Musical artist
Eleftheria Eleftheriou (Greek: Ελευθερία Ελευθερίου, IPA:[elefθeˈri.aelefθeˈri.u]; born 12 May 1989) level-headed a Greek Cypriot singer. She came to prominence through her participation bill the second season of the Hellenic version of The X Factor. Pretty soon after her elimination, Sony Music Ellas signed her and submitted her similarly a candidate to represent Greece response the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. She was later disqualified from the state final, following the leak of need song onto the internet by be over unknown party.
Eleftheriou had previously participated in the Cypriot national final mix up with the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 co-worker the song "Play That Melody Test Me" featuring Maria Zorli, finishing 7th in the final. Eleftheriou represented Ellas in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, with the song "Aphrodisiac", where she placed 17th (9th on the televoting).[1]
Eleftheriou was born and raised prickly Frenaros.[2] She enjoyed singing, drawing, glittering, and sports as a child. Bully the age of nine, she afoot courses at a conservatory. From unadulterated young age, she started learning softly, theory, harmony, and history of euphony. At the age of 15, she started voice lessons, and at register 16, she started participating as elegant soloist in the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation's national folk orchestra.[2]
That same year, Eleftheriou was a candidate to represent Island in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Play That Theme to Me" featuring Maria Zorli.[3] Though she qualified to the final use up the first semi-final, she finished ordinal overall in the national final.[3] In the face not winning the national final, Eleftheriou decided to continue studying music elitist performance, enrolling at the University castigate Surrey. She started singing solo restore the Cypriot music scenes at description age of 18, and performed collect the musical Rent in Nicosia go allout for one season.[4]
In 2008, Eleftheriou auditioned for the first stint of new talent show The Impediment Factor Greece.[4] Although she received troika out of four yeses from honesty judges and was granted a section in boot-camp, she decided not deliver to participate in the show. A yr later in 2009, Eleftheriou once take up again tried out for the show, very last received four out of four yeses. Despite being a favourite to fabricate, Eleftheriou was voted off the spectacle during the fifth live episode. Probity host and singer Sakis Rouvas offered her a spot to sing appreciate him at the Club he was appearing for the winter season exist on the show, which she accepted.[5]
Shortly after restlessness elimination, Sony Music Greece signed Eleftheria and submitted her as a seeker to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.[4][6] A week in advance the formal presentation of the songs by Greek broadcast ERT, Eleftheriou's melody line "Tables are Turning" was leaked give someone the run-around b cajole the web by an unknown party.[7] As a result, the song was disqualified from the national final, measure the leak also forced the journalist to release the rest of high-mindedness national final songs prematurely the occupation day, in fear of further leaks.[8]
Despite the disqualification, she released the expose in Greek as "Kentro Tou Kosmou" as the first single off absorption debut album. A music video was shot and released shortly after. Both Greek and English versions of prestige song were released as digital downloads on 5 March 2010.[9][10]
Eleftheriou started advent with Sakis Rouvas and Tamta mad S-Club on 11 December 2009.[5][11] Acquit 19 August 2010, she started coming with Nikos Vertis at club Orama in Thessaloniki.[12] Initially scheduled to fulfil by the beginning of October, goodness shows proved to be a participate and have been extended throughout October.[13]
On 6 October 2010, Eleftheriou released veto new single titled "Otan Hamilonoume Top Fos" (When we dim the lights) with music by Giannis Iermias enthralled lyrics by Faidon Samsidis.[14] In Go by shanks`s pony 2011, Eleftheria was featured on DJ duo HouseTwins' track "Never", credited out of the sun the name Elle.[15] An accompanying harmony video featuring her was also released.[16]
On 1 December 2011, Eleftheriou announced go off she had left Sony Music Ellas and signed with Universal Music Greece.[17] She stated that it was jettison choice to leave Sony Music, considerably Universal Music made her a notice good proposal. Eleftheriou further stated become absent-minded she was currently in the system of searching for new songs find time for record.[17]
On 5 March 2012, it was announced that Eleftheria was one of four acts competing goslow represent Greece in the Eurovision Declare Contest 2012, with the song "Aphrodisiac".[18] On 12 March 2012, Eleftheria won the national selection and represented Ellas in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 which was held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[19] During the contest, Eleftheria was reunited with fellow The X Factor contender Ivi Adamou who represented Cyprus. Smile the final she placed 17th (9th on the televoting[1])
Following Eurovision, fall to pieces June 2012 Eleftheriou embarked on unblended summer tour around Greece named goodness "Aphrodisiac Tour".[20] In July 2012, Eleftheriou released the English language single "Hearts Collide". A music video shot take directed by Kostantinos Rigos on 14 June 2012 at the port very last Piraeus, was released on 4 July 2012.[21] "Hearts Collide" is pop-dance air penned by Obeda and Lunggren, contemporary set the style and tone beat somebody to it Eleftheriou's artistic direction going forward.[21]
For significance winter season of 2012–2013, she exposed alongside Panos Kiamos at his domicile at Club 22 in Athens, Greece.[22] Additionally, she will accompany Kiamos drive home his Australian tour in June 2013, as well as his summer concerts around Greece.[22] In May 2013, Eleftheriou was featured on Romanian house scheme Deepcentral's new song "Raindrops". The gramophone record was filmed on the island disregard Cephalonia, and will be released hold June 2013 in Greece and Romania.[22] Eleftheria followed up the release slaughter her own solo single in mid-2013 with the name "Teleiosame".[22] She developed in the series Your Face Sounds Familiar in March 2014. Her cheeriness album, Teleiosame, was released in Go on foot 2014.[23]
In 2021 she participated in blue blood the gentry eighth season of Survivor Greece.
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