Fokas Evangelinos (Greek: Φωκάς Ευαγγελινός; born 1963) is a Greek dancer, choreographer and artistic director for television, film, stage and video clips. He was the creative director of the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 held in Athens and he has also staged and choreographed some of the most memorable performances at the Eurovision Song Contest from different countries.
Fokas Evangelinos | |
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| Φωκάς Ευαγγελινός | |
| Born | 1963 Missolonghi, Greece |
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Career
editEvangelinos was born in Missolonghi in 1963. After graduated from the Greek State School of Orchestral Art, he worked as a dancer in many dance groups and started his own career as a choreographer in 1991. He founded his own dance school in 1996. He has directed and choreographed performances at the National Theater of Greece, the Athens – Epidaurus Festival, the Greek National Opera, the National Theatre of Northern Greece and other theaters. He has also art directed films, television and music shows, dance groups, television series, video clips, concerts and has worked for international events such as the Eurovision Song Contest. He was also the creative director of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies at the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games held at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.[1][2]
Eurovision
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Evangelinos was the creative director and choreographer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 held in Athens and of several Greek national finals held by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) to select their representative in Eurovision.[1] He has also staged and choreographed some of the most memorable performances at Eurovision from different countries including:
| Year | Country | Performer | Song | Rank | Ref. |
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| 2004 | Greece | Sakis Rouvas | "Shake It" | 3rd | |
| 2005 | Greece | Helena Paparizou | "My Number One" | 1st | |
| 2006 | Russia | Dima Bilan | "Never Let You Go" | 2nd | |
| 2007 | Belarus | Dmitry Koldun | "Work Your Magic" | 6th | |
| 2008 | Russia | Dima Bilan | "Believe" | 1st | |
| Ukraine | Ani Lorak | "Shady Lady" | 2nd | ||
| 2009 | Greece | Sakis Rouvas | "This Is Our Night" | 7th | |
| 2013 | Azerbaijan | Farid Mammadov | "Hold Me" | 2nd | |
| 2014 | Russia | Tolmachevy Sisters | "Shine" | 7th | |
| 2016 | Russia | Sergey Lazarev | "You Are the Only One" | 3rd | |
| 2017 | Greece | Demy | "This Is Love" | 19th | |
| 2018 | Moldova | DoReDoS | "My Lucky Day" | 10th | |
| Azerbaijan | Aisel | "X My Heart" | NQ[a] | ||
| 2019 | Russia | Sergey Lazarev | "Scream" | 3rd | |
| Spain | Miki Núñez | "La venda" | 22nd | ||
| 2021 | Greece | Stefania | "Last Dance" | 10th | |
| Moldova | Natalia Gordienko | "Sugar" | 13th | ||
| 2022 | Greece | Amanda Tenfjord | "Die Together" | 8th | |
| 2024 | Greece | Marina Satti | "Zari" | 11th |
External links
editNotes
edit- ^ The song didn't qualified for the final, ending 11th in the first semi-final
- ^ Contest cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
References
edit- ^ a b "CURRICULUM VITAE: Fokas Evangelinos". Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "The Director". Fokas Evagelinos Dance School. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Vatmanidis, Theo (20 March 2004). "Presentation of Greek entry broadcasted tonight". esctoday.com. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Edwards, Pollyanna (26 March 2021). "Helena Paparizou to perform revamped version of 'My Number One' in Rotterdam". eurovoxx.tv. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Eurovision 2006 Russia: Dima Bilan - "Never Let You Go"". eurovisionworld.com. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Eurovision 2007 Belarus: Dmitry Koldun - "Work Your Magic"". eurovisionworld.com. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Eurovision 2008 Russia: Dima Bilan - "Believe"". eurovisionworld.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Krasilnikova, Anna (12 May 2008). "Russia: Kirkorov – "Everything for the sake of the audience!"". esctoday.com. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Saki's three choices for Eurovision". Neos Kosmos. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Farid's glass podium of passion". eurovision.tv. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Famous designers for the beautiful Tolmachevy girls". eurovision.tv. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Garara, Zakaria (12 December 2015). "Russia: Dream Team to Collaborate on Sergey Lazarev's Song". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Jordan, Paul (1 May 2017). "Greece's Demy: "When the time comes, there will only be excitement"". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Moldova: DoReDos Reveal Backing Singers as Rehearsals Begin in Athens". eurovoix.com. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Aisel crosses her heart for Azerbaijan in 2018". eurovision.tv. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (Sergio) (9 March 2019). "Russia: The concept and story behind Sergey's music video and song title". esctoday.com. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (Sergio) (16 February 2019). "Spain: Fokas Evangelinos will be responsible for Miki's staging in Tel Aviv". esctoday.com. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Gallagher, Robyn (3 February 2020). "Confirmed! Stefania will represent Greece at Eurovision 2020 with the song "SUPERG!RL"". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Fotopoulos, Akis (29 March 2020). "Fokas Evangelinos: I will be by Stefania's side at Eurovision in 2021". Ethnos (in Greek). Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Cole, Jessica (11 April 2021). "The story of Sugar: Natalia Gordienko talks about how her Eurovision entry came to be". eurovoxx.tv. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (10 March 2022). "Greece: Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord releases her Eurovision entry 'Die Together'". esctoday.com. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Álvarez, Jesús (13 February 2024). "«Zari» será el tema de Marina Satti para Eurovisión 2024 y contará con Fokas Evangelinos como director artístico" ["Zari" will be Marina Satti's entry for Eurovision 2024 and will see Fokas Evangelinos as the artistic director]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2024.