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Cyprus In The Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "La La Love" written by Alex Papaconstantinou, Björn Djupström, Alexandra Zakka and Viktor Svensson. The song was performed by Ivi Adamou, who was selected by the Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) in August 2011 to represent Cyprus at the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. CyBC organised the national final ''A Song for Ivi'' on 25 January 2012 to select the Cypriot song. The national final featured three songs and resulted in the selection of "La La Love" as the winning song. Cyprus was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 22 May 2012. Performing during the show in position 12, "La La Love" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 23 May. It was later revealed that Cyprus placed seventh out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 91 points. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivi Adamou
Ivi Adamou ( el, Ήβη Αδάμου, ; born 24 November 1993) is a Greek-Cypriot singer. She was born and raised in Agia Napa, Cyprus and currently resides in Alexandroupoli, Greece. Adamou rose to recognition in Greece and Cyprus following her participation in the second season of the Greek version of ''The X Factor'', where she was under the mentorship of Giorgos Theofanous. Right after her elimination from the X Factor, Adamou secured a recording contract with Sony Music Greece. She gained further recognition from her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, where she represented Cyprus with the song "La La Love". Her debut extended play '' Kalokairi Stin Kardia'' (2010) was released shortly after her contract with Sony. The same year, she collaborated with the Spiros Lambrou Choir and released the holiday extended play '' Christougenna Me Tin Ivi Adamou'' (2010) and was released as ''Christmas with Ivi Adamou'' abroad. Her debut studio album ''San Ena Oniro'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1999
The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was the 44th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 May 1999 at the International Convention Centre in Jerusalem, Israel. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) and presented by singer Dafna Dekel, radio and television presenter Yigal Ravid and model and television presenter Sigal Shachmon, the contest was held in Israel following the country's victory at the with the song "Diva" by Dana International. Twenty-three countries participated in the contest. , , , , , and , having participated in the , were absent due to being relegated after achieving the lowest average points totals over the past five contests or by actively choosing not to return. Meanwhile , , and returned to the contest, having last participated in , while made its first contest appearance since . The winner was with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven", composed by Lars Diedricson, written b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line Dissing Karred Larsen
Line Dissing Karred Larsen (born 1 November 1996, in Skagen) known as Line (pronounced ''lee-neh'' in Danish), is a Danish singer. She took part in season 5 of the Danish ''X Factor'' and became one of the finalists in the "Under 25" category, mentored by Pernille Rosendahl. On the final held on 23 March 2012, she finished as the runner-up, with 38.3% of the public vote, behind Ida, who carried the title with 61.7%. She was signed to Sony Music
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Giorgos Kapoutzidis
Giorgos Kapoutzidis (Greek Γιώργος Καπουτζίδης; , Serres) is a Greek screenwriter and actor. He is the creator of the critically successful television series '' Saturday born '' (original title "Σαββατογεννημένες") '' In the nick of time'' (original title "Στο παρά 5") and ''Greek national'' (original title "Εθνική Ελλάδος"), one of the most part successful shows in Greek television history, the finale attracting 3 million viewers). He has won three television awards, for the best screenplay, for the series '' Savatogennimenes'' and '' Sto Para Pente'' (twice). In May 2006, he was the commentator for the Greek TV, ERT, in the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Athens. He also wrote the scripts for the presenters Maria Menounos and Sakis Rouvas in both the semi-final and final. Since 2013, he is the commentator for the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), in the Eurovision Song Contest, alongside radio produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation
The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ( el, Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση AE, Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi SA) or ERT () is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of Greece. History Overview ERT began broadcasting in 1938 as the Radio Broadcasting Service or YRE (). Following a government decision, the original company was abolished on 11 June 2013, with its 2,656 employees protesting against the closure and continuing broadcasting via a satellite transmission using European Broadcasting Union equipment. The EBU also began providing Internet streaming of the ERT broadcast. On 12 June 2013, the Greek government proposed a successor organization, New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television (), shortened to NERIT (), which launched in August 2013 as "Public Television" (). As protests against the decision of the government (Coalition of New Democracy, PASOK, DIMAR) continued, on 15 June Prime Minister Samaras proposed returning ERT t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OGAE
