Giorgos Alkaios [SEP] place of birth
Song Contest 2010 with the song "OPA", and placed 8th in the Final.
Early life.
Giorgos Alkaios was born in Athens to Greek and Portuguese parents. He is the son of Yannis Vassiliou, a successful Greek elafro-laiko singer. His mother, Maria (Rodrigues) Griggs - Author of "Mama Sou: Metamorphosis of a Mother" and accomplished IT Programmer Analyst - recently returned to Boston, MA after 8 years living in Pembroke, Maine where she focussed on writing her memoir of the abduction
Alkaios' future "sound" and "style". In the summer of 1991 Alkaios went on tour all over Greece along with his fellow Christos Dantis. In September of that same year, Alkaios participated in the Thessaloniki Song Contest with the song "Den Me Theleis Tolmiro", where he officially started to go by the name "Giorgos Alkaios" as opposed to his birth name which he had used up until that point. Alkaios beat out then newcomer Sakis Rouvas, and won the award for "Best Vocals" by