Costa Cordalis

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Costa Cordalis

| image = 0946Costa Cordalis.JPG

| caption = Cordalis in 2011

| birth_name = Konstantinos Cordalis

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1944|5|01}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|07|02|1944|5|01|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Elateia, Phthiotis, Greece

| death_place = Santa Ponça, Mallorca, Spain

| genre = Schlager

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1965–2019

| label =

| website = {{URL|cordalis.com}}

}}

Costa Cordalis ({{langx|el|Κώστας Κορδαλής}}; born Konstantinos Cordalis; 1 May 1944{{snd}}2 July 2019){{Cite web |title="Anita" machte ihn berühmt - Schlagersänger Costa Cordalis ist tot |url=https://www.stern.de/lifestyle/leute/costa-cordalis--der-schlagersaenger-stirbt-mit-75-jahren-8782792.html |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=stern.de |date=3 July 2019 |language=de}} was a Greek-German Schlager singer.

Biography

Born Konstantinos Cordalis in Elateia, Phthiotis, Cordalis moved to Germany in 1960. His 1976 song "Anita" reached the top ten in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.{{Cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Costa-Cordalis/Anita-425|title=Costa Cordalis – Anita – hitparade.ch|last=Hung|first=Steffen|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=3 August 2018}} In 2004, he took part in, and won, the reality television game show Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rtl.de/cms/wer-wurde-wann-dschungelkoenig-die-dschungelcamp-sieger-von-2004-bis-2018-im-ueberblick-551817.html|title=Das sind alle Dschungelkönige|work=rtl.de|access-date=3 August 2018|language=de-DE}} In the same year, he admitted that he had a facelift in the Bodenseeklinik because he wanted to look younger.{{cite web |title=Costa Cordalis: faltenfrei mit Po-Fett|date=24 May 2013 |url=http://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/stars/id_63536024/costa-cordalis-schlagerbarde-mit-faltenfreiem-gesicht-dank-po-fett.html|language=german|accessdate=25 August 2015}} Cordalis competed for Greece in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1985.{{Cite web|url=https://www.t-online.de/sport/wintersport/id_43290506/tid_embedded/si_6/foto-show-legendaere-exoten-des-wintersports.html|title=Unter seinem bürgerlichen Vornamen Michael kennt den fliegenden Briten Edwards niemand. Als "Eddie the Eagle" hingegen wird {{!}} 7|website=www.t-online.de|access-date=3 August 2018|archive-date=15 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715152244/https://www.t-online.de/sport/wintersport/id_43290506/tid_embedded/si_6/foto-show-legendaere-exoten-des-wintersports.html|url-status=dead}}

He had a son, Lucas, and two daughters, Kiki and Eva.{{Cite news|url=https://www.stern.de/lifestyle/leute/schlagersaenger-costa-cordalis--schwerer-sturz-im-eigenen-badezimmer-7537878.html|title=Schlagersänger Costa Cordalis: Schwerer Sturz im eigenen Badezimmer|date=14 July 2017|work=stern.de|access-date=3 August 2018|language=de-DE}}

Awards

1981: Goldene Stimmgabel{{Cite news|url=https://www.express.de/sport/deutschland-reif-fuer-titel-costa-cordalis--griechenland-fliegt-raus--4523496|title=Deutschland reif für Titel: Costa Cordalis: Griechenland fliegt raus!|last=BÖDEKER|first=UWE|work=Express.de|access-date=3 August 2018|language=de-DE}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
1986: Goldene Stimmgabel