Harry Antoniou (

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: Χάρης Αντωνίου; born 9 March 1989) is a

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singer and musician. On 11 February 2011 he won the third season of the Greek version of the television singing competition

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after singing

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’s "

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". He was awarded a two-year contract with Sony Music Greece. Harry Antoniou (at times Charis "Haris" Antoniou) is the third Cypriot to have won the Greek competition, after

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won in the first season and

Stavros Michalakakos Stavros Michalakakos (in Greek Σταύρος Μιχαλακάκος) (born 9 April 1987) is a Greek Cypriot singer. On 12 February 2010 he won the second season of the Greek version of the television singing competition ''The X Factor''. He w ...

in the second season. He started saxophone lessons and at the age of 15, came third in the Pancyprian saxophone competition. Working in his teens as a singer and saxophonist, he was able to attract more and more people creating its own fan club from a young age before applying to the Greek X-Factor. He released his first digital single titled "Στον Κόσμο Μου Εγώ" with lyrics by Nikos Moraitis while preparing his debut album. He married Lauren Meyer in the summer of 2019.

Discography

Singles

*2011: "Ston kozmo mou ego" (in

"Στον Κόσμο Μου Εγώ"

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