We received the sad news that today, Greek musician Agathonas Iakovidis passed away. In 2013, Iakovidis represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest as a member of the group Koza Mostra. They sang the song “Alcohol is free” and reached the 6th place.
Agathonas Iakovidis was born in Evangelismos, in the northern part of Greece. He began a musical carreer in 1973, after he learned to play a lot of instruments, especially some traditional Greek instruments like the oud and the bouzouki. In 1977 he started playing in a the Rebetiko Band of Thessaloniki and recorded two albums with them. He lived in Athens for years and worked with a lot of folk music artists there. Since 1987 his musical base is Thessaloniki.
Agathanos Iakovidis died in his sleep tonight after a heart attack. He was 65 years old.
Malta Eurovision Song Contests semifinal tonight
Malta Eurovision Song Contest’s semifinal will be held on January 15. Jury and televote will decide the winner. The show starts at 21.00 CET and you can watch it here. semifinal date: 15 JanuaryPlace: Malta Fairs and Conventrion Centre, Ta’QaliHosts: Destiny Chukunyere, Gaia Cauchi & Keane Cutajar 1 Aidan Bella l: Aidan Cassar m: Aidan Cassar, Joep van den Boom & Sarah Bonnici 2 Ema Achikuku (Don’t Think About It) l: Ema Vella, Emil Caleja Bayliss, Matthew Caruana & Peter Borg m: Ema Vella, Emil Caleja Bayliss & Matthew Caruana 3 Chess Galea Shout it out l & m: Chess Galea, Hannah Dorman, Niklas Rosström & Remy Cooper 4 Liston Mela l & m: Edward Abela, Joe Romano & Kelly Rose Moncado 5 Franklin Calleja Guide You Home l & m: Franklin Calleja & Cyprian Cassar 6 Kelsy Attard Perfectly Broken l & m: Kelsy Attard, Melanie Wehbe, Rasmus Rex & Sarah Bonnici 7 Matthew & The Afterparty Brutality Mentality l: Linnea Gawell & Matthew Cilia m: Danny Dalli, David Depasquale, Josh Wunderlich, Linnea Gawell & Matthew Cilia 8 Mark Anthony Bartolo Mumenti sbieħ l & m: Mark Anthony Bartolo, Matthew Caruana, Rony Janecek & Silje Montsko Blandkjenn 9 Denise Trophy l: Denise Mercieca, Linnea Debb & Marcus Winther-John m: Denise Mercieca, Linnea Debb, Marcus Winther-John & Owen Vos 10 Kurt Anthony On The Borderline l & m: Edward Abela, Joe Romano & Kelly Rose Moncado 11 Rhiannon Micallef Hold Myself Up l & m: Kaya Campbell, Natálie Míšová, Noah Timman & Rhiannon Micallef 12 Stefan Galea Pose l & m: Owen Vos, Stefan Galea, Tchiah Ommar Abdulrahman & Ynke Dingenen 13 Matt Blxck Ejja lejja ħdejja ‘l hawn (The Flute) l & m: Audun Agnar, Matthew Caruana & Matthew James 14 Adria Twins Nerġà nqum l: Joe Julian Farrugia m: Shaun Farrugia 15 Kelsie Borg Let A Girl Breathe l: Linnea Gawell m: Jean Paul Borg & Linnea Gawell 16 Mychael Bartolo Chircop My Sweet Angel l & m: Klinsmann Colero, Matthew Caruana, Mychael Bartolo Chircop & Remy Cooper 17 Janice Mangion Univers l: Emil Calleja Bayliss m: Cyprian Cassar & Mark Scicluna 18 Nathan Psaila Ganador l & m: Nathan Psaila, Tchiach Ommar Abdulrahman, Tobi Verheij & Ynke Dingenen
