Georgios Kalpakidis

Georgios Kalpakidis
Background information
Also known as Gorgi
Born (1978-04-27) April 27, 1978
Tübingen, Germany
Origin Thessaloniki, Greece
Genres Pop, Soft Rock, Pop/Rock, Dance
Occupation(s) Songwriter, Journalist, Radio & TV host
Years active 2003-present

Georgios Kalpakidis,[1] also known as Gorgi (Greek: Γιώργος Καλπακίδης; born on 27 April 1978 in Tübingen, Germany), is a Greek songwriter, former journalist, Radio & TV host. He started his radio work at the age of 13 and continued his career in the media field until 2015. He made his television debut as a host on Europe One channel, with a show called "Join Me" and also started appearing as a guest host in several projects over the next few years, on other local stations. His breakthrough came in middle 2006, when a new contract brought him to one of the biggest national networks, Macedonia TV. It was during the Eurovision 2006 period in Athens, where he was given the task to cover the event and report daily on live TV. His "ESC '06" special, was noted as one of the shows with the highest ratings of the year.

Georgios has been covering the Eurovision Song Contest as a journalist for radio and TV stations, magazines and newspapers from 2000 until 2008. He's also starred in two Horror films in 2009 and 2010, directed by Nick Samaras. His musical steps began in 2003 when he decided to enter an online Remix contest. He was the winner of the competition, having scored the maximum points, awarded by the voters who chose his rendition of the original "Adrenaline" by singer Maria Louiza Vasilopoulou (aka MLV). Even though it was announced that the prize would be a collaboration with the artist on her next album, MLV was dropped by her label therefore Georgios didn’t receive his reward. The next year would mark the beginning of a still ongoing course, in the Eurovision Song Contest field. Gorgi counts several entries in national selections, all over Europe.

Entries in Eurovision Pre-Selections

Year Country Artist Song Result Music // Lyrics
2004 LithuaniaLithuania EVA Be My Baby 10th Gorgi
2005 LithuaniaLithuania EVA & Ceslovas Gabalis I'll Be There[2] 8th
2008 LithuaniaLithuania My Magic Lady[3] 5th (Semifinal) Gorgi // S. Engel
Republic of IrelandIreland Nikki Kavanagh Destiny[4] - Gorgi
SpainSpain Crystina Maez Nuestro Destino Online Round Gorgi // Santana, Loredo
2009 PolandPoland Nasty Ladies For Once In My Life[5] - Gorgi
Georgia (country)Georgia Tika Patsatsia Miracle[6] 4th
2010 LithuaniaLithuania Audrius Zavadskis Right Now[7] 8th (Semifinal)
Republic of IrelandIreland Nikki Kavanagh Sacred Fortune[8] -
2011 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Evelyn Zangger Who Do You Love?[9]
Natalia Wohler Voulez Vous[10]
MoldovaMoldova Marcel Rosca Voulez Vous[10]
LithuaniaLithuania Aurelija Slavinskaite The End[11] 11th (Semifinal)
PortugalPortugal Tania Tavares Se Esse Dia Chegar[12] 10th Gorgi // T. Tavares, N. Valerio
2012 BelarusBelarus George Koldun Heavy On My Heart[13] - G. Koldun // Gorgi
MaltaMalta Kaya First Time[14] 13th Gorgi
MoldovaMoldova Mariana Mihaila Live On Forever[15] 12th Gorgi // A. O' Connor
LithuaniaLithuania Donata Virbilaite Superman[16] 8th (Semifinal) A. Anastasiou // Gorgi
LithuaniaLithuania DAR Home[17] 2nd Gorgi, A. Martynenas // Gorgi
2013 LithuaniaLithuania DAR Jump![18] 4th Gorgi, A. Martynenas // Gorgi
Samanta Tina & Vudis Hey Chiki Mama[19] 4th (Quarterfinal) A. Martynenas, Gorgi
BelarusBelarus Ivan Buslay Looking For Love[20] - Gorgi
2014 LithuaniaLithuania Vaidas Baumila Worlds Apart[21] 4th Gorgi, Y. Malachi // Gorgi
2015 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Kaya In And Out Of Love[22] Online Round Gorgi, E. Rydmark
CyprusCyprus Anastasia Liberos Unicorn[23] Auditions Gorgi, Y. Persson, L. Persson, M. Antoniou // Gorgi
2016 MoldovaMoldova PRIZA Rewind[24] 11th (Semifinal) Gorgi, M. Huskic // Gorgi
Anna Gulko Never Let Go[25] 12th (Semifinal) Gorgi, W. Taylor // N. Sofis
MaltaMalta Corazon Falling Glass[26] 8th Gorgi, J. Gladnikoff, S. Ljunggren

