World Song Contest

The World Song Contest was created in March 2005. Inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest, the WSC is an attempt to make the boundaries fall. Music does not have limits, that is why all the countries of the world can take part in this contest. 17 countries subscribed, which is a good start. But only one of the 17 participants of this first edition was a non-European country. That's only a beginning and let's bet that more non-European countries will join in the future. 

From pop music to electro, different kinds of music were represented. Some international hits were also submitted. But the final results showed that it could be a disadvantage. The United States of America finished 6th with the song "What You Waiting For ?", performed by Gwen Stefani. The song was a top 10 hit in several countries at that moment. Other big stars were also there, just like Anna Vissi for Cyprus and Joss Stone for the United Kingdom. But none of them managed to win. 

THE WINNER

Country: Greece
Artist(s): Dimitris Korgialas feat. Katerina Moutsatsou
Song: Mia Fora

Dimitris Korgialas was born in Naupaktos, an attractive town of central Greece, and raised in Athens where he first came in touch as an amateur with music at the age of 17 by participating in several rock groups.He is now an ascensive pop-rock singer with big promisses for the domestic music industry. Although his first album was released in 1997,he managed to become popular by his last cd called "As ta diskola se mena" and his cooperation with Evridiki (Eurovision 1992 & 1994), as he is the composer of her latest two albums. Mia fora, an electro-dance act, was one of the biggest hits in 2004 and also awarded as the best duett at the Mad TV music awards. The song can be either found in a British/French version called "Juste une fois". Mia fora means Once...

Katerina Moutsatsou (born in 1972 in Monterey, California) is a Greek actress. She studied in Paris and gratuated from Paris III - Sorbonne University. She holds a Maitrise in Theater Arts And Acting and a D.E.A (the equivalent of a Masters degree) in Theater Arts. Moutsatsou is also a dancer. After 10 years of classical ballet education in Athens she joined choreographer Mia Frye's classes at the “Centre de Danse du Marais” in Paris for five years. In the beginning of her acting career, Moutsatsou taught hip hop in Greece and choreographed videoclips for the boy-band 4-Play. Katerina has also worked briefly as a singer and has supported major Greek singers such as Anna Vissi and Sakis Rouvas. Her duet "Mia Fora" with Dimitris Korgialas in 2004 was a huge hit and won two awards at the 2004 Mad Music Awards as the best duet and best rock song. Moutsatsou has shared her life between Athens and Istanbul since 1998. She has become a popular figure for the Turkish public, appeaing on the cover of more than 30 magazines in Greece and Turkey. She has had a regular role since the second season of Yabanci Damat. She also took part in the series called Tutkunum Sana in 2006 in Turkey and became very close with the assistant director, Sahin Cetinkaya.