"I'm gonna be somebody..."

Arnt-Einar and I went to a local hotel near the airport on Saturday, Rica Hell Hotel, in the little village of Hell... for a country weekend festival. There were a couple of local country bands playing, and they had the 2nd annual national championship in country, for 'undiscovered talent'. This was actually the qualifying competition for Middle Norway, and the national finals the 2nd and 3rd of September in Lofoten Islands, in Northern Norway.

Ok, well, anyway, we went just to watch. I'd seen a poster for it a day or two before, and we thought it would be fun, since we both like country music so much. I thought it would be fun to check it out, and maybe try it out next year. We sat down and waited a while for it to start, when I suddenly got up and asked one of the guys there if it was too late to sign up... (AAAAACK, what was I doing?!?!) and he said, "well of course not! Do you have backing tracks?" Well, I just happen to have a little karaoke cd I made, that I keep out in the car, just to sing for myself when driving sometimes... The only song I remembered the words to was "No place that far" by Sara Evans, a song I sang with Andi in a wedding a couple of years ago. So I chose that one. They interviewed me in front of a camera beforehand, asking me what my expectations were. I said that I didn't have any! I just showed up, and thought it would be a good idea to try singing on stage, since I'm so scared of it!

There were 7 contestants, me, 2 girls and 4 guys. Finally, it was my turn to sing. (What the heck was I thinking...?!?!) Got up there, and sang the song, and it actually went pretty good. But, man, were my knees shaking! I was nervous, but it was so much fun!!! There was another singer after me, and then the jury went out to make its decision. There were a couple of linedance groups, and they danced a bit, and then they came back with their decision. They decided, that the contestant with the most potential, and talent that deserved to go to the finals was...

ME!

Get that! WOW! I couldn't believe it! I totally didn't expect it! It went up, received my award, and was asked to sing my song again. This time people clapped with me, and it was SOOO awesome! But... now I have to sing along with 9 other contestants in Lofoten at the country music festival there, in front of 3000 people, a show that will be aired in october. If I win, I get a record contract! WHOA! Even still, all the 10 contestants will record a compilation cd with our songs. SO COOL!

Oh, well, just thought I'd tell ya all about my weekend. How was yours?!?