Crystallia

Crystallia Κρυσταλλία
Crystallia in 2013
Background information
Birth name	Crystallia Riga
Also known as	Krystallia
Born	18 February 1987 Piraeus, Greece
Genres	Pop, Latin pop, dance
Occupation(s)	Musician voice artist songwriter composer dancer
Instruments	Vocals piano bass
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Plantinum Records
Associated acts	OtherView

Crystallia Riga (Greek: Κρυσταλλία Ρήγα; born 18 February 1987), better known as simply Crystallia (sometimes spelt Krystallia), is a Greek singer, pianist, and musician.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Early life

Crystallia was born and raised in Piraeus, Greece. She studied French literature and fashion design, and plays both classical piano and bass guitar. From an early age she was a member of a variety of bands.

Career

Crystillia began her professional career in 2006 when she appeared alongside Marinella and Antonis Remos. She also worked with well-known pianist and conductor Andrew Boutsikaki to develop her artistic repertoire.

From 2009 to 2012, she was a member of OtherView, a band that released one album and three digital singles. The group played with popular artists such as John Plutarch and made appearances at well-known places, including Cosmostage. In the summer of 2011 and 2012, the group went on tour, generating a positive response from audiences and their video for the song, I'm the One was awarded the prize for best video of 2012. In the fall of 2012, Crystallia left OtherView to pursue a solo career.^[7]

In 2013, she performed with Onirama in Gotham City,^[8] and released her first solo single, titled Kimolia.^[9] In the spring of 2013 she was a contestant on the first series of Greek television program "Your Face Sounds Familiar" on channel ANT1. She received positive reviews for her appearances and performances and finished in third place.^[10][11]

On the 28 February 2014, it was announced that Crystallia was going to participate in "Eurosong 2014 - a MAD show", a competition to select the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.^[12] On 4 March, it was revealed that her song would be Petalouda Stin Athina (Butterfly in Athens) ^[13] which she performed live along with the three other candidate songs on 5 March 2014.^[14]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title of work	Result
2011	MAD Video Music Awards	Artist of The Year	OtherView	Nominated
2012	MAD Video Music Awards	Video Clip of The Year	I'm The One	Nominated
2012	MAD Video Music Awards	Dance Video Clip	I'm The One	Won
2012	MAD Video Music Awards	Mad Radio 106.2 Track of The Year	I'm The One	Nominated
2012	MAD Video Music Awards	Band/Group of The Year	OtherView	Nominated

Television

• Your Face Sounds Familiar (2013)
• Eurosong 2014 – a MAD show (2014)

Discography

With OtherView

Albums

• 7 (Reissue) (2009)
• So Long (2010)
• OtherView: The Hits (2013)

Solo

Singles

• Kimolia (2013)
• Ta Spasmena Mas Gialia (2013)
• Petalouda Stin Athina (2014)
• Opws Sto Sinema (2014)
• "Pio Konta" (2015)
• "Oi Asfairoi" (2015)

External links

• Crystallia on Facebook

References

1. Κρυσταλλία | Δείτε την εμφάνισή της στο "Πρωινό" #video | Hit Channel
2. Κρυσταλλία & 1550 ξεσηκώνουν κάθε Τετάρτη το "Baraonda" | Hit Channel
3. Κρυσταλλία | Συναντά το Στέφανο Κορκολή και μας καθηλώνει με το νέο τραγούδι της! #teaser | Hit Channel
4. Κρυσταλλία | Backstage στα γυρίσματα του νέου της video clip! | Hit Channel
5. Κρυσταλλία - «Τα σπασμένα μας γυαλιά» | Νέο τραγούδι σε σύνθεση Στέφανου Κορκολή | Hit Channel
6. Κώστας Μαρτάκης, Κρυσταλλία, Demy, Courtney & 1550 υποδέχονται τα Χριστούγεννα! | Hit Channel
7. "Η Κρυσταλία φεύγει, οι Otherview (ξανα)έρχονται!". Tralala (in Greek). Retrieved 4 February 2013.
8. "Κρυσταλλία: Ξεκινάει δυναμικά τη σόλο καριέρα της, πλάι στους Onirama!". Hit Channel (in Greek). Retrieved 5 February 2013.
9. "Ακούστε το πρώτο τραγούδι της solo καριέρας της, με την υπογραφή του Γιώργου Σαμπάνη". Yupiii (in Greek). Retrieved 21 March 2013.
10. "Οι ξανθιές Κρυσταλλία-Μαντώ και οι άλλοι 8 του 'Your Face Sounds Familiar' συναντήθηκαν για πρώτη φορά". Cosmo.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 8 April 2013.
11. "Ο Θανάσης Αλευράς είναι ο μεγάλος νικητής του "Your Face Sounds Familiar"". Cosmo.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 1 July 2013.
12. "Greece: National final on 11 March". ESC Today. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
13. "Greece: National final song titles revealed". ESC Today. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
14. "Eurosong 2014 - A Mad Show: Aκούστε τα υποψήφια τραγούδια!". MAD (in Greek). Retrieved 5 March 2014.