OIKOTIMES
OIKOTIMES
  • NEWS
  • CALENDAR
  • HISTORY
  • PARTICIPANTS 2020
  • RESULTS 2021
  • SELECTIONS 2021
  • EUROPREDICTION
  • WATCH
  • SOCIAL
40K
2K
402
14K
  • EUROSTARS
  • NORWAY
  • VIDEO

🇳🇴 Alexander Rybak speaks to OPEN BEYOND for his depression and addiction

  • 10/06/2020
  • 1 minute read
Total
3
Shares
3
0

GREECE – Alexander Rybak, the winner of 2009 Eurovision Song Contest with the famous FAIRYTALE, spoke to OPEN BEYOND for his addiction to anti-depression pills, something which he recently revealed via the social media.

Speaking exclusively to OPEN BEYOND‘s morning show via Skype, Alexander said that after winning Eurovision he couldn’t sleep and started with small doses of sleeping pills but ultimately he became addicted and from the happiness, he turned into addicted.

The past five months Rybak is under detox treatment.

In 2018 Eurovision edition, Rybak participated again and we all remember that he didn’t give any interview as he was under great pressure by the medications.

Rybak reveals that he was invited in Eurovision 2020 interval act but the show was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Regarding the Greek entrant, Stefania, Rybak says that he likes her and she has a great smile. He ended the Skype interview speaking in Greek saying that “I love you and I miss you all”.

View this post on Instagram

NORWAY 🇳🇴 Alexander Rybak discusses in public his issue with depression: "I’ve been living with a secret. For 11 years I have been addicted to sleep medications and antidepressants. It started out harmless, but in the end it almost ruined my life. This January I started rehab (with good help from my doctors) and little by little I’m starting to feel like myself again. During the past years the pills made me weak and scared. It affected not only my brain but also my muscles and stomach. It destroyed my relationships to people, but most importantly it almost destroyed my will to live. I know there are many out there who are struggling with the same problems, so over the next weeks I will be sharing my experiences with you and if somebody can learn from them, it will make me feel better." FOR MORE GO TO oikotimes.co.uk _________________________________________________ #eurovision #oikotimes #openup

A post shared by OIKOTIMES EUROVISION (@oikotimes) on Jun 4, 2020 at 8:24am PDT

Previous Article
Guy Sebastian - oikoimes
  • AUSTRALIA
  • BULGARIA
  • EUROSTARS
  • VIDEO

🇦🇺 Things turned nasty on The Voice Australia on Sunday night and EQUINOX singer was the cause

  • 08/06/2020
READ MORE
Next Article
Lotta Engberg - oikotimes
  • EUROSTARS
  • SWEDEN

🇸🇪 Line up for Lotta på Liseberg and Allsång på Skansen announced although there will be no audience

  • 10/06/2020
READ MORE
GRAND FINAL 2021 COUNTDOWN
EUROVISION 2021 🇳🇱

🇦🇱 Anxhela Peristeri
🇦🇺 Montaigne
🇦🇿 Samira Efendi
🇦🇹 Vincent Bueno
🇦🇿 Efendi
🇧🇪 Hooverphonic
🇧🇬 Victoria Georgieva
🇨🇿 Benny Cristo
🇨🇾 Elena Tsagrinou
🇫🇮 Blind Channel
🇩🇪 Jendrik Sigwart
🇬🇪 Tornike Kipiani
🇬🇷 Stefania
🇮🇸 Daði og Gagnamagnið
🇮🇪 Lesley Roy
🇮🇱 Eden Alene
🇱🇻 Samanta Tina
🇱🇹 The Roop
🇲🇹 Destiny
🇳🇴 TIX
🇲🇩 Natalia Gordienko
🇲🇰 Vasil Garvanliev
🇳🇴 Albina
🇷🇴 Roxen
🇸🇲 Senhit
🇸🇮 Ana Soklič
🇪🇸 Blas Cantó
🇨🇭 Gjon’s Tears
🇳🇱 Jeangu Macrooy
🇺🇦 Go_A

