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Athena Manoukian
Athena Manoukian ( gr, Αθηνά Μανουκιάν; ; born 22 May 1994) is a Greek-Armenian singer and songwriter. She was to represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song " Chains on You". Career Manoukian's first experience in the music industry was in 2007, when she participated in and won first prize at a talent contest called "This Is What's Missing", a television program of the Greek channel Alpha TV. A year later, in 2008, she participated in the Greek national selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song ''To Fili Tis Aphroditis'' . In 2011, Manoukian released her first single named ''Party Like A Freak'', which became one of the biggest hit singles in Greece and has over a million views on YouTube. Following the success of ''Party Like A Freak'', which was nominated twice for winning an award at the MAD Video Music Awards, in 2012 she released a follow-up single ''I Surrender'' which instantly became the summer hit of y ...
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Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ...
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Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress and singer. During her childhood, she was featured in over 100 advertisements and had minor roles in television and theatre. She achieved mainstream success as Maddie Fitzpatrick in the Disney Channel teen sitcom ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' (2005–2008). This success was heightened when she starred as Sharpay Evans in the ''High School Musical (franchise), High School Musical'' High School Musical (franchise), film series (2006–2008). The success of the films led to Tisdale's signing with Warner Bros. Records and subsequently releasing her debut studio album, ''Headstrong (Ashley Tisdale album), Headstrong'' (2007), which was a commercial success, earning a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Tisdale played the voice role of Candace Flynn in the Disney Channel animated series ''Phineas & Ferb'' (2007–2015). Tisdale's second studio album, ''Guilty Pleasure (As ...
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Depi Evratesil
''Depi Evratesil'' ( arm, Դեպի Եվրատեսիլ; "Towards Eurovision"; ) is an Armenian music entertainment show created by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television company of Armenia, AMPTV. It was used as the Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest, Armenian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in , and . Its Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, first season concluded on 24 December 2016 with the selection of Artsvik as Armenia's Eurovision representative. The Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, second season took place in 2018, and selected Sevak Khanagyan with the song Qami. In , the show was not renewed for a third season, and the Walking Out (song), Armenian entry for the contest was Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, selected internally. The show returned for a third season in . Summary Season 1 (2016-17) Season 1 of ''Depi Evratesil'' was announced on 1July 2016. It was later confirmed that former Armenian Eurovision en ...
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Ayda Field
Ayda Field (born Ayda Sabahat Evecan, May 17, 1979) is a Turkish-American model and actress. She is best known for being a regular panellist on British television show ''Loose Women'', a judge on the British ''The X Factor'', alongside her husband, singer Robbie Williams, and for her roles in '' Fresh Meat'' and ''Days of Our Lives''. Early life Field was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Turkish father Haldun Evecan, and an American mother, film producer Gwen Field. Her father is Muslim and her mother is Jewish. She attended Harvard-Westlake School, from which she graduated in 1997. Television career Field first became known on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', but has subsequently specialised in comedy roles. She was a regular on '' Blue Collar TV'', guest starred in the sitcom ''Eve'' and appeared as Jeannie Whatley on NBC's ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip''. On the Fox sitcom '' Back to You,'' she played Montana Diaz Herrera (aka Sally Lerner), News 9's weather ...
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Robbie Williams
Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, and achieved commercial success after launching a solo career in 1996. His debut studio album, ''Life thru a Lens'', was released in 1997, and included his signature song, "Angels". His second album, ''I've Been Expecting You'', featured the songs "Millennium" and " She's the One", his first number one singles. His discography includes seven UK No. 1 singles, and all but one of his 14 studio albums have reached No. 1 in the UK. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the UK, with two of them in the top 60, and he gained a Guinness World Record in 2006 for selling 1.6 million tickets in a single day during his Close Encounters Tour. Williams has received a record 18 Brit Awards, winning Best British Male Artist four times, Outstanding Contribution to Music twice, an Icon Award for his lasting ...
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Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell (; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur and record executive. He is the creator of ''The X Factor'' and ''Got Talent'' franchises which have been sold around the world. He has judged on the British television talent competition series ''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003), ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor UK'' (2004–2010, 2014–2018) and ''Britain's Got Talent'' (2007–present), and the American television talent competition series ''American Idol'' (2002–2010), ''The X Factor (American TV series), The X Factor US'' (2011–2013), and ''America's Got Talent'' (2006–present). Cowell is the founder and sole owner of the British entertainment company Syco. After some success in the 1980s and 1990s as a record producer, talent scout and consultant in the UK music industry, Cowell came to public prominence in 2001 as a judge on ''Pop Idol'', a talent television show which he and its creator Simon Fuller successfull ...
