She’s such a pro. Answering questions on Nightwish stuff and she didn’t even look annoyed once. That’s why I adore her. She’s an amazing talent and such a lovely person! 🤍🤍🤍

She is a classy lady, she handled the uncomfortable questions about her departure professionally.

She is awesome, and her legacy with Nightwish also is, Dark Passion Play is one of my all time favorite albums ever made

Anette, there are people out here that comment that you are their favorite Nightwish vocalist. I love you. I'm glad you have such good character.

Dark Passion Play and Imaginaerum to me are among Nightwish's best albums and The Poet and the Pendulum might just be one of the best compositions ever and Anette contributed to that by a lot, she has a lot to be proud of. It's sad that people tend to pick sides, maybe both sides have their issues. Anette obviously seems to be way happier where she is now with The Dark Element (which produced a great album!) and Nightwish seem to be doing better than ever. A good spirit for everybody should always be the way to go!

I am disappointed the person who was interviewing her wasn't focusing on her solo career as much but I am very happy to see and already knew how good of a person Anette is. To be honest and say "yes I was sad, angry but I am learning to deal" is amazing. Her album is amazing and she looks great and very happy

I was never really into the Anette Nightwish, but ironically a handful of my favorite Nightwish songs are Anette songs.

She looks so fresh and beautiful without the piercings and heavy make up. She is so sweet and that sense of humor is contagious!

its only right that she is proud on her albums with NW .... because DPP and Imaginaerum are two extraordinary albums...DPP was hit album and Imaginaerum just epic story album.

Great vocalist, beautiful woman and a very wise and classy human.

Wow I love Anette's personality even more now. ^_^

She’s adorable. Such a lovely spirit 💚

Always liked Anette she brought her own style to Nightwish . many people were so unfair to her. Its nice that she is in a good place now after being treated so badly by the band . Many XXXXXXXXX for Anette.

I was never a fan of Anette and Nightwish together, but I don't agree with how they threw her out. No one deserves that kind of treatment. She seems like a very nice person and like grownups, they could have sat down and simply tell her, she is not a fit for their band anymore. There are always better ways to resolve an issue.

Is she Björk's lost sister?? hahaha. This woman is so sweet, wish her the best with her career.

Look at that smile. Like sunshine.

Contrary to what many people say, I loved Anette(love Tarja and Floor as well!!) in Nightwish...she had some pretty big shoes to fill. I also wish more time was spent on talking about her new project. It's wonderful as well!

She is pure class and I love her work in The Dark Element - the music is well suited for her voice and vice versa. The Nightwish "battles" need to stop. They have the perfect fit now and their former singers have found great places to share their impressive talents with us!

Anette gave us some of the most beautiful slow songs like The Crow, The Owl and The Dove and Eva. I really love both of her studio albums!

She is so beautiful and sooo kind! I really love her voice and her albums are amazing.. she has a different energy.. i still listen to her nw songs and her new songs in the new band! Love u so much dear Olzon! 🖤

I'm not a blindy fanboy of anyone of the 3 vocalist Nightwish have had so far, I support the band as whole. Yes, Anette was not a Tarja's style of vocalist, but for christ sake, the 2 albums with Anette are musicly freakin aweseome, and sound very good, they are masterpieces, can't deny that. We have to give credits to Anette because these 2 albums are good. And I hope the next one with Floor is as good as the others, really. None of them (Tarja, Anette, Floor) are bad singers, and they gave (1 is about to give) to the music of Nightwish the perfect voice at the time. Backstage stuff is another subject, if Tarja married a male version of Yoko Ono creating conflicts between the group, and if Tuomas and the rest of the guys made a bad call about that concert when Anette was sick and played with kamelot singers, taking decitions after the gig with the mind hot, is their problem and one day they will see things clearly and tell themselves what they did wrong. All of them have made mistakes, the important thing is that Nightwish has to coexist, music needs Nightwish, and whoever is in the band right now, needs to be supported

I respect her so much, she's so nice and polite. And I also liked her in Nightwish, she was amazing!!!