The (OGAE) () is a non-governmental and non-profit international organisation, consisting of 42 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs from across Europe and beyond. It was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jaripekka Koikkalainen. Four non-profit competitions are organised by the OGAE every year to promote national popular music to Eurovision fans around the world. The organisation also works frequently in co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and national broadcasters from the participating countries in order to help promote the Eurovision Song Contest. The current President of the OGAE International Network is Simon Bennett from OGAE United Kingdom, who succeeded Maiken Mäemets of OGAE Finland in 2015. History The Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956, and in 1984 the OGAE International Network was founded by Jaripekka Koikkalainen in Savonlinna, Finland. The organisation, which is an independent Eurovision fan club, operates as a non-governmental, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ANT1
Antenna, better known as ANT1, is a television network airing in Greece. The alternate spelling is wordplay in Greek; ''ena'' (ένα) is the Greek number ''1'' (one), thus ''ANT1'' is pronounced the same as ''Antenna'' (Αντέννα). It launched on 31 December 1989, and is owned by Antenna Group. ANT1 had been a popular network in Greece for years with its line up of soap series including dramas ''Lampsi'' and ''Kalimera Zoi''. History The first broadcast was on 31 December 1989. Antenna also runs ''Easy 97.2'' and ''Rythmos 94.9'' (a local pop-music radio station in Athens), as well as international networks ANT1 Satellite (from America), ANT1 Pacific (from Australia) and ANT1 Europe (from Europe and outside the Balkans) which broadcast the best of ANT1 programming to audiences abroad. It also owns a stake in Makedonia TV, a TV station with national coverage in Greece, and ''Easy 97.5'' based in Thessaloniki. Programs that were once shown on ANT1 include ''CBS Evening News ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RIK Sat
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ( gr, Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου , tr, Kıbrıs Radyo Yayın Kurumu), or CyBC (ΡΙΚ, KRYK), is Cyprus' public broadcasting service. It transmits island-wide on four radio and two domestic television channels, and uses one satellite channel for the Cypriot diaspora. It also transmits on a separate high definition channel. CyBC is a nonprofit organization, using its entire income for its mission to provide objective information news, culture and entertainment to the people of Cyprus. CyBC was partially funded by a tax on electric bills, a practice which ended on 1 July 2000; CyBC is currently funded by the state budget. The amount of the tax was dependent on the size of the home and, as a hypothecated tax for public television, was similar in principle to the television licence systems in other countries. The corporation is a member of the international broadcasting community, belonging to the European Broadcasting Union (EB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RIK 1
RIK 1 (Greek language, Greek: ΡΙΚ 1) is a Cyprus, Cypriot television channel owned and operated by Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation. It was launched in 1957. External links * Television channels in Cyprus Television channels and stations established in 1957 Greek-language television stations {{Cyprus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicosia
Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaoria plain, on the banks of the River Pedieos. According to Greek mythology, Nicosia ( in Greek) was a siren, one of the daughters of Acheloos and Melpomene and its name translates as "White State" or city of White Gods. Nicosia is the southeasternmost of all EU member states' capitals. It has been continuously inhabited for over 4,500 years and has been the capital of Cyprus since the 10th century. The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities of Nicosia segregated into the south and north of the city respectively in early 1964, following the fighting of the Cyprus crisis of 1963–64 that broke out in the city. This separation became a militarised border between the Republic of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus after Turkey invaded the isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTN Cyprus
Epic LTD (previously operating as MTN Cyprus), is a Cyprus based telecommunications services provider owned by Monaco Telecom. It is the second largest mobile network operator in Cyprus by number of subscribers, behind CYTA. In addition to its already established mobile network, the company is a provider of fixed telephony, broadband services and TV. Following its rebranding from MTN to Epic its slogan has been "Great network. Great value". History Operating as Areeba (2004–2007) The company commenced its operations in Cyprus in July 2004 as Areeba (''stylised'' ''as'' areeba) after being granted the second mobile telephony licence by the Cyprus Government. In December 2004, Areeba introduced the first 3G network in Cyprus. Ownership by the MTN Group (2007–2018) In September 2007 Areeba was rebranded to MTN after its parent company ( Investcom LLC) was acquired by the multinational telecommunications company MTN Group. In March 2008, MTN upgraded its 3G network to su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of Sony. It was originally founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed as Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, following its acquisition by the Columbia Broadcasting System. In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records, and Sony Corporation bought the company in 1988, renaming it under its current name in 1991. In 2004, Sony and Bertelsmann established a 50-50 joint venture known as Sony BMG, which transferred the businesses of Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group into one entity. However, in 2008, Sony acquired Bertelsmann's stake, and the company reverted to the Sony Music name shortly after; the buyout allowed Sony to acquire all of BMG's labels, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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