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Vicky Leandros is a Greek singer, musician, and politician. Born Vasiliki Papathanasiou in Palaiokastritsa, Corfu, Greece, she performs pop music and plays the voice and acoustic guitar. Her career began in 1965, and she has recorded for Philips Records. She speaks German, French, English, and Modern Greek.
Leandros participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 and 1972. She is a member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement. Her awards include the Goldene Stimmgabel and the Bavarian Order of Merit. She is the mother of three children and the daughter of Leo Leandros.
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Film & TV
Paleokastritsa, Corfu, Greece
Known for
- Kiwis große Partynacht — Self2023
- Die Schlagerparty der 70er — Self2021
- Die Giovanni Zarrella Show — Self2021
- The Masked Singer — Self2019
- Die Schlagernacht des Jahres — Self2017
- MDR um 4 — Self2014
- Musikgeschichten — Self2014
- Hamburg Journal — self2011
- Musikalische Reise — Self2010
- Das Quiz — Self2008
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- Greece
- Active from
- 1952
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 93,282
- Total plays
- 757,562
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Vasiliki Papathanasiou (born 23 August 1949), known professionally as Vicky Leandros, is a Greek-born German singer. She is the daughter of singer, musician, and composer Leandros Papathanasiou, also known as Leo Leandros and Mario Panas. In 1967, she gained international recognition after representing Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "L'amour est bleu", which placed fourth and became a commercial success. She further advanced her career by winning the Eurovision Song Cont
Key facts
- Born
- Vasiliki Papathanasiou , ( 1949-08-23 ) 23 August 1949 (age 76) , Palaiokastritsa , Corfu , Greece
- Known for
- L'amour est bleu Apres toi
- Also known as
- Vicky Leandros
- Genres
- Pop
- Occupations
- Singer politician
- Years active
- 1965–present
- Website
- Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Greece
- Place of birth
- Palaiokastritsa
- Father
- Leo Leandros
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Panhellenic Socialist Movement
- Languages spoken
- Modern Greek
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 1967
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- acoustic guitar
- Record label
- Philips Records
- Official website
- vickyleandros.eu
- Image
- 2010-10-03-quadriga-vicky-leandros2.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Vicky Leandros
- date of birth
- 1952-08-23
- pseudonym
- Vicky Leandros
- birth name
- Βασιλική Παπαθανασίου
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- name in native language
- Βασιλική Παπαθανασίου
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Encyclopedic overview
Vasiliki Papathanasiou (Greek: Βασιλική Παπαθανασίου, IPA: [vasiliˈci papaθanaˈsi.u]; born 23 August 1949), known professionally as Vicky Leandros (Greek: Βίκυ Λέανδρος, IPA: [ˈvici ˈle.anðros]), is a Greek singer based in Germany. She is the daughter of singer, musician and composer Leandros Papathanasiou (also known as Leo Leandros as well as Mario Panas). In 1967, she achieved worldwide fame after gaining fourth place for the country of Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "L'amour est bleu", which became a worldwide hit. She further established her career by winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1972 with the song "Après toi", again representing Luxembourg.
On 15 October 2006, Vicky Leandros was elected town councillor of the Greek harbour town of Piraeus on the PASOK list. Her task concerned the cultural and international development of Piraeus. She was also Deputy Mayor of Piraeus. It was announced in June 2008 that Leandros decided to leave her position in Greek politics with immediate effect, stating that she had underestimated the workload and time needed to fulfil her political obligations and that it had become impossible to combine those duties with her singing career.
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