Greece’s Eurovision 2022 artist, Amanda Georgiadi Tenjford, has performed an acoustic version of her competing song.
Greek-Norwegian singer Amanda Georgiadi Tenjford has performed “Die Together”, alongside the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Medical Students Choir. As well as singing, Amanda currently studies medicine at the university.
Who is Amanda Georgiadi Tenjford?
Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord was born to a Norwegian mother and a Greek father in Ålesund in western Norway on January 9 1997. She spent her first years in Ioannina in northwestern Greece, before she and her family moved back to Norway and settled in Tennfjord in the west of the country. One of her classmates in school was internationally successful singer Sigrid, who convinced her to pursue music. In 2015, Amanda moved to Trondheim in central Norway to study medicine at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. In 2019, she put her studies on hold to focus on music.
In 2016, Amanda took part in the Norwegian music competition The Stream, where she placed in the Top 30. She has released two EPs to date; “First Impression” (2018) and “Miss the Way You Missed Me” (2021). She has also performed at the music festival Trondheim Calling and has toured with the Norwegian band Highasakite.
Source: OGAE Greece | Image Source: KOSTAS KARYDAS / Eurovision.tv
Greece debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 when they were represented by Marinella and the song “Krasi, thalassa kai t’agori mou” which finished in 11th place with 7 points. Three years later Greece earned their first top 5 finish with Paschalis, Marianna, Robert, and Bessy who finished in 5th place with “Mathima solfege”. In 2001 Greece achieved their first top 3 result with Antique and the song “I Would Die For You”. The song became a European hit and charted across the continent. In 2005 Helena Paparizou returned to the Eurovision stage as a solo artist and brought Greece their first, and to date only, victory. Her song “My Number One” won with 230 points, beating runners-up Malta by 38 points.
