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Exclusive London interview with Isis Gee
Poland: From Miss America to Eurovision
Hi Isis and welcome to London. I was wondering, how does an American get to represent Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest?
You’re not the first person to ask that question. Well I went to Poland two years ago, I met in my future husband and he is Polish. Also, I have Polish roots as my great grand mother is Polish. I think I have a lot of Poland in me, in my blood and in my roots – apart from that I am American who gets to represent the beautiful county of Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Your song For Life is your own composition, who or what did you have in mind when you were writing the song?
Love nothing but love. I have a lot of love in my heart and my soul and I wrote the song for my husband. It was a gift for him.
Did you write the song with Eurovision in mind?
Not at all, ironically, I wrote the song 9 months before the contest. I was encouraged to submit a song by hundreds of fans in Poland – so I chose For Life, because it is the dear and close to my heart.
Being American what does the contest means to you? When did you become aware of the Eurovision Song Contest?
Well I recently learnt about Eurovision by going through the whole selection process. My first encounter with Eurovision is rather funny. One evening I was flicking through the cannels on the TV, when I saw Finland and those monsters (Lordi). I thought it was an interesting concept and thought what is this! But I never turned in again after that, I just flicked to another channel. Now I’m very aware of Eurovision I can only say what a blessing it is to be here in London with all these amazing talented people.
How do you plan to present your song on the Eurovision stage in Belgrade?
I believe in not changing a good thing. I believe we have something tangible and beautiful. We plan to have a chorus, girls like before, but unlike the national final, this time they will be singing live, which should be nice. We have a lovely, loving presentation and I think it may even surprise a few people. We may even have a surprise for the audience, bit I don’t want to say too much at this point and my dress for the evening is being kept as a secret.
I understand that you have taken part in the Miss America beauty pageant competition.
Well back in the day, I was in the preliminary rounds of the Miss America completion. For me it was less about the beauty pageant and more about the scholarship money. This was great as it helped me pay for college, which was really the bonus of the competition.
Isis, please tell me about your recording career. Have you recorded any album?
Last October, I have recorded an album called Hidden Treasure. It was released in Poland at the same time as Dancing with the Star show on Polish TV; because of this the songs became well known. It is my only album and I gave it my all, I really put a lot of feeling into it. I wrote, arranged and produced the album myself – I guess you can call me a studio nerd as I programmed and engineered all of the tracks on the album. This involved 20 hour days sitting in front of the computer. I put a lot of love into it.
After Eurovision, do you plan releasing Hidden Treasure in the rest of Europe?
Yes, absolutely, I am actually working on a cross over album right now which will include For Life. I have a handful of material that I am cultivating and nurturing and I am looking forward to bring my music to the rest of Europe.
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I hope that she will suprise us all during semi and go like storm through competition! 
can't wait to see good luck, love you!!!!!
OK, eurovision is quite bitchy (well esctoday especially!) !! But that is bound to happen when you have 43 countries competing for the prize within the space of a few days! And if you compare eurovision to football, it is alot less violent, I can't remember the time when there has been a serious problem at eurovision concerning violence.
And I think the reason why people said that to Isis was probably because she was American, I think if any other non-european person had competed in eurovision, there wouldn't be a problem. But I think there is a "anti-american" feeling in europe, especially in the east. However I think this is wrong and does show a worser aspect to eurovision. 
However I think if you compare eurovision to most major events, eurovision is pretty peaceful!!! 
Isis is living in Poland now, she recorded her album there, she has Polish roots and polish husband, she wrote and composed for life in this country, Poles love Isis and her music-they choose her song, so why she shouldn't represent Poland? Isis you are awesome, 12points...
@ Jonathan
You are so right. You only have to read any thread on any of the news items on esctoday and you soon see how incredibly bitchy and contrary ESC-fans are. Some of the stuff I read is just so vicious! And as for the booing in the Scala, I tell you, I was appalled. So-called Eurovision fans get an amazing chance to see 25% of this year's entries in London (and let's face it, the ESC itself ain't gonna be in London for a long, long time!), and then they talk through the performances and boo!! What the heck do these people want?
I thought Isis seemed quite a gracious person and her performance in King's Cross was great. So what if she's American or she hadn't heard of Eurovision before? At least she's got a proper song and a good voice, which is more than can be said for some of 2008's efforts.
I like her
The bad thing is that we have alot and great ballads this year so some wont pass.....which i hope wont happen.
