Georgios Kalpakidis

Georgios Kalpakidis
Background information
Also known as	Gorgi
Born	April 27, 1978 Tübingen, Germany
Origin	Thessaloniki, Greece
Genres	Pop, Soft Rock, Pop/Rock, Dance
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, Journalist, Radio & TV host
Years active	2003-present

Georgios Kalpakidis,^[1] also known as Gorgi (Greek: Γιώργος Καλπακίδης; born on 27 April 1978 in Tübingen, Germany), is a Greek songwriter, former journalist, Radio & TV host. He started his radio work at the age of 13 and continued his career in the media field until 2015. He made his television debut as a host on Europe One channel, with a show called "Join Me" and also started appearing as a guest host in several projects over the next few years, on other local stations. His breakthrough came in middle 2006, when a new contract brought him to one of the biggest national networks, Macedonia TV. It was during the Eurovision 2006 period in Athens, where he was given the task to cover the event and report daily on live TV. His "ESC '06" special, was noted as one of the shows with the highest ratings of the year.

Georgios has been covering the Eurovision Song Contest as a journalist for radio and TV stations, magazines and newspapers from 2000 until 2008. He's also starred in two Horror films in 2009 and 2010, directed by Nick Samaras. His musical steps began in 2003 when he decided to enter an online Remix contest. He was the winner of the competition, having scored the maximum points, awarded by the voters who chose his rendition of the original "Adrenaline" by singer Maria Louiza Vasilopoulou (aka MLV). Even though it was announced that the prize would be a collaboration with the artist on her next album, MLV was dropped by her label therefore Georgios didn’t receive his reward. The next year would mark the beginning of a still ongoing course, in the Eurovision Song Contest field. Gorgi counts several entries in national selections, all over Europe.

Entries in Eurovision Pre-Selections

Year	Country	Artist	Song	Result	Music // Lyrics
2004	Lithuania	EVA	Be My Baby	10th	Gorgi
2005	Lithuania	EVA & Ceslovas Gabalis	I'll Be There[2]	8th
2008	Lithuania	My Magic	Lady[3]	5th (Semifinal)	Gorgi // S. Engel
	Ireland	Nikki Kavanagh	Destiny[4]	-	Gorgi
	Spain	Crystina Maez	Nuestro Destino	Online Round	Gorgi // Santana, Loredo
2009	Poland	Nasty Ladies	For Once In My Life[5]	-	Gorgi
	Georgia	Tika Patsatsia	Miracle[6]	4th
2010	Lithuania	Audrius Zavadskis	Right Now[7]	8th (Semifinal)
	Ireland	Nikki Kavanagh	Sacred Fortune[8]	-
2011	Switzerland	Evelyn Zangger	Who Do You Love?[9]
		Natalia Wohler	Voulez Vous[10]
	Moldova	Marcel Rosca	Voulez Vous[10]
	Lithuania	Aurelija Slavinskaite	The End[11]	11th (Semifinal)
	Portugal	Tania Tavares	Se Esse Dia Chegar[12]	10th	Gorgi // T. Tavares, N. Valerio
2012	Belarus	George Koldun	Heavy On My Heart[13]	-	G. Koldun // Gorgi
	Malta	Kaya	First Time[14]	13th	Gorgi
	Moldova	Mariana Mihaila	Live On Forever[15]	12th	Gorgi // A. O' Connor
	Lithuania	Donata Virbilaite	Superman[16]	8th (Semifinal)	A. Anastasiou // Gorgi
	Lithuania	DAR	Home[17]	2nd	Gorgi, A. Martynenas // Gorgi
2013	Lithuania	DAR	Jump![18]	4th	Gorgi, A. Martynenas // Gorgi
		Samanta Tina & Vudis	Hey Chiki Mama[19]	4th (Quarterfinal)	A. Martynenas, Gorgi
	Belarus	Ivan Buslay	Looking For Love[20]	-	Gorgi
2014	Lithuania	Vaidas Baumila	Worlds Apart[21]	4th	Gorgi, Y. Malachi // Gorgi
2015	Switzerland	Kaya	In And Out Of Love[22]	Online Round	Gorgi, E. Rydmark
	Cyprus	Anastasia Liberos	Unicorn[23]	Auditions	Gorgi, Y. Persson, L. Persson, M. Antoniou // Gorgi
2016	Moldova	PRIZA	Rewind[24]	11th (Semifinal)	Gorgi, M. Huskic // Gorgi
		Anna Gulko	Never Let Go[25]	12th (Semifinal)	Gorgi, W. Taylor // N. Sofis
	Malta	Corazon	Falling Glass[26]	8th	Gorgi, J. Gladnikoff, S. Ljunggren

