Freaky Fortune

Greek musical duo
  • Dance
  • Pop
Years active2011–2014Past 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

2012–2013: Early beginnings

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

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

Singles

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

  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:
    • For "Rise Up": "CHART: CLUK Update 24.05.2014 (wk20)". Zobbel.de.
Preceded by Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
2014 		Succeeded by
Maria Elena Kyriakou
with "One Last Breath"
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Participation
ArtistsSongs
  • "Alcohol Is Free"
  • "Aphrodisiac"
  • "Autostop"
  • "Better Love"
  • "Charlie Chaplin"
  • "Clown"
  • "Die for You"
  • "Die Together"
  • "Ellada, chora tou fotos"
  • "Emis forame to himona anixiatika"
  • "Everything"
  • "Feggari kalokerino"
  • "Horepse"
  • "Horis skopo"
  • "I anixi"
  • "Krasi, thalassa kai t' agori mou"
  • "Last Dance"
  • "Mathima solfege"
  • "Mia krifi evaisthisia"
  • "Miazoume"
  • "Mou les"
  • "My Number One"
  • "Never Let You Go"
  • "Olou tou kosmou i Elpida"
  • "One Last Breath"
  • "Oniro mou"
  • "Opa"
  • "Panagia mou, panagia mou"
  • "Pia prosefhi"
  • "Rise Up"
  • "S.A.G.A.P.O."
  • "Sarantapente kopelies"
  • "Secret Combination"
  • "Shake It"
  • "Sokrati"
  • "Stop"
  • "Supergirl"
  • "This Is Love"
  • "This Is Our Night"
  • "To diko sou asteri"
  • "To trehantiri (Diri Diri)"
  • "Utopian Land"
  • "Wagon-lit"
  • "Watch My Dance"
  • "What They Say"
  • "Yassou Maria"
  • "Zari"
  • Note: Entries scored out signify where Greece did not compete
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Countries
Final
Semi-finals
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Final
Semi-finals
Songs
Final
Semi-finals
  • "Amazing"
  • "Attention"
  • "Cake to Bake"
  • "Heartbeat"
  • "Mother"
  • "One Night's Anger"
  • "Quero ser tua"
  • "Same Heart"
  • "Three Minutes to Earth"
  • "To the Sky"
  • "Wild Soul"
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