Dimitri Stassos
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He was born in Stockholm, Sweden of Greek parents.
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Career
He has been working professionally as a song writer/producer and a musician for many years, signed to Warner Chappell Scandinavia.
He has gained success in the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest as a composer and producer four times, composed Spain's contribution "La noche es para mí", performed by Soraya, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, as well as co-writing the song "Aphrodisiac", performed by Eleftheria Eleftheriou, which represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku.[2][3]
On the Swedish market Dimitri has worked with "Idol" star Ola Svensson, resulting in three number one singles, "Unstoppable (co-written),[4] "Overdrive" and "I´m In Love" (co-written by Shellback and Alexander Kronlund).[citation needed] He composed two songs and produced six songs on Eric Saade's debut album "Masquerade", which made it to number one on the Swedish album chart. Dimitri has also worked with Sibel, Måns Zelmerlöw, Linda Sundblad, Danny Saucedo and many more.[citation needed]
Outside the Swedish market Dimitri has gained success in various countries.[citation needed] On the Spanish market he has written and produced for Soraya,[citation needed] David Bustamante (Platinum album)[citation needed] and David Bisbal (3x Platinum).[citation needed] The David Bisbal song also featured British pop star Pixie Lott.
On the Greek market, Dimitri wrote and produced the songs "Sose Me (Lights On)" and "Gelaei" (Gold album "Kalokairi Stin Kardia") for artist Ivi Adamou, and the songs "Ase Me" and "Stavrolekso" for artist Eleni Foureira, (Platinum album).
Eurovision Entries
- "La noche es para mí" by Soraya Arnelas, Spain, 2009, 24th place (Final)
- "Aphrodisiac" by Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Greece, 2012, 17th place (Final)
Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections
- "Hypnotised" by Sofia (Sweden 2007), 7th place (Semi Final)
- "Alla" by Sofia (Sweden 2009), 10th place
- "Unstoppable" by Ola Svensson (Sweden 2010), 7th place
- "Stop" by Sibel Redžep (Sweden 2010), 7th place (Semi Final)
- "Waterfall" by Joni (Hungary 2014), semi-finalist
- "Memories (In Melody)" by Nikki Kavanagh (Ireland 2015), 4th place
- "Empty Hearted" by Domenique (Malta 2016), eliminated (Semi Final)
- "The Wrong Kind" by Veronicas Illusion (Denmark 2016), unplaced
- "Don't Wake Me Up" by Tuuli Okkonen (Finland 2016), 9th place
