Greece: Antonia Kaouri submitted her proposal to ERT! | EXCLUSIVE

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Antonia Kaouri has submitted her proposal to ERT a while ago, hoping to be the one that claims the Greek representation in Eurovision 2023!

Totally confirming our article from the summer, that wanted the young performer to be interested in waving the Greek flag in Eurovision 2023, just moments ago she has sent her proposal to ERT.

What does Antonia Kaouri’s proposal include?

Antonia Kaouri’s proposal includes a song she wrote herself, both lyrically and musically. The song describes the inner battle from somebody that has to balance between what the society defines as what they must do and what they personally wish to do.

It’s a mordern uptempo song, with sounds that have never represented Greece before in the contest. Taking into consideration that the piece has Antonia’s unique style and her voice quality combined, it’s a proposal with the absolute meaning of the word.

If Antonia Kaouri gets selected as our representative, expert Fokas Evangelinos is going to take over the direction, Ilias Kokotos the general admission of the attempt and Dimitris Kontopoulos the musical revision.

Who is Antonia Kaouri?

We met Antonia Kaouri through her participation in The Voice of Greece where, as early as her Blind Audition, Sakis Rouvas stated that he has already found the winner. She turned all four chairs fast and fairly easily, performing Purple Rain. Although she managed to progress upto the final, the fact that she caught Covid-19 did not allow her to compete and get crowned as the winner.

Antonia Kaouri, despite the fact that she did not win The Voice of Greece, signed a contract with MINOS EMI. Last year she released her first single which is a re-release from Iro’s and Dimitris Kontopoulos‘s great hit, Etsi Einai oi Sheseis (tr. That’s How Relationships Are). The music video is directed by Kostas Karydas, while the instrumentation and production are signed by Dimitris Kontopoulos himself.

Many TV appearances followed, where Antonia with her striking appearance and unique voice quality stood out for her unique style. Kostis Maraveyias in Dynata characterized her as the representative of quality pop music in Greece, while Dimitris Kontopoulos trusted her to perform another one of his songs.

We remind you not to miss our YouTube livestream at Sunday at 00:00, after the closing of the submission window at ERT for Eurovision 2023, where we are going to discuss all the last details for the song selection process for the Greek participation in Eurovision 2023!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news!

 

 

Greece: Antigoni reveals details on her proposal for Eurovision 2023! | EXCLUSIVE

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The submissions deadline set by the Greek Public Broadcaster ERT is soon over, and many proposals for Eurovision 2023 are sent during the final days. One of them is by the 26 years old Greek-Cypriot singer-songwriter Antigoni.

Despite growing up in London, Antigoni speaks very well Greek, while many of her songs include ethnic sounds and even Greek words. She took part in the British reality program Love Island 2022, managing to increase her followers on Instagram from 30.000 to more than 700.000.

Antigoni recently visited Greek record label PANIK Records which sparked rumors about an upcoming Eurovision proposal, since the company is cooperating with Cypriot Public Broadcaster RIK during the recent years, selecting Eurovision artists from the PANIK roster.

As we revealed yesterday, Antigoni submitted a proposal for Eurovision 2023 to ERT. We came in contact with the Greek-Cypriot singer and we have details on what her proposal includes.

She submitted three songs with one of them being her favorite:

“I’m submitting 3 songs but one in particular is my favorite. It’s an up-tempo powerful, firey & romantic track with both Greek & English lyrics. Combining modern sounds/Hip-hop production with Greek traditional sounds + melodies is my style!”

“I am proud of my Greek roots”

Antigoni adds that she is proud of her Greek roots and she aims to spread Greek sounds and culture not only on Eurovision but to the rest of the world. Since the contest will be held in the UK where she lives and works, will be an ideal occasion for her to represent Greece in the contest.

“As the Eurovision is being held in the UK where I live, it would be an honor to be able to use my platform here to shine a light on the country I’m representing!”

Would you like to see Antigoni representing Greece in Eurovision 2023? Tell us in the comments!

Greece: Klavdia submitted her proposal to ERT | EXCLUSIVE

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Klavdia submitted her complete proposal to ERT, in order to claim the Greek representation in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, confirming what we exclusively revealed back in the summer.

What does Klavdia’s proposal include?

Klavdia’s proposal includes a melodic, slow ballad, with fluctuations and modulations. The song showcases the young singer’s powerful vocals, in a ballad scattered with emotional outbursts.

The song is written by ARCADE (Greece 2020 and 2021), and it has strong religious elements.

Who is Klavdia?

The 20-year-old  Klavdia rose to fame through her participation in The Voice of Greece in 2018. Klavdia is a special artist with an ethereal voice. She very recently made her record debut, with the song “Lonely Heart” (released, together with a music video by Arcade Music and Panik Records).

She was introduced to the general public four years ago, as a contestant in “The Voice“, where she reached the show’s final, with Elena Paparizou being her coach. Klavdia impressed the judges and the audience with her amazing vocals. In the following years, she continues to “enchant” with her live performances.

