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Vicky Leandros into politics
Panagiotis Fasoulas, the greek ex basketball star, became the new mayor of Piraeus under the banner of the party "PASOK" after winning the municipal elections some weeks ago over M. Agrapidis, the previous mayor, from the "Nea Demokratia" party . Among his electoral team one person that Eurovision fans will recognize: Vasiliki Von Ruffin, born Vasiliki Papathanasiou, better known as Vicky Leandros.
Some months ago, Vicky was being blamed by some fans for not showing up at the Eurovision Song Contest anniversary show "Congratulations" in October 2005, deeming she was just 'snobbing' events. Yet she proved her wrong when she announced in the beginning of 2006 she would go for another try to the competition, for Germany this time, her 'adoptive' country.
Her ballad "Don't break my heart" didn't manage to capture the German audience enough for her to compete in her birth country, Greece, hosting the Eurovision Song Contest that year. Nevertheless, her two previous attemps, "L'amour est bleu" ("Love is blue" - Luxembourg 1967, 4th) and of course "Après toi" ("After you" - Luxembourg 1972, winner) still remain two of the most delighful Eurovision classics.
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