Goodluck Poland!
good luck Isis! :]
@Andy Deleanu
I find it hard to believe some fans are like that but it does not surprise me nor that some make comments like "you don't know what eurovision is". what is eurovision supposed to be to them?
I once thought eurovision had a more sensible following than sports, but since my lamentable live trip to ESC in 2006 all I can do is retract that as much as possible having been made to eat my own words in a very big way that is almost impossible to recover from. Against all expectations, the World Cup in Germany was a far happier experience.
Enjoying the ESC is more and more difficult each day whether it is regarding so-called fans or the "gay with a vengeance mafia" let alone other more well documented things with the actual show. I would rather stick pins in my eyes than get involved with this circus again.
Perhaps none of you know it, but Isis had a very hard cancer and she had to give in a chemotherapy.
Shocking to read here that some people booed Isis Gee. If indeed true then these are the idiots who do not know what Eurovision is: a contest, and like any contest good sportsmanship is required. Any loudmouthed jackasses who would boo any contestant should just stay away.
I am sad to say Europe is so sad that an American for Poland will be a bad thing for her.........EU sucks I vote for the day UK withdraws!!!!!!!!!!!! As for Poland ...good luck in amongst pathetic childish bias xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
her song is fantastic, she's so sweet.
But she looks like a horse
DK-Eiler, do we need that pointless ranking in every article? Who cares about it? Hungary got 8 points, and Latvia got 91.. who's gonna take it seriously? Moderators should delete those long rankings, they are useless and annoying.
HI. This is how people in Denmark have voted:
111 danish voters gave their top 10:
01. SWEDEN 331
02. Iceland 289
03. Serbia 256
04. Slovenia 239
05. Russia 178
06. Greece 161
07. Ukraine 142
08. Norway 133
09. Armenia 115
10. Czech Rep. 112
11. Ireland 110
12. Israel 103
13. Andorra 100
13. Switzerland 100
15. France 93
16. Latvia 91
17. Bosnia & Hercegovina 86
18. Albania 81
19. Germany 77
20. Tyrkey 74
21. Portugal 71
22. Spain 61
22. Azerbaijan 61
24. Macedonia 56
25. Bulgaria 53
26. The Netherlands 46
27. Poland 45
28. Belgium 36
28. Finland 36
30. Malta 33
31. United Kingdom 32
32. Romania 30
33. Cyprus 29
34. Estonia 25
34. Belarus 23
36. Georgia 16
36. Montenegro 16
38. Croatia 15
39. San Marino 11
40. Lithuania 9
41. Hungary 8
42. Moldova 7
When Isis came on stage in London, there were people around me booing her and shouting "Get off! You don't know what Eurovision is!"
But the best things would be :
From Miss America to Eurovision Song Contest winner!
And she is not boring, her song is emotional and her voice amazing! Go Isis! 
isis was lovely when i met her fri hopefully she will qualify!
boooring
Good luck Isis Gee, the performance sounds interesting!
I'm sorry for the mess. These are other Isis's songs and performances.
On your knees -
[url=http://www.wrzuta.pl/audio/a1sf4v5sAc/isis_gee_-_05_-_on_your_knees[]http://www.wrzuta.pl/audio/a1sf4v5sAc/isis_gee_-_05_-_on_your_knees[/url]
Caruso- [url=http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=ev-NrN7ymdk[]http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=ev-NrN7ymdk[/url]
Hidden trasure- [url=http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=1O6lq7gsIwA[]http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=1O6lq7gsIwA[/url]
What you see- [url=http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=g-4bdAvN7Jk[]http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=g-4bdAvN7Jk[/url]
For someone who wants to know other Isis's songs/productions:
On your knees- url=http://www.wrzuta.pl/audio/a1sf4v5sAc/isis_gee_-_05_-_on_your_knees]http://www.wrzuta.pl/audio/a1sf4v5sAc/isis_gee_-_05_-_on_your_knees/url]
Caruso- url=http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=ev-NrN7ymdk]http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=ev-NrN7ymdk/url]
Hidden trasure- url=http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=1O6lq7gsIwA]http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=1O6lq7gsIwA/url]
What you see- url=http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=g-4bdAvN7Jk]http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=g-4bdAvN7Jk/url]
A beautiful and talented woman.
Boring to death.
Ha ha Isis Gee and I found Eurovision more or less the same way: by channel surfing. Good luck Isis!!!! I'll be cheering you on from my living room on the 20th!
Woooooo go Isis, Poland will almost certaoinly qualify this year, and may get a top 10 in the final, but who knows how far they could go because it is a very good song!
Good luck to Poland from the UK!!!
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