Loukas Yorkas

Loukas Yorkas (2017)

Loukas Yorkas (international in-house spelling, even Loucas Yiorkas ; Greek Λούκας Γιώρκας , transcription : Loukas Giorkas , transliteration : Lukas Giōrkas * 18th October 1986 in Larnaka ) is a Greek - Cypriot singer.

Live and act

Born in Cyprus, he came to Greece in 2005 to study biology at the University of Patras .

He was the winner of the first season of the Greek version of the talent show The X Factor (2008/2009). He then released an EP called Mazi , which went gold.

As the winner of the national preliminary decision in March 2011, he represented Greece with the ballad Watch my Dance (German: See my dance ) at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 . The track has - for Eurovision standards - an unusually odd rhythm . He was supported by the rapper Stereo Mike . On May 10, 2011, they presented their contribution in the first ESC semi-final, where both made it into the final four days later. There they finished seventh behind the victory of the Azerbaijani duo Ell and Nikki .

Web links

Commons : Loukas Yorkas  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Loukas Yiorkas at eurovision.de
• Loucas Yiorkas at Discogs (English)
• Loucas Yiorkas in the Internet Movie Database (English)