Elena Paparizou

Eleni Elena Paparizou , usually referred to abroad as Helena Paparizou, is a GreekSwedish singer, songwriter and television personality. Born and raised in Sweden to Greek parents, she enrolled in various arts schools before launching a career in Sweden in 1999 as a member of the lako and Eurodance duo Antique, who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 and afterwards became popular in Greece.

Elena Paparizou was born onJanuary 1982 in Bors, Vstergtland, Sweden she was the youngest child of Greek parents Georgios Paparizos and Efrosyn Froso Paparizou. Elenas parents were from the Karditsa region she has a sister Aret, known as Rita, and a brother Konstantinos, known as Dinos. Paparizous parents met and married in her mothers hometown and moved to Bors in 1970. In 1985, the family moved back to Greece to live in Volos with relatives because Elena had contracted asthma and her lungs could not cope with the cold Scandinavian climate. After two years, she was well enough for the family to return to live in Gothenburg, Sweden. As a result of the trip to Greece, Paparizou spoke Greek as a first language and did not make friends with many Swedish children, because she attended a Greeklanguage school. Paparizou continues to suffer from breathing problems and often carries an inhaler onstage.

Source: Wikipedia