Christos Callow was born in
Athens
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in 1955. He studied vocal music at the National Conservatory in Athens and theatre at the Katselis Drama School. In 1979 he was given the part of Archbishop Ansnan in
Jesus Christ Superstar
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. Callow appeared in numerous TV series including
Granada Television
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's production of
Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value
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. In 1990, he was selected to represent Greece at the
Eurovision Song Contest in
Zagreb
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with the song "Horis Skopo" (Without Purpose). The song was placed 19th out of 22 entries. He was also a candidate in the greek Eurovision finals in 1987 (3rd) and in 1988 (unknown result).
References
1960 births
Singers from Athens
20th-century Greek male singers
English people of Greek descent
Greek people of English descent
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Greece
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1990
Living people
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