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Jan 31 2015
Cyprus national final 2015: Get to know the participants
Posted 30 January, 2015 - 23:14 by Giannis Argyriou
CyBC will be hosting Eurosion Song Project, the national final to
select the artist and the song who will get the Cypriot ticket to
Vienna. Four male singers, a duet and a rock band are in the running
to be the next representative of Aphrodite's island in Eurovision Song
Contest.
The grand final of Eurovision Song Project will be broadcast on 1
February 2015. Each artist will perform their national selection songs
in full. Voting lines for the Cypriot public have already been open
since the end of the second Eurochallenge show last Friday. The method
for ranking entries will be a 50/50 combination of both telephone vote
and the six jury members; Despina Olympiou (Cyprus 2013), Alex Panayi
(Cyprus 1995, 2000), Elena Patroklou (Cyprus 1991), radio producer
Tasos Tryfonos, Italian Head of Delegations Nicola Caligiore, and
former French Head of Delegations Bruno Berberes. The hostess of the
show will be again the model Andri Karandoni.
Let's take a closer look at the six cypriots hopefuls.
1. Hovig with Stone In A River.
He was born on the 3 January 1989 in Nikosia. Hovig is a Cypriot
singer of Armenian descent. He studied jazz at the University of
Nicosia. He got into music at the age of 6 when he took guitar
lessons. Music had always been the only thing he wanted to do. That's
why he took part in the second edition of X Factor Greece in 2009,
where he competed alongside with former eurovision participants as Ivi
(Cyprus 2012) and Eleftheria Eleftheriou (Greece 2012). He finished at
a respectable 7th position. He also tried to represent Cyprus in 2010
when he was third in the national final with his song Goodbye.
2. Doody with Magic.
Doody is 21 years old and he comes from Limmasol. Doody's real name is
Stefanos Christoforou and he is the younger brother of Konstantinos
Christoforou who has represented Cyprus three times (1996, 2002 and
2006). His song Magic is composed by his brother. Doody bacame famous
in Cyprus with his live appearances with big stars as Anna Vissi who
recently supported him for representing Cyprus in the Eurovision Song
Contest.
3.Panagiotis Koufogiannis with Without Your Love.
Panagiotis is a Cypriot singer from Nikosia, he is 27 years old. He
studied music at University of Berklee with a Fulbright schoolarhip.
He took his degree in 2012 with excellence and returned to Cyprus as a
music teacher in music schools. He began his music career by uploading
covers on his Youtube Channel where his most popular cover has over
100.000 views. Last year he participated in the Voice of Greece, he
managed to reach the battle round. His song Financial Crisis reached
#1 in the Cypriot iTunes charts on 8 August 2013.
4. Minus One with Shine.
Minus One is the only band in the final. They usually play rock music,
but play everything from classic to pop and hard rock. They become
famous in Cyprus as they make live appearances all year around,
everywhere on the island. Minus One are Francois Micheletto, Giorgos
Solonos, Constantinos Amerikanos, Antonis Loizidis and Christos
Ioannidis.
5. Giannis Karagiannis with One Thing I Should Have Done.
Giannis is a Cypriot singer and musician from Limassol, who has won a
lot of local music contests in Cyprus. He started vocal lessons since
the age of 8. Now Giannis is Grade 8 in vocals.
6.Nearchos and Charris with Deila Den Agapo.
Nearchos is a singer/musician based in Limassol. He is 21 years old
and has released a CD single called Dinami. Charris has participated
in Junior Eurovision 2008 with the song Gioupi Gia, in her homeland
and reached a 10th place. After that she has participated in various
talent shows reaching the finals in many occasions.
http://www.eurovisionary.com/eurovision-news/cyprus-national-final-2015-get-know-participants
From: Baghdasarian
Jan 31 2015
Cyprus national final 2015: Get to know the participants
Posted 30 January, 2015 - 23:14 by Giannis Argyriou
CyBC will be hosting Eurosion Song Project, the national final to
select the artist and the song who will get the Cypriot ticket to
Vienna. Four male singers, a duet and a rock band are in the running
to be the next representative of Aphrodite's island in Eurovision Song
Contest.
The grand final of Eurovision Song Project will be broadcast on 1
February 2015. Each artist will perform their national selection songs
in full. Voting lines for the Cypriot public have already been open
since the end of the second Eurochallenge show last Friday. The method
for ranking entries will be a 50/50 combination of both telephone vote
and the six jury members; Despina Olympiou (Cyprus 2013), Alex Panayi
(Cyprus 1995, 2000), Elena Patroklou (Cyprus 1991), radio producer
Tasos Tryfonos, Italian Head of Delegations Nicola Caligiore, and
former French Head of Delegations Bruno Berberes. The hostess of the
show will be again the model Andri Karandoni.
Let's take a closer look at the six cypriots hopefuls.
1. Hovig with Stone In A River.
He was born on the 3 January 1989 in Nikosia. Hovig is a Cypriot
singer of Armenian descent. He studied jazz at the University of
Nicosia. He got into music at the age of 6 when he took guitar
lessons. Music had always been the only thing he wanted to do. That's
why he took part in the second edition of X Factor Greece in 2009,
where he competed alongside with former eurovision participants as Ivi
(Cyprus 2012) and Eleftheria Eleftheriou (Greece 2012). He finished at
a respectable 7th position. He also tried to represent Cyprus in 2010
when he was third in the national final with his song Goodbye.
2. Doody with Magic.
Doody is 21 years old and he comes from Limmasol. Doody's real name is
Stefanos Christoforou and he is the younger brother of Konstantinos
Christoforou who has represented Cyprus three times (1996, 2002 and
2006). His song Magic is composed by his brother. Doody bacame famous
in Cyprus with his live appearances with big stars as Anna Vissi who
recently supported him for representing Cyprus in the Eurovision Song
Contest.
3.Panagiotis Koufogiannis with Without Your Love.
Panagiotis is a Cypriot singer from Nikosia, he is 27 years old. He
studied music at University of Berklee with a Fulbright schoolarhip.
He took his degree in 2012 with excellence and returned to Cyprus as a
music teacher in music schools. He began his music career by uploading
covers on his Youtube Channel where his most popular cover has over
100.000 views. Last year he participated in the Voice of Greece, he
managed to reach the battle round. His song Financial Crisis reached
#1 in the Cypriot iTunes charts on 8 August 2013.
4. Minus One with Shine.
Minus One is the only band in the final. They usually play rock music,
but play everything from classic to pop and hard rock. They become
famous in Cyprus as they make live appearances all year around,
everywhere on the island. Minus One are Francois Micheletto, Giorgos
Solonos, Constantinos Amerikanos, Antonis Loizidis and Christos
Ioannidis.
5. Giannis Karagiannis with One Thing I Should Have Done.
Giannis is a Cypriot singer and musician from Limassol, who has won a
lot of local music contests in Cyprus. He started vocal lessons since
the age of 8. Now Giannis is Grade 8 in vocals.
6.Nearchos and Charris with Deila Den Agapo.
Nearchos is a singer/musician based in Limassol. He is 21 years old
and has released a CD single called Dinami. Charris has participated
in Junior Eurovision 2008 with the song Gioupi Gia, in her homeland
and reached a 10th place. After that she has participated in various
talent shows reaching the finals in many occasions.
http://www.eurovisionary.com/eurovision-news/cyprus-national-final-2015-get-know-participants
From: Baghdasarian