{"id":5564,"date":"2025-02-27T08:12:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T08:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jalgpallimuuseum.ee\/eurovision-at-the-johvi-peoples-football-museum\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T12:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:38:39","slug":"eurovision-at-the-johvi-peoples-football-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jalgpallimuuseum.ee\/en\/eurovision-at-the-johvi-peoples-football-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision at the J\u00f5hvi People\u2019s Football Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the end of March, the J\u00f5hvi People\u2019s Football Museum was visited by Anton Ragoza, participant of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010 and 2017, and founder of SunStroke Project. The weekly Panorama took the opportunity of the well-known musician\u2019s visit to ask him a few questions. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u2014 Mr Ragoza, we\u2019re curious \u2014 how did you find out about the football museum in J\u00f5hvi?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the museum\u2019s founders, Vladislav Naumov, is an old friend of mine. He had previously invited me to visit J\u00f5hvi and the football museum. He knows that I\u2019m a former footballer and a football fan \u2014 it\u2019s a subject I\u2019m passionate about. I suppose, thanks to the pandemic and the various restrictions that came with it, I finally had some free time, and I was able to visit the town.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u2014 And which team do you support?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m originally from Tiraspol and have always supported the local football club Sheriff. It\u2019s a team well known across Europe, regularly competing in the UEFA Europa League and the Champions League.\u201d <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u2014 A post on the museum\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210922084706\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/johvirahvajalgpallimuuseum\/posts\/198180925438562\">Facebook<\/a> page mentioned that you gave a gift to the Phoenix football club. If it\u2019s not a secret, could you tell us what it was? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s right \u2014 my label team, Ragoza Music, gifted the club an anthem. The piece was performed by <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210922084706\/https:\/\/youtube.com\/c\/RAYBARK\">Ray Bark<\/a> (Yuriy Rybak), a well-known dancer and musician in Moldova. Alongside me, the anthem was created by top musicians: Sergei Kharlamov, Vlad Gorban, Yuriy Rybak, and Katarina Sandu. We hope our anthem will inspire Phoenix to new victories and the highest achievements.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u2014 You\u2019ve piqued our interest \u2014 where can we listen to the anthem?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe official release will take place on 9 April, and the anthem will be available on all digital platforms. We hope it will be enjoyed by all fans and football enthusiasts.\u201d <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Ray Bark - Phoenix (The official Anthem of J\u00f5hvi FC Phoenix)\" width=\"1340\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XPw0lxPH2FI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>\u2014 Do you plan to shoot a music video?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cOf course. If the COVID-19 restrictions in Estonia are lifted, we\u2019ll try to come to J\u00f5hvi this summer together with Ray Bark and film a high-quality music video in collaboration with the Phoenix football club.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u2014 Would you say that the local club now has a modern anthem worthy of going to Eurovision?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely \u2014 they could definitely go! The main thing is to get through the national selection!\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u2014 Since we\u2019ve brought up Eurovision, could you tell us about your experience taking part in the contest?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cI was lucky enough to take part in Eurovision twice as a member of the group SunStroke Project, representing Moldova. The first time was in 2010, when we performed the song \u2018Run Away\u2019 and finished in 22nd place. It was a huge learning experience for us, and we decided then that one day we would return and do even better.<br \/>In 2017, with the song \u2018Hey, Mamma!\u2019, we won Moldova\u2019s national selection and went back to conquer Eurovision once again. I\u2019ll never forget the emotions and those moments when the countries and their rankings were being announced. In the end, we were among the final three contenders for the win. We took third place \u2014 the best result in Moldova\u2019s history at the Eurovision Song Contest. Upon our return home, the President of Moldova awarded every member of the group the Order of Honour.\u201d       <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u2014 Why did you leave the group?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cAs the saying goes, we had our differences. I suppose I had greater ambitions for self-realisation and career growth. There comes a time when you need to make a change and move forward. These days, I focus more on producing artists (Ray Bark, Manouki, IVI, Vlad Gorban), composing music, managing performers\u2019 copyrights, and acting in films. In short, I finally have time for the things I never used to manage before.\u201d    <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u2014 As far as we know, you visit Estonia quite often and have even opened your own company here. Is that true? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cYes, a few years ago I opened my own company in Estonia, which represents my label, Ragoza Music. And as for your country \u2014 I\u2019ve been in love with it for a long time and visit very often. I have many friends and acquaintances in Estonia, and the country inspires me creatively.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u2014 Are you planning to search for young artists in Estonia and help them make their way in the music world? Or are you currently only doing that in Moldova? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m always happy to work with different artists. Music knows no borders or nationality. Estonia has plenty of talented musicians, arrangers, and vocalists. I\u2019m glad to collaborate with people who are passionate about music! The doors of my label are open to everyone.\u201d    <\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cPanorama\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of March, the J\u00f5hvi People\u2019s Football Museum was visited by Anton Ragoza, participant of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-museum-visitors"],"acf":{"choi\u0441e_menu_page":false,"full_width":false,"header_transparent":false,"header_white":false,"menu_type_page":"default","menu_align_page":"default"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jalgpallimuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jalgpallimuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jalgpallimuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jalgpallimuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jalgpallimuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5564"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jalgpallimuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5566,"href":"https:\/\/jalgpallimuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564\/revisions\/5566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jalgpallimuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jalgpallimuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jalgpallimuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jalgpallimuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}