Wow, she's a gorgeous lady, so positive and friendly! And her voice is amazing, I always loved Anette in Nightwish :)

It's easy to notice on her gestures that she went through a lot things during those 5 years while in the band. That's astonishing she joined Nightwish for 7 years and now she's away. I mean look at her, then watch one of the first FaceCulture interviews with her.

For everyone curious about the real story about how her termination happened, I think there are some details we will never hear from both sides but as a fan of this band I figure for those who don't know the gist of the story I'll just share it here. I say this as a fan of of all 3 singers the band Nightwish has had and I'm not going to attack anyone, just share what I've observed and try to give a peaceful closing to this: 1. There was a point in time she was very ill and feeling unable to perform. She has stated in another interview that Tuomas approached her and requested her thoughts on allowing Floor Jansen to replace her if she were ever unable to perform, due to illness or other issues so they can continue. He was respectful in that, he asked her permission and she blatantly said No to this request. Now, for all true nightwish fans, I expect you to be conflicted in his choice to move forward, most of you who are Floor fans probably think it was justified to continue without her permission but its still rude , regardless of how you feel about her singing personally. I think Tuomas was trying to do the best with a bad situation but you can see how that left a sour taste in Anette's mouth. Clearly, there's more to the story we won't see but yes, this is really how the whole issue with Floor began since they made no mention to Anette that they were doing the gig without her while she was ill and replaced. 2. Yes, its true things were strained between her getting her own bus for her and her son but can you blame her? Perhaps she was just trying to look out for her child, its understandable. Though this is hardly the main issue. While pregnant she had some trouble, maybe moodiness but that is to be expected, I dont think anything related to her pregnancy should be used against her as some have assumed incorrectly. We should act like adults about the matter and not let the past, good or bad, define who are to become at present, I think many people cannot let the past stay the past behind and still rag on Anette or even Floor for not being the same as Tarja (who is much happier now that she's doing her own work) and Anette is much the same now doing music as part of 'The Dark Element' and other projects. As true Nightwish fans, Tarja fans, Anette fans, we should recognize there's probably a good deal more to this story that we can't possibly know of how things went down within a band as big as Nightwish. We can however choose to cherish the past, even if it didn't highlight the best vocal and personality traits of each singer as it should have (their solo projects can highlight that pretty well). At the end of the day, this journey is what we make of it and I hope everyone with the patience to read all of this can move on peacefully from her departure and appreciate her in her new band 'The Dark Element' where can better give her full range of talent and be happy again.

She's such a good person. I just hope what ever she said wait true. God bless you Anette.

who the hell hired that journalist..

she is absolutely beautiful

Some of the greatest Nightwish songs came from Annette's time with the band.

I love anette.

She's such a sweet person, it's nice to see her in such a happy mood now, I feel like her large touring schedule and everything from Nightwish was a big strain on her. The attitude people say she had back in Nightwish was probably brought on by all the stress of touring, family, and some hostile fans. It's good she's found her place :) I'm happy for her :)

Anette seems so sweet. When Tarja left, I thought maybe the stories were true and she was a diva etc. but now the same thing with Anette makes you wonder about Tuomas and whether he wasn't just the problem all along. I hope he appreciates what he has with Floor now because eventually he'll run out of beautiful talented women to use in his band.

she brought fresh air into their songs

"I dont hold grudges." Shes so positive and her laugh... its lighthearted. she doesnt dwell on anger. i admire her for all that.

I kinda believe that all the hate she got from the fans had an influence on her being fired 'cause Tuomas said that they picked Floor 'cause she was respected by people. Anyhow it's kinda sad. Second singer fired in a row. That makes you think, right?

Great to see she is still in the game and standing tall!

I totally get her with the whole closure thing. I personally hate it when a former-friend and I leave on a bad note. I understand that not every person can be compatible with another, but it shows mutual respect and humility to try to mend a burning bridge before you cross it to the other side, in the event that later down the road you'll come into contact again, it won't be with animosity in your hearts.

