Malta: Chiara Still A Secretary

Chiara has revealed to Eurovision TV that she isn’t rehearsing, that she still works a day job and that she thinks Norway’s much-ballyhooed Alexander Rybak resembles Harry Potter.

Here are the highlights of the interview:

(1) Chiara wants to be well-rested ahead of her trip to Moscow. She took a week off, but now it’s “one appointment after the other until [May] 2nd, when we leave to Moscow.”

(2) She doesn’t have any plans to rehearse her act, which makes sense given that she isn’t known for her dancing or acrobatics.  “I’m always alone on stage, so there’s not really so much preparation. Usually it comes with what I feel at the moment and that comes usually when I go on the stage of Eurovision, so I cannot really rehearse it at home.”

(3) Despite being an incredibly talented singer known throughout the Mediterranean, Chiara still has a day job. As a secretary. “In Malta, unfortunately, we don’t have a music industry. You know, it’s a very small island. . . so most of us singers have to do a normal job in the morning and my normal job is a secretary. Yes, the full thing with glasses and everything. I’m there.”

(4) She’s only listened to two other entries: Spain and Norway.

“The one of Spain because I met it on the Internet. I liked the one of Spain I must say even though it’s in Spanish. To my ear it sounded very nice.” And Norway? “The one of Norway reminded me a lot of Harry Potter.”

(5) While acts from the U.K., Ukraine, Sweden and elsewhere have been performing all over Europe to promote their songs, Chiara is staying home. “In 1998 I did not go to any place for promotion and I came third. In 2005 I went to a whole lot of places and I came second. I believe, yes, you have to make promotion, but I believe today the most important part of promtion is Internet. That is the thing you have to push.”

(6) Any fears? “I’m worried about slipping.”

(Click here to see how Chiara did at Eurovision 2009)

Here’s the full interview: