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.
National: 2nd semifinal of Dora, Croatia
The second semifinal of Dora, the Croatian national final, will be held. Tonight, the show will start at 20.15 CET. You can watch the show on YouTube. 2nd semifinal date: 13 FebruaryPlace: HRT Studios, Prisavlje, ZagrebHosts: Barbara Kolar, Duško Čurlić, Ivan Vukušić & Iva Šulentić 1 Ritam Noir Profumi Di Mare l & m: Moris Orbanić 2 Irma Ni traga l & m: Anja Grabovac & Jan Jakovljev 3 Gabrijel Ivić Light Up l & m: Gabrijel Ivić & Jun Ishida 4 Zevin My Mind l & m: Jernej Drnovšek, Nives Cilenšek 5 Ivan Sever Crying Eyes l & m: Aidan O’Connor, Ivan Sever & John Doherty 6 Lana Mandarić Tama l: Zorana Mandarić m: Zorana Mandarić & Lana Mandarić 7 Stela Rade Nema te l & m: Anja Grabovac & Jan Jakovljev 8 Devin Over Me l & m: Devin Juraj 9 Kandžija 3 ujutro l & m: Stjepko ‘Kandžija’ Galović 10 Marko Kutlić Neotuđivo l & m: Marko Kutlić 11 Sergej Scream l: Laura Sučec, Matej Magdić & Sergej Božić m: Laura Sučec 12 Lara Demarin Mantra l: Ananda Đuranović, Lara Demarin & Luka Demarin m: Ananda Đuranović, Lara Demarin, Robert Aralica 1st semifinal date: 12 februaryPlace: HRT Studios, Prisavlje, ZagrebHosts: Barbara Kolar, Duško Čurlić, Ivan Vukušić & Iva Šulentić 1 Lima Len Raketa advanced l & m: Alen Kozić & Damir Božanić 2 Jasmina Makota Higher eliminated l: Jasmina Makota m: Jasmina Makota & Marin Hraščanec 3 Ananda Dora advanced l: Ananda Đuranović, Diogo Guerra, Tchiah Ommar Abdulrahman & Ynke Dingenen m: Ananda Đuranović, Diogo Guerra, Dora Pejačević, Tchiah Ommar Abdulrahman & Ynke Dingenen 4 Tony Sky O Ne! eliminated l & m: Toni Volar 5 Fran Uccellini Ako bolje bude sutra eliminated l & m: Fran Uccellini 6 Ema Bubić Vrijeme za nas advanced l & m: Lara Pilepić 7 Noelle Uninterrupted advanced l: Bonnie Max, Ivana ‘Noelle’ Crnković, Larissa Tormey & Rebecca Lane m: Bonnie Max, Filipe Nicolau, Larissa Tormey, Rebecca Lane 8 Alen Đuras From Ashes To Flame advanced l & m: Alen Đuras & Siniša Reljić 9 Fenksta Momento Mori eliminated l: Abby Dank, Emma Louise Gale & Saša ‘Fenksta” Stević m: Abby Dank & Saša ‘Fenksta’ Stević 10 Cold Snap Mucho Macho advanced l: Jan Kerekeš m: Jan Kerekeš & Josip Novak 11 ToMa Ledina advanced l: Tomislav Marić m: Jan Jakovljev & Tomislav Marić 12 Lelek Andromeda advanced l: Tomislav Roso m: Filip Lacković, Lazar Pajić & Zorja Pajić final date: 15 FebruaryPlace: HRT Studios, Prisavlje, ZagrebHosts: Barbara Kolar, Duško Čurlić, Ivan Vukušić & Iva Šulentić * Lima Len Raketa l & m: Alen Kozić & Damir Božanić * Ananda Dora l: Ananda Đuranović, Diogo Guerra, Tchiah Ommar Abdulrahman & Ynke Dingenen m: Ananda Đuranović, Diogo Guerra, Dora Pejačević, Tchiah Ommar Abdulrahman & Ynke Dingenen * Ema Bubić Vrijeme za nas l & m: Lara Pilepić * Noelle Uninterrupted l: Bonnie Max, Ivana ‘Noelle’ Crnković, Larissa Tormey & Rebecca Lane m: Bonnie Max, Filipe Nicolau, Larissa Tormey, Rebecca Lane * Alen Đuras From Ashes To Flame l & m: Alen Đuras & Siniša Reljić * Cold Snap Mucho Macho advanced l: Jan Kerekeš m: Jan Kerekeš & Josip Novak * ToMa Ledina advanced l: Tomislav Marić m: Jan Jakovljev & Tomislav Marić * Lelek Andromeda advanced l: Tomislav Roso m: Filip Lacković, Lazar Pajić & Zorja Pajić * * * * * * * *
