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.
nationals: What to watch where
This weekend is a busy weekend again. We of Eurovision Universe make it a little bit more easy for you, with an overview of what to watch where. 27 February Lithuania Final 18:00 LRT and YouTube LRT Italy 4th night 20:40 RaiPlay 28 February Norway Final 19.45 NRK Bulgaria Song selection 20:00 BNT and Escplus Sweden 5th heat/fq 20:00 SVT Play Finland Final 20:00 YLE and YLE (English commentary) Germany Final 20:00 Eurovision.de and Das Erste Italy Final 20:40 RaiPlay Serbia Final 21:00 RTS Pesma Evrovizija on YouTube Portugal 2nd semifinal 01:00 RTP1 and RTPinternacional Wanna know all about the songs and artists or just view the most recent new entries? You can have a look at our 2026 page for a complete overview! Lyric descriptions, biographies and more. Enjoy this weekend, enjoy Eurovision!!
