Katerine Duska ( el, Κατερίνα Ντούσκα; born 5 November 1989) is a Greek-Canadian singer and songwriter. She
represented Greece in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2019
The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following the country's victory at the 2018 contest with the song " Toy" by Netta. Organised by the European Broad ...
with the song "
Better Love" which was released on 6 March 2019.
Biography
Duska was born on 5 November 1989 in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...
, Canada, and currently resides in
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 ...
, Greece.
She released her 2015 debut album with the title ''
Embodiment''.
In 2018, she appeared in a concert at the Concert Hall in Athens performing songs from her album with songs composed by Swedish singer-songwriter
Albin Lee Meldau
Albin Lee Meldau (born February 8, 1988) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He self-released his debut EP, ''Lovers'', in 2016 with help from producer Björn Yttling (of Peter Bjorn and John).
Later that year, Albin signed to Astralw ...
.
Meldau also appeared in concert with Duska in September 2018 at the Palace Garden in Athens. In December 2018, she made a guest appearance at a concert of musician Petros Klampanis.
Eurovision Participation
Duska participated in the
2019 Eurovision Song Contest and placed 21st with 74 points after successfully qualifying from the first semi final of the competition. Talking to
Wiwibloggs
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about her song, she said “Love has nothing to do with gender, it’s a very pro-human song”.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
References
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1989 births
Living people
21st-century Greek women singers
Singers from Montreal
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2019
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Greece
Canadian people of Greek descent
Greek pop singers