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Georgios Kalpakidis, also known as George Kalpakidis, Gorgi or GK (Greek: Γιώργος Καλπακίδης; born on 27 April 1978 in Tübingen, Germany), is a Greek songwriter, former journalist, radio & TV host, best known for having composed the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest entry for Moldova, "Stay" by Anna Odobescu. He started his radio work at the age of 13 and continued his career in the media field until 2015. He made his television debut as a host on Europe One channel, with a show called "Join Me" and also started appearing as a guest host in several projects over the next few years, on other local stations. His breakthrough came in middle 2006, when a new contract brought him to one of the biggest national networks, Macedonia TV. It was during the Eurovision 2006 period in Athens, where he was given the task to cover the event and report daily on live TV. His "ESC '2006" special, entitled "Hard Rock Hallelujah", was noted as one of the shows with the highest ratings of the year.

Kalpakidis has been covering the Eurovision Song Contest as a journalist for radio and TV stations, magazines and newspapers from 2000 until 2008. He's also starred in two horror films in 2009 and 2010, directed by Nick Samaras. His musical steps began in 2003 when he decided to enter an online remix contest. He was the winner of the competition, having scored the maximum points, awarded by the voters who chose his rendition of the original "Adrenaline" by singer Maria Louiza Vasilopoulou (aka MLV). Even though it was announced that the prize would be a collaboration with the artist on her next album, MLV was dropped by her label therefore Kalpakidis didn’t receive his reward. The next year would mark the beginning of a still ongoing course, in the Eurovision Song Contest. Kalpakidis counts several entries in national selections, all over Europe.

Entries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Year	Country	Artist	Song	Music // Lyrics	Final		Semifinal
					Place	Points	Place	Points
2019	Moldova	Anna Odobescu	"Stay"	Gorgi, T. Reil, J. Reil, M. Broberg	Failed to qualify		12th	85

Entries in Eurovision Song Contest Pre-Selections

Year	Country	Artist	Song	Result	Music // Lyrics
2004	Lithuania	EVA	"Be My Baby"	10th	Gorgi
2005	Lithuania	EVA & Ceslovas Gabalis	"I'll Be There"	8th	Gorgi
2008	Lithuania	My Magic	"Lady"	5th (semifinal)	Gorgi // S. Engel
	Ireland	Nikki Kavanagh	"Destiny"	–	Gorgi
	Spain	Crystina Maez	"Nuestro Destino"	–	Gorgi // Santana, Loredo
2009	Poland	Nasty Ladies	"For Once In My Life"	–	Gorgi // S. Engel
	Georgia	Tika Patsatsia	"Miracle"	4th	Gorgi
2010	Lithuania	Audrius Zavadskis	"Right Now"	8th (semifinal)	Gorgi
	Ireland	Nikki Kavanagh	"Sacred Fortune"	–	Gorgi
2011	Switzerland	Evelyn Zangger	"Who Do You Love?"	–	Gorgi
	Switzerland	Natalia Wohler	"Voulez Vous"	–	Gorgi
	Moldova	Marcel Rosca	"Voulez Vous"	–	Gorgi
	Lithuania	Aurelija Slavinskaite	"The End"	11th (semifinal)	Gorgi
	Portugal	Tania Tavares	"Se Esse Dia Chegar"	10th	Gorgi // T. Tavares, N. Valerio
2012	Belarus	George Koldun	"Heavy On My Heart"	–	G. Koldun // Gorgi
	Malta	Kaya	"First Time"	13th	Gorgi
	Moldova	Mariana Mihaila	"Live On Forever"	12th	Gorgi // A. O' Connor
	Lithuania	Donata Virbilaite	"Superman"	8th (semifinal)	A. Anastasiou // Gorgi
	Lithuania	DAR	"Home"	2nd	Gorgi, A. Martynenas // Gorgi
2013	Lithuania	DAR	"Jump!"	4th	Gorgi, A. Martynenas // Gorgi
	Lithuania	Samanta Tina & Vudis	"Hey Chiki Mama"	4th (first round)	A. Martynenas, Gorgi
	Belarus	Ivan Buslay	"Looking For Love"	–	Gorgi
2014	Lithuania	Vaidas Baumila	"Worlds Apart"	4th	Gorgi, Y. Malachi // Gorgi
2015	Switzerland	Kaya	"In And Out Of Love"	–	Gorgi, E. Rydmark
	Cyprus	Anastasia Liberos	"Unicorn"	–	Gorgi, Y. Persson, L. Persson, M. Antoniou // Gorgi
2016	Moldova	PRIZA	"Rewind"	11th (semifinal)	Gorgi, M. Huskic // Gorgi
	Moldova	Anna Gulko	"Never Let Go"	12th (semifinal)	Gorgi, W. Taylor // N. Sofis
	Malta	Corazon	"Falling Glass"	8th	Gorgi, J. Gladnikoff, S. Ljunggren
2017	Moldova	Max Fall	"If I Could"	–	Gorgi, S. Ekstrand // Gorgi, N. Sofis
	Lithuania	Virgis Valuntonis	"Victorious"	12th (first round)	Gorgi, J. Gladnikoff, S. Ljunggren
	Lithuania	Audrius Janonis	"Run"	8th (first round)	Gorgi, M. Huskic // N. Sofis
2018	Armenia	Suren Poghosyan	"The Voice"	10th (semifinal)	Gorgi, N. Turner, J. Gladnikoff
	Lithuania	Milda Martinkėnaitė	"Hurricane"	7th (first round)	Gorgi, T. Reil, J. Reil, M. Broberg
	Moldova	Anna Timofei	"Endlessly"	11th	Y. Persson, L. Persson, N. Bergqvist, S. Johansson // Gorgi
2019	Belarus	Angelika Pushnova	"Stop Breathing"	–	Gorgi, S. Ekstrand // Gorgi, N. Sofis
	Moldova	Anna Odobescu	"Stay"	1st	Gorgi, T. Reil, J. Reil, M. Broberg
2021	Belarus	CHAKRAS	"Waterfall"	–	George Kalpakidis

