always
[20:10] outside of school.
[20:11] >> I was like, let me finish school so I
[20:12] could just do this full time,
[20:13] >> you know?
[20:14] >> So, did you always think you'd be a
[20:15] singer?
[20:16] >> Always. Like I don't even remember being
[20:18] like memories from before knowing that
[20:20] like I was going to be a singer. Like
[20:21] that was just always my my life purpose.
[20:25] That's ins. That's like manifesting
[20:28] though, isn't it? You always knew. So
[20:30] when you were 14, what what happened
[20:32] there?
[20:33] >> So I was just like doing open mic nights
[20:36] in pubs and things like that and my
[20:37] parents would take me around to like
[20:38] sing here and there and I was playing
[20:39] the guitar, playing the piano, like
[20:41] writing music.
[20:42] >> Um and and then we got through like I
[20:46] don't even know through a random loose
[20:47] connection we got put in touch put in
[20:49] front of a management and a publishers
[20:51] and they really loved what I was doing.
[20:52] I ended up signing a deal with them. And
[20:54] then I was just doing like songwriting
[20:55] sessions on the weekends or school
[20:57] holidays or like bunking the odd day off
[20:59] school.
[20:59] >> Love that fear.
[21:00] >> And um and then it just evolved and then
[21:02] I ended up signing a record deal with
[21:04] Island Records when I was like 18. That
[21:06] didn't work out. The person that signed
[21:08] me, I got signed by this Darkest Bees
[21:10] who signed Amy Winehouse and I was like,
[21:12] "This is it. I'm clear."
[21:13] >> Yeah. Automatically you would think,
[21:14] "Yeah, absolutely." And then by the time
[21:16] it kind of like I did the rounds of
[21:18] writing music and had some stuff ready
[21:19] to go, he then left the label and like
[21:22] you know when you the person that signed
[21:24] you leaves, you kind of don't have a
[21:25] champion.
[21:26] >> I ended up leaving the label with the
[21:28] rest of my advance which was a blessing.
[21:29] And I ended up taking that advance and
[21:31] like reinvesting it into just developing
[21:32] my own thing. And that's when I started
[21:34] to introduce my culture and like criate
[21:37] and Greek elements into my music. And
[21:38] that's when I was like a this is me.
[21:40] This is my sound. This is who I am. And
[21:42] that's why the Eurovvision was such a
[21:44] natural thing because it wasn't like,
[21:45] oh, now I'm going to do Eurovvision, let
[21:46] me do something really criate. It was
[21:48] like that's always in my music. Like the
[21:50] bazooki is this instrument that's
[21:52] beautiful and I put it in all my songs.
[21:54] >> Um, so then yeah, it just felt like the
[21:57] most natural thing for me to do.
[21:59] >> That's crazy cuz you hear a lot in the
[22:00] music industry about people leaving
[22:02] their labels or what else. And I always
[22:04] think that it must be so difficult when
[22:06] you're young and you sign to a label and
[22:07] you automatically think it this is this
[22:10] is my time. And then you have to sort of
[22:11] go and be like, "Okay, what am I
[22:13] actually going to do?" You have to take
[22:14] it on yourself. It must be stressful.
[22:16] >> Do you know what it is? It's picking
[22:17] yourself back up over and over again
[22:19] because it is such a it's an industry of
[22:21] rejection. And especially with social
[22:23] media,
[22:24] >> it just feels like you're just doing so
[22:25] much and no one cares.
[22:26] >> Yeah.
[22:27] >> That's what it feels like. You know, you
[22:29] can't help but see what everyone else is
[22:31] doing. And like I'm I I'm such a fan of
[22:35] music. So I'd see things that other
[22:37] artists are doing and like be so in awe
[22:40] but then also feel like so sad that like
[22:42] I wasn't getting to do anything. And
[22:44] then but there's a moment where you just
[22:46] realize your journey is your journey.
[22:49] >> Yeah.
[22:50] >> And once I started to just stop trying
[22:51] to control everything a bit more and
[22:53] just sat back and like actually enjoyed
[22:54] the journey a bit more.
[22:56] >> You start connect and click and I've had
[22:59] so much fun. That's the thing that I've
[23:01] realized like I've had so much fun the
[23:02] last few years like my whole of my 20ies
[23:05] like
[23:06] >> even though it's not been the trajectory
[23:07] I would have imagined from like you know
[23:09] I thought I was going to be like Julia
[23:10] Lipa.
[23:10] >> Yeah.
[23:12] >> Absolutely.
[23:13] >> And she's just amazing. Like
[23:15] >> I watch her growth. I followed her from
[23:17] like when she had like 2 3,000 followers
[23:18] cuz she was Kofin. My best friend's
[23:20] Kosin who's with me today.
[23:21] >> So I've like watched her journey
[23:23] >> and like you know I was like yeah that's
[23:25] going to be me when I'm when I'm that
[23:26] age 100%. And um but then it's like,
[23:29] okay, that wasn't my path. But then I
[23:30] look back at my life and the things that
[23:32] I've got to do and the hustle period and
[23:34] the the funny gigs where I'm singing to
[23:36] like three people, someone's asleep on
[23:39] the table. Like
[23:40] >> it makes for a good story though.
[23:41] >> Exactly. You know, the journey's just
[23:43] been unorthodox and all over the place,
[23:44] but it's like I'm I'm happy.
[23:46] >> I think a lot of the time when you even
[23:48] speak to these people, it's like they
[23:50] face so much rejection to get to where
[23:51] they are anyway. If you're at it and you
[23:54] keep at it and you have thick skin,
[23:56] absolutely. I'll be seeing you at
[23:57] Wembley.
[23:58] >> Absolutely.
[23:58] >> And I want Front Row.
[23:59] >> You've got it.
[24:00] >> And speaking of Wembley, please. Thank
[24:02] you so much. I'd love that.
[24:04] >> Do you get a rider when you're on
[24:06] Eurovvision?
[24:06] >> Um, no.
[24:07] >> No.
[24:08] >> You don't have a rider?
[24:09] >> No.
[24:09] >> So, you just have to take things to your
[24:11] own dressing room.
[24:12] >> Yeah. And there's not even like food in
[24:14] the arena. Yeah. It's like paid
[24:15] catering.