She is really cute and sweet all the three singers of nightwish have a similar character, also floor the latest, however anette seems the most sweet of them :)

She is so gorgeous!!! And I love her voice... She rocks!!!

Anette is awesome n I love the album's she done with nightwish

I think her new music is absolutely fantastic but I hope one day she meets up with some of the guys and they can remember the fantastic times and all the fun and beautiful music they all made together. Not many of the original folk left in the band now unfortunately. As for Dark Passion Play ? An absolute superb album she is right to be massively proud of. Looking forward to all the great music that’s coming from this beautiful artist. Annette you lady are a star.

Anette hat eine wirklich schöne Stimme und die Lieder, die Tuomas für sie schrieb, waren perfekt auf sie ausgerichtet! Es ist unverständlich für mich, warum man sie live die alten Tarja-Lieder hat singen lassen, wo sie doch offensichtlich große Probleme damit hatte und die Fans sie hart bestraften. Was für eine harte Zeit Anette durchmachen musste. Dennoch finde ich die Wahl mit Floor absolut gelungen und freue mich sehr auf die nächsten 2015-Konzerte mit Nightwish/Floor in D!!!!

I’ve always felt Dark Passion Play and Imaginaerium are two of the best albums from NW, thanks in no small part to Annette, and she shows herself to be restrained, diplomatic and open in not allowing herself to be drawn down the route the interviewer is trying to lead her here. She is way above that, very different to Tarja’s “woe is me” interview after Nightwish. They are a great band and it’s such a shame that they treat their female vocalists like shit; I have seen the comments here that it all comes from Tuomas, but really, that’s just BS, they are a collective. I hope they don’t do the same with Floor, but I’m not hopeful. And I agree with an earlier comment too, Annette singing “Eva” is awesome

My favorite vocalist..ever.

Anette , such a beautiful smile , a very beautiful lady .. ... best of luck with your future ..... Nightwish not the same without you !!

She's so kind

Anette Is nice.

Anette was the first vocalist I heard in Nightwish but, all three are amazing.

Way late to the game, but the interviewer didn't ask any questions about Anette's new gigs, didn't mention any of those songs, and only focused on the Nightwish break-up. I still say no one sings Scaretale better than Anette.

No questions about her new solo career or her new album?

This is very mature of her to say... The sitting down and saying goodbye. Tuomas has always seen for me as a very weird type of "professional" performer. I mean, two albums, great sales... And not even a thank you? Wow. And this is coming from a fan of the band since Tarja

OMG! I love her so much

She's an amazing person. Go on anette!

Anette Olzon, for me, is equal to Floor and Tarja... They're all Excellent choices of Nightwish... There is no question of who's better and best; they simply have their own style... Best, better, etc. are all personal concept, and sometimes biased.

Good for you Anette. I still love you and all your music.

I fell in love with Nightwish with Anette as lead throat. I never really cared for Tarja Turunen, although she has grown on me since I began listening to the band, I always felt she was a bit to operetic for my taste. I can understand Anette's frustration with having Floor Jansen come in as a temporary replacement, and the fear that she would replace her, Floor has an amazing stage presence, and is a nice blend of Tarja and Annette's styles. I love Anette's voice, I wish her well in her solo career, and I will most certainly be listening. There will always be the music.

Anette is great, personally I felt some of the songs that were arranged with Tarja in mind were not so fitting to Annette's style and timbre, but she did really good at giving her own stamp on the material. The songs made for and with Anette such as Amaranth, were really great and took the band into new directions. To fill into Tarja's shoes was always going to be a difficult task because of the expectations of fans, but Anette won over at least 50% and that is an incredible achievement. Floor Jansen is acting in between kind of bringing both worlds together with the rock and classical. I am happy to hear Anette is in a good place and I must say that having witnessed the band fire 2 of its leading vocalists and not stay in contact or solve unresolved issues really does not look good on the band overall, even though musically they are amazing. I am a NW fan myself and it's painful to see all this drama. I think Tuomas could have handled things better overall. I am sure there are many reasons and things are not black and white and people in general mess up because of not knowing how to do the right thing, not necessarily as a result of trying to be bad. All the best for Anette and thank you for the 2 albums and tours! In hindsight I'm glad NW as a band has albums that sound different from Tarja to Anette and to Floor! Keeps things fresh! I just hope no more drama and people able to make decisions peacefully together.

