On Sunday he flew to Liverpool. There, in the city of the Beatles and the “football capital” of England, the 67th Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the coming days. It was supposed to be held in Kyiv – because of the first place in Ukraine last year – but the war, which does not stop, forced to change the “place” of the competition. All this, however, does not apply to the 16-year-old Viktoras. During our last phone call to wish him “a good road”, he seemed confused. He just got back from another long rehearsal.

“Cleverly – persistently – ready”! Konstantinos Rigos, who undertook to direct it, told me at the very beginning of his efforts. “Younger brother,” he mentioned. “Our little brother, on whom we place our dreams.”

“I see him melting away in rehearsals and I think, ‘I didn’t even know what I wanted to do when I was 16,'” Rigos continues.

And yes, Viktor is the smallest person Greece has ever sent to the Eurovision Song Contest and the smallest in this year’s contest. In fact, he wrote his song – “What They Say” at the age of 14! We’re talking about a kid who started playing the piano before elementary school and had “anxiety attacks” about his “career” at 13!

Bookmakers do not give Greece high ratings, but this does not concern Viktoras either. He may not even know about it, his thoughts are focused on May 11th. There, in the preliminaries, he will try to “cash in” on his hundreds of late rehearsals and show everyone who he is and what he is capable of.

– At the age of 4 years. Mom set me up. And I really liked it.

– All. My father listens to jazz, blues, soul, and my mother, in addition to jazz, also listens to classical music. But she also loves old pop music.

– Dad is more abroad because he is from Denmark.

– What hours; I don’t think I’ve ever entered a living room without music.

– The TV is playing music.

– Yes, both. The Dane played the clarinet professionally in his band, while the other played several instruments as a hobby. Saxophone, piano, guitar… he sang. And dad plays the trumpet, and mom plays the piano.

I mainly write songs. And from the piano, guitar and bass instruments. I also really want to learn how to play the drums. But I’m wondering where to put it.

– I do online school, one to two hours a day. It’s called Minerva’s Virtual Academy. This is English based in London.

– No. Many children who are involved in music or sports go to this school. One morning I went to the chat we have for an online course and a friend says “I just drove 80 kilometers”. And I tell him: “I also wrote a song.”

– Two hours online. Then they read a lot. I do five courses. And online I ask teachers any questions I have.

– Business Studies, English, Geography, Mathematics and Physics.

– I’ll try not to let you down. And I work hard every day to keep the dream alive.

– I hope that I wrote songs that will be transmitted to the world and will delight.

– I really like the idea of ​​the author of the song. Songs about me. However, I don’t rule out writing songs for others.

– 10 – 11 – 12. I wake up exactly at 5.50!

– If I don’t set an alarm, I’ll wake up at 06.00-06.30. And I try to sleep early. That is from 10.30 to 11.00.

– I practice my voice, do vocal exercises, play the piano and guitar and write songs.

– Yes. Here’s how it turned out for me. I have always listened more to foreign music. And Arvanitaki, whom my mother listened to all the time.

– Yes, I do. Now I read two self-improvement books at the same time.

“I used to read poetry.

– I keep what they say more than the name of the poet.

I wake up at exactly 5:50. I work hard every day to keep the dream alive.

– I have a girlfriend. Usually I devote myself to what I love.

– No. I left school in September to focus only on music and at that time I had not yet registered for Eurovision.

“Yes, but sometimes a verse can come to me first. The feeling I want to express.

– I also wrote songs on paper.

– Well, yes, because I write about everything that I love. These are the real ones.

– I really loved Eurovision.

I really liked Amanda last year. Perhaps this played a role in my participation this year. Of course, I also liked Elena Paparizou and Rouvas.

– It was like a dream. And I thought: “Oh, maybe I will go with my favorite song to Eurovision?”! But he was too big. It was 4 minutes and 13 seconds. And I say, “OK, I’ll write more.” But that didn’t exist.

– Yes, because the Eurovision regulations strictly stipulate 3 minutes. And now, cut, I like it more than before.

I speak English better because I always went to an English school.

And “I love you” and “I love you.” Whatever happens on my way.

– For the sake of interest, we did it in Danish as well. I taught her two or three words of Danish. And Italian, because she’s also a little Italian.

– I’m in the second semi-final. I think we will succeed.

The stylist will decide. I devote myself to singing and I am sure that my stage behavior will be correct.

I hope he comes with me.

“He wouldn’t distract me. We have very good communication.

– Posters? No, it was not. There are no more posters.

– Great question… I really like BB King. And Ed Sheeran was my idol. And then there would be Queen and The Beatles.

– Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin. I love blues and soul. The voices that come from there, with a little… mumbling. Crazy.

– At 14. In April 21.

Yes, in quarantine. It was at the stage when we were just entering and exiting houses.

– Certainly. I wrote the song after a stressful situation that I went through at the end of 2020. I thought about what I did for my artistic career.

– Anxiety … But then I got up and did what I loved.

At night I dream that I will be the first

I wrote it in two days. On the first day I wrote the first verse. Melody on the guitar. And I left him, I didn’t want to touch him. And the next day I took the guitar and played the whole song. The songs that come out quickly are probably the real ones.

– Now at night you dream that you will be the first?

– I dream about it. I’m also trying to make it a manifestation as we speak. I also try to do my best for Greece. We should all strive to win. And work hard to make our dreams come true.

“What if everything goes wrong?”

“Then I hope I have at least made Greece proud of the position we will take. I set first place as my goal to do my best. It helps me dream. That is, in a good way, not in a bad way. Not that I did anything to win. Good things.

Do you listen to trap music?

“I won’t listen to trap alone. But if I go somewhere with my friends and there is trap playing, we will have fun. Some tracks that many call trap are actually melodic rap. And I really like these. I love hip hop and rap. Jay Cole, for example. And some Greek raps are good. There are some very good performances. And that’s why he’s so popular.

How often do you go with your friends to listen to music?

– Recently, not often, because he is too busy with work and a girl. But yes, when we went out, we followed the music.

– But now he either studies or he has a girlfriend.

– Right.