Georgios Kalpakidis

Georgios Kalpakidis
Born (1978-04-27) April 27, 1978
Germany Tübingen, Germany
Nationality Greece Greek
Other names Gorgi
Occupation Songwriter, Journalist, Presenter
Years active 2003–present
Style Pop, Soft Rock, Pop/Rock, Dance
Home town Greece Thessaloniki, Greece

Georgios Kalpakidis,[1] also known as Gorgi (Greek: Γιώργος Καλπακίδης; born on 27 April 1978 in Tübingen, Germany), is a Greek songwriter, former journalist, Radio & TV host. He started his radio work at the age of 13 and continued his career in the media field until 2015. He made his television debut as a host on Europe One channel, with a show called "Join Me" and also started appearing as a guest host in several projects over the next few years, on other local stations. His breakthrough came in middle 2006, when a new contract brought him to one of the biggest national networks, Macedonia TV. It was during the Eurovision 2006 period in Athens, where he was given the task to cover the event and report daily on live TV. His "ESC '06" special, was noted as one of the shows with the highest ratings of the year.

Georgios has been covering the Eurovision Song Contest as a journalist for radio and TV stations, magazines and newspapers from 2000 until 2008. He's also starred in two Horror films in 2009 and 2010, directed by Nick Samaras. His musical steps began in 2003 when he decided to enter an online Remix contest. He was the winner of the competition, having scored the maximum points, awarded by the voters who chose his rendition of the original "Adrenaline" by singer Maria Louiza Vasilopoulou (aka MLV). Even though it was announced that the prize would be a collaboration with the artist on her next album, MLV was dropped by her label therefore Georgios didn’t receive his reward. The next year would mark the beginning of a still ongoing course, in the Eurovision Song Contest field. Gorgi counts several entries in national selections, all over Europe.

Entries in Eurovision Pre-Selections

Year Country Title Artist Result Music // Lyrics
2004 Lithuania Lithuania "Be My Baby" EVA 10th Gorgi
2005 Lithuania Lithuania "I'll Be There"[2] EVA & Ceslovas Gabalis 8th Gorgi
2008 Lithuania Lithuania "Lady"[3] My Magic 5th (Semifinal) Gorgi // S. Engel
Republic of Ireland Ireland "Destiny"[4] Nikki Kavanagh - Gorgi
Spain Spain "Nuestro Destino" Crystina Maez Online Round Gorgi // Santana, Loredo
2009 Poland Poland "For Once In My Life"[5] Nasty Ladies - Gorgi
Georgia (country) Georgia "Miracle"[6] Tika Patsatsia 4th Gorgi
2010 Lithuania Lithuania "Right Now"[7] Audrius Zavadskis 8th (Semifinal) Gorgi
Republic of Ireland Ireland "Sacred Fortune"[8] Nikki Kavanagh - Gorgi
2011 Switzerland Switzerland "Who Do You Love?"[9] Evelyn Zangger - Gorgi
Switzerland Switzerland "Voulez Vous"[10] Natalia Wohler - Gorgi
Moldova Moldova "Voulez Vous"[10] Marcel Rosca - Gorgi
Lithuania Lithuania "The End"[11] Aurelija Slavinskaite 11th (Semifinal) Gorgi
Portugal Portugal "Se Esse Dia Chegar"[12] Tania Tavares 10th Gorgi // T. Tavares, N. Valerio
2012 Belarus Belarus "Heavy On My Heart"[13] George Koldun - G. Koldun // Gorgi
Malta Malta "First Time"[14] Kaya 13th Gorgi
Moldova Moldova "Live On Forever"[15] Mariana Mihaila 12th Gorgi // A. O' Connor
Lithuania Lithuania "Superman"[16] Donata Virbilaite 8th (Semifinal) A. Anastasiou // Gorgi
Lithuania Lithuania "Home"[17] DAR 2nd Gorgi, A. Martynenas // Gorgi
2013 Lithuania Lithuania "Jump!"[18] DAR 4th Gorgi, A. Martynenas // Gorgi
Lithuania Lithuania "Hey Chiki Mama"[19] Samanta Tina & Vudis 4th (Quarterfinal) A. Martynenas, Gorgi
Belarus Belarus "Looking For Love"[20] Ivan Buslay - Gorgi
2014 Lithuania Lithuania "Worlds Apart"[21] Vaidas Baumila 4th Gorgi, Y. Malachi // Gorgi
2015 Switzerland Switzerland "In And Out Of Love"[22] Kaya Online Round Gorgi, E. Rydmark
Cyprus Cyprus "Unicorn"[23] Anastasia Liberos Auditions Gorgi, Y. Persson, L. Persson, M. Antoniou // Gorgi
2016 Moldova Moldova "Rewind"[24] PRIZA 11th (Semifinal) Gorgi, M. Huskic // Gorgi
Moldova Moldova "Never Let Go"[25] Anna Gulko 12th (Semifinal) Gorgi, W. Taylor // N. Sofis
Malta Malta "Falling Glass"[26] Corazon 8th Gorgi, J. Gladnikoff, S. Ljunggren
2017 Moldova Moldova "If I Could" Max Fall Auditions Gorgi, S. Ekstrand // Gorgi, N. Sofis
Lithuania Lithuania "Victorious" Virgis Valuntonis 12th (Quarterfinal) Gorgi, J. Gladnikoff, S. Ljunggren
Lithuania Lithuania "Run" Audrius Janonis 8th (Quarterfinal) Gorgi, M. Huskic // N. Sofis

