Vicky Leandros

Vicky Leandros is Eurovision royalty as far as I am concerned. Winning the 1972 contest with Apres Toi, performing for Luxembourg, made her a continental star, and that song still sounds gorgeous decades on. Greek-born and based in Germany, daughter of the composer Leo Leandros, she turned that breakthrough into a genuinely long and decorated career across multiple languages, even picking up the German Order of Merit. I find it remarkable that she later moved into politics too. For anyone who loves the history of European pop, she is a real touchstone, an artist who proved a Eurovision win could be a true beginning.

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Name (English)

Vicky Leandros

Name (Japanese)

ヴィッキー・レアンドロス

Reading

ゔぃっきー・れあんどろす

Born

August 23, 1949 (age 77)

Origin

Palaiokastritsa, Greece

Occupation

singer / politician / composer / musician / schlager singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

Awards & achievements

• 2015 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2000 Goldene Stimmgabel
• 2011 Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
• 1972 First prize of the Eurovision Song Contest

• Official sitehttps://vickyleandros.eu
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/vickyleandros.official/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicky%20Leandros
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160772

Tags

• singer
• politician
• composer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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