[24:16] >> Oh, really? So, you could be having
[24:17] spaghetti meatballs. I was I got so
[24:20] skinny in the zoo which like you know I
[24:24] was we've been dancing so hard and
[24:26] working out and doing all of that but
[24:27] like I was so busy that I like didn't
[24:30] have enough time to eat a lot of the
[24:31] time which I'm a foodie. I love my food.
[24:34] Um but yeah, I barely had time to eat
[24:36] cuz it was so full on.
[24:37] >> Well, if you had a rider, what would be
[24:39] on it?
[24:39] >> So when I do when I've done shows before
[24:41] and I have a rider,
[24:42] >> I generally go for like pack of like
[24:44] like um dried fruits and nuts.
[24:47] >> Oh. because it's like something that
[24:48] doesn't well it's like it doesn't bloat
[24:50] you. It doesn't have doesn't affect your
[24:52] voice, but it's like a good snacky. It's
[24:55] good calories. It gets you going.
[24:56] >> That's a shout.
[24:57] >> Yeah. So, that's that. And I'm a bit
[24:58] boring with my rider. Often my ride is
[25:00] more fun by my team. So, they'll ask for
[25:02] some beers and they'll ask for some
[25:04] whatever. But I what I actually brought
[25:06] though a lot of the time is really
[25:07] random. I've realized it's my new
[25:09] favorite snack. It's a criate thing
[25:11] called shushuk.
[25:12] >> What is it?
[25:13] >> And it's basically like it's made of
[25:15] dried grapes.
[25:16] >> Okay.
[25:16] >> Right. And I should have brought you
[25:17] some to try.
[25:18] >> Please. Do I have some? No, I don't.
[25:20] >> Just realized I left it at home and I'm
[25:22] going away.
[25:23] >> I'll get it from your house and just eat
[25:25] it. Don't worry.
[25:26] >> And then it's got like the nuts in the
[25:27] middle
[25:28] >> and it's like honestly so delicious. And
[25:30] it's like was was that my go-to snack?
[25:32] And then I ran out and my mom like put
[25:33] on a story. She was like, "Is anyone
[25:34] coming to the Eurovision final? Can you
[25:36] bring some?" And someone actually
[25:39] brought us some way. I need to try that.
[25:42] That sounds incredible.
[25:43] >> I'll bring you some at some point.
[25:44] >> Please do. Do you ever drink before
[25:46] performances or are you tea total?
[25:48] >> No, I don't because I just want to be on
[25:50] point.
[25:50] >> You're a better woman than me,
[25:52] >> right? Well, different though because
[25:54] you're you're like the queen of just
[25:55] talking.
[25:56] >> God bless.
[25:56] >> Like you can just like and I think the
[25:58] more free freely you speak the even
[26:00] better it is.
[26:00] >> True.
[26:01] >> Whereas I don't want to be like
[26:03] >> also apparently when you're drunk your
[26:05] voice is bad. Is that true?
[26:06] >> It dries out your voice. It dries out
[26:08] your vocal faction. I wouldn't but I
[26:10] drink after but like you know I might
[26:12] have a little cocktail after but I have
[26:14] not really like drunk this year much cuz
[26:17] I've been so busy and focused
[26:19] >> or when you do drink
[26:21] >> cocktail with the girls last night and I
[26:22] literally was like we were out for
[26:24] dinner and we were meant to go to like
[26:25] our friends event after and I got there
[26:27] and I was like guys I'm going to fall
[26:28] asleep
[26:29] >> and that is not me like I'm like I'm I
[26:32] like I'm not that person that will fall
[26:33] asleep.
[26:33] >> You've had a busy start of the year
[26:35] though I will say. What's your drinker
[26:36] choice if you do drink? [ __ ] hell.
[26:39] >> Yeah, I love
[26:40] >> Really?
[26:40] >> And either either just tequila tequila
[26:42] shot or like cocktail like a spicy mug.
[26:45] >> God,
[26:46] a tequila shot.
[26:48] >> Yeah. No,
[26:49] >> good tequila is nice. There's a big
[26:50] difference between like
[26:51] >> Yeah. I'm drinking the one with the
[26:52] little red hat on it.
[26:53] >> Yeah. Listen, if you get a good tequila,
[26:55] it's And it's the only alcohol that's an
[26:57] upper, not a downer.
[26:58] >> I've heard this. See, I fall asleep most
[27:00] time when I'm pissed. So maybe we just
[27:02] every day.
[27:02] >> If you just stick to tequila like
[27:04] >> maybe I need to maybe I do need to have
[27:06] a little bit of tequila. What are you
[27:08] mixing it with in apart from like a
[27:10] spicy mugg? If you're on the like
[27:12] >> if I'm out and I just going to have a
[27:13] mixer, I'd um you know that pink
[27:14] grapefruit juice, the sparkly one.
[27:16] >> Okay.
[27:17] >> I don't know if that's a thing that's
[27:18] just everywhere in Greece and Cypress,
[27:19] but there's this pink. It's like three
[27:20] cents pink.
[27:21] >> I feel like that's quite niche.
[27:22] >> It's like a paloma, I guess.
[27:24] >> Oh, okay. Yeah,
[27:26] >> I like it. Maybe I'll do a Cosmo with
[27:30] Now, you've really overstepped the line
[27:32] here. I don't think I can have a ginger
[27:34] beer with
[27:34] >> You like ginger beer?
[27:35] >> No.
[27:35] >> Oh, well then you really like it. I
[27:37] think yeah, I think that would send me
[27:38] into oblivion. However, I think I could
[27:40] do a Cosmo with tequila and maybe see
[27:43] how that is.
[27:43] >> So, I do that a lot whenever I go
[27:44] somewhere cocktails and I like the sound
[27:47] of it, but I'll just say, "Can you swap
[27:48] the vodka for tequila?" I just generally
[27:50] only sit tequila or maybe a glass of
[27:52] wine.
[27:52] >> Maybe this is this is what I'm going to
[27:55] do.
[27:55] >> I'm going to be swinging chandeliers
[27:57] with my tits out. I think
[27:59] >> I mean, I can't say tequila's taking me
[28:01] there, but if it takes you there, then
[28:02] >> I mean, yeah, I've it's got to be done.
[28:04] >> I want to see this. I'm going to send
[28:06] you it if it ever happens. I'm going to
[28:07] start tonight. I'm going to have
[28:08] tequila. Maybe not tonight. No, [ __ ] it
[28:10] tonight.
