Chrispa

Early life

Chrispa was born in Athens and moved to Pireus at age five, where she began experimenting with music and dance. She originally loved ballet and studied it for thirteen years, but left partly due to her short height. She then took courses in phonetics, piano, and guitar at school.

Her singing career began at 18 when she sang with Sofia Vossou at a summer concert in Aegina. Vossou praised her voice and helped her secure a contract with Alpha Records. Chrispa later performed with Stamatis Gonidis, Labis Livieratos, and Themis Adamantidis.

Musical career

In spring 2003, at age 21, Chrispa released her debut album Tora on Alpha Records. Its first single "Esena Thelo" gained radio success and had a music video and remix. Her self-titled album Chrispa followed in 2004 on Minos EMI. A repackaged compilation, Chrispa 100%, appeared in 2005 with hits from the first two albums, a new single "Mou Kani Plaka O Theos" that became a radio hit, a DVD of music videos, and remixes.

Other radio hits from that period included "An Den Ipirhes", "Savvatokiriako", "Fevgo Gia To 7", "I Kolasi Eimai Ego", and "Pali Tha Peis Signomi". In 2005 she collaborated with Giorgos Tsalikis and Constantinos Christoforou in summer, and during winter 2005–2006 toured with Elli Kokkinou, Andreas Stamos, Constantinos Christoforou, and Kalomoira. She released Posa Hrostao in 2006 and Kathreftis in 2007; the first single from Kathreftis, "Mia Stigmi", had a music video.

Chrispa was a candidate in the Greek national final for Eurovision 2008 with a song composed by Marios Psimopoulos and lyrics by Antonis Papas, initially titled "SOS For Love" then changed to "A Chance to Love". Described as a "Dance Oriental" with Greek and English lyrics, she performed first in the final on 27 February 2008 and placed third with 15.9% of the vote. Her fifth studio album, Mehri Edo, came out on 6 October 2009, with eleven tracks by Stefanos Korkolis and lyrics by Rebecca Roussi.

Chrispa expressed dissatisfaction with her label's promotion of the album and considered leaving Minos EMI early. Since then she has released four digital singles: "Den yposxomai tipota" (2010), "Eisai asteri" (2011), "Kolla 5" (2012), and "Me skotonei" (2013).

TV appearances

Since October 2013, Chrispa has been a contestant on the Greek Dancing with the Stars. Despite low scores from judges, she remained in the competition due to televoting; social media noted her popularity increased after guest judge Giorgos Liagkas insulted her.

She has appeared on many Greek TV shows promoting her songs, and in 2009 guest-starred on the sitcom Polikatoikia. On the show Pame paketo she invited Sofia Vossou to thank her publicly. She also entered the Big Brother house as part of a game to harass the contestants.