She is a wonderful and cute person. She's got nice voice, I don't understand how can ppl do not like such a nice lady and try to seek for any flaw and make rumors. Just look at her in amaranth, she's very pretty and now no changes, she's cool... Guys who do not like her, keep your opinions with you please.

What a class act!

she's so awesome :)

Pretty awesome lady it seems. Love her attitude. Im sure there is alot to it all we dont know, but it is good to hear her say those things.

Tuomas writes the music that provides jobs for Nightwish and staff - he can do what he wants.

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE LAST 3 COMMENTS.... =) NIGHTWISH IS JUST AWESOME, BUT TUOMAS HASN'T REALLY SHOWED MUCH RESPECT FOR TARJA NEITHER ANNETE... I HOPE FLOOR DOESN'T END UP LIKE THEM =(

I love tarja, i love anette, and i love Floor!!

I love her! Your age will is the best in Nightwish!

I am a new fan about 4 years. I think Dark Passion Play and Imaginarium are the best Night Wish albums. I also like Dark Element Project.

la amo

Annette seems much happy now that she is no longer with nightwish

There was a problem, to begin with, with making Anette sing songs penned for a singer with a far higher voice pitch, Tarja. It was unfair for her; then eventually they sought someone trained in opera and able to sing well those songs, Floor Jansen.

She's very nice, and a good singer, so the whole thing seems a bit sad... but now we have Floor!

She's such a sweet woman! I want to hug her!

the movie "Bye bye beatifull" it's greatest movie, watched it a lot

I grew up listening to nightwish, the first song I listened to was Amaranth and fell in love with the band, especially after hearing Dark Passion Play so it's taking time to adjust.

Lovely women etc but having seen Nightwish many many times since 2001, I never enjoyed her singing with them live. She struggled, was out of tune a lot and just didn't seem comfortable plus Toumas's decision to ditch many of the classics (because Anette couldn't sing them) obviously told it's own story. I wish her all the best but personally I think the band have now found the right singer. It will be 10yrs next year since Tarja left, again a move they had to make but roll on with the new album with Floor Jansen who has everything a rock band could wish for

I am one of the divided people. I was shocked when they hired her, as I'm a hardcore Tarja fan. But I never hated her, she got chosen, it's not like Tarja got fired because of her! I just think her voice didn't suit my expectations with the band. I love dark passion play and imaginaerium, they are very different from the previous albums! I love floor and I think the is the middle ground they needed. It's the same as within temptation, when they changed how they sound, I was very sad, but now that I'm older I just appreciate it as the talent they have! Anette is a good singer, the problem is that they kept writing music that would fit the classical Tarja singing, and Anette has no training in that department! Stop the hate against them! They did the best they could, specially Anette, she got balls to "replace" such an iconic diva. Hands down to her ❤

Very sympathetic lady, Nigthwish as a band has a very big success, but something is missing, I call it personal relations, its not possible to kick people out , like garbage, especially since it's not the first time! Especially when afterwards Tarja turunen followed, which it's really a shame...

that's class right there

Aw what a sweet person! She just inspired me :)

Anette seems like such a friendly person.

Full marks to Anette for being well-adjusted after an obviously difficult situation. It is a pity that she didn't give permission to use any footage of her in the '48 hours to learn the lyrics' documentary, as it makes it one of those strange documentaries with a very obvious gap in it. It does seem like now everyone has got a bit of perspective that could be revisited and make a much more complete piece. Maybe one day... It seems to me (as a complete outsider) that all the people involved are decent human beings, but being in a band (especially touring) often results in personal tensions, which sometimes result in splits, and personnel changes are always difficult to handle well (although many bands manage better than Nightwish has :-) . I reckon they did better the second time than the 1st time... The intense interest of the fanbase amplifies any negativity, so whatever you do there are going to be a load of haters. It must be a hell of a job when you come in as the new singer, knowing just how rude loads of people are being about you on the net. Anyway thanks for a thoughtful interview.

