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I think so too I'm the happiest of chickens Thank you so much! Thank you I can't wait to see Mika again! It was, indeed, perfect Thank you for your lovely words! Oh Deb, I'm so glad I could take you back in time to your first gig! Magical moments! I gave all the presents I made for Mika to Max, and he promised he would give them to Meeks

Thank you

My Report: I have always been a dreamer. But even in my wildest dreams, I never imagined this journey would turn out to be so magical. I live in Tunisia, North Africa. For Mika, I crossed the sea. I paid what I had to pay; I did what I had to do: I bought my tickets, booked my hotel, took a plane and landed in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 1st 2016. My sister and my mother were with me. We’re all Mika fans, and we were all incredibly excited. The airport was just next to the Arena where Mika was going to perform, and so – after a quick stop at the hotel to put our Mika t-shirts on – we headed for the Arena at 2 pm. As we arrived in front of it, we were singing, dancing, prancing around and generally unable to contain our excitement. There weren’t many people, just enough for us to feel surrounded by happy Mika fans. We waited. Sitting on the floor and chewing on junk food, we waited. Then we waited some more, standing in the sun while the guards arranged the entry. While that was happening, suddenly music started playing from inside the Arena. Me and my sister jumped and turned to each other. Could it be? Was it him? We could clearly hear the instrumental to ‘Staring at the Sun’, and if we listened closely, we could even hear someone singing… I called one of the guards and asked them if it was Mika inside. They said that it was indeed him, doing the sound-check. We sang with him, ecstatic: we were hearing Mika live before the show even began! We sat down in the sun and waited, more excited than ever. At 6:30, the guards opened the doors. Much pushing ensued, but luckily my sister my mom and I managed to get into the Arena relatively early: we were standing in the very first row! We had made a few new friends while we were waiting, but they got lost in the crowd. We waited another hour and a half before the first act. It was a Swiss band called ‘Jetlakes’, and they were actually very good. Their lead singer thanked Mika for having them there. I mentally thanked him too, although I still hadn’t seen him yet. When the lead singer of ‘Jetlakes’ proudly announced that he would be leaving us now with Mika, I felt my heart pound a bit harder in my chest. It was real. It was happening. I was going to see him. We could see people moving behind the long black curtains onstage. We guessed they were the crew, and that they were preparing the set. They teased us a lot, pretending to be Mika, peaking from behind the curtains and making us laugh. As they left, a single beam of light was thrown onto the stage, right were a microphone was waiting on its perch. Every minute seemed to linger a bit too long as we waited, for the last time. In my mind, images of Mika of course, but also many conflicting thoughts – “my goodness, this are the last few minutes I have to wait before I see him” – “right now, right now, right now; I must remember this moment” – “I should just have a good time and forget about the rest” – “but I must remember everything later; every little detail” – “right now, right now”. And then suddenly past present and future merged. The audience roared, and into the spotlight stepped Mika, one foot at a time, as though he were slowly revealing himself to us. Mika was standing in front of me, only a few meters away. There he stood, smiling at the sea of people at his feet. I remember the way my whole world shook, my eyes watered, my lips trembled and I couldn’t help the scream that escaped me: “MIKA!” He was really there. My mind struggled with this fact. He became real in a way I couldn’t have imagined before seeing him there, flesh and blood and radiant smile, standing in the spotlight. He was wearing his black fireworks suit, and as he brought his open palms together, he spoke into the microphone: “Bonsoir Genève”. His voice echoed through the Arena. He was there, truly there, and so was I. I could feel his presence. I felt his presence. My senses were flooded with Mika – I was the happiest person alive. The first notes started playing as Mika made a small prayer (or, as he called it, “une petite prière”). It was funny and yet oddly emotional. The moment was pure, crystalline in its realness, his skin his eyes his hair his mouth moving against the microphone. His words were flying through the air, slicing through the Arena, landing right into my eager ears. He crossed himself, muttered “Amen”, and the music changed from an eerie organ to the intro of ‘Big Girl’. I wish I could relate the entire show in its slightest details. But I’m afraid that in doing so I’d become a writer, not a storyteller. I don’t want my memories of Mika to become simple words typed onto a computer keyboard. I want my memories to remain mine. I want them to remain pure. I want them to remain unattainable, except in my mind. What I will tell you though, is that Mika’s gig in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 1st 2016, was one of the highlights of my life. The magic, the love, the laughter… everything was perfect. Everything was perfect. Mika finished ‘Happy Ending’ by singing the chorus acapella and with no microphone. It was absolutely, stunningly beautiful. His voice was raw, natural, piercing and powerful. During ‘Boom Boom Boom’ he got a pair of “BOOM” sunglasses from the audience and wore it. He then told us that he’d wear whatever we threw onstage. He quickly regretted it (“Putain,” he said into the mic) as a pair of glittery shoes were thrown onstage, as well as a scarf and a “My Little Pony” t-shirt. He wore them all though, with the shoe-laces around his neck. He looked fabulous. During ‘Lollipop’, Mika invited a boy onstage. Apparently, the boy in question had bought a private piano lesson at last year’s French telethon, but Mika had never managed to give him the lesson. And so, to be fair, the boy was invited onstage. Mika sat him down at the piano and told him to keep playing a single note for the entire song. As you can imagine, Mika had a lot of fun during this portion of the show – jumping on the piano, (nicely) making fun of the boy, (ironically) admiring him for his great piano skills, making several jokes on how the poor lad would wake up late at night, thirty years from now, hearing that same nightmarish note. My favorite part of the show, however, was when he unexpectedly sang ‘We Are Golden’. I wasn’t hoping for that song because someone told me that he rarely sings it anymore onstage. The surprise was enough to make me cry. ‘We Are Golden’ means so much to me; I can’t even begin to tell you how amazing it was to hear it live. Tears streamed down my face uncontrollably. I was laughing and crying and dancing and at that moment, while I was looking up at Mika, I felt free. I felt young. I felt alive. I will never forget those precious moments of bliss. There is one image in particular that sticks to my memory, impossibly clear, undeniably one of the sweetest, most powerful visions I have: I can remember him standing on his piano while singing the bridge of ‘We Are Golden’, wearing a red flower-crown on his head, holding his hands up in the air as blue and red lights flickered behind him. It was intense. I was entranced. I think I still might be under his spell. I think I will always, forever be under his spell. His performance gave me goosebumps, tears and laughter. And the rest of my trip was wonderful as well. Mika was there every step of the way, guiding me, pushing me forward. Thank you, Mika, for being who you are. I love you, Mika. You will never know how much I love you. My Pictures: I didn't take a lot of pictures, but I wanted to share the ones I took with you guys. Needless to say that these are very special pictures to me - I set 2 of them as my phone background and lockscreen. After the show, me and my sister stayed a bit to wait for Mika. We had presents for him. Sadly, our Meeks was tired and he left quickly: we saw his car leave. However, Max (Mika's guitarist) was there, and he came out to meet us when he saw us! He was absolutely adorable: such a kind, talented man! He promised to give our gifts to Mika. Here's a picture of me and my sister with him: Here's a picture of me in front of the poster, after the show:

