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Liar (Silia Kapsis Song)
"Liar" is a song by Australian singer Silia Kapsis, released on 29 February 2024 by K2ID Productions. Self-described as a song that derides "people who live in a fake world with a fake script", it was written by Dimitris Kontopoulos and Elke Tiel. The song represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, where it finished in 15th place with 78 points at the grand final. Background and composition "Liar" was written and composed by Dimitris Kontopoulos and Elke Tiel. In press statements given before the song's release, Kapsis hinted that the song would be a dance-pop song. She also later stated that her song was directed towards for people who live "fake" lives, criticizing them for pushing "body shaming [and] sexualliti". Kapsis, who has further stated that the song focuses about the effect social media has on young women, proclaimed that the song was made to convince people to leave a "façade of fakeness". Originally, the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silia Kapsis
Vasiliki Silia Kapsis ( ; el, Βασιλική Σίλια Καψή, Vasilikí Sília Kapsí; born 5 December 2006) is an Australian-born singer, dancer, and actress of Greek and Cypriot descent. She represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Liar". She was the youngest entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Early life and career Vasiliki Silia Kapsis was born in Sydney to Cypriot singer Giorgos Kapsis and Greek lawyer and former dancer Despina "Rebecca" Saivanidis from Thessaloniki. She spent her childhood in Sydney, growing up in an artistic environment and performing since the age of 4. She has been lead singer for the Australian Youth Performing Arts Company (AYPAC) and at a number of events worldwide, including being the solo performer at actor Alex Russell's 30th birthday event in Los Angeles. Her debut song, "Who Am I?", which she wrote and composed at age 12, was released in 2022. She released two more singles, "No Boys Allowed", and " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fame Story
Fame Story was a Greek reality TV show that was a licensed version of Endemol's Star Academy on the ANT1 network. It has been one of the most successful Greek TV shows of recent years. The contestants gave a weekly performance in a 2½–3 hour episode in which the contestants were judged and where one contestant was voted off after a week-long televote. On the other 6 days of the week, the best footage of the day was compiled in a late night episode from inside the academy's studios and from the adjacent house where the contestants lived for their entire stay on the show inclusively. The show's seasons ran for 3½ months, except for season three which ran for 6½ months. It is credited for having helped foster the careers of some of the show's contestants, which have gone on to produce chart topping hits in the Greek market. The show is one of few Star Academy franchises, along with the UK's Fame Academy, to feature the iconic song " Fame" originally performed by Irene Cara i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemo (rapper)
Nemo Mettler (born 3 August 1999), known mononymously as Nemo, is a Swiss musician and singer-rapper who plays the violin, piano and drums. They were the first openly non-binary act to represent in the Eurovision Song Contest, and later won the 2024 contest with the song " The Code". They were the first openly non-binary musician to win the contest, and the third winner representing Switzerland (following the 1956 and 1988 competitions). Career Nemo began their interest in music at the age of three, learning to play the violin, piano and drum machine. They studied opera singing from age nine to thirteen. At the age of ten, they joined the Biel children's opera and performed in Mozart's '' The Magic Flute'' which was later used as inspiration for "The Code". At thirteen, they performed in the musical ''I've never been to New York''. They also began rapping at this age, competing in Swiss contests and performing songs they independently wrote. They found early success in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland In The Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song " The Code", written by Benjamin Alasu, Lasse Midtsian Nymann, Linda Dale, and Nemo Mettler, and performed by Nemo. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), internally selected its entry, which ultimately won the contest. Background Prior to the 2024 contest, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Switzerland sixty-three times since its first entry at the inaugural contest in . It won that first edition of the contest with the song "" performed by Lys Assia. Its second victory was achieved in with the song "" performed by Canadian singer Céline Dion. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , it had managed to participate in the final nine times, four of them being all the contests it participated in since , which included two top five results. In , "Watergun" performed by Remo F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladaniva
