Evridiki

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Name = Evridiki


Img_capt = Evridiki performing "Comme Ci, Comme Ça" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
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Limassol, Cyprus
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Genre = Pop, Techno, Rock
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Label = Virus Music
Minos EMI
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URL = [http://www.evridiki.gr www.evridiki.gr]
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Evridiki Theokleous ( _el. "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.

Music career

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 1994, she married Giorgos 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).

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 Fact|date=April 2007 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.

Participation in Eurovision Song Contest

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. It failed to make it through the semi-final stage of the competition.

Videography

* Για πρώτη φορά
* Το μόνο που θυμάμαι
* Φύγε
* Ταιριάζουμε
* Πυξίδα
* Κάνε πως μ' αγαπάς
* Πόσο λίγο με ξέρεις
* Τέρμα
* Μίσησέ με
* Ζηλιάρης ουρανός
* Μόνο μια στιγμή
* Τώρα ζω για μένα
* Είμαι άνθρωπος κι εγώ
* Φθινόπωρο γυναίκας
* Φοβάμαι
* Είναι που δεν σ' έχω
* Αυτό το φιλί
* Να με κοιτάς
* Στον πέμπτο
* Έλα
* Για ποιαν αγάπη μου μιλάς
* Πες το μου αυτό
* Να του πείτε
* Περασμένα μεσάνυχτα
* Με ξενύχτια και με πόνο
* Σημάδι στο λαιμό
* Δέσε μου τα μάτια
* Λεπίδες
* Δεν τελειώνουμε ποτέ
* Το κουμπί
* Αυτά που κρύβω μέσα μου
* Το τρίτο συρτάρι
* Για μένα
* Όλα δικά σου
* Τα διαγραμμένα
* [Ο βασιλιάς κι εγώ]
* Fallin
* Ζηλεύει η νύχτα
* [Δεν έχει σίδερα η καρδιά σου]
* Πιάσε με
* Σταγόνα στο Αιγαίο
* Στο ίδιο βαγόνι
* Θέλω τόσο να σε δω
* Ζωή να μπω
* Comme ci comme ca
* Κάποιον άλλον
* Η ζωή έχει χρώμα

Discography

;Personal Albums:

* 1991 - "Gia Proti Fora"
* 1992 - "Poso Ligo Me Xeris"
* 1993 - "Misise Me"
* 1995 - "Fthinoporo Gynekas"
* 1996 - "I Epomeni Mera" (double CD with a live recording)
* 1997 - "Pes to Mou Afto"
* 1998 - "Dese Mou ta Matia"
* 1999 - "To Koumbi"
* 2000 - "Ola Dika Sou"
* 2002 - "Live ki Allios"
* 2003 - "Oso Fevgo Gyrizo"
* 2005 - "Sto Idio Vagoni"
* 2007 - "13"

;CD Singles:
* 2007 - "Comme Ci, Comme Ça"
* 2008 - "I Zoi Ehei Hroma"

;Participation in the Albums:

* 1990 - "Erotika Minimata" by Pashalis (Arvanitidis)
* 1997 - "En Psyhro" by Giorgos Alkaios
* 1999 - "One" by One
* 2002 - "O Vasilias ki Ego"
* 2003 - "Tragoudi sta Pedia" (Live) by Giorgos Theofanous
* 2003 - "Esis i Fili Mou ki Ego" by Vasilis Papakonstantinou
* 2003 - "As ta Dyskola se Mena" by Dimitris Korgialas
* 2005 - "I Mera Fevgi" by Dimitris Korgialas
* 2006 - "EuroRevisions" (compilation) produced by Giorgis Christodoulou
* 2006 - "I Apli Methodos ton Trion" by Imiskoumbria
* 2008 - "Ta Koutia Ine Koufa" by Dimitris Korgialas

External links

* [http://www.evridiki.gr/ Evridiki's official website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YWKKMnhee4 Video of song "Comme ci, comme ça"]