Participations in other festivals and contests

Year	Festival/Contest	Location	Artist	Song	Result	Songwriters
2003	Online Contest	Greece	MLV	"Adrenaline (Free Your Mind Remix)"	1st	Gorgi (Remix)
2004	Sunflower Festival	Zrenjanin, Serbia	EVA	"Be My Baby"	Finalist	Gorgi
2007	B.O.S. World Contest	Romania	Gorgi	"On My Own"	3rd	Gorgi
2009	International Short Film Festival	Drama, Greece	Gorgi	Original Soundtrack	–	Gorgi
2011	Gayvision Song Contest	Torremolinos, Spain	Alejandro Sanchez	"Es Logico"	2nd	Gorgi, J. J. Santana Rodriguez
2017	Eurokids International Contest	Maiori, Italy	Charlotte Summers	"Unicorn"	1st	Gorgi, Y. Persson, L. Persson // Gorgi
2019	Golden Stag Festival	Braşov, Romania	Anna Odobescu	"Dreaming"	–	Gorgi, N. Bergqvist, S. Johansson, G. Gorceag

Further discography

Remixes

Filmography

References

1. "Georgios Kalpakidis". M3P. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
2. "Eva & Ceslovas Gabalis - I'll be there (Lithuanian Eurovision Final 2005)". 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
3. "Eurovision 2008 Mymagic - Lady". 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
4. "Nikki Kavanagh - Destiny (video)". 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
5. "Nasty Ladies - For once in my life {Eurovision Preselection 2009} Poland". 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
6. "თიკა ფაცაცია /Tika Facacia - Miracle/georgien Eurovision 2009 /". 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
7. "Audrius - Right now (Video) Lithuanian Semifinal 2010 {Eurovision}". 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
8. "Nikki Kavanagh - Sacred Fortune (video)". 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
9. "Evelyn - Who Do You Love?". Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
10. ^ "Gorgi - Voulez vous (Original Demo) Eurovision Switzerland / Moldova 2011". 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
11. "Aurelija Slavinskaite - The End {video} Lithuanian Eurovision Semifinal 2011". 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
12. "Tania Tavares - Se esse dia chegar (final Studio version) Festival da cancao 2011 {Eurovision}". 2011-05-29. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
13. "George Koldun - Heavy on my heart (Eurovision Belarus 2012) Георгий Колдун". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
14. "Kaya - First Time (Malta Eurovision 2012)". 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
15. "Mariana Mihaila - Live on forever {EUROVISION Moldova 2012}". 2012-01-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
16. "Donata Virbilaite - Superman (Lithuania - Eurovision Song Contest 2012)". 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
17. "DAR- Home Eurovision Lithuania 2012)". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
18. "DAR - JUMP! (Lithuania 2013 National Final)". 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
19. "Samanta Tina & Vudis - Hey chiki mama (Eurovision 2013 - Lithuania)". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
20. "Gorgi - Looking for love (Original Demo) Eurovision Belarus 2013". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
21. "Vaidas Baumila atliko Graikijos ir Izraelio dainų kūrėjų dainą "Words apart" (HD)". 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
22. "KAYA - In and out of love (Eurovision Switzerland 2015)". 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
23. "Anastasia Liberos - Unicorn (Eurovision Song Project Cyprus 2015) - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
24. "Priza - Rewind (Eurovision 2016 Moldova selection)". Eurovision Moldova. 2015-12-08 – via Youtube.
25. "Anna Gulko - Never let go (Eurovision 2016 Moldova selection)". Eurovision Moldova. 2015-12-09 – via Youtube.
26. eurovisionfest (2016-01-24), MESC 2016 Final - Corazon - Falling Glass, retrieved 2016-01-27

• 1978 births
• Living people
• Greek composers
• Greek songwriters