Sophia Patsalidou ( gr, Σοφία Πατσαλίδου, born 16 December 2000), known professionally as Sophia Patsalides, is a

Greek-Cypriot Greek Cypriots or Cypriot Greeks ( el, Ελληνοκύπριοι, Ellinokýprioi, tr, Kıbrıs Rumları) are the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus, forming the island's largest ethnolinguistic community. According to the 2011 census, 659,115 r ...

singer. At 22 years old she holds a BA and master in music and performance. Her latest singles are developed with Sophie and the Giants producer Jo Pereira and co-written with Olivia Dean's songwriter, Glen Roberts. She recently opened American artist's LP concert in Limassol and is set to open Israeli star Hanan Ben Ari in February 2023. She left high school at 16 years old to pursue music at university level. Earlier in her career, she represented her nation at the

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 12th edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and took place, for the first time, in Malta. This was the third time that the contest was hosted by the winning country. Maltese nationa ...

with her song "

I pio omorfi mera Cyprus selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry through an internal selection. On 21 July 2014 it was revealed that Sophia Patsalides would represent Cyprus in the contest with the song "I pio omorfi mera". Internal selection Desp ...

" (The most wonderful day).

Biography

Sophia Patsalides was born on 16 December 2000 in

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 Mesaor ...

, the capital city of

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. She has been interested in music since she was little and started singing when she was 3. She grew up listening to pop artists, such as

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Junior Eurovision 2014

On 21 July 2014, Sophia Patsalides was internally selected to represent Cyprus at the 12th annual

Junior Eurovision Song Contest The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (often shortened to JESC, Junior Eurovision or Junior EuroSong) is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003. It is held in a diff ...

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. She was the fifth to perform on the evening with her song ''

''. Following the final, she said that she would "love" to participate in the adult Eurovision for Cyprus.

Discography

References

Living people Musicians from Nicosia 2000 births Cypriot pop singers Cypriot child singers Cypriot expatriates in the United Kingdom Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{Europe-singer-stub