Stefania ”Last Dance” | Greece Eurovision 2021 INTERVIEW

Stefania will NOT have a Pegasus on stage in Rotterdam. The 18-year-old — who is the youngest Eurovision 2021 contestant — revealed this and more in our recent Zoom interview. She has a clear perspective on "Last Dance" and its meaning. "If something ends, something new starts," she says. "There is never an end. If you have a bad dream you can make it your own fantasy. It's what you see in the video....I turn my dream into one of my best dreams ever." And in that dream we see the teen star jump off a building before landing on her Pegasus. The director had her film it several times to get it just right: "Kostas said, 'Sweetie you have to jump and you have to make it beautiful — the jump of your dreams!" Among other things, Stefania says she can't choose between her two Eurovision entries, which she describes as her "dream songs". She loves the ethnic vibe of "Superg!rl", and the "80s vibes" and "Dua Lipa style" of "Last Dance". Stefania also adores the songwriter behind them — Dimitris Kontopoulos. "He has a lot of ideas — every time we are in the studio he has an idea....He really knows me as a person, so that's making it really easy to work with each other." Apparently he also helps her with her Greek. And what of stage director Fokas Evangelinos? "He inspires me...he is a really open person," she says, noting that he's encouraging her to make the most of her Eurovision moment. Stefania also discusses her excitement and surprise over the betting odds, her stage outfit from noted designer Vrettos Vrettakos ("It's like a dream outfit for me"), her Dutch-Greek identity and her love of Greece. "They are so kind, so open," she says of the people she's met. "The vibe here is so nice....maybe I will live here. I am obsessed with Greece, I am obsessed with Athens!" At times she has to pinch herself to believe it's all real. "I have a career in Greece," she says. "This was my dream. Last night I was crying because this is my dream. People in Greece know me." Interviewer: William: http://instagram.com/williamleeadams