| Evridiki | |
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 Evridiki performing "Comme Ci, Comme Ça" at the Eurovision Song Contest
2007
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| Background information | |
| Born | February 25, 1968 Limassol, Cyprus |
| Origin | Cyprus |
| Genres | Pop, techno, rock |
| Labels | Virus
Music Minos EMI |
| Website | www.evridiki.gr |
Evridiki Theokleous (Greek: Ευρυδίκη Θεοκλέους, born 25 February 1968), known professionally as simply Evridiki, is a Cypriot rock, pop, and electro pop singer. She is best known in Europe for representing her home country, Cyprus, in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, 1994 and 2007 with the songs Teriazoume, Eimai Anthropos Ki Ego and Comme Ci, Comme Ça, respectively.
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Born in Limassol, Cyprus, Evridiki Theokleous was raised in the island's capital, Nicosia. While still at school, she studied music at the National Conservatory of Cyprus. When she finished school, she went to Le Studio des Variétés in Paris, France where she studied music, theatre, and dancing. Afterwards she went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, U.S. where she supplemented her musical studies with courses of harmony and instrumentation.
In 1989, she moved to Athens, Greece, to work with several artists, sing in compilations, and in 1991, release her first personal album Gia Proti Fora.
In 1993 Evridiki released her highly acclaimed album "Missise Me" (Hate Me), making her one of the most successful singers in Greece. Missise Me is supposed to be Evridiki's favorite album among her fans.
In 1994, while wanting to try something new out, she started working on her next album "Fthinoporo Gynaikas" (Woman's Autumn). Inspired by the idea of her growing older as the time passes, the album was a mixture of pop and greek folklore music. The album came out to the market the next year, 1995. In 1994, she married George Theofanous. Together, they had a son, Angelos, in November 1996. Theofanous was the main composer and producer of her first nine albums. He called Evridiki his muse always and even after they got divorced in 2000. She is currently engaged to musician Dimitris Korgialas, composer of Comme Ci, Comme Ça (Cyprus' entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007). She was awarded the Singer of the Year 2007 in Nicosia.
Overall, Evridiki is one of the most popular successful and best selling singers in Greece and Cyprus. She has worked with the most important personalities of the greek music industry. Besides George Theophanous also with people like Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Giorgos Hatzinasios, Yannis Spanos, Marios Tokas, Dimitris Korgialas, Vangelis Dimitriadis, Christos Dantis, Natalia Germanou, Eleni Peta, Antonis and Yannis Vardis, Stelios Rokkos, and Sakis Rouvas.
In 2002, she performed Taptim in the musical The King and I, produced by Mimi Denisi with very positive acceptance by public and critics.
After her divorce and having a music break for almost three years, Evridiki released the album Oso Fevgo Gyrizo in which she wrote two songs. This record would be a turning point in Evridiki's career by characterizing a new era for her. Since then she has been recognized as the most successful Greek rock singer and has released another critically acclaimed record Sto Idio Vagoni.
Her new album "13" which is her thirteenth personal album was released on March 26, 2007.
She represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992 (Malmö, Sweden) with the song Teriazoume (finishing in eleventh place), and then in 1994 (Dublin, Ireland) with Ime Anthropos Ki Ego. The latter caused controversial reactions from critics and the audience due to the song's political allusion to The Cyprus Problem. On the other hand, it became a hot favorite to win because of its ethnic sound and her very sentimental performance. As with her first entry in the contest two years previously, Evridiki took eleventh place. Evridiki also appeared as a backing vocalist in Eurovision on three separate occasions, in 1983, 1986, and 1987.
In 2007, she was selected to represent Cyprus for a third time, in that year's contest, with the song Comme Ci, Comme Ça whose lyrics were written by Posidonas Giannopoulos and its music composed by Dimitris Korgialas. Despite being tipped as a potential winner, it failed to make it through the semi-final stage of the competition.
In 2008, she appeared at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in which she performed the theme song of the contest, Fun in the Sun with her husband Dimitris Korgialas.
| Preceded by Elena Patroklou with SOS |
Cyprus in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1992 |
Succeeded by Kyriakos Zympoulakis & Dimos Van Beke with Mi Stamatas |
| Preceded by Kyriakos Zympoulakis & Dimos Van Beke with Mi Stamatas |
Cyprus in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1994 |
Succeeded by Alex Panayi with Sti Fotia |
| Preceded by Annette Artani with Why Angels Cry |
Cyprus in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2007 |
Succeeded by Evdokia Kadi with Femme Fatale |
   | Evridiki's official website - Evridiki.gr - Eurovision 2007 - The official website |
| | Video of song "Comme ci, comme ça" - YouTube - Evridiki & D.Korgialas - Comme ci, comme ca - The Semi Final |
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