Josephine

Jessica Josephine Wendel (; born 22 August 1990), known professionally as Josephine, is a Greek singer. She is known for her participation in the Greek national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Dancing Night". Wendel has also competed in the Greek edition of the Your Face Sounds Familiar. On 26 December 2020, she won the fourth Greek season of Just the 2 of Us, along with actor and entrepreneur Nasos Papargyropoulos.

Early life Jessica Josephine Wendel was born on August 22, 1990, in Athens to German father (Alex Wendel) and Greek-born mother of Lebanese descent (Margarita Venti). She has two younger half-siblings (Irini and Erica) from her parents' next marriages. She went to American Community Schools of Athens. At the age of 18, she began Marketing–Management studies at Deree College and at the same time she was uploading cover songs on Facebook.

Career

2013–2014: The beginning and Eurovision While still a student, Josephine met the manager and executive of Panik Records, George Arsenakos, in an event. Arsenakos already knew about Josephine by her covers she used to upload on Facebook and he asked her to cooperate. At the same year, three more songs got released; "Piso an gyriza to chrono" (If I turned back time) with Unique, "Radio" with Lunatic & RiskyKidd, and "Ola allazoun" (Everything changes) with Snik.

In 2014, she was nominated for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Dancing Night" in lyrics & music by DJ Mark Angelo but eventually came 4th place (last) in the Eurosong 2014 – a MAD show, Greek national final. In July of the same year, she released the song "Dromos agapis" (Love Road) in collaboration with Dj Kas and OGE, and in November she collaborated with DJ Pitsi for the song "Turn Off The Lights".

2015–present: Your Face Sounds Familiar and new releases In 2015, she starts appearing in the Apotheke nightclub with the famous Greek singer Katy Garbi, while she released two songs; "Prosehos" (Coming soon) and "Esy ki ego" (You and I). Wendel represented Greece with the song "Moonlight" in the New Wave Festival 2015, which was held in Sochi, Russia.

Subsequently, in 2016, she participated as a contestant at the third season of the Your Face Sounds Familiar, while she appeared in the MadWalk – The Fashion Music Project with OtherView and Maria Korinthiou, performing the song "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor. She also appeared in the MadWalk Cyprus where she performed "Love, Sex, Magic" with Konstantinos Frantzis. However, she released two more songs; "Kalokairines stigmes" (Summer Moments) with REC, and "San paramythi" (Like a Fairytale) with The Gatsbies.

In 2017, Josephine began live appearances at BOX Athens nightclub with OtherView and Melisses. In March, she released her song with title "Cocktail". Shortly afterwards, she appeared on MadWalk – The Fashion Music Project, this time with Konnie Metaxa, where they performed their new song "Sha La La (Amaxi)". In November of the same year, the song "Dyo stagones nero" (Two Drops of Water) is released in lyrics by OtherView, with whom she also appeared at the Fantasia Live Nightclub in the winter season 2017–18.

In February 2018, she started her own sports leggings collection, in collaboration with the clothing company Type Of Love. In the summer, Wendel released her new song "Magia" (Spells) which got a great success. She made a live tour in Thessaloniki with Konnie Metaxa and Lefteris Pantazis. In October, she made a guest appearance in the Greek version of the fashion show, My Style Rocks. She also made live appearances in the Athinon Arenas nightclub with Nikos Oikonomopoulos, Anna Kamarinou, Anastasios Rammos and Stelios Legakis. She was starring in the music inspection "Kano Comeback" by Michalis Reppas & Thanasis Papathanassiou, along with Fotis Sergoulopoulos, Tzeni Diagoupi and Konstantinos Frantzis at the Shamone Club.

On 17 January 2019, Josephine released her song "Pes mou pos" (Tell Me How), with the rapper Bo. On March 9, she released her song, entitled "Ti" (What) and on October 24, she released her new song, "Den Exo Sima" in lyrics and music by Leonidas Sozos.

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As featured artist Title Year Peak chart positions Album GRE "Gia Mia Akoma Fora"(Oge feat. Josephine)2013 — "Piso An Giriza To Xrono"(Unique feat. Josephine) — "Ola Allazoun"(SNIK feat. Josephine) — "Radio"(Lunatic feat. RiskyKidd & Josephine)2014 — "Dancing Night"(Mark Angelo feat. Josephine) — "Dromos Agapis"(DJ Kas feat. Josephine & OGE) — "Turn Off the Lights"(DJ Pitsi feat. Josephine) — "San Paramythi"(The Gatsbies feat. Josephine) 2016 — "Pes Mou Pos"(Bo feat. Josephine) 2019 62 "Simadia"(Oge feat. Bossikan x Josephine) 2022 "Work Out"(Snik feat. Josephine)

Filmography

Television Year Title Role(s) Notes 2009 X Factor Denmark Herself (contestant) 2 episodes 2013-2014 Party Nation Herself (host) Music talk show 2014 MAD Video Music Awards Herself (performance) TV special 2016 Your Face Sounds Familiar Herself (contestant) 12 episodes; season 3 MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project Herself (performance) TV special 2017 MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project Herself (performance) TV special 2018 MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project Herself (performance) TV special 2019 MAD Video Music Awards Herself (performance) TV special 2020 Amita Motion - 2019 Positive Energy Day Herself (host) TV special Just the 2 of Us Herself (coach) Winner; season 4 MAD Video Music Awards Herself (performance) TV special 2021 MAD Video Music Awards Herself (performance) TV special MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project Herself (performance) TV special 2022 MAD Video Music Awards Herself (performance) TV special MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project Herself (performance) TV special 2023 The Voice of Greece Herself (advisor) Battle 1-2; season 9 MAD Video Music Awards Herself (performance) TV special MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project Herself (performance) TV special 2024 MAD Video Music Awards Herself (performance) TV special The Curse of Jela Delafragka Herself 1 episode MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project Herself (performance) TV special