Sarbel Michael Maronitis known professionally as Sarbel, is a British-Cypriot pop singer. He is well known in Cyprus, Greece and parts of the Arab world for his debut single, "Se Pira Sovara" [ Greek: 'I've just taken you seriously'] , and his subsequent albums Parakseno sinesthima ['Strange feeling'] , Sahara and Kati san esena ['Something reminiscent of you']. Ηe represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with "Yassou Maria".