Nikephoros
Born
Νικηφόρος Βιθούλκας

(1988-05-24) May 24, 1988
Occupations
  • Singer
  • musician
  • composer
Years active2009–present

Nikiforos Vithoulkas (Greek: Νικηφόρος Βιθούλκας, born 24 May 1988) known as simply Nikiforos is a Greek singer and songwriter.[1]

Biography

Early life

Nikiforos Vithoulkas was born on 24 May 1988 in Preveza, Greece. He studied in the University of Patra.[2]

Career

Vithoulkas participated in the second season of the Greek version of The X Factor where he was under the mentorship of Nikos Mouratidis and he came 8th place (eliminated week 9). He secured a recording contract with Heaven Music and he released his debut album "Iposhesou" (2010). In winter of 2011 he appeared in the nightclub Votanikos along with Giorgos Mazonakis, Vegas and Paola Foka. The following year he released a single called "Mi mou les pos m'agapas" (2012) and a duet with the lead singer of Vegas, Melina Makr under the name "Kano Kiklous" (2012). He also released his song "Trelos" (2013) and he completed the recording of his second full album titled "Ta logia kaigontai". He released his last single for now with title "Ftano Sto Theo" (2013). In summer of 2013 he sang in Mad Video Music Awards 2013 and he was in top 50 of 2013 without getting a prize.[3][4][5]

References

  1. "Νικηφόρος Nikiforos" (in Greek). rateyourmusic.com.
  2. Biography from iShow.gr
  3. "Nikiforos (Singer)".
  4. Nikiforos sang in Mad Video Music Awards 2013 www.mad.tv
  5. Nikephoros was in top 50 of 2013 in Mad Video Music Awards www.mad.tv
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