Akylas: With the advantage of a headset microphone on the Eurovision stage – What lies behind his extravagant appearances

Three weeks earlier taking the signifier successful Vienna, wherever the First Semi-Final of Eurovision 2026 volition beryllium held, Akylas revealed that helium volition execute utilizing a headset microphone, giving him greater state of movement. At the aforesaid time, helium explained the reasoning down his eccentric stylistic choices.

Greece’s typical successful the 70th opus contest, soon earlier presenting “Ferto” to the European audience, shared respective details astir his upcoming show during a property league held by ERT connected Tuesday, April 21.

Despite the anxiousness helium feels arsenic the show approaches, the creator said helium has secured the usage of a headset mic for the Semi-Final, which helium considers a large advantage. Throughout the “Sing for Greece” amusement and the promo tour, helium had been performing with a handheld microphone. As helium explained, helium present expects to astonishment viewers with his dancing abilities—something helium hasn’t afloat showcased until now.

Speaking astir the headset mic, helium said:
“The headset mic is precise advantageous due to the fact that I tin usage my hands freely for each my movements. I deliberation it’s bully that during the full promo circuit I performed holding a microphone, truthful the large astonishment volition travel there, successful the First Semi-Final.”

Regarding his manner choices during appearances successful Greece and abroad, helium emphasized that the bold colors, unsocial patterns, and varied textures successful his outfits are intentional. His extremity is to pull attention, spark discussion, and guarantee helium does not spell unnoticed.

More specifically, astir his iconic looks, the vocalist explained:
“I’m afloat enjoying wearing these extravagant looks, due to the fact that if I don’t deterioration them present that I’m going to Eurovision, erstwhile volition I? There’s a crushed I bash it, and 1 of them is that we privation to provoke reactions. Whether idiosyncratic likes an outfit oregon not, the important happening is that it gets talked about. At this stage, the cardinal is not to spell unnoticed. That’s 1 of the reasons I deterioration each these.”

When asked what helium volition deterioration connected the Vienna stage, Akylas avoided revealing excessively much, saying his outfit volition beryllium a astonishment but volition travel the aforesaid conception arsenic his quality successful the Greek final:
“It’s the improvement of that ‘Pokémon’ you saw astatine ‘Sing for Greece.’ Together with my stylist, everything I’ve worn during this play and the promo circuit has been designed by Greek designers. We’ve done this due to the fact that we genuinely privation to enactment Greek manner and beforehand it abroad, since Greece has truthful galore talented designers.”

At the aforesaid time, the creator and his originative director, Fokas Evangelinos—who was besides contiguous astatine the property conference—announced that Parthena Chorozidou, on with Michalis Michaeilidis, Christos Nikolaou, and Konstantinos Karypidis, volition articulation him connected stage.

Commenting connected the prime of performers, Evangelinos said:
“These are 4 characters who volition conscionable our leader during this three-minute story. We’re keeping the quality that Akylas created with his team, inspired by a video game.”

Akylas besides spoke astir his anxiousness up of the performance:
“I bash consciousness it. I’m acrophobic thing mightiness hap to maine from truthful overmuch stress, but astatine the aforesaid clip I consciousness assured due to the fact that the full squad has worked truthful hard connected this project. I judge we’re harmless and that we’ll bash well. It’s intolerable not to consciousness anxious—I ever do. Before I measurement connected stage, I’m shaking, but erstwhile I get up there, thing magical happens.”

ERT volition broadcast the First and Second Semi-Finals connected May 12 and 14, and the Grand Final connected May 16, with afloat sum connected ERT1, Second Programme 103.7, ERT World, and ERTFLIX.