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Freaky Fortune

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Freaky Fortune
Freaky Fortune in 2014
Freaky Fortune in 2014
Background information
OriginAthens, Greece
Genres
Years active2011–2014
Past members
  • Nick Raptakis
  • Theofilos Pouzbouris

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".

Career

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2012–2013: Early beginnings

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Raptakis 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

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In 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

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Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
GRE AUT
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IRE
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UK
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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

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  1. ^ "Με Freaky Fortune και o RiskyKidd η Ελλάδα στη Eurovision". Euronews. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Freaky Fortune feat. Risky Kidd for Greece". Eurovision.tv. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  3. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Freaky Fortune". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  4. ^ Peak positions in Ireland:
  5. ^ Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
Preceded by Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
2014
Succeeded by