Aftonbladet interview - : 09 March 2012 (translation available)!

Spoiler:

Father Giorgios fast death got her to leave Sweden. After six years the schlager star – Helena Paparizou, 30, stop hide herself. I am not angry anymore, she says.

As usual the Greek compound was celebrating the Christmas day with a big party in their place, In Backa, Gothenburg 2008. But suddenly the chairmen and Helena Paparizous father Georgios Paparizou, 60 collapsed. His heart stopped beating.

It took over 20 minutes before the ambulance came, because the area was a high-risk zone, the ambulance personnel needed to wait for a police escort. When they reached the place it was already to late. Georgios died in Helenas sister Aretis arms.

After three years after the hard loss the Swedish-Greek singer Helena Paparizou back in Sweden, In a hotel suite in central Stockholm.
She tells how she was on a night club scene in the home city Athen, unknowingly that her father died. When she was done on the scene on the morning, 05:00, she meet her brother, neighbor, a good friend and a psychotherapist.

They told that my father got a heart-attack. I got panic, I got some days off and took a airplane to Gothenburg, Helena tells us. When she reached Landvetter she got to know the truth.
I was waiting for my bag, and then my brother told me that my father had died. There I lost everything, my self, everything. I collapsed right down on the floor and began to cry. When she reached her mum Efrosini at home she was meet by relatives and friends in sorrow.

Searched redress
When Helena thinks back on that day she get quiet, and hide her face in her hand. I haven’t cried on a long time when I have though on my dad, but I just got all pictures in front of me. It is over, I have promised myself that one should not cry. Because I am strong, he doesn’t want me to cry.

She dries her tears and continues: What I think most on is mum, she lost her life partner, they was so fun together. Helena assembles herself quickly.
Besides just to try to managing the grief, the family Paparizou searched redress after what happened. They send in a report to Health and Medical Treatment 2009, where they questioned why ambulances need to wait on the police before they get into high-risk zones. And they got rejection.

I worked my ass off
2010 also the familys appeal, got rejected in the administrative law. My family felt so bad. I want all high-risk zones to be abolished. I don’t want it to happen to anyone else. We have got rejected on or reports but I will always blame them, Helena says.

2009 Helena had some plans to do comeback in Sweden, but that she shot to the future. But I didn’t take any break. Instead I worked my ass off in Greece. I couldn’t sit still a second at home. She also began to go in therapy. I didn’t want to comeback to Sweden after this aggression after what I and my family went through with dad. I do not want any family to feel that they lost a person so unnecessary.

Now doesn’t Helena hide from Sweden anymore. – I am not angry anymore, the anger and bitterness I don’t feel anymore. On spring she is current for “Let’s Dance”. Tomorrow night she is on the stage for Melodifestivalen in Globen, in front of millions Swedish watchers, and interprets last year winning song “Popular”. It will be a big show with 23 dancers. Christer Björkman called on the right time. It will be a special experience for me in front of the Swedish people. Last year I cheered for Eric Saade so I though my thumbs would snap and I was very happy that Sweden got on a good place.

Stays and fight
Last time she was on a Swedish scene was around six years ago. Then she recently won Eurovision with “My number one” and made a international career. After that she have made three CDs in Greece.

- Christer björman have tried to get me into the Swedish competition many times. But I will never again compete. The 30 years old singer is living since several years, in the capital of Greece, Athen.

Despite the economic crisis she will not move to Sweden. – I do not care about what politicians say and doesn’t care about what they do in the parliament, they can hit their head in the wall if they want. It is always a pity for the people that need to pay. I love the contry and will stay and fight, she say.

Even the artist branch industry have been hit hard of the crisis. When I moved go Greece I worked five, six times on a week. Now it is two times a week and the payment is halved.

“Comfortable about that I get older”.
Helena jokingly takes her on the flesh on her belly. A half year after my father Giorgios death she got troubles with Struma, with other words enlarged thyroid.
- Damn what I gained weight. I went up ten kilograms on a month. I was constantly tired, had problems with sleeping and a hell of a temper. It is like having PMS 24 hours a day.

Since 2010 Elena have got medicine named Levaxin, and if she is lucky she doesn’t need to get operated. I have two lumps in my throat that maybe need to get away, it is sometimes a little swollen and they are fluid-filled. She haven’t feeled so good like she does today. I love my body and enjoy with being older. I doesn’t care about flesh. I still hear that I should go down in weigh, but I stand.

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Dancing in TV this spring
Name: Helena Paparizou
Age: 30
Lives: Athen, Greece
Family: Single
Income: Not known
Present for: Singing Eric Saades "Popular" in melodifestivl-finalen on Saturday, and current for "Let's Dance" this spring.


Three things about Elena.. Helena About:

Melodifestivalen: Some things must be valued good. Being in the schlager each year is like eating pea soup each day. It doesn't taste anything at the end. You should leave some highlights. 2005 will always be one of my best years, I worked night and day.

...Being a super star in Greece: I don't accept many proposals, but this winter I sat in the jury of "Dancing on ice", I do many shows on the big night clubs around the country. On the scene I can be a real diva but when I go down from the stage, I live like everyone else. Then I am Helena.

...about phobias: After my relationship ended I did go to Sweden and began with cognitive therapy. I got stuck in a evil circle, got panic attacks and a lot of phobias like Agoraphobia, Claustrophobia and Acrophobia. For a while I almost couldn't go out and throw away the waste.

Paparizakias wrote:

Derek wrote:I don't like this interview. Too much focus on controversial topics, her sorrow, her health problems (now I realize why her throat looks swollen to me so often), etc. But it's better than nothing. Btw all of you guys please log into your facebook accounts and report the comment by this guy Niclas Gustafsson who called Elena an idiot and like the comment by the guy Johan Weimarsson!

in which page in FB?

Derek wrote:I don't like this interview. Too much focus on controversial topics, her sorrow, her health problems (now I realize why her throat looks swollen to me so often), etc. But it's better than nothing. Btw all of you guys please log into your facebook accounts and report the comment by this guy Niclas Gustafsson who called Elena an idiot and like the comment by the guy Johan Weimarsson!