Were you inspired by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman when you recorded Pe-o Margine De Lume?
Vlad: “You know, since 2002, when I was performing in a big competition, I got the nickname The Romanian Andrea Bocelli (laughs). But it was actually Andrea Bocelli who opened the door for that kind of music – pop-opera, classic style or crossover, whatever you name it. And it’s right – Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman also performed a duet in that style for the first time, too. But then again, Nico and me are quite different from them, as we have totally different voices: Andrea Bocelli is a light tenor, whereas I am a quite dark tenor, like a spinto tenor, which is closer to a bariton. Nico also sounds different than Sarah Brightman. So, of course, there’s a similar idea behind our song, but we did not intend to just copy Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman. It just came up.” When and why did you get the idea to enter such a song in the national selection for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest? After all, it’s something completely new to the Eurovision Song Contest. Vlad: “We are very
