Freaky Fortune
Freaky Fortune | |
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 Freaky Fortune in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Athens,Greece |
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| Years active | 2011–2014 |
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Freaky Fortunewas a Greek musical duo consisting of vocalist Nicolas "Nick" Raptakis (Greek:Νικόλας Ραπτάκης;born 30 April 1990) and producer Theofilos "Teo" Pouzbouris (Greek:Θεόφιλος Πουζμπούρης;born 9 February 1991).[1]They represented Greece in theEurovision Song Contest 2014together withRiskyKiddwith the song "Rise Up".
Career[edit]
2012–2013: Early beginnings[edit]
Raptakis and Pouzbouris broke through within theinternet communityafter winning acovercompetition organised by bloggerPerez Hiltonwith their cover of the song "Part of Me"(originally byKaty Perry). After their win, they released three singles: "Our Destiny", "Stronger" and "All I Need (This Summer)", with which they had local radio success.
2014: Eurovision Song Contest[edit]
In 2014, the duo was chosen to representGreecein theEurovision Song Contest 2014along with the rapperRiskyKiddwith the song "Rise Up".[2]"Rise Up" came 20th in the final of Eurovision 2014. Their following single "In a World Without You" was released on 25 June 2014, receiving positive reviews from music critics. The song was a collaboration with the Greek DJ Nicolas Costa who also wrote the song, while the production was done by him and Freaky Fortune.
The group split up shortly afterwards.
Discography[edit]
Singles[edit]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
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| GRE | AUT [3] |
IRE [4] |
UK [5] |
TUR | |||||||||||||
| "Our Destiny" | 2012 | 20 | — | — | — | 59 | Non-album singles | ||||||||||
| "Stronger" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "All I Need (This Summer)" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Rise Up"(featuringRiskyKidd) | 2014 | 4 | 67 | 73 | 110 | — | |||||||||||
| "In a World Without You"(withNicolas Costa) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Gi kai ouranos"(Γη και ουρανός) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^"Με Freaky Fortune και o RiskyKidd η Ελλάδα στη Eurovision".Euronews.Retrieved13 March2014.
- ^"Freaky Fortune feat. Risky Kidd for Greece".Eurovision.tv. 11 March 2014.Retrieved11 March2014.
- ^Hung, Steffen."Discographie Freaky Fortune".Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^Peak positions in Ireland:
- For "Rise Up":"Chart Archive > 15 May 2014".Irish Recorded Music Association.Archived fromthe originalon 5 October 2016.Retrieved24 May2014.
- ^Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
- For "Rise Up":"CHART: CLUK Update 24.05.2014 (wk20)".Zobbel.de.
