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Editorial: From Stefania, to Amanda and now to Silia!

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What is it that connects the three young singers, both of whom were lucky enough at a very young age to represent Greece and Cyprus in the Eurovision contest? Apart from the fact that all three of them are proud children of the Greek and Cypriot diaspora, they were Eurovisionfun’s suggestions and won the relevant poll of our readers!

Stefania

It all started with Stefania in May 2019. A few days after the end of Eurovision, we wrote about a then unknown Stefania who we thought was an ideal choice to represent Greece in next year’s contest, which would be held in the Netherlands, her country of residence.

By a wide margin Stefania emerged as the winner of our poll, and a few months later, after submitting her proposal to ERT, she was chosen to represent the country at Eurovision 2020. The contest was cancelled due to COVID-19, but Stefania represented us in 2021, bringing Greece in the top 10 after eight years, managing to be in 10th place in both the televoting and the juries, something that Greece achieved for the first time!

Amanda

The success continued in 2022. Early on and again through our website we suggested Amanda as an artist who could deservedly succeed Stefania on the stage of the contest.

Although Amanda was an outsider, since everyone thought it was Good Job Nicky’s turn, the song she submitted to ERT was admittedly the one that rightly had to represent Greece in Turin.

Amanda’s special voice and her atmospheric song lifted the nation even higher at Eurovision 2022, bringing Greece to eighth place and listening to “Greece 12 points” six times in total!

Black 2023

Even though everything seemed ideal for 2023 and a third top 10 series in the making was very likely, some people in ERT’s headquarters had a contrary opinion, wanting to write on the back of their shoes the opinion of the public committee, the comments of the fans on social media, but also common sense, they decided to send a completely inexperienced artist, who had no TV or live experience, with a team that turned out to be completely unfit to carry out this project.

For the record, the winner of our proposal poll was Melissa Mantzoukis, who was also the winner of the ERT audience committee vote, by a huge margin …

Silia

From where Stefania and Amanda left off, Silia Kapsis is invited to continue the tradition, just for Cyprus this time. Silia was one of our suggestions this summer, winning the corresponding poll of our readers, with a percentage of over 35%!

We may have suggested her for the Greek representation, but in our article since then, we wrote that her father’s Cypriot origin could put her on the radar of RIK as well, which as you saw happened.

We hope that an additional common element that will connect Silia with Stefania and Amanda from next May, will be that she will have the same good fortune in terms of ranking, scoring a top 10 for Cyprus.

Watch our video below:

Will Silia continue the successful tradition? Tell us in the comments below!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest news about the Cypriot participation.

 

Greece: More details about Stefania’s candidate songs

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In an interview given by our representative in Eurovision 2021 Stefania Lymberakakis on the tv show “Eftycheite” on OPEN BEYOND Channel, which was aired today, we were provided with some further information regarding her candidate songs for the contest.

Regarding their style, she clarified that they bear no resemblance to SUPERGIRL but are closer to the style of her last single “Friday”. Αfter a communication we had with the team of creators, we were told that Stefania replied that the songs are like Friday and not like Supergirl, since they have no ethnic elements and are pop songs. None of the songs sounds like Friday. Stefania also added that there is no ballad among them.

Apart from the songs, she mentioned her collaboration with Sakis Rouvas and her communication with Konstantinos Argyros, but also was asked about the possibility her boyfriend, who is also an artist, to accompany her on the Eurovision stage. She gave a negative answer.

You can watch the entire interview by clicking here.

Greece: Stefania’s team will submit four songs to ERT! EXCLUSIVE

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The new ERT team that deals with the Eurovision project started with great appetite, under the supervision of the company’s corporate communication director, Dora Chiraki. According to our exclusive information, Stefania’s team will submit at least four songs to ERT, in order to make the final choice of our participation.

In the recent first meeting that took place at ERT, about which we informed you in our previous article, the first schedules were set, but also an initial planning that will be followed. Both in Stefania’s team and on the part of Greek public television, there is moderate optimism, it is no secret that both of them believe a lot in Stefania and that is why her choice was reaffirmed.

Four songs specially written for the competition will be proposed to ERT by Dream Team, in order to make the final selection. So far, of course, it has not been decided how to present the Greek entry, whether a closed selection will be made or whether some kind of television selection will be made with the participation of the public.

Anyway, in the first days of October, Stefania will come to Greece to record the songs prepared by Dimitris Kontopoulos and ARCADE, but also to make TV appearances and interviews.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the exclusive developments regarding the Greek participation in Eurovision 2021!

Greece: “SUPERG!RL” just released! Enjoy it

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Following its first broadcast on ERT and the tv show “Eurovision Countdown”, the video clip of the Greek entry, “SUPERG!RL“, ​​is now available on Stefania’s YouTube channel. In the following hours there will be in all the e-shops. Enjoy it in repeat!

Once again, the music is written by Dimitris Kontopoulos and ARCADE, while the lyrics are by Sharon Vaughn, Dimitris Kontopoulos and ARCADE. The director of the video clip is talented Costas Karydas.

This is the song and video clip of the Greek entry for Eurovision 2020. Watch it below:

 

The authors’ statements shortly after the first official release of the Greek entry

As has long been known, the creative team includes Dimitris Kontopoulos and ARCADE, while Sharon Vaughn has written some of the lyrics. The director of the performance  in Rotterdam will be Fokas Evangelinos, while the video clip we first enjoyed a few minutes ago is directed by the promising Kostas Karydas.

“Stefania has a very strong voice and a very nice tone,“said renowned composer and producer Dimitris Kontopoulos.

“To be honest, it was difficult to find the right song for Stefania, as we wanted to fit both her age and her personality, but I think we did it. It is my first time competing for the Eurovision contest with Arcade, a very talented group of composers and producers, and it is always my honor to work with Sharon Vaughn, an outstanding songwriter with international success”.

Director and scriptwriter Costas Karydas, speaking about the video clip, said:

“We created a story with surreal elements. We are following a young girl who finds the strength to embrace her specialty in a society that sees her as something foreign. It is a journey of exploring power within it. The video comes to complement the song, which is dynamic and fresh. The whole team is made up of professionals, who in their field have given 100% to get a perfect result. We also had a great collaboration with Stefania, who surprised us with her hard work and acting skills”.