Minus One (band)

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Minus One
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Minus One in May 2016
Background information
Origin Nicosia, Cyprus
Genres Rock
Years active2009–present
MembersAndreas Kapatais
Constantinos Amerikanos
Harrys Pari
Orestis Savva
Christopher Ioannides

Minus One are a Cypriot rock band formed in Nicosia in 2009. They gained prominence in 2016 for representing Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest.

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History

Minus One began as a cover band, but later started performing their own music. [1]

They tried to represent Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Shine", but placed third in the national final. [2] After being internally selected, they represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Alter Ego", which they co-wrote with Swedish musician Thomas G:son. [3] [4] The band reached 8th place with 164 points in the semi-final, [5] and finished in 21st place with 96 points in the final. [6]

As a part of their "Alter Ego Tour" in 2016, the band performed in Amsterdam, Limassol, London, and Moscow. [7]

In February 2017, they opened for British musician Glenn Hughes on his Resonate Tour in Vienna, Bologna, and Milan. [8] On 16 December 2017, the band released a cover of the 1964 song "You Don't Own Me", originally performed by Lesley Gore. In the Minus One version, the band is joined by 15-year-old Cypriot singer Semeli Panayiotou. [9]

Minus One's first album, Red Black White, was released on 14 December 2018. It was recorded at Medley Studios in Copenhagen and released by Danish label Mighty Music. [10]

Band members

Current

Previous

Discography

Studio albums

EP

Singles

  • Alter Ego - 2016
  • The Potato Song - 2016
  • Save Me - 2016
  • You Don't Own Me - 2017
  • Girl - 2018
  • What's Up - 2019
  • My Girl - Where Did You Sleep Last Night - 2020
  • What's Up? - 2021
  • Oh Pretty Woman - 2021

References

  1. "About". Minus One. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  2. Cameron, Iain (1 February 2015). "Cyprus: Giannis Karagiannis Is Off To Vienna". ESCReporter.com. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. K, Andreas (4 November 2015). "Cyprus: Minus One selected for Stockholm". eurovisionworld.com. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  4. Granger, Anthony (31 Jan 2016). "Cyprus: Minus One to Perform "Alter Ego"". eurovoix.com.
  5. "Eurovision Song Contest 2016 First Semi-Final | Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  6. "Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Grand Final | Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  7. "The Alter Ego Euro-Tour is ON! [April Dates & Locations]". minusoneband.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  8. "GLENN HUGHES "Resonate tour" op. Stone Broken + Minus One - Live @ Zona Roveri Music Factory, Bologna 17-2-2017". TUTTOROCK (in Italian). Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  9. "Η 15χρονη Σεμέλη ερμηνεύει εξαιρετικά τη νέα διασκευή των Minus One". City Free Press (in Greek). 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  10. "Minus One – Red Black White". Mighty Music. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
2016
Succeeded by
Hovig
with "Gravity"