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Greece: Sakis Rouvas' new album and single
Sakis' new album, Irthes (You came), composed and produced mainly by Dimitris Kontopoulos, will be released in the following days in Greece. It will contain nine tracks as well as his summer hit Se thelo (I want you) which spent 10 weeks at #1 of the Greek National Airplay List.
In a recent interview with popular Greek weekly magazine Downtown, Sakis talks about the reasons that made him return to the Eurovision Song Contest: " Placing third was a very good position but I feel I have left something unfinished. And I want to return to complete it. I wasn't all I could really be, all I can actually be under the current circumstances." He also returns for the experience: "It was the experience of a lifetime for me at every level", Sakis admits, "you are part of a team which supports you. They are right there beside you and all this good energy is focused on you to represent Greece, something which is a great honour and overwhelming at the same time".
Sakis performed his new single, Irthes, last night during the X Factor, live for the first time on Greek television. Irthes was composed by Dimitris Kontopoulos, who will also be behind his Eurovision entry.
Sakis Rouvas Irthes (Live on X Factor)
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Sakis for Greece, Hadise for Turkey, I hope also Mihai Traistariu for Romania and Chiara for Malta... and the upcoming ESC would promise to be unforgettable 
hadise or sakis to win!!! but i hope sakis won!t send a song like in istanbul 2004, i expect sth different from greece this time
Paul PV, oboe is my favourite music instrument. Can you suggest me some oboe concerts on cd? older or modern ? thanx in advance, galantis. athens
PLEASE, he should compete naked in Eurovision... haha! By the way, good live performance, much better than in Istanbul (maybe because he was dancing and he couldn't breath well...?)
And a part from that, Kalomira should had won in Belgrade.
Good luck Greece this year!
Sakis Rouvas proved that he has a great voice but singing LIVE this nice song.
I really hope that either Greece or Turkey or Belgium will win in Moscow 2009!! These 3 countries are amazing!!!
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ruth Lorenzo just got voted off X Factor and she was one of the best singers there! 
Damn you British public!
This is related btw cause Sakis was performing on Greek X Factor lol 
Such a sweet song! But why only 9 tracks for his album?
Anyway, he looks and sounds great! Wow! Good luck in Moscow :-)
What a beautiful song is "Irthes " !!! It would be great if he sings this song on ESC !! Does anybody knows the name of his daugther ???
damn this song is sooooooooooooooo good! Great artist! just love himmmmmmmmmmmmm! Good luck sakis , he will be Great on stage! I would love to go to Greece again for ESC because i had a great time in Athens 2006 .......fingers crossed for 2010
I think Kai se thelo could have not win Eurovision. No more ballads to win, please... I wish ESC 2009 to be uptempo all the time...
I think that Sakis has PROVEN last night , with his LIVE performance ,that he is a VERY VERY VERY good singer. And I believe that they reliesed this ballad now in order to do that. I am sure that his eurovision entry will be something similar with his dance hits , but at this time it is smart that they released a powerful ballad.
This song would have been perfect for the 1988 final. Let's hope he can come up with something more modern for 2009.
i hope sakis has a greek and english song for moscow
His song Kai Se Thelo, the one he performed at the 2008 MAD awards would have made a brilliant Eurovision entry for Greece!!! Would have won by a mile!1 Great song and performance.
Hopefully he will perform a similar song at next years contest!!
Kokkina Xalia or Nikolas or Kelly or Ioanna to win.......
Alex,
of course Sakis stood out, especially next to young kids who start their career...but keep in mind he's been doing this for 20 years
I like both Ioanna and Nikolas but.......I want Louis to win
What a wonderful song!!!
Yesterday , you could feel how bad all the contestants were in front of Sakis....
Btw did u notice guyz , how happily he smiled everytime he was sayin "lets go for a reccess" corectly??!!!! Tho he has improved sooo much!
IOANNA OR NIKOLAS METAXAS TPO WIN!!!
i love kai se thelo
GOOD LUCK SAKIS FROM THE UK !!!!
YOU ARE SO HOT !!!
I agree with Stockholm that I prefer "Kai Se Thelo" to "Irthes" but they're both good songs No doubt hes definitely gonna do well in Moscow, very well, and Greece could easily win again, it just depends on the song and the quality of other entries 
(also it depends on the might of Hadise!)
Best of luck to Sakis in Moscow ! I'm hoping for a good song.
Personally I prefer "Kai se thelo" to "Irthes"
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We never know who will win but the signs tell us it might be either Hadise or Sakis.... A neigbourly competition will be nice to watch...
IRTHES (you arrived) Saki and you gonna stay Forever and Ever!!
You are simply devastating!!
Here's a translation of this song:
You are like a dream I live for real
I've left everything behind in the past
like the sun you look into my eyes
you fill my heart with light
you laugh with me
you love me
a tear of joy is flowing
and from the edge of heaven
the stars fall into your arms
you have arrived
you are my first morning
you have come to me
a magical moment
god's gift
you finding a space in my being
from the mind to the heart
my queen
and I your knight
everywhere a guard for you
life is worth living
you should know we'll always be together
like one
we look like 2 drops of water
flowers have blossomed
and the spring has come
you sleep next to me
I look at you
in your life I'll always be a lighthouse
look at me
laugh for me
a tear of joy is flowing
and from the edge of heaven
the stars fall into your arms
I LOVE this song and Sakis was awesome last night. I wish we would send a song like this to esc but I know we won't.
first off, the song is great. it would never have been made for eurovision though. the song he will sing at esc will be made for eurovision.
i also believe sakis and hadise will be in the mix for the win.
NOT TO KEEN ON EITHER VERSION , LETS HOPE FOR BETTER WHEN CHOSING SONG FOR ESC,
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