Andromache Dimitropoulou ( el, Ανδρομάχη Δημητροπούλου, ; born 12 October 1994), known professionally as Andromache and sometimes Andromachi, is a Greek singer who represented Cyprus in the

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with the song " Ela".

Career

Andromache was born to

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parents in

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, Germany where she lived before moving to

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at the age of 10. While studying

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, she started singing in music scenes at

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, Elis and

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, Athens. In 2015, she participated in the second season of ''

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'', where she was eliminated at the second live show. In 2017, she released her first single, titled "" (; "The Moon"), written by Giorgos Papadopoulos. On 9 March, it was announced that she would represent Cyprus in the

with the song " Ela". At Eurovision, Andromache finished 12th in the second semi-final and failed to qualify for the final, ending Cyprus' qualification streak stretching back to .

Discography

Compilation albums

* ''Ela – The Album'' (2022)

References

Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Cyprus Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2022 1994 births Living people 21st-century Greek women singers Musicians from Mannheim Panik Records artists {{Greece-singer-stub