[28:12] >> So, your mom is celebrity chef. Yes. Am
[28:14] I right? What is the food like in your
[28:16] house? Has this influence how you cook?
[28:19] What's the vibe? So, we are a big foodie
[28:21] house. My mom has been like
[28:23] >> My mom's like journeys crazy cuz she was
[28:25] a school teacher in Tottenham until she
[28:26] was 30 and then she was like, "Right, I
[28:28] want to be on TV." Wrote this TV show,
[28:31] took it to 200 production companies.
[28:33] Everyone said no. ran out of production
[28:34] companies in London, ended up finding
[28:36] one in Birmingham. Got the show
[28:38] commissioned.
[28:38] >> Incredible. This the show got
[28:40] commissioned while she was pregnant. So,
[28:42] she was filming on the Greek islands
[28:44] while she was breastfeeding my brother.
[28:45] Like, it was a crazy journey and it was
[28:48] like on the Discovery Channel and it was
[28:49] like my Greek kitchen, my separate
[28:50] kitchen. So, she was very much like
[28:51] sharing the culture through food.
[28:53] >> And now she's like, I'm done with
[28:55] cooking. I just want everyone to cook
[28:56] for me. And like we all cook. So,
[28:58] everyone in my family is like big cook
[29:00] like foodies. My little brother Ze, he's
[29:02] 21. and he just turned 21.
[29:04] >> He's like a Michelin star chef. I kid
[29:06] you not. You're joking. That I will come
[29:07] home and that kid is making himself
[29:09] lunch and it's like Wagu burger with
[29:11] caramelized onions. Whoever that man
[29:14] marries, I know he's my god.
[29:16] >> Yeah. And he's gorgeous as well. He's
[29:17] 6'2. He's like muscly. I'm like
[29:19] >> jeans in your family. God bless. God
[29:22] bless. That's insane.
[29:24] >> Yeah. So, everyone's like into our food.
[29:26] We all cook.
[29:27] >> I can only imagine like just even
[29:29] barbecues around your house.
[29:31] >> You have to come for Greece next year.
[29:32] Please, cuz I won't leave. I will be
[29:34] rolled out of your house cuz I'll have
[29:35] eaten so much.
[29:36] >> Greek Easter house like Fiola, my friend
[29:38] will tell you, it's like a feast.
[29:39] >> Incredible.
[29:40] >> You roll home.
[29:41] >> You know what it is? Us English don't
[29:43] really have that vibe.
[29:45] >> You know when it's bar like my mom, I
[29:48] was saying this earlier. Should have a
[29:49] bit of chicken, bit of black pepper on
[29:51] it.
[29:51] >> Right. It was like the Victorian times
[29:53] growing up, you know? I can only imagine
[29:56] in a house full of like flavor. in
[29:59] lockdown we our whole purpose of like
[30:02] living was what are we gonna have for
[30:03] dinner and we were just like and every
[30:06] night somebody else would cook. So we
[30:07] were like a big household at the time.
[30:09] >> How how many are we talking?
[30:10] >> Uh there was seven or eight people at
[30:12] that.
[30:12] >> So we were like everyone was cooking
[30:13] every night. We were just like
[30:15] >> it was just like we all a lot of people
[30:18] lost weight during lockdown. I think we
[30:20] did not.
[30:21] >> You were the 1%.
[30:22] >> We Yeah. We were like literally all we
[30:24] were doing was like going for long walks
[30:26] and then eating and like the whole
[30:28] purpose of like were we going to eat?
[30:30] >> Yeah.
[30:30] >> And it so it was actually quite fun.
[30:32] >> That's incredible. And you grew up in
[30:33] North London.
[30:34] >> What whereabouts we people?
[30:36] >> Okay.
[30:37] >> Yeah. I went to school in Barnett.
[30:38] Proper North London girl. All the
[30:40] criates are in North London.
[30:41] >> Are they?
[30:41] >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[30:42] >> I didn't know this.
[30:43] >> I went to Greek school every Saturday.
[30:45] >> It's like
[30:46] >> Oh, first.
[30:47] >> I see. I know nothing about North
[30:48] London.
[30:49] >> Oh, where where are you from? Cambridge.
[30:50] See, I'm from Cambridge, but now I live
[30:52] I'd say like south.
[30:54] >> Okay.
[30:54] >> So, all I know about North London is it
[30:56] takes me a long time to get there.
[30:58] >> Yeah, fine.
[30:58] >> That's What are the hot spots in North
[31:00] London?
[31:01] >> Well, there's an amazing Greek
[31:02] restaurant called Nissi.
[31:04] >> Love this.
[31:04] >> That's really good. Like, you want to go
[31:05] for a nice mezish mezzair. Okay.
[31:07] >> In Palmer's Green.
[31:09] >> What else is really good in North
[31:10] London? I need to really think. But you
[31:11] know what? I've not been in London like
[31:13] for the last few years.
[31:14] >> You were saying this, you've been living
[31:16] out your case.
[31:16] >> Yeah, I've been living out my case. I
[31:17] was living in Athens properly for like a
[31:19] year. So you had like a a place there.
[31:21] >> Yeah, you have a place out there now,
[31:22] but when I was living there, I was I was
[31:24] renting somewhere. I I did a season out
[31:26] there. Um the Greek music scene is like
[31:29] really unique. So it's like you know how
[31:31] people do residencies in Vegas.
[31:33] >> Okay,
[31:33] >> that's what like the Ed Sheerans and the
[31:35] Adele of Greece do every year. And these
[31:38] like it's like a hybrid between a
[31:40] concert and a club. Okay.
[31:41] >> And they will come out. So I was opening
[31:43] for a Greek artist called Nigos, one of
[31:45] the biggest Greek artists. If you're
[31:47] ever in Athens, okay, one day you need
[31:48] to come to Athens in the winter.
[31:49] >> Say no more.
[31:50] >> The clubs are called Buzzuka.
[31:51] >> Okay.
[31:52] >> And they open at about half 12. The
[31:53] opening act. Yeah. The opening act 1:00
[31:57] a.m.
[31:58] >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You got you got a nap
[31:59] in the
[32:00] headline artist goes out for their first
[32:02] set around 2:00 in the morning.
[32:04] >> Oh my gosh.
