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Sakis Rouvas
Sakis Rouvas sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 2004 and 2009, for Greece. The best result was 3rd place in 2004, with “Shake It”.
- who
- Greek recording artist
- born
- 5 January 1972, Corfu, Greece
- contests
- 2004, 2009
- best result
- 3rd, 2004
- music
- pop, rock, rhythm and blues, soul
- plays
- guitar, piano
- active
- since 1991
- record labels
- PolyGram
- sang for
- Greece
Biography
Sakis Rouvas is a Greek singer, actor and businessman, born in Corfu, who was a pole vaulter in Greece’s national junior athletics team before turning to music. Rouvas has sung for Greece twice: “Shake It” finished third in Istanbul in 2004, and “This Is Our Night” finished seventh in Moscow in 2009.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Sakis Rouvas”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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2004 Istanbul
“Shake It”
3rd of 24 Finished 3rd of 24 in the final, with 252 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Nikos Terzis, Nektarios Tyrakis
- Running order
- 16th of 24 in the final
- Semi-final
- 3rd of 22, 238 points
- Age on the night
- 32
- Won that year
- Ukraine: Ruslana, “Wild Dances”
The story of Eurovision 2004: The first semi-final, and Ukraine wins at the second attempt
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2009 Moscow
“This Is Our Night”
7th of 25 Finished 7th of 25 in the final, with 120 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Cameron Giles-Webb, Dimitris Kontopoulos, Craig Porteils
- Running order
- 8th of 25 in the final
- Semi-final
- 4th of 19, 110 points
- Age on the night
- 37
- Won that year
- Norway: Alexander Rybak, “Fairytale”
The story of Eurovision 2009: A pun on Putin, voters called in for questioning, and a record win
Away from Eurovision
Awards
- MTV Europe Music Award for Best Greek Act 2010
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Sakis Rouvas, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2006 The host who would not sing
Greek television's first idea was to ask Sakis Rouvas, third in 2004, to represent the country again. He said no. It wanted him involved anyway, and asked him to present instead. His co-host was the Greek-American television presenter Maria Menounos.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons and is credited beside it. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.