Natalia Germanou | |
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Native name | Ναταλία Γερμανού |
Birth name | Natalia Germanou |
Born |
Athens, Greece |
22 June 1965
Origin | Greece |
Genres | Modern Laika, Pop, Dance |
Occupation(s) | Songwriter, radio producer, television hostess, DJ |
Years active | 1988–present |
Website | www |
Natalia Germanou (Greek: Ναταλία Γερμανού; born in Athens, Greece in June 22, 1965) is a Greek lyricist, television hostess, radio producer, DJ and journalist.
Germanou has written lyrics for many popular Greek singers such as Anna Vissi, Christos Dantis, Elena Paparizou, Sakis Rouvas, Despina Vandi, Mihalis Hatzigiannis, Notis Sfakianakis, Natasa Theodoridou, Labis Livieratos, Katy Garbi and many more. She co-wrote with Dantis the lyrics to Elena Paparizou's My Number One, the winning entry of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. She also wrote the Greek song for Armenian singer Sirusho which calls Erotas. She has hosted a radio show on Sfera FM during the 2000s as well as having hosted or taken part in numerous reality and talk shows, currently on ANT1 TV network.
Germanou was born in Athens, with origins from Mytilene. Her father is the late Freddy Germanos, a popular journalist and author, and her mother Erietta Mavroudi. For 12 years, Germanou attended the "Mina Aidonopoulou" school, where she got good grades and was good in Math. At the age of 16, Germanou announced to her family that she would like to become an actress, to which her Father suggested journalism instead.
A few years later, Germanou finished a professional journalism school in Athens, and was soon accepted to the Orlando University of Florida where she planned to live for the next 5 years, perfecting her study in journalism. About a month and a half before her planned departure to college, Germanou got a job offer to work at the magazine "Ena" owned by Giorgos Koskotas, and managed by Pavlos Bakogiannis. Germanou, with the guidance of her father, accepted, and stayed in Athens, where for the next 4 years, got experience working for the magazines "Ena" and "Kai" and the newspaper "24 Ores".