About
Biography
In 1977, he created the Rebetiko Group of Thessaloniki, with which he performed in venues, held concerts, and recorded two albums. In 1981, he decided to move to Athens. He collaborated with renowned artists of popular music. He became more famous and performed concerts all over Greece and abroad, in Europe and the USA. Since 1987, he lived and worked in Thessaloniki.
His discography was exclusively about rebetiko. He had performed many popular rebetika as well as old, unknown songs that he retrieved from the rich archival material he owned.
In 2013, he had accepted the invitation of the band Koza Mostra to participate with them in the Eurovision Festival in Malmö, Sweden, with the song “Alcohol Is Free”, with which they advanced to the final of the event and finished in 6th place.
He passed away on August 5, 2020, from a heart attack while sleeping.
Entries
Alcohol Is Free (with Koza Mostra)
Koza Mostra
Ilias Kozas
Alexis Archontis
Stelios Siomos
Christos Kalaitzopoulos
Vasilis Nalbantis
Dimitris Christonis (not on stage)
Results Semi
Points: 121
Position: 2
Running order: 9
Results Finals
Points: 152
Position: 6
Running order: 21
