Katerine Duska

Katerine Duska
Katerine Duska
Background information
Born	5 November 1989 (age 35); Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Indie pop; soul;
Occupations	Singer; songwriter;
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Minos EMI; Universal Music Greece;

Katerine Duska (Greek: Κατερίνα Ντούσκα; born 5 November 1989)^[1] is a Greek-Canadian singer and songwriter. She represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Better Love" which was released on 6 March 2019.

Biography

Duska was born on 5 November 1989 in Montreal, Canada, and currently resides in Athens, Greece.^[2]

She released her 2015 debut album with the title Embodiment.^[3] In 2018, she appeared in a concert at the Concert Hall in Athens performing songs from her album with songs composed by Swedish singer-songwriter Albin Lee Meldau.^[3] Meldau also appeared in concert with Duska in September 2018 at the Palace Garden in Athens.^[4] In December 2018, she made a guest appearance at a concert of musician Petros Klampanis.^[5]

Eurovision Participation

Duska participated in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest and placed 21st with 74 points after successfully qualifying from the first semi final of the competition.^[6] Talking to Wiwibloggs about her song, she said “Love has nothing to do with gender, it’s a very pro-human song”.^[7]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details
Embodiment	Released: 4 December 2015 Label: Minos EMI Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album or EP
Title	Year	GRE ^[8]	GRE (Dig.) ^[9]	Album or EP
"One in a Million"	2014	—	—	Embodiment
"Won't Leave"	2015	—	—	Embodiment
"Better Love"	2019	18	4	Non-album singles
"Anemos" (with Leon of Athens)	2020	—	—	Non-album singles
"Sanctuary"		—	—	Call Me Nyx EP
"Call Me Nyx"		—	—
"Athenian Skies"	2021	—	—
"Of Time"	2022	—	—
"Muse"		—	—
"Babel"		—	—	Non-album singles
"Sunshine"	2024	—	—	Non-album singles
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

^ Alex, Stelios (10 April 2019). "Artist Profile: Greece 2019 – Katerine Duska". Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "Katerine Duska - Athens - September 14 - Kathimerini". www.ekathimerini.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Katerine Duska: Θέλω να εξελίσσομαι καλλιτεχνικά και να ταξιδεύει η μουσική μου". 6 September 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ "Η Katerine Duska & ο Albin Lee Meldau στον Κήπο του Μεγάρου". elculture.gr. 12 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ "Petros Klampanis - Athens - December 30 - Kathimerini". www.ekathimerini.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ Darvill, Josh (23 May 2019). "Eurovision 2019 results in full: Eurovision Song Contest Scoreboard". TellyMix. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
^ "Greece's Katerine Duska: "Love has nothing to do with gender, it's a very pro-human song"". wiwibloggs. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
^ "Charts". Archived from the original on 19 November 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
^ "Official IFPI Charts Digital Singles Chart". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Yianna Terzi with "Oniro mou"	Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019	Succeeded by Stefania with "Superg!rl"

[1] Alex, Stelios (10 April 2019). "Artist Profile: Greece 2019 – Katerine Duska". Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[2] "Katerine Duska - Athens - September 14 - Kathimerini". www.ekathimerini.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[culturenow.gr-3] "Katerine Duska: Θέλω να εξελίσσομαι καλλιτεχνικά και να ταξιδεύει η μουσική μου". 6 September 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[4] "Η Katerine Duska & ο Albin Lee Meldau στον Κήπο του Μεγάρου". elculture.gr. 12 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[5] "Petros Klampanis - Athens - December 30 - Kathimerini". www.ekathimerini.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[6] Darvill, Josh (23 May 2019). "Eurovision 2019 results in full: Eurovision Song Contest Scoreboard". TellyMix. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

[7] "Greece's Katerine Duska: "Love has nothing to do with gender, it's a very pro-human song"". wiwibloggs. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

[8] "Charts". Archived from the original on 19 November 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

[9] "Official IFPI Charts Digital Singles Chart". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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