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".

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

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
[3]
IRE
[4]
UK
[5]
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