Category: GREECE

Greece 2018 🇬🇷 OGAE Greece meets with Yianna Terzi in a unique #Eurovision party

GREECE – Last night the members of the Greek official fan club for the Eurovision Song Contest, OGAE Greece held a party to meet with the Greek Eurovision representative, Yianna Terzi. In their annual meeting with the Greek representative the party gathered all members possible to attend and the venue (Omikro2) was a full house not only by fans but also from various celebrities.

Yianna Terzi arrived at Omikron2 with her team and she was once again a cheerful party girl. For those of us who know her, Yianna is not the severe motherland depicted in the video clip “Oneiro Mou” but she is a true party girl not hesitating to get a selfie with the fans and dance. She is truly living here dream by going to Eurovision. Alongside her team including the composer Aris Kalimeris and the legendary backing vocalist and one of the best vocal teachers in Greece, Victoria Chalkiti.

During the party which moved from the roof garden to indoors due to the sudden wind which stormed Athens, Yianna interacted with the fans and danced almost all Eurovision songs from the DJ set. The member son OGAE Greece wanted this way, to send their best wishes and support to Yianna and the Greek delegation. It is no secret that OGAE Greece has taken seriously their job in promoting the song in Europe in any way they can. This is why they recently announced they will do several targeted work to promote the song around Europe, despite Yianna not attending any promotional event in the continent this year.

special thanks to Andreas Angelopoulos from Greece for the contribution

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Greece 2018 🇬🇷 Yianna Terzi and team rehearse at ERT studios

GREECE – Few hours before the OGAE Greece Farewell party for Yianna Terzi in Athens, the 2018 Greek representative posted a video in which wee can see her rehearsals at the ERT studios alongside the team of her backing vocals.

Among them we can spot the Eurovision vocalist legend Victoria Halkiti the woman who boosted the Greek entries every time she participated in the Eurovision Song Contest and is considered one of the best backing vocalists and vocal coaches in the country.

In the meantime despite a small rise in the top ten of Spain, Greece (although 11th) remains a popular entry in the betting odds. It is not secret that for the very first time in the history of Eurovision, there was absolutely no negative reaction inland for Yianna Terzi and her song despite the chaotic process of her selection by the national broadcaster.

Terzi was selected as one of the twenty shortlisted artists for the Ellinikós Telikós 2018 with the song “Oneiro mou” on 27 October 2017, representing Panik Records. Later, on 8 November, she became one of the five acts to be selected to move on to the televised final.

Following the disqualification of two of the five acts for not having a “Greek sound”, “Óneiró mou” entered the top three.

On 15 February 2018, it was reported that the record labels for the two other competing artists refused to pay a € 20,000 fee to the Greek broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) and were disqualified from the competition, leaving “Óneiró mou” as the only song remaining and the default Greek entry.

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MADWALK 2018 🇬🇷 vote for the best Eurostar performances

GREECE – On April 14, ALPHA TV aired nationwide the 2018 edition of MADWALK by MAD TV. The show which was one of the best edition in the history of the event included once again various Eurovision stars performing on stage. We presented you the video clips last night (and of course you all remember the rehearsal footage and galleries we posted during the live event which viewed by more than 150,000 visitors last March).

Today it’s the aftermath time and we have gathered all videos one again in order for us to ask you two vote for the best Eurostar performance. You can vote up to three of your favourite performances among: Melisses (Greek NF 2010), Eleni Foureira (Greek NF 2010, Cyprus 2018), Sakis Rouvas (Greece 2004, 2009), Doretta Papadimitriou (Greek NF 2015 Hostess), Demy (Greece 2017), Thomae Apergi (Greek NF 2013), Yianna Terzi (Greece 2018), Aisel (Azerbaijan 2018), Josephine (Greek NF 2014), Evridiki (Cyprus 1992, 1994, 2007), Mary Synatsaki (Greek NF 2015 Hostess).

