Yianna Terzi

Greek singer and songwriter (born 1980)
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • piano
Years active2004–presentLabels
  • Minos EMI
  • Universal Music Greece
  • Panik Records
Musical artist

Ioanna "Yianna" Terzi (Greek: Ιωάννα "Γιάννα" Τερζή, IPA: [ˈʝana terˈzi]; born 1 December 1980) is a Greek singer and songwriter.[1] She represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Oniro mou".[2]

Biography

Terzi was born in 1980 in Thessaloniki, the daughter of Greek singer Paschalis Terzis.[2][3] At age 20, she moved to Athens to pursue a music career, releasing her first CD single in 2005, and the album Gyrna to kleidi in 2006 through Cobalt Music. She then signed to Minos EMI and released the album Ase me na taxidepso in 2008 along with a single of the same name. Terzi later moved to the United States and worked as a talent scout for Interscope Records.[4][5]

Terzi was selected as one of the twenty shortlisted artists for the Ellinikós Telikós 2018 with the song "Oniro mou" on 27 October 2017, representing Panik Records.[6] Later, on November 8, she became one of the five acts to be selected to move on to the televised final.[7] Following the disqualification of two of the five acts for not having a "Greek sound", "Oniro mou" entered the top three. On 15 February 2018, it was reported that the record labels for the two other competing artists refused to pay a €20,000 fee to the Greek broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) and were disqualified from the competition, leaving "Oniro mou" as the only song remaining and the default Greek entry. At the contest, held on 8 May 2018, she placed 14th, failing to qualify for the final.[8] Following the competition, the English version of the song, titled "Eternity" was released.[9]

Discography

Yianna Terzi during a rehearsal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
GRE
Gyrna to kleidi
Ase me na taxidepso

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
GRE
"Yianna Terzi"[10] 2005 8[11] CD single
"Ase me na taxidepso" 2008 Ase me na taxidepso
"Apistefto"
"Oniro mou" 2018 1 Non-album single
"Eternity"
"Karma" 16
"Logia Omorfa (Stanga)" 2019
"Gia Sena Mono"
(featuring Paschalis Terzis)
2020 8[12]
"Selini" 2022

References

  1. ^ "Γιάννα Τερζή". iShow.gr.
  2. ^ a b Jordan, Paul (16 February 2018). "Gianna Terzi officially confirmed for Greece!". European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
  3. ^ "Greece's Yianna Terzi delivers on the rehearsal stage". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 30 April 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  4. ^ Pervenas, Andreas. "Διαβάστε όλες τις λεπτομέρειες για την Γιάννα Τερζή στον εθνικό τελικό και ποια μεγάλα ονόματα βρίσκονται πίσω από το τραγούδι της". infegreece.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ McCaig, Ewan (16 February 2018). "Greece: Gianna Terzi with "Oniro mou" to Eurovision 2018". Eurovoix. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  6. ^ Argyriou, Giannis (29 October 2017). "Η Γιάννα Τερζή η 13η υποψήφια για τον ελληνικό τελικό της Eurovision 2018 (Update)". infegreece.com (in Greek). INFEGreece. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  7. ^ Argyriou, Giannis (8 November 2017). "Eurovision ΕΡΤ: Αυτοί είναι οι πέντε φιναλίστ του ελληνικού τελικού!". infegreece.com (in Greek). INFEGreece. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  8. ^ "First Semi-Final of Lisbon 2018". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  9. ^ Herbert, Emily (7 June 2018). "Greece: Yianna Terzi Releases English Version of "Oneiro Mou"". Eurovoix. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Γιάννα Τερζή CD Single release". Discogs.
  11. ^ "IFPI Top 50 Singles Eβδομάδα 18-24/9". IFPI Greece (in Greek). Archived from the original on September 24, 2005. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  12. ^ "Official IFPI Charts, Top-20 Airplay Chart (Combined) Εβδομάδα: 1/2022" (in Greek). IFPI.gr. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Demy
with "This Is Love"
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
2018
Succeeded by
Katerine Duska
with "Better Love"
  • v
  • t
  • e
Participation
ArtistsSongs
  • "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
  • v
  • t
  • e
Countries
Final
Semi-finals
Artists
Final
Semi-finals
Songs
Final
Semi-finals
  • "Crazy"
  • "For You"
  • "Forever"
  • "Funny Girl"
  • "Goodbye"
  • "I Won't Break"
  • "Inje"
  • "Light Me Up"
  • "Lost and Found"
  • "A Matter of Time"
  • "Oniro mou"
  • "Our Choice"
  • "Qami"
  • "Stones"
  • "Taboo"
  • "Who We Are"
  • "X My Heart"
List of Eurovision Song Contest 2018 jurors
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