1. Right after her elimination from the X Factor, Adamou secured a recording contract with Sony Music Greece.
73 Facts About Ivi Adamou
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Ivi Adamou gained further recognition from her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, where she represented Cyprus with the song "La La Love".
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Ivi Adamou's debut extended play Kalokairi Stin Kardia was released shortly after her contract with Sony.
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Ivi Adamou has released songs for movies such as Barbie in A Mermaid Tale and Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale.
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Ivi Adamou's first extended play was certified gold for selling over 60,000 copies in Greece while the second holiday extended play was certified platinum for selling over 15,000 copies in Portugal.
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Since 2010, Ivi Adamou had several nominations in both the MAD Video Music Awards and the Madame Figaro Awards.
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Ivi Adamou was named the best Cypriot female performer in 2010 and 2012.
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Ivi Adamou was awarded as the best singer in Cyprus in 2012 which was the first time that the award was given.
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Ivi Adamou has participated in several charities such as "Everything I Can", the campaign for the prevention of cervical cancer, and she was appointed as the Young Ambassador for the rights of the children by the HFC-UNCRC Policy Center.
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Ivi Adamou was born on 24 November 1993 in Paralimni, Famagusta, to a Greek Cypriot father and a Bulgarian mother.
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Ivi Adamou is one of the three children of her family; she has two sisters, one older and one younger.
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At the age of 15 and during her second year at the lyceum, Ivi Adamou auditioned for The X Factor and as she managed to make it through the live shows, she had to be travelling from Cyprus to Greece.
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Between 2009 and 2010, Ivi Adamou took part in the second series of the Greek version of The X Factor, ending in sixth place.
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Ivi Adamou sang "Just Dance" on the first live show and she received positive reviews by the judges.
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Ivi Adamou had a duet with her teammate, Nini; the two performed Anna Vissi's "Dodeka".
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For first time, Ivi Adamou was in bottom two with Hovig but she was saved by the judges.
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Ivi Adamou was voted to stay in by George Levendis and Nikos Mouratidis and Nini was voted by Katerina Gagaki and George Theofanous.
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Ivi Adamou performed the song for first time at Aksizei Na To Deis, a show of ANT1.
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Ivi Adamou performed the song as a guest performer during the final of The X Factor.
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Meanwhile, Ivi Adamou started touring in Greece and Cyprus along with Stavento.
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On 14 June 2010, Ivi Adamou performed at the 2010 MAD Video Music Awards with the band OtherView, a cover of the song "Last Kiss", originally by Ishtar.
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Ivi Adamou's debut extended play, Kalokairi Stin Kardia, was released in June 2010 and included her first two singles, "A*G*A*P*I" and "Sose Me".
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Ivi Adamou recorded, for second time, the Greek version for a Barbie soundtrack; Barbie: A Fashion Fairy Tale.
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Ivi Adamou received her gold album from Sakis Rouvas right after her performance of "To Mistiko Mou Na Vris" in the second live show of the third season of The X Factor.
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Christougenna me tin Ivi Adamou was released on 22 November 2010.
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In early 2011, Ivi Adamou admitted that she got proposition from ERT to represent Greece in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest which she turned down stating that even if she's interested in participating, she wants to finish school.
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On 14 June 2011, Ivi Adamou attended the 2011 MAD Video Music Awards and performed with Midenistis a remix of the song "Gonna Make You Sweat ".
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In early August 2011, Ivi Adamou was rumoured to represent Cyprus in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.
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On 6 August 2011, CyBC officially announced that Ivi Adamou was internally selected to represent the country in the contest.
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Stavento posted a backstage photo from the shooting of their new song with Ivi Adamou named "Na Sou Tragoudo" which was released on 4 March 2013 and was available for digital download on 11 March 2013.
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Ivi Adamou renewed her co-operation with Sony Music Greece on 5 April 2013.
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Ivi Adamou revealed during her interview at MTV that her new album would have the title Eho Ourano.
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In January 2014, Ivi Adamou announced during one of her concerts that she would be returning with a new song after the small "break".
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Ivi Adamou revealed that the release of the song would be special.
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On 4 April 2014, Ivi Adamou appeared at the 2014 MadWalk along with Elisavet Spanou and Courtney Parker, where they all performed "Sway" for the Red Dress Act.
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On 17 October 2014, it was reported that Ivi Adamou received a proposition from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation to host the Cypriot national selection for the 2015 Contest.
