Flex: how to select each element/instance of a repeater

Question

I'll explain my problem as brief as possible. I have a variable bandName, the value is String that i get through an API.
public function haalNaam(selectedChart:Object):String
var bandName:String = selectedChart.name;
I use this var in a repeater for a label. This repeater repeats 5 times, so it shows the 5 most hyped artists:
<repeater>
<label text="{haalNaam(lastfmCollection.currentItem)}"/>
</repeater>
Next, i had to transport the var bandName to another component. I managed to do this with this command:
var theName = "LastFmApi(this.parentApplication).bandName"
This code works, but I only manage to get the bandName of the last element in the repeater (5th one). I have no idea how i can receive the names of the artists 1,2,3 or 4. How can i get to those values?

Answer 1

I made some screenshots to elaborate.
So these 5 thumbnails are in a repeater. If you click on an artist's name or image, you go to a profile component and i want to post the artists name on that page. With the code i have now i can only take the value from the nameLabel from the last artist (in this case Damien Rice) and show it in the other component.
Now i should know how i can select the names of every artist, not just the last one. Someone i know said that i can do this like this:
theName=(event.target as Label).text;
But i'm not sure on how to implement that.