Seeing his growing popularity , ERT asked him to compete in the Greek national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 . Kostas Martakis competed in the Greek National Final with a song by Dimitris Kontopoulos , with lyrics by Vicky Gerothodorou . The song was " Always and Forever " . and it was recorded in two different styles . The pop rock version of the song was originally supposed to be performed at the National Final , but the dance version was chosen instead by Martakis and his label . The winning entrant was " Secret Combination " by Kalomoira , and Martakis ' entry " Always and Forever " placed second . Following the Greek national final , a Russian language cover of " Always and Forever " based on the dance version with the title " С тобой навеки " ( With you forever ) was released in ex-soviet countries , while in December 2008 , " Always & Forever " was added to American retailer Abercrombie & Fitch 's nationwide US in-store music playlist , thus indirectly introducing the song to the American market . Kostas Martakis and Danish-Greek singer Shaya were chosen to record a Greek-language version of Right Here , Right Now from the soundtrack of the Disney film High School Musical 3 : Senior Year . The cover was titled " Mikroi Theoi " ( Little Gods ) and was released as a single from the Greek edition of the film 's soundtrack , as well as being made into a music video with Martakis and Shaya molded together with scenes from the film . The music video was included as a bonus feature on the Greek edition of the film 's home video release . Walt Disney Records , via its international distribution partner EMI , commissioned several local market , foreign-language versions of songs from the entire High School Musical series , although " Mikroi Theoi " was the only Greek version song
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Kostas Martakis