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Ioanna "Nana" Mouskouri OQ (Greek: Ιωάννα "Νάνα" Μούσχουρη [i.oˈana ˈnana ˈmusxuri]; born 13 October 1934) is a Greek singer and politician.Over the span of her career, she has released over 200 albums in at least thirteen languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Corsican.
Marinella was the first Greek singer to participate in the International MIDEM Festival of 1973 in Cannes with three new songs composed by Stavros Xarchakos. [12] She also participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 , placing eleventh with the song " Krasi, thalassa kai t' agori mou " ("Wine, sea and my boyfriend").
The song's musical narrative traces a path of death and rebirth. Cocteau Twins released "Persephone" in 1984 on their critically acclaimed album Treasure. The progressive death metal band Persefone is named after the Greek goddess, and they have released an album called "Core", which is based on the myth of Persephone.
Elli Kokkinou (Greek: Έλλη Κοκκίνου, IPA: [ˈeli koˈcinu]; born 24 July 1970) is a Greek singer. [1] She is among the most popular singers in Greece today and has performed together with many notable Greek names of the music industry such as Anna Vissi, Glykeria, Paschalis Terzis, Sakis Rouvas, Tolis Voskopoulos, Thanos Petrelis, Natassa Theodoridou, Despina Vandi, Giorgos ...
Megalicious Chart Live 2005-2006 - countdown of top music charts and live performances of Greek stars hosted by Themis Georgantas; Extreme Makeover 2008-2009 - the Greek version of the American show, hosted by Zeta Douka; Glykies Alximies 2008-2010 - a cooking show hosted by Stelios Parliaros focusing on pastry
Roussos was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, in a Greek family. [3] [4] His father, George (Yorgos) Roussos, was a classical guitarist and an engineer, and his mother, Olga (1923–2019), participated with her husband in an amateur theatrical Greek group in Alexandria (there were three such groups in the Greek community); her family originally came from Greece. [3]
The song was released by Minos EMI/Universal. The song peaked at Number 1 on Greek iTunes and reached the Top 20 of the Official Greek Airplay in just 3 weeks. Paparizou is the only Greek Artist to have managed to have 3 of her songs in the Top 20 of the Greek Airplay for the year 2018.
In the end, Greece came 8th, [19] with 141 points, while for most of the duration of the voting, Greece was in the top 3 (and even came 1st for a while). It was the highest placing non-English song of the contest. "Opa" was the most popular song for the jury in the United Kingdom, being awarded the full 12 points.