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Freaky Fortune was a Greek musical duo consisting of vocalist Nicolas "Nick" Raptakis (Greek: Νικόλας Ραπτάκης; born 30 April 1990) and producer Theofilos "Teo" Pouzbouris (Greek: Θεόφιλος Πουζμπούρης; born 9 February 1991).[1] They represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 together with RiskyKidd with the song "Rise Up".
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2012–2013: Early beginnings
Raptakis and Pouzbouris broke through within the internet community after winning a cover competition organised by blogger Perez Hilton with their cover of the song "Part of Me" (originally by Katy Perry). After their win, they released three singles: "Our Destiny", "Stronger" and "All I Need (This Summer)", with which they had local radio success.
2014: Eurovision Song Contest
In 2014, the duo was chosen to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 along with the rapper RiskyKidd with the song "Rise Up".[2] "Rise Up" came 20th in the final of Eurovision 2014. Their following single "In a World Without You" was released on 25 June 2014, receiving positive reviews from music critics. The song was a collaboration with the Greek DJ Nicolas Costa who also wrote the song, while the production was done by him and Freaky Fortune.
The group split up shortly afterwards.
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRE | AUT [3] |
IRE [4] |
UK [5] |
TUR | |||||||||||||
| "Our Destiny" | 2012 | 20 | — | — | — | 59 | Non-album singles | ||||||||||
| "Stronger" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "All I Need (This Summer)" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Rise Up" (featuring RiskyKidd) | 2014 | 4 | 67 | 73 | 110 | — | |||||||||||
| "In a World Without You" (with Nicolas Costa) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Gi kai ouranos" (Γη και ουρανός) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||
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