Tamta | |
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Tamta performing at the MAD Video Music Awards 2017
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Background information | |
Birth name | Tamta Goduadze |
Born |
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR |
10 January 1981
Origin | Greece |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2004–present |
Labels | Minos EMI |
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Website | http://www.tamta.gr |
Tamta Goduadze (Georgian: თამთა გოდუაძე; Greek: Τάμτα Γκοντουάτζε), known as simply Tamta, is a Georgian-Greek singer. She first achieved popularity in Greece and Cyprus in 2004 for her participation in Super Idol Greece, in which she placed second. She has since went on to release several charting albums and singles in Greece and Cyprus. Goduadze became a mentor on X Factor Georgia in 2014, and The X Factor Greece in 2016.
Tamta was born and raised in Georgia, where she started singing at the age of five.
When Tamta was 22, she and her family moved to Greece, where she decided to enter the singing competition Super Idol, a reality television show produced and presented by Mega Channel and based on the British show Pop Idol. She managed to take second place in the finals.
In January 2007, Hellenic Radio and Television (ERT), announced Tamta's participation in national final to be the Greek representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. She placed third of the three participants, and Sarbel went to the Contest.
Her latest album, Agapise Me, was released on May 16, 2007 and the first single is "Agapise Me" (Love me). More recently, she released a CD single titled "Mia Stigmi Esi Ki Ego/Ela Sto Rhythmo".The cd include a remix of RBD Wanna PlayTamta was make RBD famous in Greece from her singles Pame Parea Rebelde and Agapw Wanna Play.Later on 2008 the RBD's album Rebel's was bestselling cd of the month March.It includes the Greek version a duet with Tamta