Katerine Duska

Greek-Canadian singer and songwriter
  • Indie pop
  • soul
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2014–presentLabels
  • Minos EMI
  • Universal Music Greece
Musical artist

Katerine Duska (Greek: Κατερίνα Ντούσκα; born 5 November 1989)[1] is a Greek-Canadian singer and songwriter. She represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Better Love" which was released on 6 March 2019.

Biography

Duska was born on 5 November 1989 in Montreal, Canada, and currently resides in Athens, Greece.[2]

She released her 2015 debut album with the title Embodiment.[3] In 2018, she appeared in a concert at the Concert Hall in Athens performing songs from her album with songs composed by Swedish singer-songwriter Albin Lee Meldau.[3] Meldau also appeared in concert with Duska in September 2018 at the Palace Garden in Athens.[4] In December 2018, she made a guest appearance at a concert of musician Petros Klampanis.[5]

Eurovision Participation

Duska participated in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest and placed 21st with 74 points after successfully qualifying from the first semi final of the competition.[6] Talking to Wiwibloggs about her song, she said “Love has nothing to do with gender, it’s a very pro-human song”.[7]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details
Embodiment
  • Released: 4 December 2015
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
GRE
[8]
GRE (Dig.)
[9]
"One in a Million" 2014 Embodiment
"Won't Leave" 2015
"Better Love" 2019 18 4 Non-album singles
"Anemos" (with Leon of Athens) 2020
"Sanctuary"
"Call Me Nyx"
"Athenian Skies" 2021
"Of Time" 2022
"Muse"
"Babel"
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

  1. ^ Alex, Stelios (10 April 2019). "Artist Profile: Greece 2019 – Katerine Duska". Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Katerine Duska - Athens - September 14 - Kathimerini". www.ekathimerini.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Katerine Duska: Θέλω να εξελίσσομαι καλλιτεχνικά και να ταξιδεύει η μουσική μου". 6 September 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Η Katerine Duska & ο Albin Lee Meldau στον Κήπο του Μεγάρου". elculture.gr. 12 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Petros Klampanis - Athens - December 30 - Kathimerini". www.ekathimerini.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  6. ^ Darvill, Josh (2019-05-23). "Eurovision 2019 results in full: Eurovision Song Contest Scoreboard". TellyMix. Archived from the original on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  7. ^ "Greece's Katerine Duska: "Love has nothing to do with gender, it's a very pro-human song"". wiwibloggs. 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  8. ^ "Charts". Archived from the original on 2013-11-19. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  9. ^ "Official IFPI Charts Digital Singles Chart". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
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Preceded by
Yianna Terzi
with "Oniro mou"
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Songs
  • "Alcohol Is Free"
  • "Aphrodisiac"
  • "Autostop"
  • "Better Love"
  • "Charlie Chaplin"
  • "Clown"
  • "Die for You"
  • "Die Together"
  • "Ellada, chora tou fotos"
  • "Emis forame to himona anixiatika"
  • "Everything"
  • "Feggari kalokerino"
  • "Horepse"
  • "Horis skopo"
  • "I anixi"
  • "Krasi, thalassa kai t' agori mou"
  • "Last Dance"
  • "Mathima solfege"
  • "Mia krifi evaisthisia"
  • "Miazoume"
  • "Mou les"
  • "My Number One"
  • "Never Let You Go"
  • "Olou tou kosmou i Elpida"
  • "One Last Breath"
  • "Oniro mou"
  • "Opa"
  • "Panagia mou, panagia mou"
  • "Pia prosefhi"
  • "Rise Up"
  • "S.A.G.A.P.O."
  • "Sarantapente kopelies"
  • "Secret Combination"
  • "Shake It"
  • "Sokrati"
  • "Stop"
  • "Supergirl"
  • "This Is Love"
  • "This Is Our Night"
  • "To diko sou asteri"
  • "To trehantiri (Diri Diri)"
  • "Utopian Land"
  • "Wagon-lit"
  • "Watch My Dance"
  • "What They Say"
  • "Yassou Maria"
  • "Zari"
  • Note: Entries scored out signify where Greece did not compete
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