Participations in other festivals and contests

Year	Festival/Contest	Location	Artist	Song	Result	Composer
2003	Online Contest	Greece	MLV	Adrenaline (Free Your Mind Remix)	1st	Gorgi (Remix)
2004	Sunflower Festival	Zrenjanin, Serbia	EVA	Be My Baby	Finalist	Gorgi
2007	B.O.S. World Contest	Romania	Gorgi	On My Own	3rd	Gorgi
2009	International Short Film Festival	Drama, Greece	Gorgi	Original Soundtrack	-	Gorgi

Further Discography

Year	Artist	Song	Composer(s)
2002	Gorgi	(Is There) Anyone Out There (Duran Duran Cover)	Duran Duran
2006	EVA	Busiu Ten	Gorgi
		Istripstu Tenai
		Make It Right
2008	Christian Deussen	Lady (Remix)	Gorgi (Remix)
2009	Aleks Volasko	Fant	Gorgi
2010	Filipa Azevedo	Ha Dias Assim (Official Remix of Portugal's ESC entry)	A. Madureira // Gorgi (Remix)
	Vilija Mataciunaite	Lyg Pasaka	Gorgi, V. Mataciunaite
2011	Vudis	Gimme Your Love	Vudis, Gorgi
	Jan Johansen	It's Not Real (Gorgi's Emperor Remix)	Gorgi (Remix)
	Alejandro Sanchez	Es Logico	Gorgi, J. J. Santana Rodriguez
	Joe Jonas	Love Slayer (Gorgi's King-of-Sorrow Remix)	N. Hills, K. Cossom, M. Araica, J. Jonas // Gorgi (Remix)
	Vudis & Bartas	Brand New Day	Gorgi
2012	Kaya	Lonely Day	Gorgi, A. O' Connor
	Vicky Cornick	Hear What I Say	Gorgi
	George Koldun	Hypnotized	G. Koldun, Gorgi
		Song With No Name
	DAR	Anytime	A. Martynenas, Gorgi
		Take Me Far
		Everybody Knows
	Nikos Karakalpakis	Turning The Tide	Gorgi
2013	G. Koldun & A. Severenko	Hold Me Close	G. Koldun, Gorgi
	Silva Hakobyan	Leave A Light On	Gorgi
2015	Daumantas	I Come Undone	A. Martynenas, Gorgi
2016	George Koldun	You Make Me Wanna Kiss You	G. Koldun, Gorgi

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2009	Greek Psycho Cannibal	Guy in car
2010	Conspiracy of Blood	Evil stepbrother

References

1. "Georgios Kalpakidis". M3P. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
2. "Eva & Ceslovas Gabalis - I'll be there (Lithuanian Eurovision Final 2005)". 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
3. "Eurovision 2008 Mymagic - Lady". 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
4. "Nikki Kavanagh - Destiny (video)". 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
5. "Nasty Ladies - For once in my life {Eurovision Preselection 2009} Poland". 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
6. "თიკა ფაცაცია /Tika Facacia - Miracle/georgien Eurovision 2009 /". 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
7. "Audrius - Right now (Video) Lithuanian Semifinal 2010 {Eurovision}". 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
8. "Nikki Kavanagh - Sacred Fortune (video)". 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
9. "Evelyn - Who Do You Love?". Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
10. "Gorgi - Voulez vous (Original Demo) Eurovision Switzerland / Moldova 2011". 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
11. "Aurelija Slavinskaite - The End {video} Lithuanian Eurovision Semifinal 2011". 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
12. "Tania Tavares - Se esse dia chegar (Final Studio version) Festival da cancao 2011 {Eurovision}". 2011-05-29. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
13. "George Koldun - Heavy on my heart (Eurovision Belarus 2012) Георгий Колдун". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
14. "Kaya - First Time (Malta Eurovision 2012)". 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
15. "Mariana Mihaila - Live on forever {EUROVISION Moldova 2012}". 2012-01-17. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
16. "Donata Virbilaite - Superman (Lithuania - Eurovision Song Contest 2012)". 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
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18. "DAR - JUMP! (Lithuania 2013 National Final)". 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
19. "Samanta Tina & Vudis - Hey chiki mama (Eurovision 2013 - Lithuania)". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
20. "Gorgi - Looking for love (Original Demo) Eurovision Belarus 2013". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
21. "Vaidas Baumila atliko Graikijos ir Izraelio dainų kūrėjų dainą "Words apart" (HD)". 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
22. "KAYA - In and out of love (Eurovision Switzerland 2015)". 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2015-12-19 – via YouTube.
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24. "Priza - Rewind (Eurovision 2016 Moldova selection)". Eurovision Moldova. 2015-12-08 – via Youtube.
25. "Anna Gulko - Never let go (Eurovision 2016 Moldova selection)". Eurovision Moldova. 2015-12-09 – via Youtube.
26. eurovisionfest (2016-01-24), MESC 2016 Final - Corazon - Falling Glass, retrieved 2016-01-27