Ponte competed in a national final held in March 2011 with the song "I Don't Wanna Dance", but did not win.
Nikki Ponte was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to immigrant parents; her father is Portuguese and her mother is originally from Cyprus.
She took opera lessons for ten years and attended Sheridan College's renowned Music Theatre Performance program.
Ponte received approval from the judges and was invited to bootcamp in Athens, Greece, eventually making it through to the live shows.
[1] On 11 January 2011, ERT announced that Ponte was one of six participants in a national final to select Greece's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.