Loukas Yorkas Explained

Loukas Yorkas
Background:	solo_singer
Native Name:	Λούκας Γιώρκας
Birth Date:	18 October 1986
Origin:	Aradippou, Cyprus
Genre:	Laïko, Pop
Occupation:	Singer
Instrument:	Vocals, Guitar
Years Active:	2009–present
Label:	Sony Music (2009-2011) Minos EMI (2011-2017) Cobalt Music (2017-present)

Loukas Yorkas born in Aradippou, Cyprus, on 18 October 1986, is a Cypriot singer and the winner of the first season of the Greek version of the television talent series The X Factor. In September 2009 he released his first EP album, Mazi, which attained gold certification. He studies Biology at the University of Patras.^[1] Loukas Yorkas represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany along with Stereo Mike, with the song "Watch My Dance", placing seventh with 120 points.

Career

2008 - 2009: The X Factor

The path in the show:

• Live 1 - "Eho Mia Agapi"
• Live 2 - "Runaway"
• Live 3 - "Agapi Ti Diskolo Pragma"
• Live 4 - "S' Anazito Sti Saloniki"
• Live 5 - "Bang Bang"
• Live 6 - "Gia To Kalo Mou"
• Live 7 - "I Balanta Tou Kir Mentiou"
• Live 8 - "Instabile"
• Live 9 - "Erotiko"
• Live 10 - "Baby Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
• Live 11 - "San Planodio Tsirko" (First Song)
• Live 11 - "Party" (Second Song)
• Live 12 - "Didimotiho Blues" (First Song)
• Live 12 - "Agriolouloudo" (Second Song)
• Final: "Ladadika" (first song), "Piretos", (second song), "Party" (final song)

2010 - present

On 11 January 2011, Greece's Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) announced that Loukas Yorkas was one of six participants in a national final to select Greece's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.^[2] After winning the national final, Yorkas appeared at Eurovision where he placed 7th with 120 points.

Discography

EPs

• 2009: Mazi

Singles

• 2010: "Tha Peso, Tha Sikotho"
• 2011: "Watch My Dance" (feat. Stereo Mike)
• 2011: "Gia Proti Fora"
• 2012: "Ematha"
• 2013: "Eklapsa"
• 2014: "Mia Akoma Voutia"
• 2015: "Stin Ousia"
• 2017: "De Pao Sti Douleia"
• 2017: "Stoihima"
• 2018: "Ypokrinesai"
• 2019: "Ela Ilie Mou" (feat. Kostas Tournas)
• 2020: "Mona Liza"
• 2020: "Pame Ap' Tin Arxi"
• 2021: "Mou Eleipses Poly"
• 2021: "Gia Tin Ellada"
• 2022: "An M' Agapas"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ο Λούκας Γιώρκας επιστρέφει στα... θρανία του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών. patrasevents.gr. 28 September 2018 . 2019-02-11.
2. Web site: Greece: Newcomers to fight for the ticket to Dusseldorf . Floras . Stella . 11 January 2011 . ESC Today . 11 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710201456/http://esctoday.com/news/read/16461 . 10 July 2011 .