Constantinos Christoforou
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Constantinos Christoforou, Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Χριστοφόρου (b. 25 April 1977 in Limassol, Cyprus), has sung for Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest on three occasions, in 1996, 2002 and 2005.
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[edit] Career
At the age of seventeen, he became the first Cypriot artist to achieve triple platinum sales, with an album that was recorded in Cyprus and not in Athens, where the core of the Greek music industry is located. Within a very short time he became a big star in Cyprus and in Greece. In 1996 he represented Cyprus in the Eurovision song contest in Oslo, Norway with the song "Mono Yia Mas" (Only for Us).
After Eurovision he launched his career in Greece collaborating with some of the biggest stars found in the Greek music industry such as Anna Vissi and Sakis Rouvas. In 1999 he was chosen by the successful Cypriot composer, Georges Theofanous, to be the lead singer in the first boy-band of Greece, ONE. ONE became very popular and commercially successful in Greece and Cyprus, reaching platinum sales.
In 2002 Konstantinos participated again in the Eurovision Song Contest in Tallinn Estonia, this time as the leader singer of ONE representing Cyprus with the song "Gimme" and finishing in 6th place. In September 2003, Constantinos started his solo career with the album "H agapi sou paei" (Love becomes you), the single sky rocketed to the top of the Greek airplay charts at No1 and the album reached gold sales in Cyprus. In 2005 he returned to the contest as a solo artist, this time singing "Ela Ela (Come Baby), (Έλα Έλα in Greek) alongside 1991 Cypriot entrant Elena Patroclou, in Kiev and finishing in 19th place.
Constantinos is also a very successful composer and lyricist and he has composed songs for many famous Greek singers. In September 2004 he released his second solo album, "Idiotiki parastasi" (Private show). The album went gold in Cyprus immediately and is a big radio hit in Greece.
[edit] Trivia
- Most typical aspect of his character is his spontaneity.
- He was the first male to grace the cover of Greek Vogue magazine.
- Considers his voice to be his best quality and the fact that he talks a lot his worst.
- He is a big admirer of George Michael, Madonna, Whitney Houston and Anna Vissi.
- Considers Sandra Bullock as the most beautiful woman in the world.
- He's afraid of heights.
- He enjoys working out, reading, surfing the net, and listening to music.
