Stefania Liberakakis


Stefania Liberakakis, known simply as Stefania, is a Greek-Dutch singer, actress and YouTuber. She is a former member of the girl group Kisses, which represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016. In 2020, she was internally selected to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Supergirl", but this edition of the contest was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Greek broadcaster ERT decided that Liberakakis will represent Greece in the 2021 contest instead.

Career

Early career

In 2013, Liberakakis was a contestant in the third season of The Voice Kids in the Netherlands. She joined Team Borsato after her blind audition, but was eliminated in the battle rounds. She then joined the children's choir Kinderen voor Kinderen, which she left after two years.

2016: Junior Eurovision Song Contest

In 2016, Liberakakis auditioned for Junior Songfestival, the Dutch preselection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. She was internally chosen to represent the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Valletta as part of the girl group Kisses. The group performed the song "Kisses and Dancin'" and placed 8th out of 17.

2017–2019: Solo career and acting

In 2018, Liberakakis released her first solo single named "Stupid Reasons". In 2019, she released three more singles: "Wonder", "I'm Sorry " and "Turn Around". In June 2019, she performed a cover of the song "Con Calma" at the MAD Video Music Awards, which was broadcast on Greek television.
From 2018 onwards, she stars as Fenna in the TV-series Brugklas. She also starred in the Dutch movies , De Club van Lelijke Kinderen and 100% Coco New York.

Eurovision Song Contest 2020 and 2021

In late 2019, Liberakakis was named as a potential candidate to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 to be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. On 3 February 2020, it was confirmed by broadcaster ERT that she had indeed been selected to succeed Katerine Duska as the Greek representative. She would have performed the song "Supergirl" in the second semi-final on 14 May 2020. However, on 18 March, the EBU announced the cancellation of the contest due to 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. On the same day, ERT announced that Greece will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, with Stefania as the country's representative.

Personal life

Liberakakis's family is originally from Sofikó, a village near the town of Didymoteicho, in Greece. She is currently in a relationship with fellow Dutch singer Jannes Heuvelmans, who represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 as part of the boyband FOURCE.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

As part of Kisses

Filmography

Television

Film