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MADWALK 2018 🇬🇷 more Eurostars performances in full

GREECE – MADWALK 2018 by MAD TV lied tonight via ALPHA TV nationwide. The show included several acts including various Eurovision stars as already posted on oikotimes.com. In this post we conclude our report for the show with teh performances of Thomae Apergi (Greek national final 2015) and the Greek national final hosts 2015 Doretta Papadimitriou and Mary Synatsaki. Not to forget of course the 2010 national final participants band Melisses.

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MADWALK 2018 🇬🇷 watch the full performance of Sakis Rouvas

GREECE – Sakis Rouvas is a Greek recording, film and television artist; model; actor; businessman and former pole vaulter. Born in Corfu, he won medals on the national athletics team during the 1980s. Rouvas began a musical career in 1991 as one of Greece’s first dance-pop performers. His tenor vocals, complex choreography, costumes, and technological advancements have been credited with transforming music videos and live performances. Rouvas is noted for avoiding domestic music, attaining success for a non-laïko or -éntekhno artist, and for breaking cultural, social, artistic, and generational barriers in Greece and Cyprus.

During the early 1990s, Rouvas signed with PolyGram Records and won the Thessaloniki Song Festival. Despite five commercially successful albums, his personal life (including his military service and 1997 Greek-Turkish peace concert, which damaged his public image) has been publicized. Rouvas signed with Minos EMI in 1997, returning to the charts with Kati Apo Mena (1998) and 21os Akatallilos (2000) and ending his 14-year collaboration with manager Ilias Psinakis.

One of the few Greek entertainers to gain recognition abroad, he has been popular in the Balkans since the 1990s. By the 2010s, Rouvas had expanded his career to film, television, theatre and fashion. His single “Shake It” is the all-time bestselling single in Greece; his songs and videos, such as “1992”, “Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas”, “Ela Mou”, “Xana”, “Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola”, “Den Ehei Sidera I Kardia Sou”, “Ypirhes Panta”, “Antexa”, “Se Thelo San Trelos” and “+ Se Thelo”, have topped the popular Greek charts.

Since 2003 Rouvas has been in a relationship with model Katia Zygouli, with whom he has four children. He is involved in social issues, and has been praised for his dedication to philanthropic organizations.

Rouvas has won six Arion Music Awards, 15 Pop Corn Music Awards, 22 MAD Video Music Awards, four Status Man of the Year Awards, an MTV Europe Music Award and a World Music Award. Several number-one albums and singles which have been certified gold or higher have made him one of Greece’s most popular musical artists. Known for his independence, Rouvas’ musical, fashion and performance styles have influenced other artists for over two decades. In 2009 Down Town named him its “Entertainer of the Decade”; in 2010, Forbes listed him as the third-most-influential celebrity in Greece and the country’s top-ranked singer.

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MADWALK 2018 🇬🇷 watch the full performance of Demy

GREECE – Dimitra Papadea, known professionally as Demy, is a Greek singer who is signed with the Greek independent label Panik Records. Until today Demy has released 2 Studio albums. “#1” in 2012, which became Platinum album and “Rodino Oniro” in 2014, which became Gold album. In 2017 she released “Demy”, a collection of all of her english songs. Demy has achieved 8 No.1 songs and 2 No.1 EPs (Extended Plays) at the Greek charts so far. She also combined music and acting by having taken part in 5 Musicals from 2012 to 2017.

Since the beginning of her career, Demy has been nominated 30 times for a MAD Video Music Awards (Annual Greek Awards). Up to now, she has won 11 VMAs, including “Best New Artist” and “Best Female Artist” and she holds the record of the 4th most awarded artist in the history of the Greek VMAs.

She has been awarded by the “MAD VMA Cyprus” (Annual Cyprus Awards), by the “SuperFM Radio Cyprus” and also been nominated and won at the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) for the category “Best Greek Act”, among other greek artists. In 2017, she represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, and finished at the 19th place at the Final.