Ladaniva (; stylized in all caps, named in reference to the off-road SUV Lada Niva) is a French-Armenian world music group originally from Lille. The duo, founded in 2019, consists of Armenian singer Jaklin Baghdasaryan and French multi-instrumentalist Louis Thomas. Their musical style is inspired by music from around the world, particularly traditional Balkan music, maloya and Armenian folklore. They represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Jako". History Ladaniva was formed in 2019 in Lille as a result of the collaboration between singer Jaklin Baghdasaryan and multi-instrumentalist Louis Thomas. Baghdasaryan, born in 1997 in Yeghegnadzor, Armenia, grew up in Minsk, Belarus, before emigrating to France with her mother in 2014. She has been singing since her early childhood and, based in Tourcoing, enrolled at the Conservatoire de Lille. Thomas, born in 1987 in Lille and an accomplished jazz musician from a family of musicians, also attended the conserv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Armenia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "", written by Audrey Leclercq, Jaklin Baghdasaryan, and Louis Thomas, and performed by Baghdasaryan and Thomas themselves under their stage name Ladaniva. The Armenian participating broadcaster, the Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV), internally selected its entry for the contest. Armenia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2024 and was later selected to perform in position 8. At the end of the show, "" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and hence qualified to compete in the final, marking a third consecutive qualification to the final for the country. It was later revealed that Armenia placed third out of the sixteen participating countries in the semi-final with 137 points. In the final, Armenia performed in position 19 and placed eighth out of the 25 performing countries, scoring a total of 183 points. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprus Mail
The ''Cyprus Mail'' is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. Established in 1945, it is published every day except Monday, and most of the local articles are available on its website. History With the demise of the '' Cyprus Times'' in 1960, the ''Cyprus Mail'' remained the only English-language newspaper in Cyprus until the establishment of the '' Cyprus Weekly'' in 1979. Despite claiming to take an independent political position and to have no local political affiliations, it is widely regarded as a politically conservative and right-leaning publication. In its early years, the ''Cyprus Mail'' was the main rival to the ''Cyprus Times'', another English-language newspaper founded in Cyprus during the period of British rule. At that time, the ''Cyprus Mail'' was seen as more right-wing than the left-leaning ''Cyprus Times'', especially in its tendency to oppose the unification of Cyprus with Greece. Due to this, it was disliked by Greek-Cypriots and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crop Top
A crop is a plant that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence. When the plants of the same kind are cultivated at one place on a large scale, it is called a crop. Most crops are cultivated in agriculture or hydroponics. Crops may include macroscopic fungus (e.g. mushrooms) and marine macroalga (e.g. seaweed), some of which are grown in aquaculture. Most crops are harvested as food for humans or fodder for livestock. Some crops are gathered from the wild often in a form of intensive gathering (e.g. ginseng, yohimbe, and eucommia). Important non-food crops include horticulture, floriculture and industrial crops. Horticulture crops include plants used for other crops (e.g. fruit trees). Floriculture crops include bedding plants, houseplants, flowering garden and pot plants, cut cultivated greens, and cut flowers. Industrial crops are produced for clothing (fiber crops e.g. cotton), biofuel (energy crops, algae fuel), or medicine (medicinal plants). I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teya Dora
Teodora Pavlovska ( sr-Cyrl, Теодора Павловска; born 1 May 1992), known professionally as Teya Dora ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Теја Дора, separator=" / ", Teja Dora), is a Serbian singer, songwriter, and producer. Born in Bor, she debuted in 2018 and rose to popularity with the 2023 single " Džanum", which went internationally viral on TikTok. She in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with the song "", finishing in 17th place. Early life Pavlovska was born on 1 May 1992 in Bor, FR Yugoslavia. Her father was a painter and a graphic designer. Her mother is a writer and journalist with '' Večernje novosti'', whose expertise is Vlach magic and culture. After moving to Belgrade, Pavlovska started attending music school, through which she received a scholarship to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, United States. At her audition, she sang " No One" by Alicia Keys. While at Berklee, she shared classes with Charlie Puth. She gradu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "" performed by Teya Dora. The Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), organised the national final in order to select the Serbian entry for the contest. Serbia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 7 May 2024 and was later selected to perform in position 2. At the end of the show, "" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and hence qualified to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Serbia placed tenth out of the fifteen participating countries in the semi-final with 47 points. In the final, Serbia performed in position 16 and placed seventeenth out of the 25 performing countries, scoring a total of 54 points. Background Prior to the 2024 contest, Serbia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since its first entry in , winning the contest with their debut entr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal population of 350,647 in 2021. The Malmö Metropolitan Region is home to over 700,000 people, and the Øresund Region, which includes Malmö and Copenhagen, is home to 4 million people. Malmö was one of the earliest and most industrialised towns in Scandinavia, but it struggled to adapt to post-industrialism. Since the 2000 completion of the Öresund Bridge, Malmö has undergone a major transformation, producing new architectural developments, supporting new biotech and IT companies, and attracting students through Malmö University and other higher education facilities. Over time, Malmö's demographics have changed and by the turn of the 2020s almost half the municipal population had a foreign background. The city contains many histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
