She studied philosophy at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and gained notoriety through her 2002 fourth place finish in the first season of Greek reality television show Fame Story, a music talent competition based on Endemol's Star Academy.
The album produced two singles, including "Na m' Agapas", composed by Giannis Spanos, and "Tesseris kai Misi".
[2] Two years later in 2006, her second album Fila Me was released by Virus Music and included the single "Apotheoste Ton".
[4] Later in 2007, two standalone CD singles were released featuring the songs "Koita" and "Argises".
On 1 July 2017, Eleana Papaioannou married Greek professional basketball player Dimitrios Verginis in Thessaloniki.