Among other things, she appeared alongside the great Dionysis Savvopoulos, as well as Good Job Nicky at the “Summer Nostos Festival”. “Lonely Heart” is an ethnic pop dance track, which stands out from the first listen. The music was written by the creative team of Arcade, which is behind many great hits and Pantelis Loupasakis (Pade). The lyrics of the song were written by Arcade.

Listen to her first single below:

Would you like to see Klavdia representing Greece at Eurovision 2023? Tell us in the comments below!

Don’t miss our Live on YouTube on Sunday at 12pm, right after the end of ERT’s submission window for Eurovision 2023, where we will discuss all the entries, but also reveal many hitherto unknown details.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding the Greek participation at Eurovision 2023!

 

Greece: Evangelia submitted her proposal to ERT! | Exclusive

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Just a few hours before the deadline of ERT’s open call for Eurovision 2023, many artists have sent their proposal to the channel. One of them is Evangelia who is part of Panik Records label.

Evangelia has mentioned many times before that she will apply again for Greece this year, as she was one of the artists that submitted a song also last year, so as to participate in this year’s contest. We may not know a lot of things for the songs that she submitted, however her style is a mix of trational Greek elements with modern pop sound. The artist is among the three of the ones that Panik Records is participating in 2022’s selection.

Last year, she sent three tracks to ERT for the national selection and she published one of them a few months later with the title “Onira“, translated to “Dreams”. Despite the fact that she failed to proceed to the second round of the selection and be among the top five songs, Evangelia also submitted her proposal to RIK so as to represent Cyprus in Eurovision 2022.

A few days ago she also cooperated with Amanda, the Greek artist for Eurovision 2022, and published to song “Aman”. Amanda mentioned before that she would do her best to help Evangelia be her successor.

Would you like to see Evangelia represent Greece in Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Liverpool? Write your opinion on the comment section below!

Greece: Vasilis Kourtis submitted his proposal to ERT! | EXCLUSIVE

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One of the most anticipated candidates for claiming the Greek representation in Eurovision 2023, was submitted moments ago in ERT. We refer to the candidacy of the 28 year old tenor Vasilis Kourtis.

The submission of the proposal of Vasilis Kourtis for Eurovision 2023 was something that we have already inclined you towards early on. Vasilis was one of our proposals in the summer and now he takes part in ERT’s internal selection process for the artist that is going to represent us in Liverpool the coming May in the 67th Edition of Eurovision Song Contest.

 

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What does Vasilis Kourtis’s proposal include?

Vasilis Kourtis’s proposal contains one song. It is an epic, festive ballad that compliments his range and vocal abilities, that of course is one of the strong points of his candidacy.

The lyrics of the song are signed by Sharon Vaughn (Ireland 2012, Russia 2019, Greece 2021, Estonia 2021, Moldova 2021) and describe the silence that comes in a relationship after a breakup. The song is quite dark and creates a lot of feelings and pictures in your head.

It is a very carefully crafted proposal, with a song that fits perfectly, artistically, musically and aesthetically to Vasilis Kourtis and is one of the candidacies that are definitely going to concern us.

If Vasilis Kourtis gets selected as our representative, expert Fokas Evangelinos is going to take over the direction, Ilias Kokotos the general admission of the attempt and Dimitris Kontopoulos the musical revision.

 

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Who is Vasilis Kourtis?

Vasilis Kourtis chased his dream from a very young age far from his homeland Larisa, he is just at his 28 and has studies and collaborations to boast with the greatest of the genre, building with talent, hard work and planning a bright future.

His artistic plans include discography prescence and international career centered by his other passion, theater.

Vasilis Kourtis started his studies in classical singing at age 12 with the world renowned Greek soprano Katerina Oikonomou while he was attending piano lessons. In 2013 he attended classical singing masterclass at Milano, Italy with the Russian instructor Tamara Novichenko (Anna Netrebko) and later in that year – aged 19 – traveled to London in order to continue his musical studies.

More specifically, he attended acting lessons at “Giles Foreman Center for Acting”, vocal lessons with Mark Meylan and dancing lessons at “Pineapple Studios” with Maria Yacoob.

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A year later he continued his studies in musical theater at “Arts Educational Schools London“. He has collaborated with renowned Greek composers, songwriters and performers. He has collaborated with Orchestra Camerata “Armonia Atenea” at “The Beatles Tribute Project” and also with ERT’s Contemporary Music Orchestra.

The productions he has made are “West Side Story” at Megaron-The Athens Concert Hall (2016), “Erotokritos” at the Greek National Opera (2017) and the original musical “Moby Dick” at Pallas Theatre in which he starred as Starbuck (2020).

He has also completed two summer tours (2020-2021) in Greece and Cyprus with the world renowned tenor Marios Fragkoulis, their last destination being Odeon of Herodes Atticus for the play “Cielo Y Mar”. He has recently released his two first original songs. His ambition is to play at West End and at Broadway and this is the reason that led him back at the United Kingdom to prepeare and attend to castings in order to make his dream come true.