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Louis Tomlinson
Louis William Tomlinson (; born Louis Troy Austin; 24 December 1991) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction. Tomlinson began his career appearing in television dramas before he auditioned on the British music competition series ''The X Factor'' in 2010. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he was placed into a group with four other contestants, forming One Direction. One Direction went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Following the group's hiatus in 2016, Tomlinson released "Just Hold On" as a debut solo single in December 2016. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and was certified platinum in the UK. In 2017, Tomlinson released " Back to You" with American singer Bebe Rexha (which was certified platinum in the USA and the UK) and " Miss You". In the same year, he appeared on Debrett's 2017 list of the most influential people in the UK. In 2018, Tomlinson appeared on the fif ...
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The Sun (United Kingdom)
''The Sun'' is a British Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper, published by the News UK#News Group Newspapers Ltd, News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. It was founded as a broadsheet in 1964 as a successor to the ''Daily Herald (UK newspaper), Daily Herald'', and became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owner. ''The Sun'' had the List of newspapers in the United Kingdom by circulation, largest daily newspaper circulation in the United Kingdom, but was overtaken by Free newspaper, freesheet rival ''Metro (British newspaper), Metro'' in March 2018. The paper became a seven-day operation when ''The Sun on Sunday'' was launched in February 2012 to replace the closed ''News of the World'', employing some of its former journalists. The average circulation for ''The Sun on Sunday'' in September 2019 was 1,052,465. In February 2020, it had an average daily circulation of 1.2 million. ' ...
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The X Factor (British Series 15)
The fifteenth and final series of the British television music competition ''The X Factor'' began airing on ITV on 1 September 2018, presented by Dermot O'Leary. Simon Cowell returned alongside new judges Louis Tomlinson, Ayda Field (credited as Ayda Williams), and Robbie Williams who replace departing judges Nicole Scherzinger, Sharon Osbourne, and Louis Walsh. Nile Rodgers filled in for Williams while he was away on his tour for weeks 3–5 of the live shows. On 2 December, Jamaican-born singer Dalton Harris won the series making him the first and only foreign contender to win the UK show. This was the only series that featured Tomlinson, Field, and Williams as judges. Judges and presenters On 6 June 2018, it was announced that Sharon Osbourne would return to judge the fifteenth series, but only for the live shows, due to her ongoing work commitments in the United States. The next day, long-serving judge Louis Walsh announced that after thirteen years on the show, he would ...
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Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU), the contest was held at the Palace of Sports, and consisted of a semi-final on 19 May, and a final on 21 May 2005. The two live shows were presented by Ukrainian television presenters Maria Efrosinina and Pavlo Shylko. Thirty-nine countries participated in the contest, three more than the previous record of thirty-six, that took part the year before. Bulgaria and Moldova made their first participation this year, while Hungary returned to the contest after a six-year absence, having last taken part in . The winner was with the song "My Number One", performed by Helena Paparizou and written by Manos Psaltakis, Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou. This was Greece's firs ...
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Helena Paparizou
Helena Paparizou (; , ; born 31 January 1962) is a Swedish-born Greek singer, songwriter and television personality. Born and raised in Sweden to Greeks, Greek parents, she enrolled in various arts schools before launching a career in Sweden in 1999 as a member of the laïko (Greek folk music) and Eurodance duo Antique (band), Antique, who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 and afterwards became popular. Antique disbanded in 2003, and Paparizou signed a solo recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music, releasing the chart-topping debut single "Anapandites Kliseis" and album ''Protereotita'' (2004), with emphasis on laïko, pop music, pop, and dance music, dance sounds, but at first had modest sales. In 2005, she represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, Eurovision Song Contest with the song "My Number One", which she won. It was the first Greek win in the contest's history and transformed her career. Her album was subsequently certifi ...
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Glee (TV Series)
''Glee'' (stylized as ''glee'') is an American musical film, musical comedy-drama television series that aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network in the United States from May 19, 2009, to March 20, 2015. It centers on the glee club called the New Directions at the fictional William McKinley High School which competes as a show choir while its disparate members deal with social issues, especially regarding human sexuality, sexuality, Race (human classification), race, family, teen relationships and teamwork. The initial twelve-member cast included Matthew Morrison as club director and Spanish teacher Will Schuester, Jane Lynch as scheming cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, Jayma Mays as guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury, Jessalyn Gilsig as Will's wife Terri Schuester, Terri, and the eight original club members, including Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray, a popular cheerleader whose biggest struggle is her teenage pregnancy; Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel, a gay boy who feels co ...
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