The competition, held in De Panne, Belgium, gives each contestant 20 seconds on stage. According to Dagens Nyheter, Maria Lindeberg described the jury judging 75 percent on the screech and 25 percent on presentation and performance.
Lindeberg is traveling with a team of five people, including producer André Hasselgren and director Karolina Willebrand Vinnberg. She lives in Hökarängen in southern Stockholm and works as a producer and project manager.
You have 20 seconds on stage. The jury judges 75 percent on the screech and 25 percent on presentation and performance.
According to Dagens Nyheter, Lindeberg first tried imitating seagull sounds at the cliffs by her summer house in Roslagen when she was 14 years old. She described seagulls as one of her favorite animals. Lindeberg applied to the championship by sending a video clip of her best seagull imitation. According to Dagens Nyheter, championship organizers responded saying she had been selected to represent Sweden.
According to Dagens Nyheter, Lindeberg described seagulls as evoking many emotions and being a non-neutral bird. She noted that friends often said she could scream like a seagull. She also described the strain on her voice from practicing and recommended listening to seagulls at places like Medborgarplatsen. Lindeberg described discovering that her imitation sounded similar to real seagulls and felt an abstract understanding arose. She described seagulls as fascinating animals that live on human decay, alongside rats and raccoons. According to Dagens Nyheter, a friend told Lindeberg that this was her competition. Lindeberg described initially feeling silly about the competition but growing interested over the past year.
Seagulls evoke so many emotions – it's really not a neutral bird. I don't know how many times I've sat with friends and acquaintances and someone has said that I can scream like a seagull, and that I also like seagulls. People think it's a joke.
The exact date of the championship and the number of contestants have not been confirmed. The prize for winning is also unknown. It is unclear whether Lindeberg has won any previous seagull screeching competitions. The design of the seagull costume she will wear has not been disclosed.
It strains the voice quite a bit so you can't practice too much. The best way is really to go out and listen. At Medborgarplatsen there are always some seagulls.
I discovered that it sounded quite similar and felt that some kind of abstract understanding for each other arose.
I think it's fascinating with that type of animal that lives on human decay, on what we can't take care of in society. The seagull, the rat and the raccoon, for example, they somehow live on our defeats.
At first it felt silly to go away but then it grew on me and about a year ago I started to get interested.
You have been selected to represent Sweden in the Gull Screeching Championship.
When else will I have the chance to...