Alexander Rybak seems to have become the most devoted fan of the Anti-crisis Girl. When he heard the news of Svetlana coming to Norway, Alexander cancelled all his interviews and hurried to meet Ukraine’s singer.
The meeting of the two rivals was a really friendly one. Svetlana presented Alexander a T-shirt from her fashion collection. Despite a provocative inscription on the T-shirt, Rybak has put it on right away.
Alexander Rybak is considered to be the favourite of this year’s contest. All the bookmakers and critics suppose he will be the winner in Moscow. Alexander himself states that to his opinion namely Svetlana Loboda has the real chances to get the first place at Eurovision-2009. Rybac has also accepted Svetlana’s invitation to join her on Ukrainian party in Moscow on May, 9th.