Dimitri Stassos (Greek: Δημήτρη Στασσος; born 1969 in

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, Sweden), is a Greek-Swedish songwriter known for his entries in the

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as well as writing hits for

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and others.

Career

He has been working professionally as a songwriter, producer, and a musician for many years, signed to Warner Chappell Scandinavia. He has gained success in the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest as a composer and producer four times, composed Spain's contribution " La noche es para mí", performed by Soraya, in the

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, as well as co-writing the song "

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", performed by Eleftheria Eleftheriou, which represented Greece in the

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. On the Swedish market Dimitri has worked with "Idol" star

, resulting in three number one singles, "

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(co-written), " Overdrive" and "I´m In Love" (co-written by Shellback and

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). He composed two songs and produced six songs on Eric Saade's debut album " Masquerade", which made it to number one on the Swedish album chart. Dimitri has also worked with Sibel,

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, Linda Sundblad,

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and many more. Outside the Swedish market Dimitri has gained success in various countries. On the Spanish market he has written and produced for Soraya,

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(Platinum album) and

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(3× Platinum). The David Bisbal song also featured British pop star

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. On the Greek market, Dimitri wrote and produced the songs " Sose Me (Lights On)" and "Gelaei" (Gold album " Kalokairi Stin Kardia") for artist

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, and the songs "Ase Me" and "Stavrolekso" for artist

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, (Platinum album).

Eurovision Entries

* " La noche es para mí" by

Soraya Arnelas Soraya Arnelas Rubiales (; born 13 September 1982), better known mononymously as Soraya, is a Spanish singer. Soraya represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow with the song " La noche es para mí", finishing 23rd with 23 point ...

( Spain 2009), 24th place (final) * "

" by Eleftheria Eleftheriou ( Greece 2012), 17th place (final)

Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections

* "Hypnotized" by

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( Sweden 2007), 7th place (semi-final) * " Alla" by

( Sweden 2009), 10th place * " La noche es para mí" by

( Spain 2009), 1st place * "

" by

( Sweden 2010), 7th place * "Stop" by Sibel Redžep ( Sweden 2010), 7th place (semi-final) * "

" by Eleftheria Eleftheriou ( Greece 2012), 1st place * "Waterfall" by Joni ( Hungary 2014), 9th place (semi-final) * "Memories (In Melody)" by Nikki Kavanagh ( Ireland 2015), 4th place * "Empty Hearted" by Domenique ( Malta 2016), eliminated (semi-final) * "The Wrong Kind" by Veronicas Illusion ( Denmark 2016), Finalist * "Don't Wake Me Up" by Tuuli Okkonen ( Finland 2016), 9th place * "A.S.A.P." by Johanna Beijbom ( Denmark 2017), 3rd place * "Čudo" by Goga Stanić ( Serbia 2019), 8th place (semi-final) * "Die for You" by Catarina Sandu ( Moldova 2020), 4th place * "Into the Fire" by Nicole Azzopardi ( Malta 2022), 3rd place * "Contrasens" by Reghina Alexandrina ( Moldova 2024), 6th place * "Play It!" by Xannova Xan ( Greece 2025), 5th place

References

External links

AllMusic
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