1. Despina Olympiou represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmo, Sweden.
13 Facts About Despina Olympiou
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Despina Olympiou made her first steps in music in Cyprus.
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Despina Olympiou has cooperated with other Greek music artists, including Haris Alexiou, Michalis Hatzigiannis, Dimitris Mitropanos, Mimis Plessas, Pandelis Thalassinos and Marios Tokas.
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Despina Olympiou first appeared on the George Sarri album Ftaine oi Aponoi Kairoi with the song "I kounia mas".
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Despina Olympiou appeared on the album Emeis oi Ellines with the song "Pros rakosillektes kai sinodiporous" and on the Pandelis Thalassinos album Ap' tin Tilo os tin Thraki with four songs.
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In June 2003, Despina Olympiou started her cooperation with Michalis Hatzigiannis with the CD single Vale Mousiki with music by Hatzigiannis and lyrics by Eleana Vrachali.
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In 2005, Despina Olympiou released her new album, Auto ine Agapi, including twelve songs written by Giorgos and Alexandros Pantelia, apart from one song which was written by Lina Dimopoulou.
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Later Despina Olympiou released her album, Mazi Xorista cooperating with Michalis, with lyrics by Eleana Vrachali and Nikos Moraitis.
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On 1 February 2013, Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation announced that Despina Olympiou had been internally selected to represent Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, held in Malmo, Sweden.
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Despina Olympiou competed in the first semi-final of the Contest on 14 May 2013 she failed to qualify to the final, getting the fifteenth place with eleven points.
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Stereo Mike, the singer who Despina Olympiou collaborated with on "Den s'afino apo ta matia mou", had represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, held in Dusseldorf, Germany, along with Loukas Giorkas, with the song "Watch My Dance".
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From 2003 to April 2009, Despina Olympiou was in a relationship with Michalis Hatzigiannis.
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From 2012 until now, Despina Olympiou is in a relationship with Panos Doukas.