Eleni Foureira (real name Entela Furerai) is an Albanian-born Greek singer who won 2nd place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.
The singer hid her origin for a long time, but recently decided to open up to the public. Today, Eleni not only regularly tours her homeland, but also records duets with famous Albanian musicians.
The early years of Eleni Foureira
Eleni Foureira was born on March 7, 1987. The singer's mother is an ethnic Greek, so the family decided to move to her homeland. Eleni fell in love with Greece from childhood. Even after the singer became a star, she continues to live in this country.
Foureira began studying music at the age of three. But immediately after graduation, she decided to go into the modeling business.
And not like other girls of her age who wanted to become models. Eleni began to learn the basics of design. Foureira is still modeling clothes today.
But the singer uses this hobby as a hobby. Music has become a real business of her life. The singer first appeared on stage at the age of 18 and since then she wants to do only singing.
Career and work of Eleni Foureira
Immediately after the first performances, Eleni was noticed by producer Vassilis Kontopoulos. Together with his friend and partner Andreas Yatrakos, he began to "unwind" the singer, which eventually led to the opportunity to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest, where Eleni made a splash.
Eleni's professional musical career began in the band Mystique. Foureira sang in a girl group in 2007 and recorded the album Μαζί.
The album was well received by the public. Critics noted the professionalism of the recording and the vocal abilities of the girls. The album was worked on by Greek cult musicians - Vertis, Gonidis, Makropoulos and others.
After recording the second LP, Eleni decided to leave the band and continue performing solo.
2010 was productive for the singer. She participated in the show Just the 2 of Us and won it along with Panagiotis Petrakis.
Then the girl decided to participate in the selection for the Eurovision Song Contest from Greece. She managed to reach the final, but another performer was chosen.
The singer did not despair and professionally approached the release of her debut solo album ΕλένηΦουρέιρα. Upon release, it quickly went platinum. The album received good reviews from critics. And the songs Το 'χω and Άσεμε became real hits.
The main successes of the singer
Another success of the girl was a duet with Dan Balan. Their joint composition Chica Bomb did not leave the leading positions of the Greek charts for a long time. She conquered the audience not only in Greece, but also in other countries.
This composition was liked by the inhabitants of Northern Europe. Severe Scandinavians from Sweden and Norway appreciated the incendiary rhythms of Foureira's song. In the charts of these countries, the song Chica Bomb stayed at the 1st position for a long time.
In 2011, Eleni Foureira became the winner of the MAD Video Music Awards in the "New Artist" nomination. A year later, the singer reasserted herself by releasing such a hit as Reggaeton.
Thanks to this composition, the girl received awards in the nominations "Best Video Clip" and "Song of the Year". The video on YouTube gained a record number of views for Greek artists.
In 2012, Foureira again made critics talk about her talent. She received several nominations from the Mad Video Music Awards.
Collaboration with artists
One of them was the award in the nomination "Best Sexual Clip of the Year". The girl not only recorded her own songs, but also often worked as a duet with other performers.
Until mid-2013, the singer collaborated with musicians Remos and Rokkos. The trio gave several concerts at the largest Greek concert venue, Athena Arena.
In 2013, the girl again decided to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest and sang Ruslana's song Wild Dances.
After being selected for the competition, the singer went on a tour of Greece, timed to coincide with her 10-year creative career. She was once again awarded the award for the best video for a pop song.
The girl continued to delight her fans. In 2018, something that she had long dreamed of happened. Eleni Foureira has been selected for the Eurovision Song Contest. True, having despaired of doing this in Greece, she went to Cyprus.
The singer not only successfully passed the selection, but also took 2nd place in the main Eurovision Song Contest, which is a real miracle for small Cyprus. To this day, no singer from this country could achieve such success.
Personal life and hobby of the artist
Eleni Foureira tries not to show her personal life in public. At the moment, it is known that the girl is not married. The paparazzi learned that since 2016, the singer has been dating Spanish footballer Alberto Botia.
She is a jury member of the dance show So You Think You Can Dance Greece. The singer moves well on stage, so the choice of the jury of the dance competition did not come as a surprise.
The girl regularly uses social networks. She maintains her blog on Instagram and shares her experiences. The singer today lives in three countries.
He spends most of his time in Greece, regularly goes on tour to Cyprus. Here the girl is the biggest star. As for Albania, there is a worthy place for this Balkan country in the heart of Eleni.