NATIONAL SELECTION POLLS 🗳

🇦🇱 FESTIVALI I KÊNGËS
🇭🇷 DORA
🇪🇪 EESTI LAUL
🇮🇱 HASHIR SHELANU L’EROVIZION
🇫🇷 C’EST VOUS QUI DÉCIDEZ!
🇳🇴 MGP (FIRST SEMI-FINAL)
🇳🇴 MGP (SECOND SEMI-FINAL)
🇳🇴 MGP (THIRD SEMI-FINAL)
🇳🇴 MGP (FOURTH SEMI-FINAL)
🇳🇴 MGP (FIFTH SEMI-FINAL)
🇵🇹 FESTIVAL DA CANÇAO
🇫🇮 UMK 
🇱🇹 PABANDOM IS NAUJO (SEMI-FINAL)
🇱🇹 PABANDOM IS NAUJO (FINAL)
🇸🇪 MELODIFESTIVALEN (SHOW A)
🇸🇪 MELODIFESTIVALEN (SHOW B)
🇸🇪 MELODIFESTIVALEN (SHOW C)
🇺🇦 INTERNAL SELECTION

Categories
Upcoming Events
  • Portugal 🇵🇹 Festival da Canção Second Semi Final 27/02/2021
  • Slovenia 🇸🇮 RTVSLO presents Eurovision 2021 entry for Ana Soklič 27/02/2021
  • Germany 🇩🇪 Unser Lied für Rotterdam (Artist & Song Presentation) 27/02/2021
  • Sweden 🇸🇪 Melodifestivalen Fourth Semi-Final 27/02/2021
  • Italy 🇮🇹 Sanremo Festival First Night 02/03/2021
  • Italy 🇮🇹 Sanremo Festival Second Night 03/03/2021
  • Moldova 🇲🇩 Eurovision 2021 presentation live from Moscow's Crave Theatre 04/03/2021
  • The Netherlands 🇳🇱 Dutch entry presented 04/03/2021
  • Italy 🇮🇹 Sanremo Festival Third Night 04/03/2021
  • Italy 🇮🇹 Sanremo Festival Fourth Night 05/03/2021
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
CYPRUS 🇨🇾 Besides the Orthodox Christian Communities reaction against the 2021 Eurovision entry of Cyprus, today 1981 and 1987 Eurovision entrant Alexia Vassiliou spoke against the national broadcaster and Elena Tsagrinou. In a live session accompanied by a post, Alexia condemns CyBC for choosing a non-Cypriot to represent the island of Aphrodite in Eurovision 2021, wondering why so many Cypriots talents are excluded from the procedure. 4 0
GERMANY 🇩🇪 Th first premiere of Jendrik’s Eurovision 2021 entry I DON'T FEEL THE HATE was watched on ARD BY 1.3 million viewers (8.5% share) and 1.94 million viewers on the second preview (6.4% share). In total, almost 3.2 million viewers welcomed the first presentation of the German entry for Eurovision 2021. 24 hours after the YouTube upload, the music video was watched by 300,000 viewers on the Eurovision official and Jendrik’s channel. 5 0
RUSSIA 🇷🇺 It seems that LITTLE BIG will represent Russia again in Eurovision. The Russian national broadcaster will make a song selection show set for March 8th and hosted by Yana Churikova. Official announcements still be made. 7 0
AUSTRIA 🇦🇹 It has been confirmed that Vincent Bueno will sing the song AMEN in Rotterdam. The song is penned by Jonas Thander (also the producer of the song), Bright Sparks, Vincent Bueno, Pele Loriano and Tobias Carshey. We will listen to the song in the second week of March. 4 0
CYPRUS 🇨🇾 CYPRUS - RIK has been receiving threats over the phone for the last few hours. Unknown people threaten to set fire and burn the building of the State Channel, thus mobilizing the Police. The motivation of the unknown seems to be the choice of the song which will represent Cyprus in this year's Eurovision. What bothers them seems to be the title of the song "EL DIABLO" which means devil. In fact, a page has been created on social media that collects signatures so that this song does not represent us in the international music competition this year. Yesterday, a petition was launched for CyBC to withdraw the song from the contest. At the time of writing it has 2,400 signatures. 4 0
EUROVISION 2021 🇳🇱 Studio VollaersZwart, Mothership, Arttenders, Stichting Hip Hop In Je Smoel and Flowerdales Agency will be responsible for the city decoration regarding Eurovision 2021. Furthermore, according to her, the decoration can be seen in a “digital way”. And, hopefully, if there is a good evolution of the pandemic, more and more visibility will be expressed. 5 0

Input your search keywords and press Enter.