Rouvas speaking at a press conference after the Eurovision 2004 Semi-Final. Also featured are F.Y.R. Macedonia's Toše Proeski and Cyprus' Lisa Andreas.In March 2004, Hellenic Radio and télévision chose Rouvas to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.[21] In mid-march, the song entry "Shake It" composed par Nikos Terzis premiered on Greek radios. At the end of March, Rouvas performed "Shake It" for the first time live at the third annual Arion musique Awards. At the awards, he also won the award for "Best Pop Singer" for the album To Hrono Stamatao.[22] In mid-April, "Shake It"...

Sakis Rouvas was born in Corfu and it wasn’t long before musique and song became a part of his life. His classmates will certainly remember the unforgettable graduation party where Sakis’ rendition of Elvis and The Beatles’ greatest hits made him the undisputed étoile, star of the show.

Artistic gymnastics was his other passion and he has won exceptional national awards. He also excelled at pole vaulting and, being the exceptional talent that he was, became a member of the Greek National Team.

In 1991, Sakis makes his first professional appearance at the montrer Centre in Athens where he is discovered...

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Rouvas is fluent in Greek, English, and French, having presented the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in a mixture of all three languages.[48] He has previously recorded songs in all three, while he has also studied Turkish and Russian phonetically for recordings, namely for his 1997 collaboration with Burak Kut in Cyprus and for his Russian duet of his hit "Se Thelo San Trelos" with Philipp Kirkorov called "Kak Sumacheshkij Ya", that became a hit in Russia, being recorded in three different versions.

Rouvas has mentioned that personal fitness and health play an important...