Rallia Christidou (

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: Ραλλία Χρηστίδου, ) is a Greek politician and a former singer. Christidou became known to the wider public through her participation in the television reality singing show ''

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'' in 2004 where she took second place behind the winner

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(el) She then released eight albums between 2004 and 2013. From 2011 and the outbreak of the economic crisis in Greece, Christidou began to participate in public life by joining the Greek political party

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, and in 2015 she was a Syriza candidate for member of parliament (MP) in the

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constituency of Athens. She was first elected MP with Syriza in the

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constituency in the 2019 parliamentary elections, and was re-elected in both the

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and June 2023 parliamentary elections. On 11 November 2024, during the elections for new leadership, Christidou announced her resignation from the party and her independence as an MP, denouncing the procedures followed for the election of a new party president. On 24 November, she became a member of the Movement for Democracy party and was a signatory to its founding declaration"Movement for Democracy" the name of the Kasselakis party
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Discography

* () ( OST) (2004) * () (2005) * () (OST) (2006) * () (2007) * ''Live'' ( ''Live'') (2008) * () (2009) * () (2012) * () (2013)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Christidou, Rallia 1979 births Living people Arion Music Awards winners Greek entehno singers 21st-century Greek women singers MAD Video Music Awards winners Singers from Athens Syriza politicians Greek MPs 2019–2023 Greek MPs 2023– 21st-century Greek women politicians