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.
🇷🇸 Serbia continues with a 2nd semifinal
Serbia continues with a second semifinal tonight: Pesma za Evroviziju 25. Out of 15 songs, a jury and televoters will select 8 songs for the final on 28 February. The show starts at 21:00 CET and you can watch it on YouTube. Ivana Štrbac, “La La La” Jett Vega, “Rolerkoster” Princ, “Mila” Maršali, “Po policama sećana” Dušan Kurtić, “Boginja” Tanja Banjanim, “Ja sam bolja” Tam, “Durum Durum” Gifts & Roses, “Do kraja vremena” Lensy, “Hvala ti” Sedlar, “Oči boje zemlje” Maja Nikolić, “Žali srce moje” Mimi Mercedez, “Turbo žurka” Oxajo, “MaMa” Vukayla, “Mask” AltCtrl, “Mamurna jutra” Princ was the runner up in the 2023 national final.Dušan Kurtić took part last year and was 6th.Sedlar participated in the 2007 semifinal as a member of the band IQ.Maja Nikolić competed in 2004 (semifinal), 2006 (6th), 2007 (semifinal), 2013 (11th) and 2018 (10th). Share