Participations in other festivals and contests

Year Festival/Contest Location Artist Song Result Composer
2003 Online Contest GreeceGreece MLV Adrenaline (Free Your Mind Remix) 1st Gorgi (Remix)
2004 Sunflower Festival SerbiaZrenjanin, Serbia EVA Be My Baby Finalist Gorgi
2007 B.O.S. World Contest RomaniaRomania Gorgi On My Own 3rd Gorgi
2009 International Short Film Festival GreeceDrama, Greece Gorgi Original Soundtrack - Gorgi

Further Discography

Year Artist Song Composer(s)
2002 Gorgi (Is There) Anyone Out There (Duran Duran Cover) Duran Duran
2006 EVA Busiu Ten Gorgi
Istripstu Tenai
Make It Right
2008 Christian Deussen Lady (Remix) Gorgi (Remix)
2009 Aleks Volasko Fant Gorgi
2010 Filipa Azevedo Ha Dias Assim (Official Remix of Portugal's ESC entry) A. Madureira // Gorgi (Remix)
Vilija Mataciunaite Lyg Pasaka Gorgi, V. Mataciunaite
2011 Vudis Gimme Your Love Vudis, Gorgi
Jan Johansen It's Not Real (Gorgi's Emperor Remix) Gorgi (Remix)
Alejandro Sanchez Es Logico Gorgi, J. J. Santana Rodriguez
Joe Jonas Love Slayer (Gorgi's King-of-Sorrow Remix) N. Hills, K. Cossom, M. Araica, J. Jonas // Gorgi (Remix)
Vudis & Bartas Brand New Day Gorgi
2012 Kaya Lonely Day Gorgi, A. O' Connor
Vicky Cornick Hear What I Say Gorgi
George Koldun Hypnotized G. Koldun, Gorgi
Song With No Name
DAR Anytime A. Martynenas, Gorgi
Take Me Far
Everybody Knows
Nikos Karakalpakis Turning The Tide Gorgi
2013 G. Koldun & A. Severenko Hold Me Close G. Koldun, Gorgi
Silva Hakobyan Leave A Light On Gorgi
2015 Daumantas I Come Undone A. Martynenas, Gorgi
2016 George Koldun You Make Me Wanna Kiss You G. Koldun, Gorgi

Filmography

Year Title Role
2009 Greek Psycho Cannibal Guy in car
2010 Conspiracy of Blood Evil stepbrother

References

  1. ↑ "Georgios Kalpakidis". M3P. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  2. ↑ "Eva & Ceslovas Gabalis - I'll be there (Lithuanian Eurovision Final 2005)". 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  3. ↑ "Eurovision 2008 Mymagic - Lady". 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  4. ↑ "Nikki Kavanagh - Destiny (video)". 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  5. ↑ "Nasty Ladies - For once in my life {Eurovision Preselection 2009} Poland". 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  6. ↑ "თიკა ფაცაცია /Tika Facacia - Miracle/georgien Eurovision 2009 /". 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "Audrius - Right now (Video) Lithuanian Semifinal 2010 {Eurovision}". 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  8. ↑ "Nikki Kavanagh - Sacred Fortune (video)". 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  9. ↑ "Evelyn - Who Do You Love?". Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  10. 1 2 "Gorgi - Voulez vous (Original Demo) Eurovision Switzerland / Moldova 2011". 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ "Aurelija Slavinskaite - The End {video} Lithuanian Eurovision Semifinal 2011". 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  12. ↑ "Tania Tavares - Se esse dia chegar (Final Studio version) Festival da cancao 2011 {Eurovision}". 2011-05-29. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  13. ↑ "George Koldun - Heavy on my heart (Eurovision Belarus 2012) Георгий Колдун". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  14. ↑ "Kaya - First Time (Malta Eurovision 2012)". 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  15. ↑ "Mariana Mihaila - Live on forever {EUROVISION Moldova 2012}". 2012-01-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  16. ↑ "Donata Virbilaite - Superman (Lithuania - Eurovision Song Contest 2012)". 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  17. ↑ "DAR- Home Eurovision Lithuania 2012)". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  18. ↑ "DAR - JUMP! (Lithuania 2013 National Final)". 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  19. ↑ "Samanta Tina & Vudis - Hey chiki mama (Eurovision 2013 - Lithuania)". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  20. ↑ "Gorgi - Looking for love (Original Demo) Eurovision Belarus 2013". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  21. ↑ "Vaidas Baumila atliko Graikijos ir Izraelio dainų kūrėjų dainą "Words apart" (HD)". 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  22. ↑ "KAYA - In and out of love (Eurovision Switzerland 2015)". 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
  23. ↑ "Anastasia Liberos - Unicorn (Eurovision Song Project Cyprus 2015) - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  24. ↑ "Priza - Rewind (Eurovision 2016 Moldova selection)". Eurovision Moldova. 2015-12-08 – via Youtube.
  25. ↑ "Anna Gulko - Never let go (Eurovision 2016 Moldova selection)". Eurovision Moldova. 2015-12-09 – via Youtube.
  26. ↑ eurovisionfest (2016-01-24), MESC 2016 Final - Corazon - Falling Glass, retrieved 2016-01-27
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