Participations in other festivals and contests

Year Festival/Contest Location Title Artist Result Composer(s)
2003 Online Contest Greece Greece "Adrenaline (Free Your Mind Remix)" MLV 1st Gorgi (Remix)
2004 Sunflower Festival Serbia Zrenjanin, Serbia "Be My Baby" EVA Finalist Gorgi
2007 B.O.S. World Contest Romania Romania "On My Own" Gorgi 3rd Gorgi
2009 International Short Film Festival Greece Drama, Greece Original Soundtrack Gorgi - Gorgi
2011 Gayvision Song Contest Spain Torremolinos, Spain "Es Logico" Alejandro Sanchez 2nd Gorgi, J. J. Santana Rodriguez
2017 Eurokids International Contest Italy Maiori, Italy "Unicorn" Charlotte Summers 1st Gorgi, Y. Persson, L. Persson // Gorgi

Further discography

Year Artist Song Composer(s)
2002 Gorgi (Is There) Anyone Out There (Duran Duran Cover) Duran Duran
2006 EVA Busiu Ten Gorgi
Istripstu Tenai
Make It Right
2009 Aleks Volasko Fant Gorgi
2010 Vilija Mataciunaite Lyg Pasaka Gorgi, V. Mataciunaite
2011 Vudis Gimme Your Love Vudis, Gorgi
Vudis & Bartas Brand New Day Gorgi
2012 Kaya Lonely Day Gorgi, A. O' Connor
Vicky Cornick Hear What I Say Gorgi
George Koldun Hypnotized G. Koldun, Gorgi
Song With No Name
DAR Anytime A. Martynenas, Gorgi
Take Me Far
Everybody Knows
Nikos Karakalpakis Turning The Tide Gorgi
2013 G. Koldun & A. Severenko Hold Me Close G. Koldun, Gorgi
Silva Hakobyan Leave A Light On Gorgi
2015 Daumantas I Come Undone A. Martynenas, Gorgi

Remixes

Year Artist Song Remix
2003 MLV "Adrenaline" Free Your Mind Remix
2008 Christian Deussen "Lady" Gorgi Remix
2010 Filipa Azevedo "Ha Dias Assim" Official Remix
2011 Jan Johansen "It's Not Real" Gorgi's Emperor Remix
Joe Jonas "Love Slayer" Gorgi's King-of-Sorrow Remix

Filmography

Year Title Role
2009 Greek Psycho Cannibal Guy in car
2010 Conspiracy of Blood Evil stepbrother

References

  1. ↑ "Georgios Kalpakidis". M3P. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  2. ↑ "Eva & Ceslovas Gabalis - I'll be there (Lithuanian Eurovision Final 2005)". 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  3. ↑ "Eurovision 2008 Mymagic - Lady". 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  4. ↑ "Nikki Kavanagh - Destiny (video)". 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  5. ↑ "Nasty Ladies - For once in my life {Eurovision Preselection 2009} Poland". 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  6. ↑ "თიკა ფაცაცია /Tika Facacia - Miracle/georgien Eurovision 2009 /". 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "Audrius - Right now (Video) Lithuanian Semifinal 2010 {Eurovision}". 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  8. ↑ "Nikki Kavanagh - Sacred Fortune (video)". 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  9. ↑ "Evelyn - Who Do You Love?". Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  10. 1 2 "Gorgi - Voulez vous (Original Demo) Eurovision Switzerland / Moldova 2011". 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ "Aurelija Slavinskaite - The End {video} Lithuanian Eurovision Semifinal 2011". 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  12. ↑ "Tania Tavares - Se esse dia chegar (Final Studio version) Festival da cancao 2011 {Eurovision}". 2011-05-29. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  13. ↑ "George Koldun - Heavy on my heart (Eurovision Belarus 2012) Георгий Колдун". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  14. ↑ "Kaya - First Time (Malta Eurovision 2012)". 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  15. ↑ "Mariana Mihaila - Live on forever {EUROVISION Moldova 2012}". 2012-01-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  16. ↑ "Donata Virbilaite - Superman (Lithuania - Eurovision Song Contest 2012)". 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  17. ↑ "DAR- Home Eurovision Lithuania 2012)". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  18. ↑ "DAR - JUMP! (Lithuania 2013 National Final)". 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  19. ↑ "Samanta Tina & Vudis - Hey chiki mama (Eurovision 2013 - Lithuania)". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  20. ↑ "Gorgi - Looking for love (Original Demo) Eurovision Belarus 2013". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  21. ↑ "Vaidas Baumila atliko Graikijos ir Izraelio dainų kūrėjų dainą "Words apart" (HD)". 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  22. ↑ "KAYA - In and out of love (Eurovision Switzerland 2015)". 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  23. ↑ "Anastasia Liberos - Unicorn (Eurovision Song Project Cyprus 2015) - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  24. ↑ "Priza - Rewind (Eurovision 2016 Moldova selection)". Eurovision Moldova. 2015-12-08 – via Youtube.
  25. ↑ "Anna Gulko - Never let go (Eurovision 2016 Moldova selection)". Eurovision Moldova. 2015-12-09 – via Youtube.
  26. ↑ eurovisionfest (2016-01-24), MESC 2016 Final - Corazon - Falling Glass, retrieved 2016-01-27
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