This year the Hellenic National Broadcaster ERT is not using the format of an internal selection, the successful recipe of the past three years which has given to Greece three Top 10 places, one of them the 1st victory for the country. This time there's a sudden change in their plans and three artists will take part in a national final which most probably will be held on 21st or 28th February (TBC). Here are the participants:
Christos Dantis is the composer of 'My number one' which won the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, in 2005. His career in music started when he was 16 years old. His first album Daktylika apotypomata was released in 1990. In 1991 he released in Greece the album Aman which went gold but was also a huge hit in the rest of Europe. One of his most successful albums, To palio mou palto, was released in 1999, the same year that Christos arranged a version of 24,000 Baci by Italian star Adriano Celentano for the Greek movie Safe Sex. In 2001 he released the album To domatio. In 2002 he composed the song Miazi na'ne cinema/Y tu cruelI performed by Katerina Topazi which participated at the Greek national final. In 2003 he released the album ''Ena tragoudi akoma''. ln 2004, he released the album Maya-Maya. In 2005 he released the album ''Kata Vathos''. His latest album released in 2006 is '' Min peis pote''. Although Christos is mainly a rock composer, he has written music in other genres, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIEoAdvL4RA
Tamta (Goduadze) started her career in 2003 when she came second in the Super Idol talent show, the greek equivalent of American Idol. Born in Georgia 24 years ago, she came to Greece in 2002. Her first single Eisai to allo mou miso, a duet with Stavros Konstantinou, the Super Idol winner, was released in 2003 and stayed at number one of the greek Air Play Charts for several weeks. In February 2006, Tamta released her first pop CD called Tamta! from MINOS EMI which reached number sixin the greek charts. Then she went on to sing the greek version of Tornero with Mihai Traistaru. Tornero was a massive summer hit with greek audiences and so was Tamta’s Tromero (a word play on the original title). Tamta has been singing all her life! She started when she was 5 years old. At the age of six, she was the lead singer in a child band and she participated in festivals all over Europe. Then at the age of 12 and for two years she starred in numerous musicals.She has studied Russian and English Literature at the University of Georgia. She loves soul and jazz music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgkG-IXBfaY
Sarbel (born Michael Sarbel) is a Greek Cypriot singer with Lebanese roots. Born and raised in London in 1982, he studied music, drama and performing arts at University.From the age of five till he was sixteen he performed at the English National Opera and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. He had his first break in 2004 with the hit single Se pira sovara, a cover of Sidi Mansour, which made him immediately very popular in Greece, Cyprus and Lebanon. He released his first solo album, Paraxeno synesthima, a year later. The album became Gold. In 2006 he released his second album Sahara, the track Taxe mou became instantly a massive hit.
Greece holds the record for the most successful run in the Eurovision Song Contest since its shake-up in 2004. It is the only country that has not yet been relegated to the semi-final in all three years, after having attained places in the top 10 since then (third in 2004 with Sakis Rouvas and Shake it, first in 2005 with Helena Paparizou and My number one, ninth in 2006 with Anna Vissi and Everything). Thanks to Anna Vissi’s 9th place finish with Everything Greece is directly qualified for the final of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest.
