Crystallia



Crystallia Riga (Greek: Κρυσταλλία Ρήγα) (born in Piraeus, Greece), better known as simply Crystallia (sometimes spelled Krystallia) is a Greek singer, pianist and musician.

Early life
Crystallia was born and raised in Piraeus. She studied French literature, fashion design, classical piano and plays amateur bass. From an early age she participated in various bands, having in mind to become a singer. She has been described as a fashion icon due to the many changes and intense colors in her hair, but the particular style. This characterization confirmed the international house shoes Jeffrey Campbell, who had chosen for his campaign.

Begin of career
She began her professional career in 2006 where she appeared alongside Marinella and Antonis Remos, and has worked with well-known pianist and conductor Andrew Boutsikaki artistic repertoire.

2009–2012: OtherView
From 2009 to 2012 she was a member of the band OtherView, which released a full album and three digital singles. In parallel, the views side by popular artists such as John Plutarch and appearances at Cosmostage, but made and long summer tour that saw the widespread public response, summers of 2011 and 2012. Proof of acceptance was the award for best dance video clip to the song "I'm The One" for the year 2012. During this period Crystallia stole the limelight and singled out for special voice and impressive stage presence.

2012–present: Solo career, Eurosong 2014 – a MAD show and Super Festival
In the fall of 2012 leaves the band starting solo career bringing the full range of her talent. Appeared in 2013 along with Onirama in Gotham City Stage and released her first solo song, titled "Kimolia", a creation of George synthetic champagne and the same lyrically, presenting with writing yet another aspect of potential.

In the spring of the same year she participated as a contestant on the first series of the television program of ANT1, Your Face Sounds Familiar, where she received very flattering reviews for her appearances and performances and achieved the third place.

On 28 February 2014, it was announced that Crystallia is going to participate in "Eurosong 2014 - a MAD show", which is going to select the participant for Eurovision Song Contest 2014. "Petalouda Stin Athina" (Butterfly in Athens) was revealed as her song on 4 March 2014 and was presented along with the other three candidate songs on 5 March 2014.

After coming third in the Greek Final "Eurosong 2014 - a MAD show", it was announced that she will compete in the Super Festival 1 with her song "Petalouda stin Athina", namely with the same song where she tried for Eurovision.