Anette is a charming lady

I'm gonna be honest when Tarja Turunen was fired i was mad and hated Anette O because she sang Tarja's songs but when i got to hear Anette's songs made me Love her and new Nightwish

It's clear that what causes these breaks is stress. If the camaraderie of the band is tense and not carefree, things will fall apart. There is often a tendencies of fans to focus on a female lead, and that can create tension. I don't think it's anyone's fault, but I can see if you made and played a band and someone else was getting the attention, a power struggle of some sort would ensue. Just like with Tarja, IIRC rumors that her husband wanted her to go solo were already floating around. This is dangerous for a band, we all know bands like Police, Destiny's Child, No Doubt, etc. Name 20 more easily, that became just the lead singer. That said, I think each could have been handled differently. I'd rather just hire an additional person to fill in without firing the first, just to mix up the focus. Band dynamics, any group dynamic is hard to hold together. I mean, we all know in the Beatles, the details of Stuart Sutcliffe and Lennon, and the managers wanting rid of Pete Best. It's not unique to Nightwish, it's common because there is so much stress and so many influences. I think I'd want for my band one person who was glue, who could pull people back together. I think that might be the magic that's needed.

missing you

¡Go Annie!

Annette you are so much better now in 2020 , you seem more confident, more relaxed ,

Anette with them were best years beautiful woman with a beautiful voice, tarja too classical for metal, floor just too much

A group hug? I think everyone would want to see that...I liked Dark Passion Play and Imaginarium. Anette is in a hard position between 2 vocalists in the history of Nightwish.

I fell in love with Nightwish when Tarja was their lead singer. To me, she was the true power of their music. Naturally the rest of the band are amazing too, but I've never loved Nightwish the way I loved them with Tarja. Anette did very well in the studio, Dark Passion Play was pretty good, but unfortunately she didn't fit into the Nightwish style, and certainly didn't live up anything close to Tarja. Floor seems very good, hopefully she'll grow very well into the band given some time. While nobody can live up to Tarja and the synergy that was within the band in those years, I think Floor is a good replacement. I'm happy with her. Still, I keep imagining what it would be like if Tarja did a comeback or even a guest appearance. Also, concidering the amount of drama and unsolved issues with the band and Anette + Tarja(and partly the guitarist back in the day), it seems to me that Tuomas is an issue. I mean, atleast discuss problems you have with the lead singer within the band, and not suddenly kick them out. However, I think it's admirable how he takes decisions of this degree apparently quite easily, makes it seem like he's overprotective of the band and its path, rather than personal situations within the band. I don't know, it's all speculation and I don't know all the facts, but there's clearly an issue here and I hope they have sorted it out by now. I hope Floor gets to stay.

One of these days I'm gonna have her as a guest vocalist on my album when my band Ninja Gandhi gets big. She's my favorite female singer of all time.

She seems like a really cool person. I love Nightwish but I think they handled the "break ups" with the Tarja and Annette like high school kids. I wish they weren't so weird about saying what the problems were. I think that the Tarja and Annette deserve better than the way they were done. I don't know, maybe they all collectively know why but the fans are left in the dark sort of. Floor is awesome though. Glad to have her at the helm.

i LOVE u with black hair

Anette !!! Linda

Is the Scarlet Witch interviewing Anette?

Du är bäst Anette :)

Oh Annette...I miss since the day you're absent in Nightwish.

She seems very sweet and the stories I've read about her departure from Nightwish don't sound very inspiring. This situation makes me rethink the bands choice of firing Tarja even though it was obviously for different reasons. I find it hard to swallow how passionate their music can be but yet the band members have proven to be so cold to their singers. Well I dont have all the facts but everything Ive heard from both sides from both singers doesn't sound good. This is all very disappointing.

Good interview ........ good that dont want bad feelings with the guys ...........

the reporter is on drugs? that speech.....

Only good things to say about the whole experience 😊