On the 13 January 2017, Demy was announced as the Greek representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 held in Kyiv, Ukraine. Demy is going to collaborate with the “Dream Team” Dimitris Kontopoulos and Fokas Evangelinos. On March 6, 2017, it was selected that “This Is Love” will be the Greek song at Kiev.In the Semi-Final 1 on May 9, 2017, Greece and Demy qualified for the final, to be held on 13th May 2017. She finished in 19th place with 77 points,48 from the juries and 29 from the televoting.

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MADWALK 2018 🇬🇷 watch the full performance of Yianna Terzi

GREECE – Yianna Terzi was born on 7 May 1980 in Thessaloniki. She is the daughter of Greek singer Paschalis Terzis. At age 20, she moved to Athens to pursue a music career, releasing the album Gyrna to kleidi in 2006 through Cobalt Music. She then signed to Minos EMI and released the album Ase me na taxidepso in 2008 along with a single of the same name. Terzi later moved to the United States and worked as a talent scout for Interscope Records.

Terzi was selected as one of the twenty shortlisted artists for the Ellinikós Telikós 2018 with the song “Oneiro mou” on 27 October 2017, representing Panik Records. Later, on 8 November, she became one of the five acts to be selected to move on to the televised final.

Following the disqualification of two of the five acts for not having a “Greek sound”, “Óneiró mou” entered the top three. On 15 February 2018, it was reported that the record labels for the two other competing artists refused to pay a € 20,000 fee to the Greek broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) and were disqualified from the competition, leaving “Óneiró mou” as the only song remaining and the default Greek entry.

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Eurovision 2018 🇵🇹 Impact Hub Athens members review and reactions

GREECE – Following the 2017 success, the team of oikotimes.com filmed the 2018 reviews and reactions of some of its members for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest entries. The members watched 15 specific entries decided by the oikotimes.com team based on general appealing and got their reactions.

Why the Impact Hub Athens reactions video might be interesting you? Well the basic reason is that the members selected (if not all of the community) has nothing to do with the Eurofan community. They barely know what the Eurovision Song Contest is. They are definitely non-Eurovision fans if not mocking it.

Impact Hub Athens is part of an International Network of social driven professionals and a variety of high impact creative professionals that are dedicated into prototyping the future of business. From social inclusion and social integration to environment and fair trade, the Impact Hub Athens is engaging expertise from its worldwide presence and creating a net of intercultural, high impact community that acts locally and internationally.

The members reacted and reviewed the songs alongside their own voting. In the table below you can see the complete and full results of each member as recorded by the oikotimes.com team. The results do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of oikotimes.com

IMPACT HUB ATHENS 2018 🇬🇷 VOTING

COUNTRYTOTALLORIANAANDREASTONIASOPHIENIKICHRISTIANA
🇨🇾 CYPRUS5188108125
🇨🇿 CZECH REPUBLIC47101771012
🇬🇷 GREECE4771012855
🇳🇴 NORWAY4482108106
🇧🇪 BELGIUM407564108
🇸🇪 SWEDEN401018867
🇫🇮 FINLAND3853121035
🇮🇱 ISRAEL3710121158
🇨🇭 SWIITZERLAND3684131010
🇧🇾 BELARUS311016482
🇪🇪 ESTONIA295112461
🇦🇿 AZERBAIJAN27823545
🇵🇱 POLAND27851364
🇲🇩 MOLDOVA26712727
🇲🇹 MALTA19611254
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MADWALK 2018 🇬🇷 watch the performance footage of Sakis Rouvas

GREECE – He made us proud by representing Greece in the 2004 and 2009 Eurovision Song Contest and by hosting the Athens 2006 Eurovision Song Contest edition. Of course, there cannot be a MAD event without his presence; the ultimate superstar of Greece attended the 2018 edition of MADWALK and gave a superb performance of his latest single. Sakis Rouvas remains the Greek God and proves it once again with his charm and talent.

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