[32:04] >> And they go and basically people throw
[32:06] flowers. You see like in I champagne
[32:08] spraying. This is like they throw roses
[32:10] and it's like their way of being like,
[32:11] I've got loads of money. I'm I'm
[32:12] throwing it at the singer. And um and it
[32:15] goes on till about six in the morning
[32:17] >> and it's absolutely intense. Like it's
[32:19] it's crazy. So I did a season basically
[32:22] opening for one of the artists out
[32:23] there.
[32:23] >> What time are you opening?
[32:25] >> So my first set was at 1 and the second
[32:27] set was at half two
[32:29] >> and then I'd be done by about 3:00 and
[32:30] then you have so much adrenaline going
[32:31] on stage. I have other friends who were
[32:33] in the other bazooka. So I'd go to their
[32:35] bazooka and end up staying till 6. My my
[32:37] sleeping pattern when I live.
[32:38] >> I just don't understand this life. And
[32:39] then what time do people get up after
[32:40] that? Like John would would create like
[32:43] always stun me. I would a lot of them
[32:45] run on Fridays and Saturdays but some of
[32:47] them are Saturdays and Sundays and on a
[32:49] Sunday this place will be full and I'll
[32:51] be like do none of you people have jobs
[32:53] >> either that or they're functioning
[32:54] they'll just get I think they won't
[32:56] sleep. They'll go
[32:57] >> yeah maybe
[32:58] >> maybe it's their young you know when I
[32:59] was like 18.
[32:59] >> No it's all ages like there's literally
[33:01] all this is the thing about it. You have
[33:03] 18 year olds and then you have like 75
[33:04] year olds.
[33:05] >> It's the tap water then
[33:06] >> maybe
[33:06] >> something's in there with electrolytes.
[33:08] >> Greeks just live a different life. They
[33:09] just live on cigarettes and coffee and
[33:11] just don't sleep. And
[33:12] >> what I kind of love about it, when I go
[33:13] to Greece, now I don't smoke. I've never
[33:15] really wanted to smoke,
[33:17] >> but when I'm in Greece, I'm like,
[33:20] >> I could do that if I wanted to. You know
[33:21] what? I'm going to have an espresso,
[33:23] >> right?
[33:23] >> I'm having a panic attack now, but I've
[33:25] done it for the culture.
[33:26] >> You can't not drink coffee. Fact.
[33:28] >> Like, you cannot
[33:28] >> The best coffee as well.
[33:29] >> Yeah, it's the best.
[33:30] >> And I love a Greek salad as well. You
[33:32] can't do it in England. I don't know
[33:33] what it is.
[33:34] >> Tomatoes have like different
[33:36] >> I've heard this. Yeah, apparently it's
[33:37] just the tomato.
[33:37] >> They should have their own name. Like
[33:39] they shouldn't be called tomatoes cuz
[33:40] you can't compare them to the tomatoes
[33:41] you eat here.
[33:42] >> Just call it something else. Also, I
[33:43] feel like every vegetable and fruit in
[33:45] the UK, you know, when you have a mango
[33:46] here and it's rock hard.
[33:48] >> And you'll go abroad and be like, "Oh,
[33:49] this is what it tastes like.
[33:50] >> This is like an ice cream. I need this
[33:52] is like
[33:52] >> this is what it's meant to taste like.
[33:53] It's like hairy."
[33:54] >> My grandma like grows mangoes on her
[33:56] tree in Cypress. There's only a few in
[33:58] the summer and it's like the grandkids
[33:59] will all fight over these mangoes.
[34:00] >> And that's fair enough.
[34:01] >> You put it in the freezer and you take
[34:03] it out and it's literally like an ice
[34:04] cream. best thing.
[34:06] >> I think I might just have to move to
[34:08] Greece, you know.
[34:09] >> Speaking of which, not speaking of which
[34:10] is completely off topic. Are you Arsenal
[34:12] or Tottenham?
[34:13] >> Well, tech my Arsenal. Arsenal. I don't
[34:16] personally.
[34:16] >> It's been a great week for you.
[34:17] >> Arsenal. Yeah.
[34:18] >> Oh, really?
[34:19] >> If only I could have won the Eurovision
[34:20] 2, it would have been a great day for
[34:25] >> Do you know what? All I've seen is just
[34:26] Arsenal everywhere. Even I support them
[34:29] now. I don't have a [ __ ] clue.
[34:30] >> Someone was trying to explain it to me
[34:31] yesterday. They were like, "We won the
[34:32] Premier League and next year's the
[34:33] Champions League." You know what it's
[34:34] like? Arsenal winning is like Rita Aura.
[34:38] This is from Jack Remington. Rita Our
[34:40] having a number one
[34:42] >> in 2026.
[34:44] >> I see. Okay. So, it's like a real
[34:45] comeback.
[34:45] >> So, it's like what the [ __ ] We back in
[34:48] the day when we were 16 or whatever,
[34:49] Rita Ora was number one. Number one. She
[34:52] hasn't really released anything and now
[34:54] >> she's back in.
[34:55] >> It's like the second coming of Christ.
[34:57] So, fun fun fact, the last time Arsenal
[34:59] won the Premier League was like what 200
[35:02] something,
[35:03] >> like 22 years ago.
[35:04] >> I was in primary school and Arson
[35:06] Wenger's daughter was went to my primary
[35:08] school. So, she was in the year below
[35:09] me.
[35:09] >> Oh my god. I bet her [ __ ] didn't stink
[35:11] that year.
[35:11] >> Oh my right. And I remember Arson Wenger
[35:14] coming into our school and doing an
[35:15] assembly with two of the players. I
[35:17] couldn't tell who they were. I don't
[35:18] really know what was going on.
[35:19] >> It was wasted on you.
[35:20] >> But it completely wasted wasted on me.
[35:22] >> Yeah. Yeah.
[35:23] >> That's I bet all the dads are waiting
[35:24] outside to pick up their sons. Like is
[35:26] she still there?
[35:27] >> Probably. All I remember is that like
[35:29] her mom was always this like really
[35:30] glamorous French woman. She was always
[35:31] really glamorous.
[35:32] >> Wags are though.
[35:33] >> Can you call that?
[35:34] >> And it wasn't really a It wasn't a
[35:35] private school. It was a state school.
[35:37] >> Humble.
[35:38] >> Yeah.
[35:38] >> Humble kings and queens. I love that. To
[35:40] be a wag. Do you know what? There's this
[35:41] documentary out about Wags back in the
[35:43] day. They are so glam.
