Tidligere har Frode sin deltakelse på tre internasjonale finaler foruten mye spilling av MGP musikk i lange tider til glede og forargelse for hans omgivelser også resultert i oppslag i den internasjonale pressen!
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May 29, 2005, No. 22, Vol. LXXIII
"KYIV - Europeans visiting Kyiv for the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest said they were impressed with Ukraine's capital and the way its people had organized and prepared for Europe's annual pop music extravaganza.
"It's a real big party," said Frode Fjeldstad, 26, a Eurovision fan from Norway who was visiting Kyiv for four days. "It's much better than Riga in 2003. The whole city is on fire. I think they are proud of it."
While nations like Great Britain and France have come to dismiss the competition as somewhat tawdry, Ukrainians embraced Eurovision, which provided the rare opportunity to host thousands of Europeans who might otherwise have never considered visiting Kyiv.
"Europe has two main venues for tourists - Eurovision and the Olympics," Mr. Fjeldstad said. "So it's a real door-opener for the country."
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