Fokas Evangelinos

Fokas Evangelinos (; born 1963) is a Greek dancer, choreographer and artistic director for television, film, stage and video clips. He was the creative director of the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 held in Athens and he has also staged and choreographed some of the most memorable performances at the Eurovision Song Contest from different countries.

Career Evangelinos was born in Missolonghi in 1963. After graduating from the Greek State School of Orchestral Art, he worked as a dancer in many dance groups and started his own career as a choreographer in 1991. He founded his own dance school in 1996. He has directed and choreographed performances at the National Theater of Greece, the Athens – Epidaurus Festival, the Greek National Opera, the National Theatre of Northern Greece and other theaters. He has also art directed films, television and music shows, dance groups, television series, video clips, concerts and has worked for international events such as the Eurovision Song Contest. He was also the creative director of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games held at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.

Eurovision

Evangelinos was the creative director and choreographer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 held in Athens and of several Greek national finals held by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) to select its entry for Eurovision. He has also staged and choreographed some of the most memorable performances at Eurovision from different countries including:

YearCountrySongPerformerRank "Shake It" Sakis Rouvas 3rd "My Number One" Helena Paparizou 1st "Never Let You Go" Dima Bilan 2nd "Work Your Magic" Dmitry Koldun 6th "Believe" Dima Bilan 1st "Shady Lady" Ani Lorak 2nd "This Is Our Night" Sakis Rouvas 7th "Hold Me" Farid Mammadov 2nd "Shine" Tolmachevy Sisters 7th "You Are the Only One" Sergey Lazarev 3rd "This Is Love" Demy 19th "My Lucky Day" DoReDoS 10th "X My Heart" Aisel NQ "Scream" Sergey Lazarev 3rd "" Miki Núñez 22nd "Supergirl" Stefania "Last Dance" Stefania 10th "Sugar" Natalia Gordienko 13th "Die Together" Amanda Tenfjord 8th "" Marina Satti 11th "" Klavdia 6th "" Akylas 10th