I bought it yesterday from Switzerland! I kept looking for it for days. I live in Tunisia, and we don't get it here. So during my stay in Geneva I went into every single Swatch store looking for it. For 5 days I looked and looked and looked, hoping beyond hope. I was starting to give up. Then, at the airport, I walked into a Swatch store just in case and... IT WAS THERE! I WAS SO HAPPY I STARTED JUMPING UP AND DOWN! The employees at the store were so happy for me too haha

Great job Deb

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL You did such an amazing job. I'm obsessed with this song, and you gave us such an emotional and heartfelt version. Singing acappella isn't easy, but you do it perfectly. You hit all those high notes, and you have a very nice falsetto. Your voice is pure GOLD. Thank you so much for this Deb!

Thank you so much

YEEEEY! MJ POWER *moonwalks* You're welcome, you really did an amazing job Awwww thank you so much!

Awww thank you so much Lollie That's so sweet of you!

Oh my Gosh Deb... you did such an amazing job. I'm speechless. What you did is just so, so beautiful..... I'm in love with your version of hurts! Your voice holds so much emotion, and I can feel that you really MEAN what you're singing. You gave me goosebumps. Lovely piano playing as well. And the video is really amazing... for all the victims of bullying, this is like a love letter. Like an open love letter that says "you're not alone, give me your hand and everything will be alright". And what I love so much about the video is that you chose pictures that show different people, bullied for different reasons. You didn't leave anyone out. At the end you showed us the positive side of things, how to make it better. Beautiful. Thank you so much Déborah Mika would be proud! (Oh, and you have a Michael Jackson poster in your room! I couldn't help but notice it! I'M A HUGE MJ FAN YOU HAVE NO IDEA!)

Same here! It would be PERFECT

DEB! OH MY GOD! Im soooo happy for you And super jealous haha! You have to tell us all about it in the reports sections!

Can't wait to read your reports guys! I've been thinking about this all day!

Thank YOU for your lovely words It means a lot to us! More will be coming

It's sooooo cute!

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! We had fun doing it

Hey there everyone! I'm back with a special little something - an acapella medley with my sister Emna, aka funkylittlesister! We came up with it in like 5 minutes, and filmed it in less, but we had lots of fun doing it! Hope you enjoy it

I totally disagree! I prefer The Voice by far, and I'm hoping he'll stay a few more years. That being said, I still think he should continue X-Factor. He looks like he's having a lot of fun doing these shows

I saw Le Prophète in the theatre It's such an amazing movie, and I really want it on DVD! Thanks for the news!

I agree with everything you said! But where can we contact the mods?

Thank you so much This is such a sweet message <3 I'm proud of you, all of you, too! AWWWW LOVE

THEN WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO THIS! How can we contact the mods? AMYE. THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE OUR DREAM COME TRUE. Let's do it! You are absolutely right Deb, LET'S DO THIS! We gotta start by contacting the mods of MFC and telling them about our idea. We'll show them a few covers, tell them how much this would mean to us, etc. After that they'll tell us more about what to do.

OH. MY. GOD. This is the BEST idea ever. We should totally try to do something like this for MFC's 10th anniversary! A private show, with Mika of course, and he doesn't necessarily have to perform (although of course that would be PERFECT, but I'm not sure how these things work, and he probably won't perform at events for free, you know? That's his job after all.) We could organize a private show, where MFCers can sing covers of Mika's songs, and he'll be there. It'll be like a huge tribute. And we could have other activities as well. My dream is to sing in front of Mika - although I'd probably freak out a little, haha. And I'm sure all the talented MFCers would love to do so as well! We should try to get this organized! Who should I talk to about this? Thank you so much for this wonderful idea Mamiam! And thank you for all the compliments