When he was 18 , he participated in a song contest in Cyprus , " Afetiries " where he won the first prize . He later participated in the " Laiki Bank Song Contest " with the song ' I Diki Mou Istoria ' written by Andreas Gerolemou and won the first prize . In 1995 , he participated in the Cypriot National Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with two songs , " Filise Me " ( written by Andreas Gerolemou ) and " To Gramma " ( written by Leonidas Malenis ) . The first song came in 3rd place and the latter in second place . That year Alex Panagi won the preselection with the song " Sti Fotia " . Michalis started his career in Cyprus with three records that all went platinum : " Senario " , " O Mihalis Hatzigiannis Tragouda Doro Georgiadi " and " Epafi " . He also participated in a musical production in Cyprus called " Pygmalion " in addition to also performing a number of concerts in major city tour in Cyprus titled " Mixalis Xatzigiannis , Andreas Gerolemou "
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Michalis Hatzigiannis