Elpida (singer)

Elpida (aka Elpida Karayiannopoulou , Greek : Ελπίδα Καραγιαννοπούλου, born October 1, 1950 in Sperchiada ) is a Greek singer .

Confronted with music at an early age, she came to Athens with her brothers . While she was studying topography there , she became a singer in an orchestra. In 1972 she made her debut as a solo singer at the Thessaloniki Music Festival with the song "Den Ton Eida" (Δεν τον είδα) which brought her a lot of attention. Over the next three years she took part in 13 international song competitions, and in 1975 she reached number 1 at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Viña del Mar , Chile .

She was selected to represent Greece at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem . Her title Sokrati made it to 8th place. At the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 she took part again, this time for Cyprus . With the pop song Tora Zo she was last. Your points came from:

•  Yugoslavia - 3 points for Cyprus
•  Ireland - 1 point for Cyprus

Discography (albums)

• 1972: The tone Eida
• 1973: Elpida
• 1975: Koita To Fos
• 1975: Epi Skinis
• 1976: Elpida
• 1978: Borei
• 1979: Sokrati
• 1979: Elpida
• 1981: Me Tin Elpida
• 1983: Me Logia Apla
• 1987: Flas
• 1989: Ela na Paizoume
• 1990: Tragoudontas Tis Epohes, 10
• 1990: Selida 16
• 1992: To Palio Na Legetai
• 1994: Mes Sti Nihta Hathika
• 1995: To Lathos Kai To Pathos

Web links

• Elpida in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Elpida at Discogs (English)