Helena's Message To Loucas Yiorkas

Helena posted a message to her official facebook sending her wishes to the Greek Eurovision 2011 Entrant Loukas Yiorkas and his team. Helena of course, won the contest back in 2005

 "ΚΑΛΗ ΕΠΙΤΥΧΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΜΑΣ!

ΚΑΛΗ ΕΠΙΤΥΧΙΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΛΟΥΚΑ , ΣΤΟΝ STEREO MIKE , ΣΤΟΝ ΑΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΟ ΜΟΥ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟ ΡΗΓΟ , ΣΤΗ ΦΙΛΗ ΜΟΥ ΕΛΕΑΝΑ ΒΡΑΧΑΛΗ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΟΝ ΥΠΕΡΟΧΟ ΓΙΑΝΝΗ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΔΟΥΛΟΠΟΥΛΟ.

ΜΕ ΟΛΟΥΣ ΕΧΟΥΜΕ ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΤΕΙ ΚΑΙ ΟΛΟΥΣ ΣΑΣ ΕΧΩ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΑΡΔΙΑ ΜΟΥ KAI ΣΑΣ ΣΚΕΦΤΟΜΑΙ !

ΒΡΙΣΚΟΜΑΙ ΣΤΗ ΣΟΥΗΔΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΣΑΣ ΣΤΕΛΝΩ ΟΛΗ ΜΟΥ ΤΗΝ ΑΓΑΠΗ ΚΑΙ ΒΕΒΑΙΩΣ ΤΗΝ ΨΗΦΟ ΜΟΥ ΜΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΕΔΩ ΜΠΟΡΟΥΜΕ ΝΑ ΣΑΣ ΨΗΦΙΣΟΥΜΕ

ΜΕ ΑΓΑΠΗ ΕΛΕΝΑ"

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Translation:

Good luck to Greece!

Good luck to Loucas and Stereo Mike, my beloved Konstantinos Rigos, my friend Eleana Vrahali and the wonderful Giannis Hristodoulopoulos.

I have worked with all of you and I keep you all in my heart and I think about you!

I am in Sweden currently and I send all my love to you as well as my vote of course, since we can vote Greece from here.

With Love, Elena.

Translation - Derek @ Paparizou Forum

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Die For You & My Number One (MEGA STAR 20 Years)

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Die For You - Number 1 Eurovision Song of 00's

On Eurovision Fansite sechuk.com Die For You (Antique), the participation of Greece in The Eurovision Song Contest in 2001, came 1st place with 1848 points. The Contest was the best Eurovision Song of 00's. You can relive this performance as I posted it on top of this post.

Helena Paparizou as a solo artist came to 8th place with the winning song of 2005 "My number one" having 1533 points!

Source: http://www.sechuk.com/

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Eurovision win for Greek singer [BBC]

Greek singer Helena Paparizou has won the Eurovision Song Contest, after the favourite maintained an early lead in Ukrainian capital Kiev.

It was a disappointing night for UK entrant Javine, who came third from last after attracting only 18 points after a telephone poll by 39 countries.

Greece beat 23 nations with song My Number One, winning 230 points - 38 points ahead of second place Malta.

The annual song contest is one of Europe's most popular TV events.

This year's event was hosted in Ukraine after it won the 2004 contest with a leather-clad performance of Wild Dances by singer Ruslana, who sang during the event.

It rapidly staged the event at its capital city following last year's Orange Revolution, in which mass protests led to opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko taking office. Hundreds of people gathered outside Kiev's Sports Palace in the build-up to Saturday's final, with free concerts being staged during the day and the competition shown on large outdoor screens.

Javine recovered from throat problems to represent the UK
However, Ukraine failed to score a second consecutive victory with entrant Greenjolly. The band performed Razom Nas Bahato, the unofficial anthem of last year's protests, backed by dancers wearing hooded tops and handcuffs. As the song progressed they broke free of their shackles and performed cartwheels, earning an ecstatic reaction from the audience.

Norway's entry also alluded to the Orange Revolution, as Wig Wam's singer waved an orange scarf throughout their rendition of In My Dreams. Hungary band Nox opened Saturday's final with a performance that seemed to incorporate traditional Irish dancing, while Romanian band Sistem's act involved sparks flying off giant steel drums.

UK representative Javine began her pop career in 2003 after narrowly losing out on a place in reality TV band Girls Aloud in 2002. She cancelled her promotional duties on Friday after suffering throat problems in the run-up to the final, but was able to complete her performance on Saturday. The UK last won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997 with Love Shine a Light by Katrina and the Waves.

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Odds on for Greeks

One of the UK's leading bookmakers have revealed that Greece are their favourites to win this year's Song Contest.

The Greek entry 'My Number One' will be performed by Helena Paparizou and has a similar flavour to last year's winning entry 'Wild Dance' by Ruslana. Listen out for the shouts of 'hey!' in the background of the song.

Last year the Greek delegation missed out on winning by only 28 points, and finished in 3rd place. They were represented by muscle-bound national star Sakis Rouvas who performed 'Shake It'.

Here are some of the inspired lyrics from the 2005 Greek song:'
You're delicious
So capricious
If I find out you don’t want me
I'll be vicious'

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