[35:45] >> They're so glam. Speaking of
[35:47] relationships, you're wifed off.
[35:50] >> I am.
[35:50] >> Please tell me how you met him. What's
[35:52] his name?
[35:53] >> So, his name's Angelo. We met at a gala.
[35:56] >> What a name.
[35:57] >> Yes. A nice love this.
[35:58] >> Yeah. Yes. That means angel.
[36:00] >> You're welcome.
[36:00] >> There you go. Um we met at a gala in New
[36:03] York. I was singing. It was the the
[36:04] helenic initiative. It's this Greek
[36:06] gala. It was just after I'd been
[36:07] announced for Eurovvision and they
[36:08] booked me to perform at this gala
[36:10] >> and um we met actually initially through
[36:13] work. His his um business partner um was
[36:16] putting on this really big show and I
[36:18] was like I want to get the support act
[36:19] for this. So I like got in touch and
[36:21] >> one thing about you is you're going to
[36:22] graft.
[36:22] >> I'm going to graph. Yeah. Yeah. So I so
[36:24] um he came over with his business
[36:26] partner who I'd spoken to briefly on
[36:28] Instagram and I remember thinking like
[36:30] he's cute.
[36:31] >> I was like he's cute and we like
[36:33] exchanged a few little words like you
[36:35] know I
[36:36] >> hello.
[36:37] >> Yeah. We just chatted a little bit and
[36:38] there was a point where like I walked
[36:40] past him and he was like on the like
[36:42] standing by the dance floor but like
[36:43] standing talking and I just said
[36:44] something I can't remember exactly
[36:46] something like well you can't be on the
[36:47] dance floor and not dancing like
[36:48] something like that. It was like me like
[36:50] slightly like
[36:51] >> the initiation bit, you know, and I
[36:54] think you know when you're like I think
[36:55] there's a vibe but you're not really
[36:56] sure yet. And then anyway, I'd put like
[36:58] them in touch with my managers to set up
[37:00] a meeting about this show. So then my
[37:01] manager set up a meeting with him the
[37:03] next day
[37:04] >> and he owns like restaurants and stuff
[37:06] in New York. So we went to one of the
[37:07] restaurants for the meeting and we were
[37:09] there. It was like me, my two managers
[37:10] and my mom. So, it's not like we were
[37:12] flirting, but like when I was talking to
[37:14] him, like I I remember like in my head
[37:16] being like
[37:17] >> the eye contact is really eye contacting
[37:19] here and I was like trying to stay
[37:20] focused on what I was saying and I was
[37:22] like am I the only one feeling this or
[37:24] is he feeling this as well? You know,
[37:25] you can't really tell.
[37:27] >> And then um
[37:28] >> he happened to be going to Greece the
[37:30] next week. I was going to be in Greece.
[37:31] We like exchanged a few messages and
[37:34] like you know
[37:36] anyway whatever. Long story short, we
[37:38] ended up going on a date in Greece. went
[37:40] for dinner. Um, and it was just like,
[37:42] "Oh, okay. This is really a vibe." Went
[37:44] and had this really good date and then
[37:45] went to one of the bazooka that night
[37:47] for this artist.
[37:48] >> Oh my gosh. Who show they were doing
[37:50] until 6:00 a.m.
[37:51] >> We were out till 6:00 a.m. We ended up
[37:52] just like staying up talking till like
[37:54] so late in the morning as well. And then
[37:55] we didn't know I don't know if I was
[37:56] ever going to see him again. He was
[37:57] going back to New York. I was going back
[37:58] to London. That was that. We started
[38:00] like FaceTiming whatever. And then he
[38:02] was like he I was like why don't you
[38:04] come to London like before you go back
[38:06] to New York and then it was like between
[38:08] Christmas and New Year you know those
[38:09] like randomly dead days when
[38:10] >> you don't know what day it is. Yeah.
[38:12] >> And then he was kind of like you know
[38:13] why don't you come to New York and I was
[38:14] bit like oh it's too soon I don't really
[38:16] know but one of my really good friends
[38:17] was also going to New York. So I was
[38:19] like you know what I'll go and if it's
[38:22] like if not if it doesn't work out I can
[38:24] hang out with my friend.
[38:25] >> But I ended up going and just having
[38:27] like this like fairy tale. It was just
[38:30] like amazing. He just like made so much
[38:32] of an effort. It was
[38:33] >> Did he get you bagels?
[38:34] >> We didn't get a bagel. No. [ __ ] it up.
[38:36] But he did. Like I got to They picked me
[38:38] up from the airport like big bunch of
[38:40] roses. Like got me. The restaurant we
[38:42] went to was called the guy which means
[38:44] 12. So he got me 12 roses.
[38:45] >> Shut up.
[38:46] >> So sweet. And then we like I I dropped
[38:48] me to my friend's apartment that I was
[38:50] staying in. The boiler wasn't working.
[38:52] He helping me trying to fix the boiler.
[38:54] It was like funny. And then we just like
[38:56] went on just spent days like anyway
[38:58] ended up spending New Year's Eve at his
[39:00] grandma's
[39:02] >> um and it was just like so sweet
[39:04] >> and then like went to one of the um the
[39:07] clubs that they have in their in their
[39:08] company. It was just so crazy. And then
[39:10] that New Year's Day woke up and he was
[39:12] just basically like
[39:14] >> do you my girlfriend? And I was like
[39:16] yeah I do.
[39:17] >> Shut So we'd known each other for like I
[39:19] guess that was like 5 days but we've
[39:21] been really like I guess we'd known each
[39:22] other for like two weeks then we were
[39:24] just like yeah and then it was like okay
[39:25] so now we're going to do this long
[39:26] distance thing and since then been back
[39:29] and forwarding.
[39:30] >> How do you find long distance?
[39:31] >> Hard
[39:33] but especially like now because it's
[39:35] like with the Eurovision it was really
[39:37] intense with everything I had going on.
[39:38] He's like got his businesses so it's not
[39:40] like he could just come on time.
[39:42] >> Um so we've been back and forth. He came
[39:44] to Greece. Um, I went out there at one
[39:46] point and now I'm about to go there in a
[39:48] couple of days. But yeah, long distance
[39:49] is not for the faint-hearted. I'll tell
[39:51] you that.
[39:51] >> I have heard this. Yeah.
