Kostas Martakis
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Kostas Martakis (born 25 May 1984) is a Greek singer, model, television host, and actor who rose to fame after appearing on Greek talent show Dream Show aired by Alpha television in 2006.
He released five studio albums and also appeared in the Eurovision Song Contest's Greek national final in 2008 and 2014.
In 2011, he appeared in the second season of Greece's Dancing with the Stars, finishing second and three years later, as the backstage host starring Doukissa Nomikou appeared.
He appeared on Your Face Sounds Familiar in 2013.
Early life
Martakis was born in Athens, Greece, on May 25th, 1984, along with parents Nikolaos Politis and Labrini Lymberopoulou of Cretan origin. Martakis has a younger sister, Tina, and a younger brother Nikos.
Martakis first rose to prominence on the reality talent show Dream Show. He had also participated in modeling and basketball in the Greek professional leagues, where he had received accolades, as well as majoring in computer science at American College of Greece. He signed a Sony BMG Greece and released his first CD-single called "Panda Mazi" in the summer of 2006 (Always together). Martakis was singing with Despina Vandi and Giorgos Mazonakis at REX nightclub in winter 2006, while in summer 2007 he joined Kelly Kelekidou and Dionisis Makris at "Romeo" summer club.
Martakis' first studio album, Anatropi, was released in June 2007. (Reversal) The album was generally well-received, resulting in him receiving the award for "Best New Artist" at the MAD Video Music Awards 2007.
He also participated in the International Conference New Wave Festival 2007 in Latvia, where he finished in 2nd place and 1st place in the public vote. He was hired by Sony BMG Russia to release an English album in all ex-soviet countries in 2008, but this never came true and his Russian branch's relationship with the Russian branch was ended.
ERT asked him to compete in the Greek national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, owing to his increasing fame. Kostas Martakis performed in the Greek National Final with a song by Dimitris Kontopoulos, with lyrics by Vicky Gerothodorou. "Always and Forever" was the song. It was shot in two different ways. The pop rock version of the song had been supposed to be performed at the National Final, but Martakis and his company decided against it instead. "Secret Combination" by Kalomoira was the winning entry, while Martakis' entry "Always and Forever" came second, placing second. Following the Greek national final, a Russian language cover of "Always and Forever" based on the dance version of " то навеки" (With you forever) was released in ex-soviet countries, while "Always & Forever" was introduced to American retailer Abercrombie & Fitch's national US in-store music playlist, thus indirectly introducing the song to the American market.
Kostas Martakis and Danish-Greek singer Shaya were selected to produce a Greek-language version of Right Here, Right Now from the Disney film High School Musical 3: Senior Year's soundtrack. The cover was titled "Mikroi Theoi" (Little Gods) and was released as a single from the Greek film's soundtrack, as well as being turned into a music video with Martakis and Shaya molded together with scenes from the film. The music video was included as a bonus feature on the Greek version of the film's home video release. Many local market, foreign-language versions of songs from the entire High School Musical collection were ordered by Walt Disney Records, via its international distribution partner EMI, although "Mikroi Theoi" was the only Greek version song.
Martakis' "Fila Me" is another hit single that was turned into a music video and released as a digital single. Martakis took a break from recording and live broadcasting after being asked to render service in the Hellenic Navy.
Kostas Martakis was the opening act for Jennifer Lopez's Athens concert in fall 2008.
Kostas Martakis had signed with Universal Music Greece in March 2009. The collaboration with Sony BMG produced nine singles, but his departure from the label in 2009 was on good terms.
Martakis released "Pio Konta" (Come closer), a digital download single created by Swedish producers Holter & Erixson in June 2009. Martakis unveiled his second studio album, Pio Konta, on November 12, 2009, which went platinum.
Martakis appeared in the second season of Dancing with the Stars in early 2011 and was partnered with Maria Antimisari. On the program, he came in second second place. In March 2011, he travelled to Moscow to film the duet titled "Sex Indigo" with Russian pop star Diana Diez. The director Alan Badoev produced a video in Ukraine, but the song will appear in both artist's new albums. On March 18, the debut of the song "Sex Indigo" in Greek "Vres Ton Tropo" (Find the Way) was released, and the May 4 version of "Sex Indigo" in Spanish was the first one. The three versions were premiered on YouTube and Official Facebook Group of Kostas, as the artist's channel on YouTube, Juliana Lira and Fermin Lira's "Sex Indigo" was released on July 14 by the artist's and Fermin Lira, and the Spanish translation of "Sex Indigo" was released on July 14 in the Diana D’ez channel. Official On YouTube, the three versions were released on November 11 in the Diana D'ez channel.
On December 5, 2011, Martakis released Entasi (Intensity), his third studio album. Martakis collaborated with MAD TV and Hellas On-Line (HOL) for a special web concert preview of new songs on November 24, 2011.
Vodafone's MadWalker was born in Ireland. The Tae Kwon Do arena hosted the presentation with Viki Kagia and Maria Sinatsaki on February 8, 2012. In the second act, he appeared in his music video Entasi.
Kostas made his acting debut in Rent on February 16, at the theater Veaki. Roger Davis, a decadent rock star, told the tale of a group of marginalized young people struggling to survive in New York of the 90s, who experience hunger, passion, rejection, and loss. The musical was directed by Themidos Marcelou and starring Ada Livitsanou, Antigone Psychrami, Aris Plaskasovitis, Christos Georgalis, Themis Marsellou, Indra Kein, Andreas, and Maria Vasilatou Kapatais.