Would you like to see Vasilis Kourtis represent Greece in Eurovision 2023? Write in the comments below!

Don’t miss our YouTube livestream at Sunday at 00:00, after the closing of the submission window at ERT for Eurovision 2023, where we are going to discuss all the candidacies and reveal unknown details.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Greek participation in Eurovision 2023!

 

United Kingdom: All Eurovision 2023 Shows to be Broadcast through BBC One!

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Through its announcement for the hosting city for Eurovision 2023, BBC has also revealed that its main channel, BBC One, is going to broadcast all three Eurovision shows for the first time ever.

Since their introduction in 2004 until 2015, the Semi-Finals along with the Grand Final were broadcast through BBC Three, then moved to BBC Four in 2021 and returned back to BBC Three in 2022. Usually the ratings for the Semi-Finals vary between 500,000-600,000 viewers, but this year those figures are expected to substantially increase due to the hosting of the contest in the United Kingdom.

The 67th Eurovision Song Contest is going to be held in Liverpool on May 9th, 11th and 13th. Due to the ongoing war situation in Ukraine, it’s the first time since 1980 that the contest isn’t going to be held by the previous winning nation.

Kalush Orchestra won Eurovision 2022 with the song “Stefania” and achieved a televoting points record, marking the third Ukrainian victory in the contest.

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Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra reacts to Liverpool hosting Eurovision 2023!

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On Friday during “The One Show” on BBC, it was announced that Liverpool will host Eurovision 2023, on behalf of Ukraine. Kalush Orchestra, the winners of Eurovision 2022, released a statement reacting to the host city announcement:

“We are very pleased that next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Liverpool … Though we haven’t had the privilege of visiting yet, the musical heritage of the city is known all over the world. Playing in the same place that The Beatles started out will be a moment we’ll never forget!

“Although we are sad that next year’s competition cannot take place in our homeland, we know that the people of Liverpool will be warm hosts and the organisers will be able to add a real Ukrainian flavour to Eurovision 2023 in this city.”

Eurovision 2023 will take place at M&S Bank Arena during the following dates:

Semi-Final 1: 9 May 2023

Semi-Final 2: 11 May 2023

Grand Final: 13 May 2023

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates!

Breaking News: Eurovision 2023 will take place in Liverpool on May 9th, 11th and 13th!

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The decision has been made. Just a while ago the BBC and the EBU announced that the 67th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Liverpool and to be exact, in M&S Bank Arena, where major events take place!

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Dates

Eurovision 2023 dates were also announced:

Semi-Final 1: Tuesday May 9th

Semi-Final 2: Thursday May 11th

Grand Final: Saturday May 13th

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Greece: Leon of Athens submitted his proposal to ERT!

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Leon of Athens has submitted his complete proposal to ERT, in order to bid for the Greek representation in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, fully confirming our coverage earlier this summer, which had the artist interested in flying the Greek flag at Eurovision 2023.

What does Leon of Athens’ proposal include?

His proposal includes a happy, up-tempo track with a retro mood. We’d say that as a genre it belongs to British pop, and could be a Harry Styles song.

The creation of the track belongs to him, and to David Sneddon, both creators of Katerina Duska‘s Better Love.

If Leon of Athens is chosen as the Greek representative, the master of the genre Fokas Evagelinos will take over the direction, Ilias Kokotos the general management of the project and Dimitris Kontopoulos will be the sound manager during the rehearsals, just as happened with Amanda.

Who is Leon of Athens?

Leon of Athens is 35 years old. Besides being a performer, he is a composer and lyricist. In 2019, he was among the creators of Better Love, the song with which Katerina Douska represented Greece at Eurovision that year.

He started playing classical guitar at the age of 6 and at the age of 15 he created his first band “The Secret Show”. Although he was born and raised in Athens, he has spent a lot of time between America and London over the last 10 years, with Greece remaining his great love.

Timoleon Veremis was born in London and studied at one of the best music schools of Los Angeles. Another greek nominee with a solid education.

Leon of Athens is owned by the Cobalt record label. Below you can listen to one of his latest songs:

Would you like to see Leon of Athens representing Greece at Eurovision 2023? Let us know in the comments below!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest news regarding the Greek participation in Eurovision 2023!

 

Eurovision 2023: Glasgow or Liverpool? Tomorrow the announcement!

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Finally, the time of announcement of the hosting city for Eurovision 2023 has come! Graham Norton earlier in the day through The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky, confirms the recent rumours, about which we have already informed you through our article, that wanted the reveal of the hosting city to be made tomorrow at Friday, October 7th. The announcement will be made by Graham Norton through BBC One Show, which airs from 21:00 to 21:30 EEST. A talk with Sam Ryder about the matter will follow.

Which city do you prefer to host Eurovision 2023? Write in the comments below!

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