Gabriela Gunčíková is a Czech singer. She was the runner-up of the second season of Česko Slovenská SuperStar and won the New Artist award at the 2011 Český slavík awards. Gunčíková was a touring vocalist of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra from 2014 until 2015. She will represent the Czech Republic at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Her song for Stockholm, I Stand, was written by an international team: Christian Schneider, Aidan O'Connor, and Sara Biglert. What she said specifically to our website read here:
How do you feel about representing Czech Republic at Eurovision?
It is a big honour to me to represent my country on the Eurovision Song Contest and I am very excited about it and I think many people are excited with me. 🙂
Tell us more about your song. What is the message?
I was trying to show with the song the real purity of us as a human beings. We gotta sometimes confront and face to lot in our lives and we are doing mistakes but in the end I believe we are all good. We wanna be free we wanna be successfull and happy and so what we are aiming for.
What will Gabriela be on the big stage?
She is gonna be talking to the audience. She is going to communicate to them what she feels and thinks. Singing is the way to communicate with people and also to entertain them and make them feel better, that is why I love it so much.
What do you want people in Europe to remember you with? What makes you different?
I would love to tell you, but you will see. I would like to keep it for myself for now. 🙂
Have you thought about what would be your performance? Do you want something special?
Oh yes, I think about it every day. It is very important for me and of course and I would love to make it very special.
Are you going to promote your song abroad?
The truth is that I am very busy during the meantime before the Eurovision song contest starts. I have a tour around Germany but I have definitely decided to choose some countries and go there to show and promote my song. It has been written for a mankind so I would love to share the song with many people as possible. 🙂
What else do you enjoy doing except music?
I love Sports, reading books, watching movies, traveling around the world , learning new things.
What would you like to say to your Bulgarian fans?
I hope that you like the song and I am very happy I am going to sing it for you very soon. I will also keep my fingers crossed for your represantitive in the ESC this year. See you soon! 🙂
You can hear "I Stand" here:
Photo by Yan Renelt