Skip to main content

Yianna Terzi

Yianna Terzi will represent Greece at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Oniro Mou'.

? Download or stream this song via your favourite platform.

Emerging from a musical family of professional singers, Yianna Terzi is certainly one to look out for. She relocated from Greece to the United States nine years ago and worked her way into the studio with Grammy Award winning composers. Yianna took her musical talent to a place where she knew she could be free and express herself musically in her own way. 

Yianna released her first official English language single, Love Is Your Name, which hit iTunes and started gaining attention in the underground clubs of New York City. This prompted Yianna to begin performing there to create her foundation in the US.

At a young age, Yianna was inspired by groundbreaking artists such as Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Michael Jackson. Gaining a degree in Theory of Music, she pursued her dream of becoming a professional singer and was quickly signed to Universal Music. Audiences connected with Yianna instantly and caught hold to her unique tone.

Yianna has received nominations for Best New Artist at the Cyprus Music Awards as well as the prestigious Arion Awards. Her debut album Gyrna to kleidi (Turn The Key) received significant radio airplay and the single Pou kai pou (Every Now And Then) dominated the charts for months. Yianna’s second album was released through EMI from which two singles and videos were released.

Yianna is representing Greece in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, where she will be performing the song Oniro Mou (My Dream), which she co-produced with Aris Kalimeris, Dimitris Stamatiou and Michalis Papathanasiou.

About the song writers and composers 

Aris Kalimeris was born and raised in Kozani, a city in northern Greece. He is a law graduate and has more than ten years of experience in the national and international music industry. Apart from working as a musician, he also works as a producer and lyricist. Aris is not new to the Eurovision Song Contest, he worked with the Moldovan delegation in 2009 as a lyricist.

Michalis Papathanasiou is a finance graduate, music producer, composer and arranger. He has worked with some of the most important Greek artists, such as Alkistis Protopsalti, Haris Alexiou, Giorgos Mazonakis, Helena Paparizou, Michalis Hatzigiannis and more, as well as working as a remixer for Stevie Wonder and Snoop Dogg. He has composed and arranged many Greek soundtracks.

Dimitris Stamatiou is a composer and producer who has worked with the greatest names in the Greek and international music industry. He has collaborated with artists such as Snoop Dog, Lexz Pryde, Helena Paparizou, Anna Vissi, ONE, Peggy Zina, Apostolia Zoi, K. Christoforou, Vanessa Adamopoulou, Goin’ Through, BO, Midenistis and many more, as well as achieving Platinum and Golden sales with Goin’ Through, Ilias Vrettos, Antique and more.

Music video

Live performance

Lyrics of Oniro Mou

If you look into my depths
you'll bring my dream to life.
And if you look into my heart
I'll take you into my arms.

How can I make it clear that I’d die for you?
I'd give my life for you
(You’re) the end and the beginning
You’re everything

No matter my heartache
I wouldn't strike you off the map
I'd give my life for you
(You’re) the end and the beginning
You’re everything

Why would you want to change me
and dull my blue (colour)?
If you talk to my mountains,
my loneliness will be listening...

How can I make it clear that I’ d die for you?
I'd give my life for you
(You’re) the end and the beginning
You’re everything

How can I make it clear that I’ d die for you?
I'd give my life for you
(You’re) the end and the beginning
You’re everything

No matter my heartache
I wouldn't strike you off the map
I'd give my life for you
(You’re) the end and the beginning
You’re everything

Why?
Αν θα ψάξεις το βυθό μου, ζωντανεύεις το όνειρό μου
Κι αν κοιτάξεις την καρδιά μου, θα σε πάρω αγκαλιά μου

Πώς θες να σου το πω;
Πως για σένα εγώ θα πέθαινα
Τη ζωή μου θα σ' την έδινα
Τέλος και αρχή
Όλα είσαι εσύ
Όσο κι αν πονώ
Απ’ τον χάρτη δε θα σ’ έσβηνα
Τη ζωή μου θα σ' την έδινα
Τέλος και αρχή
Όλα είσαι εσύ

Γιατί θέλεις να μ’ αλλάξεις και το μπλε μου να ξεβάψεις
Αν μιλήσεις στα βουνά μου, θα σ’ ακούσει η μοναξιά μου

Πώς θες να σου το πω;
Πως για σένα εγώ θα πέθαινα
Τη ζωή μου θα σ' την έδινα
Τέλος και αρχή
Όλα είσαι εσύ
Όσο κι αν πονώ
Απ’ τον χάρτη δε θα σ’ έσβηνα
Τη ζωή μου θα σ' την έδινα
Τέλος και αρχή
Όλα είσαι εσύ

Πώς θες να σου το πω;
Πως για σένα εγώ θα πέθαινα
Τη ζωή μου θα σ' την έδινα
Τέλος και αρχή
Όλα είσαι εσύ
Όσο κι αν πονώ
Απ’ τον χάρτη δε θα σ’ έσβηνα
Τη ζωή μου θα σ' την έδινα
Τέλος και αρχή
Όλα είσαι εσύ

Μα γιατί;