Elena Paparizu is a famous singer who successfully participated in Eurovision twice and won prizes. She is a very versatile artist who has tried herself in all stage genres.
Elena Paparizu is a famous and very talented singer, owner of a mezzo-soprano, who twice represented Greece at Eurovision. The singer has a very large repertoire, she sings songs in pop, laika and pop-rock styles. A very beautiful and bright young woman.
Biography
The singer's biography is widely covered. She was born in Sweden to a family of immigrants from Greece, Yorgis and Efrosini Paparizou. In addition to her, the family has two children, older brother Dinos and sister Rita. The parents always supported and guided the girl.
Creation
Despite health problems, Elena became interested in music, although not very early, from the age of seven the girl began to play the piano. After a few years, she realized that she wanted to be a singer, although she had breathing problems. At the age of 14, she became part of the Soul Funkomatic children's group. After the breakup of the group after a few years and some tragic loss of friends surrounded by the girl, Elena desperately decides to leave singing.
In 1999, one of Elena's friends, Nikos Panayotidis, persuades her to record her song Opa-Opa. The debut was very successful. Elena and a friend have united in the Antique group. In 2001, from Greece, they perform at the Eurovision Song Contest and occupy an honorable third place for Greece. After this success, the singer decides to pursue a solo career. She performs in nightclubs with Antonios Remos and Sakis Rouvas. She released her first album, Protereotita.
In 2005, she was again invited to represent Greece at Eurovision. She passed the selection and won the televoting. She took first place in the competition. This was her peak in popularity. After the competition, she released the song Mambo, which for a record long - ten weeks held the first place in the chat in Greece. It went platinum. In 2006, she released her second album, Iparhi Logos'.
Elena made good money on advertising, becoming the face of Nokia in 2007.
Since 2008, the singer has released several albums, participated in many tours, charity concerts, participated in the jury of "Dancing on Ice" and the Greek version of "Dancing with the Stars" as a contestant with David Watson. However, the couple, despite their popularity, took the penultimate place.
In 2015, Elena first tried herself as a theater actress - she played a role in the musical "Nine", written by Arthur Kopit.
In 2016, the singer was invited as a mentor for the third season of the Greek version of The Voice.
Elena Paparizu is a very talented person, she is fluent in Swedish, English and Greek. Her work has made a great contribution to art.
