While in Belarus, Olivia Lewis found some time to write a little about Cypriot Anna Christodoulidou’s choreography on her own web-blog.

Here is what Olivia Lewis had to say about the new choreography to be used for Vertigo in Helsinki:

“My life is getting more complicated by the hour. As you may know I have spent the past weeks looking at different choreographies by different people. Most of them have gone that extra mile to come up with something original and spectacular. And I appreciate that a lot. However, I am only human and obviously I have a personal favourite. Anna is a choreographer from Cyprus – the one whom I danced with in the Cypriot ESC presentation a few weeks ago. And while, I can honestly say that I liked most of the choreographies that were presented, I have to admit that I love Anna’s rendition of Vertigo.

“She took her initial inspiration from the music video itself. And that’s good. I like the music video and always wanted uniformity in our presentation. I am so, so, so glad that Anna has been chosen! She is wonderful. And she knows her job very well.

“The Vertigo choreography will look good. I’ve seen it now and I’m convinced. Nothing overdramatic, mind you. The song is dramatic in itself. No need to emphasise the obvious. But the blending of moves and other surprises, which I’m not supposed to talk about, will make the song complete. At least that’s what I hope. Jes with his gong and Joseph with his violin have blended well. More than I thought they actually would, especially in Joseph’s case. But Anna has handled them well.

“Robert Abela, the Maltasong boss, has managed to smile for the first time in weeks. The choreography part was killing him. He likes what Anna is proposing, just like the rest of us do. Anna will be coming back in a couple of weeks. The three female backing vocalists will also be joining us in Malta round about the same period. They were chosen by Philip Vella with the help of the Swedish guys at G:songs. I’m told they’re very good. Hopefully all will work out well.

“Even though things are looking up, there are a million things which could go wrong. Hopefully none of them will. Especially my moves. As many of you may have noticed I’m not really the graceful type. Clumsy is the right word in my case. Anna has given me loads of tricks, which I am adopting when practicing my moves. It’s not looking as bad as I thought it would. I’m actually getting better!” admitted Olivia.