The second Cyprus Music Awards will take place tonight, at 21.00, at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus. A host of Eurostars have been nominated for the Aphrodite Awards and they will be performing tonight as well. Helena Paparizou, the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest winner will open the show and she will be followed by Evridiki, Dimitris Korgialas, Sarbel, and Konstantinos Christoforou among other artists.

Helena Paparizou (Greece 2005), Evridiki and Dimitris Korgialas (Cyprus 2007, Sarbel (Greece 2007), Constantinos Christoforou (Cyprus '96, '99, '05) and Tamta (Greek Preselection 2007) will all perform tonight at the 2nd Cyprus Music Awards organised by Galaxy productions in cooperation with IFPI. The show will be hosted by Zeta Makrypoulia – the 2006 Greek commentator and Themis Georgantas of MAD TV.

This year's nominated Eurostars for the Aphrodite awards are:

Best Female Artist of the Year 2007
Helena Paparizou
Evridiki
Peggy Zina (Greek preselection 2002)

Best Male Artist of the Year 2007
Michalis Chatziyiannis
Sakis Rouvas

Best Song of the Year 2007 (music/lyrics)
Comme ci, comme ça– Evridiki
Stasou ena lepto– Konstantinos Christoforou
Cheria psila– Michalis Chatziyiannis

Best Greek Album of the year 2007
Yparchei agapi edo– Sakis Rouvas
Fili kai echtri– Michalis Chatziyannis
Yparchei logos-Helena Paparizou

Best Single of the year 2007
Thes na kanoume schesi– Konstantinos Christoforou
Ola i tipota– Michalis Chatziyiannis

Best Newcomer of the year 2007
Tamta (Greek preselection 2007)

Best video clip of the year 2007
Comme ci, comme ça- Evridiki
Everything-Anna Vissi
Yassou Maria- Sarbel
Stasou ena lepto- Konstantinos Christoforou
Cheria Psila- Michalis Chatziyiannis

For more information click here. (external link in Greek). The show will be transmitted on Sigma TV at a later date, but you can listen live here.

A special thank you to Michalis Vranis forhis contributionto the article.


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