Polina (Greek singer)

Polina Paraskevi Misailidou (Greek: Πωλίνα Παρασκευή Μισαηλίδου) is a Greek singer, who is better known in her own country simply as Polina.

Polina Πωλίνα
Photo of Polina Performing on Stage
Background information
Birth name	Polina Paraskevi Misailidou
Also known as	Polina (stage name)
Born	Nea Smyrni, Athens, Greece
Origin	Thessaloniki, Greece
Genres	Pop, 1980s, 1990s
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1977–present
Labels	Sony Music
Website	https://polina93.webnode.gr

Polina was born and raised in Nea Smyrni, a suburb in south Athens. She started her career in 1977 singing the song "Lives" at the Thessaloniki Song Festival. In 1979, Polina appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest as a backup singer to Elpida as she performed the entry "Sokrati".

However, that would be her only time going to Eurovision. She was picked in the 1986 national selection to represent Greece at Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen, Norway, but Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi, Greece's national broadcaster, pulled out of the Contest unexpectedly. Polina stated that it was due to political troubles in Greece at the time,[1] but she noted that a Eurovision website had learned that the real reason was that the Contest was to be held the night before Orthodox Easter.[1] Had she performed, she would have appeared eighteenth and she would have performed the song "Wagon-lit".[1][2]

She is best known for the string of chart successes she had in Greece in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "Birimpa", "Pink Bikini", "Let's Go to the Seychelles", "Wagon Lit", "Contrares", "Radio, My love","Rumours was released", "Push-Ups", "Awesome" and "Ιn Thessaloniki". She has also collaborated with several well-known composers, like Stamatis Kraounakis, Harry Chalkitis, Costas Haritodiplomenos, Nikos Karvelas, Yannis Karalis, Kostas Bigalis, Yiannis Miliokas, Thanos Kalliris, Kostas Tournas, Phoebus and others, particularly Stamatis Kraounakis, with whom she has had a working relationship since the release of her Birimpa album in 1986.