Stavros Michalakakos

{{short description|Greek Cypriot singer (born 1987)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

|name = Stavros Michalakakos
Σταύρος Μιχαλακάκος

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|background = solo_singer

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1987|4|9}}

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|origin = Limassol, Cyprus

|genre = Pop

|years_active = 2009-present

|label = Sony Music Greece

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Stavros Michalakakos (in Greek Σταύρος Μιχαλακάκος) (born 9 April 1987) is a Greek Cypriot singer. On 12 February 2010 he won the second season of the Greek version of the television singing competition The X Factor. He was awarded a recording contract and a car. Michalakakos is the second Cypriot to have won the Greek competition, after Loukas Giorkas won the first season.{{Cite news|url=http://media.philenews.com/Flash/cyprusweekly/flash/current-issues/life/24_09_2010/life/11.html|title=Lifestyle|date=28 September 2010|via=media.philenews.com}}

Michalakakos' debut single, "Vres To Nisi" (Find the Island), a Greek-language cover of the 1979 Nick Lowe single "Cruel to Be Kind" with lyrics by Nikos Moraitis, was digitally released on 11 June 2010.{{cite web|title=ΒΡΕΣ ΤΟ ΝΗΣΙ|url=http://www.sonymusic.gr/page/news/news_artist_detail.asp?id=517|publisher=Sony Music Greece}}