 However, ERT internally chose superstar Sakis Rouvas and sent him to the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, where Rouvas finished in third place, equalling Greece's best result up to that point.When she returned to Germany, Gounaki coached, arranged and recorded the new Popstars band Nu Pagadi.Gounaki cooperates with music producers and musicians such as Greg Manning, Toni Cottura or Marc Mozart, Lou Bega, T.M.Stevens, Leslie Mandoki, Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Thorsten Brötzmann or Peter Ries and works for major record companies like Sony BMG or Universal Music.