Antique is a Swedish duo which combines Greek popular music and lyrics with a Nordic dance/pop beat. Antique's duo is Elena Paparizou and Nikos Panagiotidis. Both were born and raised in Sweden by Greek parents. They were the first group ever to be nominated for a Swedish Grammy in the category Modern Dance (with a Greek song). Elena and Nikos are not related, nor are they romantically involved. They have called their relationship "as very good friends." Both grew up in Gothenburg. Elena Paparizou (Έλενα Παπαρίζου in Greek characters; born January 31, 1982, Örgryte, Gothenburg, Sweden), whose first name is often mis-spelled Helena, is a popular Swedish-Greek singer, perhaps best-known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, in which she represented Greece with My Number One. // Biography Elena Paparizou was born... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Gothenburg (Swedish: (help· info)) ) is a city and municipality on the west-coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. ...

Antique's first single, Opa-Opa, made it to the Top 5 of the Swedish Sales list and the Top 10 of all of Scandinavia and it sold over 60,000 copies which gave them gold and platinum certification. See also the Nordic countries. ...

Elena has called herself fluent in Swedish, Greek and English, and she has studied French and Spanish. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Nikos' relatives are from northern Greece while Elena's are from central Greece.

In 2001 Antique were selected to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen with the song "Die For You", sung in a blend of English and Greek. Perhaps enjoying a slight in-built advantage thanks to the Swedish televoters able to back them, their eventual third place – behind only Estonia and hosts Denmark - was nevertheless fully deserved. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Eurovision Song Contest logo. ... Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ...

Having moved on from Antique, Elena Paparizou was again selected to represent Greece, this time as a solo artist, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, and won the competition. The presenters, Maria Efrosinina and Pavlo Shylko. ...

Discography

Albums

• 1999 -Mera Me Ti Mera
• 2001 -Die For You
• 2002 -Alli Mia Fora
• 2003 -Me Logia Ellinika
• 2003 -Blue Love
• 2003 -Very Best Of

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Singles

• 1999 -Opa Opa
• 1999 -Dinata Dinata
• 2000 -Mera Me Ti Mera
• 2001 -Die For You
• 2001 -Ligo Ligo
• 2001 -Why
• 2002 -Moro Mou
• 2002 -Alli Mia Fora
• 2003 -Follow Me(O Ti Thelis)
• 2003 -Me Logia Ellinika
• 2003 -Kainourgia Agapi
• 2003 -Time To Say Goodbye
• 2003 -List Of Lovers