Katerine Avgoustakis

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Katerine
Katerine
Background information
Birth name	Katerine Avgoustakis
Born	September 16, 1983
Origin	Limburg
Genre(s)	Pop, dance
Years active	2005–present
Label(s)	Universal
Website	Official website (Dutch)/(English)

Katerine Avgoustakis (September 16, 1983) is a singer and was the winner of the 2005 Star Academy show in Belgium, similar to American Idol in the United States.

1 Biography
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 Singles
3 External links

[edit] Biography

Katerine has Greek roots, being born on September 16, 1983 from a Greek father and a Belgian mother. Her mother passed away in 2005, after a long struggle with liver cancer she went 54 years old.

Currently, she lives in Maasmechelen. Avgoustakis used to be a beauty specialist and before that a saleswoman. During the third quarter of 2005, it was announced that Avgoustakis had been dating Pim Symoens, who was #4 in Star Academy and who also works for JIMtv, a popular Flemish music channel.

Katerine plays the piano and used to be in a choir. Also she was a member of her first band Indiana, with whom she participated with for Eurovision Song Contest a couple of years ago, with the song Imitation Love.

Due the failure of Indiana, she entered Star Academy in Flanders. In 2005, she worked her way to the finale and won the contest and a record contract. Avgoustakis' debut single New Day, released in July 2005 in Belgium, peaked at #2 in the Belgian UltraTop 50 chart. "New Day" was written and produced by Regi Penxten & Filip Vandueren, the team behind Milk Inc. Three months later, she received the TMF Flanders award for Best New National Artist for the song. Also the song was certified gold in Belgium. Her selfnamed debut album Katerine was released on November 14, 2005 in Belgium. The album is to be released in May in the Netherlands. Due the 'unexpected' sudden death of her mother, her second single, Here Come All the Boys, was delayed to be released in October 2005. This is the first single she also released in the Netherlands, that peaked at #89 in the Dutch Mega Singles Top 100. The song is also featured on the hits compilation HitBox, which was released on March 13, 2006, containing hits like Ricky Martin's I Don't Care, Rihanna's If It's Lovin' That You Want and the Michael Jackson cover Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U) by Hi_Tack.

Avgoustakis won the first Belgian pre-selection for Eurosong 2006 on January 8, 2006 with the song Watch Me Move. Because of this, she was sure to have a place in the pre-finale rounds, however the judges thought her voice wasn't poweful enough to win.

Her third single off her Katerine album, Take Me Home was released on April 4th 2006 in Belgium, with Watch Me Move as B-side.

[edit] Discography

Katerine on the cover for her second single, Here Come All the Boys.

[edit] Albums

Year	Album	Chart	Peak
2005	Katerine	Belgian UltraTop 50 Albums	#9
2005	Katerine	Belgian Top 20 Albums	#3

Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11
Katerine in Belgian UltraTop 50 Albums
Chart position	37	10	9	11	17	22	26	27	21	30	46

Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12
Katerine in Belgian Artists Top 20 Albums
Chart position	13	3	4	4	6	7	9	10	8	11	16	17

Belgium has two official hit parades:

The UltraTop 50 is a chart which featured both Belgian as International singles and albums.
The Belgian Top 20 is a chart which featured albums and singles by only Belgian artists.

The album peaked at #86 in the Belgium UltraTop 50 Albums Year End Chart and #27 in the Belgian Top 20 Albums Year end chart.

[edit] Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak
2005	New Day	Belgian UltraTop 50	#2
2005	Here Come All the Boys	Belgian UltraTop 50	#5
2006	Here Come All the Boys	Dutch Mega Singles Top 100	#89
2006	Take Me Home/Watch Me Move	Belgian UltraTop 50	#15