About
Biography
Yannis was born on July 20, 1994, in the Cypriot city of Limassol. At the age of 6, he began to take an interest in music. Two years later, in 2002, he started singing lessons. He also won several local music competitions. He took part in the national selection to represent Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 and 2008. However, he lost in both instances.
On February 1, 2015, after winning the Eurovision Song Project qualifying competition against five competing participants, he was selected to represent Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. The song he was singing was called “One Thing I Should Have Done”. The song became a hit in Austria. John was placed 22nd in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
On May 6, 2015, John Karayiannis released a new single, a cover version of the Eurovision song “Diggy-loo diggy-ley”. The song has been given a completely new arrangement by Mike Connaris.
