Freaky Fortune was 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 the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 together with RiskyKidd with the song "Rise Up".
Freaky Fortune | |
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.jpg) Freaky Fortune in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Athens, Greece |
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| Years active | 2011–2014 |
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Career
edit2012–2013: Early beginnings
editRaptakis and Pouzbouris broke through within the internet community after winning a cover competition organised by blogger Perez Hilton with their cover of the song "Part of Me" (originally by Katy 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
editIn 2014, the duo was chosen to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 along with the rapper RiskyKidd with 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
editSingles
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" (featuring RiskyKidd) | 2014 | 4 | 67 | 73 | 110 | — | |||||||||||
| "In a World Without You" (with Nicolas 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. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Freaky Fortune feat. Risky Kidd for Greece". Eurovision.tv. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ 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 from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
- For "Rise Up": "CHART: CLUK Update 24.05.2014 (wk20)". Zobbel.de.