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In December 2014, Ivi Adamou joined her second residency show along with Kostas Tournas, Kostas Karafotis and Violeta Dagkalou.
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On 4 May 2015, Ivi Adamou published a photo on her Facebook page with her being in a studio, teasing the release of new music.
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Ivi Adamou was confirmed to perform for the designer Gregory Morfi in the 2015 Cyprus MadWalk among other performers such as Despina Vandi, Demy and Eleftheria Eleftheriou.
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The musical received generally favorable reviews and Ivi Adamou was praised for both her acting and singing skills in the musical.
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Ivi Adamou was featured on Stavento's "Mi Staksi Ke Mi Vreksi" from their fifth studio album Akoma Onirevome.
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On 18 July 2016, Ivi Adamou released "Akou Sopa", a remake of the 2010 song "Un Bonito Final", originally by the Spanish group Los Rebujitos.
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In December 2016, Ivi Adamou joined Myronas Stratis and Isaias Matiaba for a special holiday residency show at Stavros tou Notou in Athens on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
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Ivi Adamou announced the release of a new song by posting a photo from the shooting of its music video.
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Ivi Adamou was announced to be part of the residency in Athinon Arena along with headliners Antonis Remos and Eleni Foureira.
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In October 2018, Ivi Adamou was officially signed to Panik Records.
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In late 2018, Ivi Adamou was announced to be part of a residency along with Marinella, Kostas Makedonas and Elena Paparizou at Pyli A in Thessaloniki.
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On 10 May 2019, it was announced that Ivi Adamou would be joining Konstantinos Argiros for a residency at Fantasia Live, starting on 24 May 2019.
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In November 2019, Ivi Adamou released the song "Pao" featuring Konnie Metaxa with whom she collaborated at the time during the Fantasia residency.
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Ivi Adamou continued her collaborations with the release of "Fotia Mou" in November 2020 and featured Giorgos Mazonakis.
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At the 2021 Madame Figaro Awards, Ivi Adamou received the award for Musician of the Year for the third time.
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On 4 June 2021, Ivi Adamou released another collaboration with Stavento, titled "Gia Sena".
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In October 2021, Ivi Adamou was set to collaborate with Nikos Oikonomopoulos for a residency in Fantasia, along with Petros Iakovidis.
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Ivi Adamou was featured in Stelios Rokkos new album Anasa; they performed the song "Emeis" together.
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Ivi Adamou was revealed to be returning for another residency in Vogue, continuing her appearances with Nikos Oikonomopoulos following their Fantasia residency.
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Since her appearance in the X Factor, Ivi Adamou has been performing pop songs.
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Ivi Adamou was often named as the "Next Big Thing" or the "Teen Idol" in Greece following the release of her first extended play.
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Ivi Adamou has named Beyonce, Christina Aguilera and Whitney Houston as her idols and her biggest influences.
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Ivi Adamou has said [about Beyonce] that she would love to work with her.
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Ivi Adamou has cited Elena Paparizou and Sakis Rouvas as her influences with the latter one coming close to him during The X Factor where Sakis was the host.
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Ivi Adamou has said [about Sakis] that she wasn't a big fan of him before the show, but she admired him when she met and got to know more about him and his personality.
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Ivi Adamou is the second child in her family; she has one older sister, Despina, and one younger, Cleopatra.
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Ivi Adamou was born and raised in Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
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In 2011, when asked about her relationship status, Ivi Adamou said that she was not in any relationship despite the rumors that she was in relationship with Michalis Kouinelis from Stavento.
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In 2011, Ivi Adamou was appointed as the Young Ambassador for the rights of the children by the HFC-UNCRC Policy Center.
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Ivi Adamou performed a cover of Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas is You".
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Ivi Adamou has appeared on several TV shows and awards including her participation on the second season of The X Factor and the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.
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Ivi Adamou's debut extended play was certified gold for selling over 60,000 copies.
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Ivi Adamou's second extended play, Christmas with Ivi Adamou, was certified double platinum in Portugal for selling over 50,000 copies.
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Ivi Adamou had several nominations at the MAD Video Music Awards since 2011.
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Ivi Adamou won two awards, for the best video clip urban and the best Cypriot artist.
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Ivi Adamou was nominated three years in a row at the Madame Figaro Awards for the best Cypriot woman singer and won two of them, in 2010 and 2012.
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Since her debut in 2009, Ivi Adamou had several tours including her Eurovision 2012 promotion tour.