Yianna Terzi
{{Short description|Greek singer and songwriter (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Yianna Terzi
| native_name = Γιάννα Τερζή
| native_name_lang = el
| image = Yianna Terzi At the 2018 Eurovision Blue Carpet 01.jpg
| caption = Terzi at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest
| image_size = 220
| birth_name = Ioanna Terzi ({{lang|el|Ιωάννα Τερζή}})
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|12|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Thessaloniki, Greece
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| instrument = {{Hlist|Vocals|piano}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| years_active = 2004–present
| label = {{Hlist|Minos EMI|Universal Music Greece|Panik Records}}
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Ioanna "Yianna" Terzi ({{langx|el|Ιωάννα "Γιάννα" Τερζή}}, {{IPA|el|ˈʝana terˈzi|IPA}}; born 1 December 1980) is a Greek singer and songwriter.{{cite web|url=https://www.ishow.gr/person/1880100/gianna-terzi|title=Γιάννα Τερζή|website=iShow.gr|access-date=14 April 2019|archive-date=14 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414130430/https://www.ishow.gr/person/1880100/gianna-terzi|url-status=live}} She represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Oniro mou".{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/gianna-terzi-greece-eurovision-2018|title=Gianna Terzi officially confirmed for Greece!|publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU)|first=Paul|last=Jordan|date=16 February 2018|access-date=16 February 2018|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403175146/https://eurovision.tv/story/gianna-terzi-greece-eurovision-2018|url-status=live}}
Biography
Terzi was born in 1980 in Thessaloniki, the daughter of Greek singer Paschalis Terzis.{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/yianna-terzi-greece-2018-delivers-on-rehearsal-stag|title=Greece's Yianna Terzi delivers on the rehearsal stage |date=30 April 2018|publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU)|access-date=23 January 2022}} At age 20, she moved to Athens to pursue a music career, releasing her first CD single in 2005, and the album Gyrna to kleidi in 2006 through Cobalt Music. She then signed to Minos EMI and released the album {{lang|el|Ase me na taxidepso}} in 2008 along with a single of the same name. Terzi later moved to the United States and worked as a talent scout for Interscope Records.{{cite web|url=http://infegreece.gr/diavaste-leptomereies-gia-symmetoxh-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B6%CE%AE-ston-ethniko-teliko-0onomata-vriskontai-pisw-apo-tragoudi/|title=Διαβάστε όλες τις λεπτομέρειες για την Γιάννα Τερζή στον εθνικό τελικό και ποια μεγάλα ονόματα βρίσκονται πίσω από το τραγούδι της|first=Andreas|last=Pervenas|website=infegreece.gr|language=el|access-date=16 February 2018|archive-date=3 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103131459/http://infegreece.gr/diavaste-leptomereies-gia-symmetoxh-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B6%CE%AE-ston-ethniko-teliko-0onomata-vriskontai-pisw-apo-tragoudi/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2018/02/16/greece-gianna-terzi-oneiro-mou-eurovision-2018/|title=Greece: Gianna Terzi with "Oniro mou" to Eurovision 2018|date=16 February 2018|publisher=Eurovoix|last=McCaig|first=Ewan|access-date=23 January 2022|archive-date=16 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216201327/https://eurovoix.com/2018/02/16/greece-gianna-terzi-oneiro-mou-eurovision-2018/|url-status=live}}
Terzi was selected as one of the twenty shortlisted artists for the Ellinikós Telikós 2018 with the song "Oniro mou" on 27 October 2017, representing Panik Records.{{cite web|last1=Argyriou|first1=Giannis|title=Η Γιάννα Τερζή η 13η υποψήφια για τον ελληνικό τελικό της Eurovision 2018 (Update)|url=http://infegreece.gr/i-gianna-terzi-i-13i-ipopsifia-gia-ton-elliniko-teliko-tis-eurovision-2018/|website=infegreece.com|publisher=INFEGreece|access-date=29 October 2017|date=29 October 2017|language=el|archive-date=16 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216140438/http://infegreece.gr/i-gianna-terzi-i-13i-ipopsifia-gia-ton-elliniko-teliko-tis-eurovision-2018/|url-status=live}} Later, on November 8, she became one of the five acts to be selected to move on to the televised final.{{cite web|last1=Argyriou|first1=Giannis|title=Eurovision ΕΡΤ: Αυτοί είναι οι πέντε φιναλίστ του ελληνικού τελικού!|url=http://infegreece.gr/eurovision-ert-autoi-einai-oi-pente-finalist-tou-ellinikou-telikou/|website=infegreece.com|publisher=INFEGreece|access-date=8 November 2017|date=8 November 2017|language=el|archive-date=9 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109063735/http://infegreece.gr/eurovision-ert-autoi-einai-oi-pente-finalist-tou-ellinikou-telikou/|url-status=live}} Following the disqualification of two of the five acts for not having a "Greek sound", "Oniro mou" entered the top three. On 15 February 2018, it was reported that the record labels for the two other competing artists refused to pay a €20,000 fee to the Greek broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) and were disqualified from the competition, leaving "Oniro mou" as the only song remaining and the default Greek entry. At the contest, held on 8 May 2018, she placed 14th, failing to qualify for the final.{{cite web|title=First Semi-Final of Lisbon 2018|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/lisbon-2018/first-semi-final|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508165744/https://eurovision.tv/event/lisbon-2018/first-semi-final|archive-date=8 May 2021|access-date=8 May 2021|publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} Following the competition, the English version of the song, titled "Eternity" was released.{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2018/06/07/greece-yianna-terzi-english-oneiro-mou/|date=7 June 2018|title=Greece: Yianna Terzi Releases English Version of "Oneiro Mou"|publisher=Eurovoix|first=Emily|last=Herbert|access-date=23 January 2022|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123152403/https://eurovoix.com/2018/06/07/greece-yianna-terzi-english-oneiro-mou/|url-status=live}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
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| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GRE |
| scope="row"| Gyrna to kleidi
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| scope="row"| Ase me na taxidepso
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=Singles=
References
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{{Succession box|
|before=Demy
with "This Is Love"
|title=Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
|years=2018
|after=Katerine Duska
with "Better Love"
}}
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{{Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest 2018}}
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Category:Greek expatriates in the United States
Category:21st-century Greek women singers
Category:Greek women pop singers
Category:Panik Records artists
Category:Singers from Thessaloniki
Category:Universal Music Greece artists