- Polina Misailidou
Infobox musical artist
Name = Polina
Πωλίνα
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Polina Misailidou
Alias = Polina (stage name)
Born =Nea Smyrni ,Athens ,Greece
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Origin =Thessaloniki ,Greece
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Genre = Pop, 1980s
Occupation =Singer
Years_active = 1977–present
Label =Sony Music
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URL = [http://www.polina.biz www.polina.biz]
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Notable_instruments =Polina Misailidou (Greek: "Πωλίνα Μισαηλίδου") is a Greek
singer , who is better known in her own country simply as Polina.Polina was born and raised in
Nea Smyrni , a suburb south ofAthens . She started her career in 1977 singing the song "Lives" at theThessaloniki Song Festival . In 1979, Polina appeared at theEurovision Song Contest as a backup singer toElpida Karali as she performed the entry "Sokrati ."However, that would be her only time going to Eurovision. She was picked in the 1986 national selection to represent Greece at
Eurovision Song Contest 1986 inBergen ,Norway , but ERT, Greece's national broadcaster, pulled out of the Contest unexpectedly. Polina stated that it was due to political troubles in Greece at the time,cite web|url=http://www.polina.biz/index1.htm |title=Polina Biography|language=Greek|accessdate=2008-08-24] but she noted that a Eurovision website had learned that the real reason was that the Contest was to be held the night before Orthodox Easter. Had she performed, she would have appeared eighteenth and she would have performed the song "Wagon-lit."cite web|publisher="Sony Music "|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zJtoeKxD9Q |title="Wagon-lit" single - 1986|accessdate=2008-08-24]She is best known for the string of chart successes she had in Greece in the late 1980s, including "Birimpa," "Push-Ups," "Let's Go to the Seychelles," and "Radio, Love Me." She has also collaborated with several well-known composers, particularly
Stamatis Kraounaki , with whom she has had a working relationship since the release of her "Birimpa" album in 1986.ee also
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Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest References
External link
* [http://www.polina.biz Official site] el icon
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