*Evridiki Biography*

Evridiki Biography

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.

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 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 female rock singer[citation needed] 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. 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.

Videography

Τα Λόγια Που Μου Λες
Τα Μυστικά Άπ' Το Καλοκαίρι
Για Πρώτη Φορά
Το Μόνο Που Θυμάμαι
Φύγε
Ταιριάζουμε
Πυξίδα
Κάνε Πως Μ' Αγαπάς
Πόσο Λίγο Με Ξέρεις
Τέρμα
Ο Επόμενος Αιώνας
Μίσησέ Με
Ζηλιάρης Ουρανός
Μόνο Μια Στιγμή
Τώρα Ζω Για Μένα
Είμαι Άνθρωπος κι Εγώ
Φθινόπωρο Γυναίκας
Φοβάμαι
Πορτραίτο
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
Άσε Με (Έτσι Είναι Η Αγάπη)
Θάλασσα

Discography

Personal Albums
1991 - Gia Proti Fora
1992 - Poso Ligo Me Xeris
1993 - Missise 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
2009 - Etsi Einai I Agapi (with Dimitris Korgialas)

EPs
2010 - ...Etsi Apla

CD Singles
1997 - "Pes to Mou Afto"
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 Vassilis 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

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

Background information
Born February 25, 1968 (age 42)
Limassol, Cyprus
Origin Cyprus
Genres Pop, techno, rock
Labels Virus Music
Minos EMI
Website www.evridiki.gr