Akylas
Akylas Mytilineos (Greek: Ακύλας Μυτιληναίος; born 11 February 1999), also known mononymously as Akylas, is a Greek singer and songwriter. He represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "Ferto" and he finished in 10th place with 220 points.
Early life
Akylas Mytilineos was born on 11 February 1999 in Serres. He is of Pontic- Greek and Georgian ancestry. He has been passionate about music since his childhood and studied at The Serres Music School and also took theatre classes.
After completing his secondary education at the 1st High School of Serres, he moved to Thessaloniki, where he graduated from a culinary school and worked in restaurants. He also worked for two years as a singer on cruise ships of the Aida Cruises company. He has commented that, "I graduated from a music high school, and I’ve done plenty of theater workshops and things like that, but I hadn’t really focused on vocal training or anything like that. On the cruise ship where I worked for two years, I sang every day—disco, pop, rock. So it was like a masterclass. I was there for two and a half months, then I’d go home for two months... ...So it was a good training ground to get ready for the Eurovision stage,...". After the two years he spent singing on cruise ships he then moved to Athens.
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