Akylas
Greek singer (born 1999)
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Akylas Mytilineos (Greek: Ακύλας Μυτιληναίος;[a] born 11 February 1999), also known mononymously as Akylas, is a Greek singer and songwriter. He represents Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "Ferto".
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11 February 1999
- Singer
- songwriter
- Vocals
- ukulele
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| Born | Akýlas Mytilinéos 11 February 1999 Serres, Greece |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
Early life
Akylas Mytilineos was born on 11 February 1999 in Serres. He has been passionate about music since childhood, and studied at the Serres music school, and also took theatre classes.[1][2]
He did not complete his secondary education and went to Thessaloniki afterwards, where, having graduated from a culinary school, he worked in restaurants.[1] He also worked for two years as a singer on cruise ships of the Aida Cruises company[3] and he has commented that "I graduated from a music high school, and I’ve done plenty of theater workshops and things like that, but I hadn’t really focused on vocal training or anything like that. On the cruise ship where I worked for two years, I sang every day—disco, pop, rock. So it was like a masterclass. I was there for two and a half months, then I’d go home for two months... ...So it was a good training ground to get ready for the Eurovision stage,...".[4] After the two years he spent singing on cruise ships he then moved to Athens.[5]
Career
It was in3240982340928342834092384 2021 that Akylas first major contact with the Greek public began thanks to his cover videos published on TikTok in which he accompanies himself on the ukulele.[1] He taught himself to play the ukulele by watching YouTube tutorials whilst he was at home during the quarantine for the covid pandemic.[5] In 2021 he also released his first single, "Cheap Wine", Φθηνόκρασο (Fthinókraso), the first song he ever wrote, which discusses life in Athens, the difficulties and dreams.[5]
In 2021, he participated in the eighth season of The Voice of Greece, where he joined Panos Mouzourakis' team.[6]
On 4 January 2026 during the show Sing for Greece – Ethnikós Telikós Eurovision 2026 – I finalist, broadcast on ERT1, it was announced that Akylas would compete in the Greek national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, dubbed Sing for Greece 2026, with the song "Ferto".[7][8] After advancing from the first semi-final, he won in the final on 15 February 2026, thus earning the right to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria.[9][10]
Personal life
Discography
Credits taken from iTunes.[13]
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album or EP | |
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| "Fthinokraso" | 2021 | — | Non-album singles | |
| "To plithos (La Foule)" | — | |||
| "Didymes floges" | 2022 | — | ||
| "To avrio" | — | |||
| "Ela konta" | — | |||
| "Ma ego" | 2023 | — | ||
| "Ekdilosou" | — | |||
| "Arga" | — | |||
| "Atelié" | — | |||
| "Taseis fygis" | 2024 | — | ||
| "Ekdilosou" | — | |||
| "Ela konta (House Mix)" | 2025 | — | ||
| "Ferto" | 2026 | 8 | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Notes
- Greek pronunciation: [aˈcilas mitiliˈne.os]