Helena Paparizou  Helena Paparizou (, ; born 31 January 1982) is a Greek-Swedish singer, songwriter and television personality. Born and raised in Sweden to Greek parents, she enrolled in various arts schools before launching a career in Sweden in 1999 as a member of the laïko (Greek folk music) and Eurodance duo Antique, who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 and afterwards became popular. Antique disbanded in 2003, and Paparizou signed a solo recording contract with Sony Music, releasing the chart-topping debut single "Anapandites Kliseis" and album "Protereotita" (2004), with emphasis on laïko, pop, and dance sounds, but at first had modest sales. In 2005, she represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "My Number One", which she won. It was the first Greek win in the contest's history and transformed her career. Her album was subsequently certified double platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Greece. Paparizou attempted a career beyond Greece with English-language material, charting in a few countries abroad. Her three subsequent albums "Iparhi Logos" (2006), "The Game of Love" (2006) and "Vrisko To Logo Na Zo" (2008) all peaked at number one in Greece and reached platinum sales. Her fifth studio album "Giro Apo T' Oneiro" (2010) was also certified platinum. Paparizou's final release before she left Sony Music, "Greatest Hits & More", was released in 2011 and included "Baby It's Over", her biggest hit until 2016. Paparizou's biggest hit to date is "An Me Dis Na Kleo" feat Anastasios Rammos. Paparizou established herself as a teen idol, particularly among young girls. She has endorsed the brands Nokia and Ivi. For the period 2013-2015, she advertised hair colour products for Koleston company in Greece. In the 2010s she tried to move into television as a judge on "Dancing on Ice" (2011) and as a contestant on "Let's Dance" (2012). Since 2016, Paparizou has been a judge at "The Voice of Greece". Paparizou lived with her fiancé and manager Toni Mavridis from 1999 until their separation in 2011. Paparizou has been awarded three Arion Music Awards, a European Border Breakers Award, 28 MAD Video Music Awardsmore than any other artistand an MTV Europe Music Award.