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.
🇱🇺 Luxembourg sends Eva Marija to Vienna
Luxembourg has decided! Tonight the Luxembourgish national final took place at the Rockhall in Esch-sur-Alzette. Eight artists fought for the golden ticket to Vienna, but only one succeeded. Eva Marija won the Luxembourg Song Contest with the song “Mother Nature”. She will represent Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest in the second Semi-Final. final date: 24 januaryPlace: Rockhall, Esch-sur-AlzetteHosts: Hana Sofia Lopes, Loïc Juchem & Raoul Roos 1 Steve Castile Sweet Tooth     l & m: Abigail F. Jones, Simon Davis & Steve Calçada     2 Luzac Prison dorée     l & m: Lucas Zagdoudi, Sam Ray, Tchiah Ommar Abdulrahman & Ynke Dingenen     3 Daryss Melusina     l & m: Alexandre Finkin, Antoine Barrau, Boban Apostolov & Daria Sokova     4 ShiroKuro Eye To Eye     l & m: Louis Comblin, Matias Pollicino & Nathanaël Paulis     5 Andrew Martian I’m the Martian     l & m: André Baptista, RÅ«dolfs Budze, Tchiah Ommar Abdulrahman, Ynke Dingenen     6 Hugo One Born Again     l & m: Albin Fredy Ljungqvist, Edson Pires Domingos, Emil Lei & Hugo Dejean     7 Eva Marija Mother Nature     l & m: Eva Puc, Julie Aagaard, Maria Broberg & Thomas Stengaard     8 Irem Bad Decisions (Hush Hush)     l & m: Irem Sosay, Maria Broberg & Remy Cooper     Superfinal     * 7 Eva Marija Mother Nature  222 1  l & m: Eva Puc, Julie Aagaard, Maria Broberg & Thomas Stengaard    * 1 Steve Castile Sweet Tooth  136 2  l & m: Abigail F. Jones, Simon Davis & Steve Calçada    * 8 Irem Bad Decisions (Hush Hush)  122 3  l & m: Irem Sosay, Maria Broberg & Remy Cooper   Â
