Maria Kalomira Sarantis, known professionally as Kalomira, is a Greek-American singer, songwriter, model, television personality and host.
28 Facts About Kalomira
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Kalomira has subsequently released four studio albums, represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, and hosted various television shows.
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Kalomira was born Maria Kalomira Sarantis on January 31,1985, in West Hempstead, New York on Long Island.
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Kalomira played the viola, which she studied for nine years and played in the school orchestra.
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Kalomira was Miss West Hempstead at her high school in 2003.
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Kalomira entered the New York City auditions for Antenna's reality singing competition Fame Story 2, which was a licensed variant of the Star Academy franchise.
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Kalomira was one of two selected from over 200 auditions in New York.
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Kalomira won the contest, earned 200,000 Euros and a recording contract with Heaven Music.
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On September 1,2004, Kalomira released her 15-track first album Kalomira, which went gold.
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Kalomira then toured Greece accompanied by the rest of the "Fame Story" participants with appearances in Athens's "Thalassa".
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Also, Kalomira performed twice in Herodium theatre like a surprise cake for Dionysis Savvopoulos's birthday and she sang Marilyn Monroe's song, "Happy Birthday Mr President".
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Kalomira agreed to appear with Elli Kokkinou, Andreas Stamos and Constantinos Christoforou at the Piraeus 130 music club.
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On February 27,2008, Kalomira won the National Final with "Secret Combination" and represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.
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Kalomira announced on her online diary that she recorded her new album during September and October 2007 in Greece.
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The writers are Konstantinos Pantzis, Tasos Vougiatzis and Sunny X Kalomira did not participate in the promotion of the album, due to a dispute with Heaven Music.
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Kalomira focused on presenting TV shows, including the Greek version of the game show Big in Japan which took place in Japan and featured 12 contestants.
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In January 2010, it was announced that Kalomira would be featured in a series of advertisements as the main spokesperson promoting Domino's Pizza in Greece.
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In March 2010, Kalomira renewed her contract with Heaven Music.
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In June 2011, Kalomira released her most recent and last pop song of Heaven Music, called "This Is The Time'" while a music video premiered in July.
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On 2 March, Kalomira was presented with Australia's comedian actor Angelo Tsarouchas, a beauty pageant Greek Beauty Pageant - Kalistia 2012 in Canada.
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On October 17,2013, Kalomira came back after her break, as she had given birth to two boys.
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In March 2014, Kalomira came back to Greece after 2 and a half years since her last appearance.
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Kalomira gave many interviews on television and magazines, and she sang as a guest star with Claydee Lupa the new version of "Secret Combination", in the national final of Greece's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.
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Kalomira performed with Anna Vissi, Gloria Gaynor, Constantine Maroulis and Olympia Doukakis.
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Kalomira has expressed herself through her music over a span of more than 10 years.
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Kalomira's music describes what she has gone through in her life.
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Kalomira took participated as a TV presenter at the backstage of the new music talent show Rising Star.
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In December 2012 Kalomira gave birth to two twin boys.