Eleana Papaioannou

Papaioannou was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, the daughter of former international football player Lakis Papaioannou and singer Dina Papaioannou. She studied philosophy at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and gained notoriety through her 2002 fourth place finish in the first season of Greek reality television show Fame Story, a music talent competition based on Endemol's Star Academy. After the show, Papaioannou continued in the music profession,^[1] releasing her first album Koitakse Me in 2004, with record label Heaven Music. The album produced two singles, including "Na m' Agapas", composed by Giannis Spanos, and "Tesseris kai Misi".^[2] Two years later in 2006, her second album Fila Me was released by Virus Music and included the single "Apotheoste Ton".^[3] A third album, Erotas, was released in 2007 by Virus Music.^[4] Later in 2007, two standalone CD singles were released featuring the songs "Koita" and "Argises".

On 1 July 2017, Eleanna Papaioannou married Greek professional basketball player Dimitrios Verginis in Thessaloniki.^[5] On 28 March 2018 she gave birth to their daughter.^[6]