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Thats what I've been thinking too. Not that we didnt already know it of course but with each one of these gigs he's proving again and again what a true and amazing artist he really is!! Love this video and all the vids of the soundcheck party!! Not only they're cool to watch but they bring back memories from Paris too:wub2:

awww so sweet that he asked for your help and that the Portuguese audience was so incredible like he said on twitter:wub2: thanks for the lovely report Mary!!

First of all I just watched a vid of Love You When I'm Drunk, how amazingly cool it sounds sung in Spanish!!! Must have been such a fantastic gig!! wonderful report Alba, happy for you!!

Thanks for the reports girls! So good to hear that he plays Any Other World again!! Just watched the video, what a beautiful performance:wub2:

oh there are some pretty great pics there!

You're most welcome:thumb_yello:

thank you for the pics and videos!! they bring back so many incredible memories:wub2:

Really enjoyed reading your reports everyone! and thanks for the vids as well! Especially thank you Sabine for the Underwater video, I was so curious to see the underwater world you guys had created:thumb_yello:

how funny was that moment with Max on the piano!! thanks for the pics:flowers2:

awww wonderful report and pics:wub2:

thank you so much:flowers2:

thank you so much for all the pics and videos!!!

report part 2 After the soundcheck we went back to the choir room and for the next three hours we were rehearsing on our own. Everyone was determined to be the best we could possibly be and not to let Mika down. We tried to figure out what dance moves we could do during different parts of the songs and generally tried to find a way to move on stage as one group and not eleven individuals. At about 8:30 we were told to go downstairs in order to get our polka dot costumes. It was almost time for the show. And now on to one of my most favorite parts of all this magical experience. Those few minutes before the show starts. We were told to go this corridor that leads to the stage and wait there for a bit. Very soon the band appeared and right after them Mika. He was getting ready for the gig doing these vocal exercises that make you do crazy sounds. Then he turned to us and asked us to do the same. We tried and that was really funny. What was even funnier was when he was like "now you're gonna hate me but you have to move your head like that and mess up your hair". That really made me laugh and do you know what, I think all this preparation helped us not to feel at all nervous about the show. Right after that he took the time to shake every choir member's hand and tell us to have fun. How heartwarming is that:wub2: A minute or so later the concert started. The first song was Un soleil mal lune. I had dreamed of hearing this song live ever since I listened to the album for the very first time in September. I couldnt believe that I was hearing it from the side of the stage in the backstage area, what a beautiful performance that was!!! The atmosphere of the concert was pretty amazing, one of the most enthusiastic I've ever seen. Being on the same stage with Mika was a truly magical experience. I cant really find the words to describe that. The whole choir thing feels like such a beautiful gift to the fans. What else can we say other than a massive thank you to Mika:wub2:

aww what a wonderful idea for a gift:wub2: happy for you Virginie and thanks for the report!!!

so wish I could finish writing my report now but work (and this cold I have) arent going to let me do that. definitely tomorrow:thumb_yello:

that was such a funny moment:biggrin2: so good that you got a photo of it!!

Those two days were magical to say the least! I know it kinda goes without saying but I just have to repeat that being in the choir is a super amazing experience!!! How can we thank Mika enough for giving the fans an opportunity like this to be part of the show:wub2: So I guess it's time that I started writing my report. Here is the first part: Everything started last week when I saw a tweet saying something like "OMG I'm in the choir for Paris". That meant the emails had been sent, that meant it was time to find out whether I was going to be in the choir. You can imagine how nervous I was when I went to check my emails and of course you can imagine how happy I felt when I saw a new message with the title Mika Choir Paris. Fast forward a few days and on Monday afternoon I was outside Casino de Paris super excited and nervously waiting to get inside. First I talked to some friends (Nina, Marion and Bianca it was great seeing you and hope to meet you again very soon) and then went to join the other choir members. We were let in at exactly 4pm and then we were given our passes etc. Then it was time for the first rehearsal with the band. They were all really nice and Tim was explaining to us exactly which parts of the songs the choir is singing. After we had rehearsed all the songs they told us that there was a possibility that the choir would sing on Karen too and they started joking that they expected us to teach them this song since they dont speak French. Right after that we were told to go downstairs for the soundcheck with Mika. How surreal (in the best way possible) and amazing that was!! He gave us some singing tips like explaining that we should really sing close to the microphone and then we started rehearsing Karen. He taught us this beautiful background melody for the third verse of the song. Now that I think about it I remember that later on we found out that Label Barclay posted two pics of the soundcheck. Dont know if they've been posted before, here they are: https://twitter.com/i/#!/labelbarclay/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Finstagr.am%2Fp%2FR758z_Neq5%2F https://twitter.com/i/#!/labelbarclay/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Finstagr.am%2Fp%2FR76udgNerV%2F

Hi Marion! It was lovely meeting you before the first gig! The second day we were told to come at 7 so when I arrived you guys were ready to enter the venue so I missed you. Hope to see you (and all the other lovely MFC-ers I met in Paris) very soon. The song you mentioned is Heigh Ho from Snow White but in French. Trying to organize my thoughts and start writing my report, those two days were super special:wub2:

that must be one of the best Toy Boy performances ever!!! I adore this song and the movie-like introduction he did this time:wub2: what a lovely message!!! and how sweet that he agreed to do this and talk that much even though as you said he must have been in a hurry and probably a bit tired too.

Have fun everyone!!!

Here's the interview for Papermag Magazine. http://www.papermag.com/2012/11/mika_musicians_artists.php He talks a lot about art and music. It's a really interesting interview!!