[39:52] >> I mean, not that I'm dating my brother,
[39:54] but my brother lives in New York and the
[39:56] time I don't know when to ring it.
[39:58] >> I don't know when the [ __ ] to ring that,
[39:59] man.
[40:00] >> I'm like, what time is it over there?
[40:02] Cuz it's such a big time difference.
[40:03] >> I know. It's so hard.
[40:04] >> But you know what? I feel like when you
[40:05] know, you know,
[40:06] >> right? And it just clicked and it just
[40:08] happened and it was just like,
[40:10] >> you know, he's just like a wonderful
[40:11] person.
[40:11] >> Well, the 12 roses would have done it
[40:13] for me.
[40:13] >> Yeah. But like also we just aligned on
[40:17] so many things. Um
[40:18] >> has he met your family?
[40:20] >> Yeah, he he has. He came over to London,
[40:22] met my family. He thought it was
[40:24] >> He's got so much in common with like my
[40:25] dad. I was like they'll just
[40:27] >> really So yeah. No, it was it's really
[40:28] nice and it's like Yeah, we're like like
[40:31] 5 months in now. So
[40:32] >> he sports Arsenal yet?
[40:34] >> I mean I don't he's not too bothered
[40:36] about UK football, but I think Arsenal I
[40:39] think he has mentioned Arsenal.
[40:40] >> I think your dad needs to take him to
[40:41] some sort of game.
[40:42] >> My dad's not really into football. It's
[40:43] my granddad.
[40:44] >> Is it?
[40:45] >> Yeah. My dad's not really like
[40:46] >> It's your granddad's job then. Arsenal.
[40:48] >> Football in America is not even like We
[40:50] went to a basketball game when we were
[40:51] out.
[40:52] >> People love basketball, don't they? What
[40:53] is it out there? The NFL.
[40:55] >> I don't know. It's They throw the ball.
[40:58] Oh, yeah. What have I just said? NBA.
[41:00] NFL.
[41:00] >> The basketball, right? And NBA. Another
[41:02] one.
[41:03] >> And that's how much information I've got
[41:05] for you. That's how much All I know is
[41:07] they're tall as [ __ ]
[41:08] >> right?
[41:08] >> That's all I've got for you. They're all
[41:10] so insanely tall. God forbid anyone from
[41:13] the NFL starts on me,
[41:15] >> you win. You win the argument to
[41:19] >> So when you are in the UK,
[41:20] >> how often is that though? Not really.
[41:22] >> It just honestly depends on like what
[41:24] I've got going on and like my parents
[41:26] are actually leaving the UK. They're
[41:27] like selling like and they're moving to
[41:29] Cyprus.
[41:30] >> Oh no.
[41:31] >> I'll be here even less really.
[41:32] >> That's quite sad.
[41:33] >> I'm going to like be in Fiola's like
[41:34] spare bedroom when I come over now.
[41:36] >> Oh, make sure it's clean. Make sure it's
[41:38] clean.
[41:38] >> No, no, she's a she's What about me? cuz
[41:40] I know she's so she's so tidy. But yeah,
[41:43] so when I'm here it varies honestly.
[41:46] Like there's been times where I'm here
[41:47] for a couple months, few days. This year
[41:49] I've barely been here.
[41:50] >> You don't keep up with Love Island then
[41:52] now?
[41:52] >> I still do. Come on.
[41:54] >> I still do. I still It's still a guilty
[41:55] pleasure. Like watch it.
[41:56] >> Do you watch it?
[41:58] >> Sometimes. I watch the Allstars one.
[41:59] What was the recent Allstars one?
[42:00] >> Oh, the Allstars was good this year.
[42:02] >> Was it this year?
[42:04] >> The Americans came in this year.
[42:06] >> This year was phenomenal.
[42:07] >> So good. I was like they were asking me
[42:09] to go on
[42:10] >> before and I was like um
[42:12] >> would you have done it if you didn't
[42:13] meet Angela?
[42:14] >> Um I don't think so. Like I don't think
[42:17] so. And like I
[42:18] >> I think you've done quite a lot to do it
[42:20] to do all
[42:21] >> it was a moment. Yeah. It was a moment
[42:22] in my story. No. No. Now I categorically
[42:25] wouldn't do it. But like you know before
[42:27] when they'd asked
[42:28] >> I still was like no I wouldn't but like
[42:30] you know
[42:32] >> I I I spoke to them. You know what I
[42:34] mean? But but like listen
[42:36] >> it's just not my passion.
[42:38] >> My passion is music and it gave you a
[42:40] good it gave me a platform that as you
[42:42] could tell I went there and I wasn't
[42:44] really interested in meeting anybody. I
[42:46] didn't want to
[42:48] >> I was just like why not like it'll be
[42:50] fun you know. So yeah for me I um I
[42:54] don't shy away from I think a lot of
[42:56] people come off the show and they're
[42:57] like I don't want to talk about it like
[42:58] it's not me anymore. No, I did it and it
[43:01] was part of my story and it was like I
[43:02] think it's kind of iconic that I went
[43:04] from Love Island to Eurovision. Nobody's
[43:06] ever done that before. I don't think
[43:07] >> Oh my god, you actually made history
[43:08] there. That's so true. Do
[43:10] >> you know what I was gutted about and I
[43:11] forgot? I was going to bring my robe
[43:12] from Love Island to the Eurovision and
[43:14] do like a TikTok.
[43:15] >> Did you have to do Eurovision again just
[43:17] to do that?
[43:18] >> Yeah.
[43:19] >> Do you ever keep in contact with anyone
[43:20] from Love Island?
[43:21] >> Yeah. Like um some people in particular
[43:22] Paige I spoke to recently. She's having
[43:24] a baby. I was going to say and actually
[43:26] we bumped into her in Mkos last year
[43:27] when she just got together with with a
[43:30] guy and they seem so happy and that was
[43:31] like happened really quickly as well.
[43:33] You know you say when you know you know
[43:34] >> um so yeah really happy for her she's
[43:36] like glowing and I speak to everybody
[43:37] like a few people here and there a few
[43:39] of the girls but not that much really
[43:41] not because I'm I guess we're just all
[43:43] on different paths.
[43:44] >> Yeah it's so interesting to see what
[43:45] people do after Love Island so many
[43:48] different things that you can go and do.
[43:49] I mean no one's done Eurovvision apart
[43:51] from you which is incredible news. Did
[43:54] anyone famous slide into your DMs after
[43:56] Love Island? Was it like a different
[43:57] ball game there?
