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Place of Birth: Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Georgios Kalpakidis
- Georgios Kalpakidis, also known as Gorgi (Greek: G?????? ?a?pa??d??; born on 27 April 1978 in Tübingen, Germany), is a Greek songwriter, former journalist, Radio & TV host, best known for having composed the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest entry for Moldova, "Stay" by Anna Odobescu.
- He started his radio work at the age of 13 and continued his career in the media field until 2015.
- He made his television debut as a host on Europe One channel, with a show called "Join Me" and also started appearing as a guest host in several projects over the next few years, on other local stations.
- His breakthrough came in middle 2006, when a new contract brought him to one of the biggest national networks, Macedonia TV.
- It was during the Eurovision 2006 period in Athens, where he was given the task to cover the event and report daily on live TV.
- His "ESC '06" special, was noted as one of the shows with the highest ratings of the year. Georgios has been covering the Eurovision Song Contest as a journalist for radio and TV stations, magazines and newspapers from 2000 until 2008.
- He's also starred in two horror films in 2009 and 2010, directed by Nick Samaras.
- His musical steps began in 2003 when he decided to enter an online remix contest.
- He was the winner of the competition, having scored the maximum points, awarded by the voters who chose his rendition of the original "Adrenaline" by singer Maria Louiza Vasilopoulou (aka MLV).
- Even though it was announced that the prize would be a collaboration with the artist on her next album, MLV was dropped by her label therefore Georgios didn’t receive his reward.
- The next year would mark the beginning of a still ongoing course, in the Eurovision Song Contest field.
- Gorgi counts several entries in national selections, all over Europe.
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