(Cyprus) Evridiki - Comme Ci, Comme Ça
Evridiki was born in Lemesos, Cyprus, and grew up in the capital, Lefkosia. She was the first foreign student to study at the Studio des Varietes in Paris where her subjects were phonetics, guitar, theory, harmony, together with dance, body, facial expression and performance.
Later she enrolled at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA where she completed her music studies in phonetics, basic keyboard, ear training, history of music, history of jazz, jazz harmony, and instrumentation.
In 1991 she released Gia Proti Fora, which included songs by Alexis Papadimitriou, George Theophanous and Leonidas Malenis.
In 1992 she represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest with George Theophanous’ composition Teriazoume. In 1994 Evridiki represented Cyprus for a second time with the entry Eimai Anthropos Ki Ego composed by George Theophanous. Since 1991 Evridiki has released 13 solo albums in both Greece and Cyprus and gave hundreds of concerts.
On the 10th of May, Evridiki will represent Cyprus for the third time at the Eurovision Song Contest. The well-respected star is “very excited to represent Cyprus and to perform at this year’s contest in Helsinki.”
Participant: Evridiki
Song: Comme Ci, Comme Ça
Writer: Posidona YIANNOPOULOS
Composer: Dimitris KORGIALAS
Broadcaster: CyBC
National selection: Internal selection