Joost Klein (26) and creative director Gover Meit (36) found the first Eurovision week quite tough. However, the two are satisfied after the first rehearsals, they told the ‘ANP’ on Saturday.
“Not the easiest task for someone with my background”
“Things are going well under the circumstances. There are a lot of stimuli. Not the easiest task for someone with my background,” says Joost, who has struggled with mental problems in the past. “I’m not always the easiest person for the people around me. But I do my best.”
Gover also found it more difficult than expected, partly due to the continuous attention for everything the Dutch team does in Malmö. “I think this is really the toughest week of my life for me,” the comedian even dares to say. “I have already done quite a lot of intense things, but everything we do here has a consequence. There is a magnifying glass on everything. I also notice that I still learn a lot from it myself. I thought I knew something about media. But This is a completely different game.”
Joost and Gover say that every millisecond of the act has been thought about and that the act can only be understood when the whole thing is shown on television. “I think you only really understand the full story we are telling when you can see the full three minutes in a row,” says Gover after the first images caused quite a stir in recent days. Many fans wondered why Joost went on stage with a blue bird and suggested that he might still be keeping his cards close to his chest.
“Will there be more to come? Marketing, marketing, marketing, marketing. I don’t know what I have unleashed in the world,” Joost laughs with a wink. “I hope everyone will watch. May 9 and May 11,” he says confidently. “Even in a show like this you will see the difference. Whether that difference is negative or positive. That doesn’t really matter to me.”
Joost feels good about last week’s rehearsals. “It just takes a lot of getting used to and is very different from what I’m used to. Normally I don’t rehearse,” he says. “We had rehearsed once or twice for Lowlands. Now I and the entire team have been working on this for months. Everyone has been deeply involved in this for months. And I think it will all fall into place.”
Joost will rehearse again in the Malmö Arena on Wednesday. Then the entire second semi-final is played through twice in its entirety. Joost really has to work on Thursday and compete for one of the ten last remaining final tickets for Saturday.
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