Greece: Stefania drops her song for Eurovision 2021, "Last Dance"
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Greece's Stefania has released her Eurovision 2021 entry, "Last Dance" along with its official music video.
Stefania's track for Rotterdam, "Last Dance", was premiered this afternoon on ERTflix and from what one can listen depsit the title, this without doubt won't be the last dance to it.
The Creative Team
The creative team behind the song sees Dimitris Kontopoulos, Arcade, Sharon Vaughn on the composition team, Fokas Evangelinos as the director for the song's staging , while Ilias Kokotos completes the Greek act's supportive team. The Greek delegation this year lies in the hands of Sofia Dranidou , Head of ERT's International relations department, with Dora Cheiraki ERT's communication manαger supervising the whole project.
Stefania is riding the 80's wave that has flooded the music scene internationally and takes us back to the dance floor with a mixture of 80's and early 90's sound but with a more fresh and contemporary approach. The song begins in a low tone and builds up progressively up to the chorus, while the 80's electro instrumentation elevates it. Stefania's vocals showcase once again how talaented she is despite her age and her overall appearcance shows how much she has matured since last year's ESC 2020 entry Supergi!l.
If Supergir!l was a kind of a stepping stone from Junior Eurovision Song Contest to the Senior's Eurovision this year's entry Last Dance is what a song should be all about in the contest.
The Music Video
Along with the song has been released its official music video, which was filmed in Athens and directed by Kostas Karydis, who was the director also of Stefania's last year's ESC entry Superg!rl.
You can watch the music video of "Last Dance" on ERTflix's digital platform. The music video will be aired during ERT's evening's news along with a mini tribute to the whole creative team behind the song. At 21:00 CET the song premieres on Stefania's Youtube channel.
The video clip of "Last dance", attempts something really original. To comment in a fairy-tale way on everything we have been experiencing in recent months, reminding us that even the worst difficulties in life can always be overcome by hope. "Using elements from Greek mythology, such as Pegasus and Atlanta, given in a dreamy, but at the same time modern way", the central message of the song is highlighted, which is the phrase "Every end is always a new beginning". That is why it closes with "the light that always conquers the darkness", calling on all of us to remain optimistic and to have the belief that soon even the unprecedented ordeal that the whole planet is experiencing will be over.
The Lyrics of "Last Dance"
My heart was born in red and goldElectrical and lyricalI’ve never listened to the remediesBut know forever’s no eternityHolding on beyond the nightFor a shadow that feels rightIf the dreams we made are made of fireI will give a life just to live that dream againIf our heart’s are hanging on a wireLet’s forget the world below and dance until the endLast danceOh, last danceA rockin’ romanceThis ain’t our last dancеLast danceOh-oh-oh-ooh-oohOh-woah-woah-oohOh-oh-oh-ooh-ooh-oohMy heart was born in neon lightsFloating in spacе like satellitesLooking for signs of life tonightAs we collide in black and whiteHoldin’ on beyond the nightFor a shadow that feels rightHoldin’ on beyond the night to youIf the dreams we made are made of fireI will give a life just to live that dream againLast danceOh, last danceA rockin’ romanceThis ain’t our last danceLast danceOh-oh-oh-ooh-oohOh-woah-woah-oohThis ain’t our last danceTake a deeper breath before we touchRunning out of time, I used it upI’ll only be fine when the morning comesLast danceOh-ohA rockin’ romanceThis ain’t our last danceLast danceThe Staging
Fokas Evangelinos has already chosen the dancers that will accompany Stefania on stage presenting us an impressive performance of the song. To secure such result Fokas has picked some of the most skilled dancers which have their own experience on the ESC stage.Nikos Koukakis, Markos Giakoumoglou , Kostas Pavlopoulos and Giorgos Papadopoulos are Stefania's backing dancers that we will see on stage. Markos Giakoumoglou was on Demy's team in Eurovision 2017 while Giorgos Papadopoulos was one of the dancers for Greece in 2009 with Sakis Rouvas and in 2012 with Eleftheria Eleftheriou. Kostas Pavlopoulos was in Serhat's team for Eurovision 2019 whilst Nikos Koukakis was set to be with Stefania's performance of SUPERG!RL last year.
A few words for Stefania
Stefania Liberakakis was born 17 December 2002 in Utrecht, also known simply as Stefania, is a Greek–Dutch singer, actress, voice actress and YouTuber.
Stefania is no stranger to the Eurovision family! In 2016 as member of the group Kisses she represented The Netherlands in στην Junior Eurovision 2016 performing the song Kisses and Dancin which came 8th.
Earlier, in 2013, Liberakakis was a contestant in the third season of The Voice Kids in the Netherlands. She joined Team Borsato after her blind audition, but was eliminated in the battle rounds. She then joined the children’s choir Kinderen voor Kinderen, which she left after two years.
In 2018, Liberakakis released her first solo single named “Stupid Reasons”. In 2019, she released three more singles: “Wonder”, “I’m Sorry (Whoops!)” and “Turn Around”. From 2018 onwards, she stars as Fenna in the TV-series Brugklas (English: The First Years) and the movie Brugklas: De tijd van m’n leven. She also starred in other Dutch movies, including De Club van Lelijke Kinderen (as singer) and 100% Coco New York (as Lilly).[
In June 2019, she performed a cover of the song “Con Calma” (together with Konnie Metaxa and Ilenia Williams) at the MAD Video Music Awards, which was broadcast on Greek television.
In July the young talented act released a new uptempo single titled 'Friday', which was the second ESC 2020 candidate song for Greece.
Greece in Eurovision
Greece made its first participation in the contest in 1974 with Marinela. Since then the country has won one time the competition, in 2005 with Helena Paparizou and her entry My number one. Since 2004 and up to 2013 the country was one of the most successful countires in the contest, having achieved 9 times a top ten placing. In 2016 it experienced its first non qualifying results since the semi final were introduced, with Argo in Stockholm.
In 2019 ERT opted for an internal selection and selected Katerina Duska to represent the country with her entry Better Love, which eventually finished 21st in Tel Aviv.
Last year Stefania was internally selected to represent Greece in Eurovision 2020 with her song 'Supergi!rl'. Unfortunately the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic depriving the young talented act from her journey to Rotterdam.
News Source: ERT
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