We received the sad news that today, Greek musician Agathonas Iakovidis passed away. In 2013, Iakovidis represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest as a member of the group Koza Mostra. They sang the song “Alcohol is free” and reached the 6th place.
Agathonas Iakovidis was born in Evangelismos, in the northern part of Greece. He began a musical carreer in 1973, after he learned to play a lot of instruments, especially some traditional Greek instruments like the oud and the bouzouki. In 1977 he started playing in a the Rebetiko Band of Thessaloniki and recorded two albums with them. He lived in Athens for years and worked with a lot of folk music artists there. Since 1987 his musical base is Thessaloniki.
Agathanos Iakovidis died in his sleep tonight after a heart attack. He was 65 years old.
🇦🇹 Hostcountry Austria selects a song
Hostcountry Austria will select a song tonight. The country will do so via the show ‘Vienna Calling – Wer singt für Österreich”. Twelve songs will compete. A jury and televote will decide the winner. The show starts tonight at 20:15 CET and you can watch it at ORF1 and on YouTube. final date: 20 FebruaryPlace: ORF-Zentrum Kuniglberg, ViennaHosts: Alice Tumler & Cesár Sampson * Anna-Sophie Superhuman     l & m: Anna-Sophie Heibl, Guiliano Sannicandro & Jonas Strondl     * Bamlak Werner We Are Not Just One Thing     l: Bamlak Werner & Dominik Wendl m: Bamlak Werner & Elias Stejskal     * Cosmó Tanzschein     l & m: Benjamin Gedeon (Cosmó), Elias Stejskal & Ella Stern     * David Kurt Pockets Full Of Snow     l: David Kopelent (David Kurt) m : David Kopelent & Fabian Hainzl     * Frevd Riddle     l & m: Alvin Ehrnberger, Andreas Wöckinger, Christopher Stummer, Florian Rauscher & Lukas Mantsch     * Julia Steen Julia     l & m: Bob Inski, Danielle Lamb, Ela Steinmetz & Julia Wastian     * Kayla Krystin I brenn     l & m: Gregor Glanz, Kayla Krystin & Manuel Stix     * Lena Schaur Painted Reality     l: Lena Schaur m: Lena Schaur, Michael Oberhauser & Thomas Tolloy     * Nikotin Unsterblich     l: Nikotin, Richardo Bettiol & Tamara Olorga m: Dominic Muhrer, Nikotin, Richardo Bettiol & Tamara Olorga     * Philip Piller Das Leben ist Kunst     l & m: Julia Kautz, Lukas Hillebrand & Philip Piller     * Reverend Stomp Mescalero Ranger     l: Christoph Mooser m: Christoph Mooser, Florian Strober, Franz Gies & Tobias Voges     * Sidrit Vokshi Wenn ich rauche     l & m: David Slomo, Sidrit Vokshi & Thomas Kröss    Â
