Posted July 31, 200816 yr from ESCToday Just a few days after she was warmly welcomed in her home country as a winner, having achieved a third place at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, Kalomira Sarantis left for the United States to be present at her sister's childbirth. Or so everyone thought at first. The truth is that due to a conflict between the artist and her label, the former has decided to leave the country indefinitely, putting her singing career on hold for the time being. Kalomira Sarantis expresses great bitterness and although she still refuses to reveal the exact reasons that forced her to halt her successful singing career in Greece, she makes it clear this had nothing to do with her participation in the contest. On the contrary Eurovision was something that made her happy and proud she claims: " It was an honour for me to represent Greece in this contest." she says " I say this from the bottom of my heart as I felt the love of the people through all the nice things they said about me. I thanked them because they supported me from the first moment I said I'd do it." Kalomira claims it was a number of things, all of major importance, that accumulated until she could not endure the situation any longer. According to her father, the main problem lay with Heaven Music, Kalomira's record label and the way they treated the artist. He feels that his daughter was purposefully mistreated by the label and by some people in particular "who treated her like dirt". Mr Makis Pounentis, the newly appointed CEO of Heaven Music, when asked by Ciao magazine, claimed he was surprised to hear about the singer's complaints and as he has been at his post for a few months he could not offer an explanation. Heaven Music ,he says, will honour the contract with Kalomira. Currently, the young artist is in Long Island where she helps out at her family's taverna. At the beginning of the month, she was secretly engaged to her long time boyfriend Yiorgos. As for the plans for her return, nothing has been decided yet: "I miss Greece and all the people I really love, but I need to calm down and think" she says. wow, she obviously has strong principles!!! she won't be returning to ESC for Greece anytime soon then!
July 31, 200816 yr Oh bollocks, no second single :( That's this rather good album down the drain then after it only peaked at #12 in the already questionably lucrative Greek market...
July 31, 200816 yr Author bit of a waste isn't it...in completely separate ESC 08 related news not worthy of its own topic... they played a clip of Shady Lady in the background of Loose Women today for some unknown reason :kink:
July 31, 200816 yr they played a clip of Shady Lady in the background of Loose Women today for some unknown reason :kink: they have been doing that all week, it took me to today to realise how i knew the song lol
July 31, 200816 yr Author wow! I still think that would be a big hit here given proper promotion...it's the most 'hit single' sounding song from the ESC this year
July 31, 200816 yr Author when saying the guests that would be on next week I think...all of them supposedly being 'shady lady's' :lol:
July 31, 200816 yr Ahhh. It's always on when my mum's in the house haha so I might watch it tomorrow, just for that!
August 4, 200816 yr wow! I still think that would be a big hit here given proper promotion...it's the most 'hit single' sounding song from the ESC this year What about Secret Combination? Best chav anthem that never was tbh :heart:
August 5, 200816 yr Author this is very true...could be big if given Disney style promotion she could sign up to the same label as Jonas Brothers or Miley Cyrus!
August 5, 200816 yr Oh dear lord no, maybe for her older stuff but for most of the shiz on Secret Combination she needs Furtado-style promotion tbh :heart: And also Not Crazy After All could've been a hit on its own merits over here :w00t:
August 17, 200816 yr bit of a waste isn't it...in completely separate ESC 08 related news not worthy of its own topic... they played a clip of Shady Lady in the background of Loose Women today for some unknown reason :kink: I saw Shady Lady on a music channel about a week ago :mellow: :unsure:
September 7, 200816 yr So is kalomira gonna change labels? Surely she must be very known in greece now/ quite big... surely she can sort something out? I'd like her to release a great single over here, she has a cool name, is really good looking, can speak english (people will think she's big in america) and can sing, she just needs the right song! also the shady lady song... that woman is stunning, but i dont think that song would do well here! I think Armenia's song could tho if promoted heavily!
February 11, 200916 yr Moments ago it was confirmed to oikotimes.com that Kalomira will attend the greek song selection February 18th. Kalomira who originally had a time dispute over her appearance on the stage of the greek song selection, finally she won the debate and she will sing two songs. The first song with be the 2008 Greek entry and she will also perform the song "Just Dance" by Lady GaGa. So is kalomira gonna change labels? Surely she must be very known in greece now/ quite big... surely she can sort something out? I'd like her to release a great single over here, she has a cool name, is really good looking, can speak english (people will think she's big in america) and can sing, she just needs the right song! also the shady lady song... that woman is stunning, but i dont think that song would do well here! I think Armenia's song could tho if promoted heavily! she is very Big in Greece. Actually in 2003 she was the winner of the greek version of star academy,at the age of 18 and she was adored by the greeks ... Her label is one of the biggest labels in our country ,but her contract was not in favour of her so she has to wait until it ends... Now she is presenting a funny game the Big in Japan... she is so funny!!:P (youtube >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laQxQiJODow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHPDkU38GJ8&NR=1 ) Edited February 11, 200916 yr by lenia
February 11, 200916 yr Looks hilarious :lol: But why does she speak in English? Can't wait to see her do Just Dance :wub:
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