Elena Nikolova

One of the greatest holidays of the year is coming up this weekend and I’m sure all of you have your eggs and bunny statues all over the house! Children across the ocean go egg hunting and here in Greece we simply cannot wait for Easter Sunday so we can compete who has the strongest egg. The feeling around Easter in Greece is great – you hear church bells all the time and you get ready to celebrate one of the biggest family holidays. Don’t worry, this week GRR HOT 15 will not entertain you with church music, quite the opposite – we will try to add to your Easter mood a touch of rhythm and excitement.

 There is a little movement in this week’s top 3. Saki is holding firmly his number one place with his Eurovision song “This is our night.” Last Sunday the pop icon met with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. When the singer asked him for some prayers, the answer from the Patriarch was “Do you really doubt that?”  More information about the singer and his visit to Saint George Church you can find here. The amazing Bulgarian Cubanita is on number 2. Milenita started low with her song “Niama” but quickly reached the top! There is no doubt that talented singer will keep her high position. We cannot wait for her next hit to enter GRR HOT 15. The naughty boy in our chart, Kanye West with his song “Love Lockdown” went down with one position and landed on the lucky number 3.

Following are three Greek songs and one surprise on number 4. Andonis Remos jumped faster than expected with 4 positions! This is not unusual for the singer. Born in Düsseldorf, Germany he moves to Thessaloniki at age ten. After his graduation he has worked many jobs unrelated to music. His talent soon comes out and when he moves to Athens in 1995 he immediately signs a record deal with Sony. His debut earns him a double platinum certification within the first year. Following is sure success, which in 2001 brings him the title “Biggest star in contemporary Greek pop.” Lucky for him and for us that he decided to come to Athens and pursue his music dream!

Eleni Peta with “Val ta sta podia” is still protecting her last week’s fifth place. After a big jump of 4 positions last week, Eleni is keeping the suspense of whether she will go up or down next week. A fall of two positions brought C:Real and “An Ise Esi” to number 6 this week. After being in the lower end of the top 5 for two weeks, C:Real is falling and we will probably not see them among the leaders.