[43:58] >> Not really. Not really. I guess I came
[44:01] across people like when I was out and
[44:03] about, you meet more people, but I could
[44:04] I can't say there was like someone
[44:05] specific that slide slid into my DMs.
[44:07] >> Did you get any advice before you went
[44:09] in the Love Island villa?
[44:10] >> Um, just be yourself.
[44:13] >> Just be yourself
[44:14] >> cuz you can tell a lot of the time when
[44:17] people aren't being themselves on that.
[44:18] >> I don't even know if that's the best
[44:19] advice, you know.
[44:20] >> Well, cuz some people are asking.
[44:21] >> Yeah, because No, no, no. Is it
[44:24] >> that first advice for that?
[44:25] >> That but also I do think realistically
[44:28] when now that you watch over the years
[44:31] >> the people that go in there and like
[44:33] play the game
[44:34] >> do the best on the show and like and
[44:37] that's I'm not saying that in any sort
[44:38] of shady way like if that's your if your
[44:40] goal is to stay in there as long as
[44:42] possible good television exactly to play
[44:44] the game whereas like that wasn't my
[44:47] story.
[44:47] >> I didn't want to go and make good TV. I
[44:49] just wanted to go a nice summer.
[44:51] Exactly. Right.
[44:52] >> So, um, but actually, and I think, you
[44:54] know, that has a part to play as to why
[44:56] I wasn't there for very long,
[44:57] >> cuz I wasn't going to just be like, "Oh,
[44:59] do this."
[44:59] >> You didn't force it.
[45:00] >> No.
[45:01] >> What was more nerve-wracking, performing
[45:03] at Eurovvision or walking into the Love
[45:05] Island villa?
[45:06] >> Because I fear if someone asked me to
[45:08] sexy walk into a villa, I would combust
[45:10] and die.
[45:11] >> I don't know. I feel like they were both
[45:13] pretty nerve-wracking situations. But
[45:15] no, I mean I cared much more of course
[45:18] about the Eurovvision. Like that's all I
[45:21] want to do is be, you know, I was just
[45:22] saying to you, I just watched your your
[45:24] podcast with Zara Lson
[45:25] >> and she was saying that her passion is
[45:27] being on stage and performing and I was
[45:28] like that's me too.
[45:30] >> Like there is no better feeling.
[45:31] >> You probably enjoy that more.
[45:32] >> Yeah. Yeah.
[45:33] >> Actually, you know, for me it wasn't my
[45:36] natural environment to be in.
[45:38] >> Amen.
[45:39] >> So it it wasn't um maybe that that's
[45:42] what made it nerve-wracking. I was like
[45:44] super anxious the whole time.
[45:45] >> Oh, the whole Even when you were in
[45:46] there. I
[45:46] >> was so anxious. I cried every day.
[45:48] >> Did you?
[45:49] >> But I'm a cry baby. Like I cry a lot
[45:51] anyway. Like But I cried every day.
[45:52] >> So am I all the time.
[45:53] >> Yeah. I'm I'm a Pisces. What What's you?
[45:56] >> Look, I'm Leo.
[45:57] >> Oh, Leo's aren't really criers.
[45:58] >> I'm the exception.
[45:59] >> Right. Okay, fine.
[46:00] >> Yeah. Yeah. No, I'm such a crier. Like I
[46:03] cry.
[46:03] >> God all the time.
[46:04] >> Is it even happiness and sadness?
[46:06] >> Yeah.
[46:07] >> Everything. The other day, literally
[46:10] Saturday, I was at a football game and
[46:11] there was this old man and during the
[46:14] what the [ __ ] is it called? Halime,
[46:16] whatever it is,
[46:17] >> he got out his book and read a book
[46:21] during Halime. And I was init.
[46:25] I thought, you're [ __ ] joking. And he
[46:27] came to the game on his own. I wanted to
[46:30] physically die. It was the sweetest
[46:32] thing I've ever seen.
[46:32] >> I'm like that. Like if when you see like
[46:34] an old person like having lunch on their
[46:35] own or something,
[46:36] >> I automatically think they're a widow
[46:38] and then I'll start thinking about
[46:39] things and then
[46:40] >> they're probably just trying to run away
[46:41] from their wife for a day and have a
[46:43] >> they're probably actually really happy
[46:44] and I'm like so alone.
[46:47] >> I love going for a solo lunch. Like
[46:49] nothing.
[46:50] >> There's nothing better putting your
[46:51] AirPods in.
[46:52] >> And you know what I like doing? Watching
[46:53] a bit of Real Housewives watching
[46:55] people.
[46:55] >> You're a reality TV vending. You and my
[46:57] sister talk all day about
[46:59] >> Do you know what you wanted something to
[47:00] watch? Watch the early Real Housewives
[47:04] of New York.
[47:04] >> You know, I've never watched any.
[47:05] >> You They're mild.
[47:06] >> Now I'm spending more time in New York
[47:08] because of my boyfriend.
[47:09] >> You have to watch Ramona. They're a
[47:12] little bit racist in the early seasons
[47:14] before people got called out for that.
[47:16] They're insane. They're batshit. They
[47:18] all have drinking problems, but that's
[47:19] obviously me, too. Listen, you need to
[47:22] watch it and you need to come back to me
[47:24] and you need to tell me I found it.
[47:25] >> Maybe that's what I'll watch on my way
[47:26] to New York.
[47:27] >> Please. I mean, you got long enough on
[47:28] that flight. You'll get to season three,
[47:30] probably. And I'm flying from Greece as
[47:31] well, so it's even longer.
[47:32] >> [ __ ] me. Yeah. Do you know what? Do it
[47:35] and let me know. You're welcome.
[47:36] >> I will.
[47:37] >> What?
[47:37] >> Download it.
[47:38] >> No, you have to download it, please.
[47:40] Tell me what you've got coming up. What
[47:41] can people expect?
[47:43] >> So, shows. I've got a tour coming up.
[47:45] Get your tickets for my European tour.
[47:48] It's just crazy to say. Um, and I've got
[47:51] my sister's wedding next month.
[47:53] >> Where's that?
[47:54] >> In Pulia in Italy. She's marrying an
[47:55] Italian.
[47:56] >> Oh. Oh, well. Yes.
[47:58] >> Yeah. Well, they're actually technically
[47:59] already married because they moved to
[48:00] Dubai and she needed to become a
[48:01] resident. So, they think about that
[48:02] green car,
[48:04] but like the actual wedding's in Italy,
[48:06] but then they're also having another
[48:08] wedding. This is very criate of us.
[48:09] She's having another wedding in Cypress.
[48:11] >> Um, so that's going to be like the big
[48:13] fat Greek wedding with like all our
[48:14] cousins and everything. My c my uncle
[48:17] >> my uncle was a priest. He passed away.
[48:18] His son's now a priest. So, he's going
[48:20] to marry them.
[48:20] >> And you've got a priest in your family.
[48:22] >> Yeah. So, that's going to be the wedding
[48:23] in Cypress. Yeah. My grandparents. So,
[48:25] lots of weddings. and also going to a
[48:27] few other weddings. Um, but really
[48:30] releasing music. Let me actually focus
[48:32] on what's got coming next.
[48:33] >> New single coming out. It might even be
[48:35] out by the time this is out. It's called
[48:37] Oud.
[48:37] >> I can't wait.
[48:38] >> Smell Oud Love.
[48:40] >> Um, and
[48:42] yeah, new music, performances. I'm doing
[48:44] a big show in Cyprus. And then I also
[48:46] want to find some time to just like
[48:48] breathe and just like
[48:49] >> Yeah.
[48:50] >> Like Yeah.
[48:51] >> And see your boyfriend as well. Amen to
[48:53] that.
[48:53] >> Exactly. That's very needed. Do you ever
[48:55] sing your songs to him? Do you serenade?
[48:58] >> I have sung him my songs before. And
[49:00] also like when I got back from New York,
[49:01] I had a writing camp um where we were
[49:03] like writing loads of stuff and it
[49:04] basically just became like
[49:06] >> this is the writing camp of this
[49:08] relationship.
[49:09] >> Like I just like every song that I wrote
[49:11] was just like so directly inspired by
[49:14] what happened. Like which is good.
[49:15] That's the beauty of being a creative.
[49:17] Like you write about everything that's
[49:19] going on.
[49:19] >> Absolutely. You every argument like one
[49:21] minute.
[49:22] >> Right. Right. Let me [ __ ] go in that
[49:24] room a sec.
[49:24] >> Yeah.
[49:26] >> Um, so yeah, I have songs in him, but I
[49:29] don't like wake up in the morning and be
[49:30] like,
[49:31] >> "Rise and shine."
[49:34] They Yeah. No, not quite.
[49:35] >> I [ __ ] love Even just hearing that.
[49:37] It's absolut No, I love it. I might walk
[49:39] down the aisle to like an acoustic
[49:40] version
[49:41] >> in Greece cuz you know I [ __ ] love
[49:43] Greece.
[49:43] >> You should. I'll sing it.
[49:44] >> Would you mind?
[49:45] >> Absolutely.
[49:46] >> You've got you.
[49:47] >> Thank you, everyone.
[49:48] >> Uh, I was sorry. Just speaking of like
[49:50] going back to your vision cuz we're
[49:51] speaking Brits and everything.
[49:52] >> Yeah. Go on. Go on.
[49:53] >> I was so excited when I met Graeme
[49:54] Norton.
[49:56] >> What is Graeme Norton like?
[49:57] >> He's so nice. He was so nice.
[49:58] >> Lovely, isn't he?
[49:59] >> So nice. He did give me a bit of a shady
[50:01] opening back. He was one thing. He's
[50:04] from Love Island. Let's hope she'd last
[50:06] longer. I was like, but then afterwards
[50:09] he was really nice. He also made a funny
[50:10] comment about my mom cuz my mom's like
[50:12] always everywhere with me cuz I love
[50:13] like my mom's like my number one fan. I
[50:15] don't know what I would do without her.
[50:16] But he was like, "Wherever you see
[50:17] Antiggony, you see Tanya. I'm surprised
[50:19] she's not on the stage with her."
[50:22] And my mom was like cheeky. It was true.
[50:24] But then he was really nice and he was
[50:25] like, "Great performance." And actually,
[50:27] he was really nice. He's not very nice.
[50:30] >> Like as in you know, the commentating.
[50:31] >> He was killing me about the presenters.
[50:33] >> Oh yeah.
[50:34] >> Here they go again.
[50:35] >> So funny. No. So I was really excited
[50:37] when I mean like bucket list would be to
[50:38] go on the Graeme Norton show
[50:40] >> 100%. and really for a long-term plan of
[50:42] getting in a Taylor Swift music video
[50:44] because have you seen that whole
[50:45] trajectory?
[50:46] >> What? You go on Graeme Nort and then you
[50:47] go on the
[50:47] >> Well, there was like an episode where
[50:48] she was on there and someone was like, I
[50:50] want to go on a Taylor Swift um music
[50:52] video and then she made a whole music
[50:53] video with everyone who was basically
[50:55] with her on that sofa on the Graham
[50:56] Norton show.
[50:57] >> No [ __ ] way.
[50:58] >> I love Taylor Swift.
[50:59] >> We need to sort this out. We need to get
[51:00] this happen. Graeme, I know you're
[51:02] obviously an avid fan of Saving Grace,
[51:04] right?
[51:04] >> It needs to happen.
[51:05] >> Yeah. And we can both be guests and then
[51:07] we can be in the in the
[51:09] >> I'll create something to talk about.
[51:11] >> I don't know. Just maybe lesbianism or
[51:12] something.
[51:13] >> I believe that we can.
[51:14] >> And I've got this.
[51:15] >> Before we go, can you give us a little
[51:17] bit of jala?
[51:18] >> Of jala,
[51:19] >> please.
[51:19] >> Yeah. You got to say it right though
[51:20] first. Jala.
[51:21] >> Jala.
[51:22] >> Perfect. Thank you.
[51:23] >> Good.
[51:24] >> Um,
[51:24] >> go on. Give it to me.
[51:26] >> Jalalaala. They want jala. And then you
[51:29] have to go.
[51:29] Jalalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaala
[51:30] jalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaala
[51:30] jalala
[51:31] jalalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaal.
[51:33] They
[51:33] wantalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaalaal.
[51:35] I'm dancing on the table, baby. Shake my
[51:38] hips.
[51:41] They want
[51:47] >> bury me to that song. Thank you so much
[51:50] for coming on my excited to come and
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