Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest

Greece has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 40 times since its debut in 1974, missing six contests in that time (1975, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1999 and 2000). Greece's first win came in 2005 with "My Number One", sung by Helena Paparizou. The Greek national broadcaster, Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT), broadcasts the event each year and organises the process for the selection of the Greek entry.[1] Greece has never finished last in the contest.

Greece
Member station	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) Former members 2014–2015: New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television (NERIT)
National selection events	Internal selection 1974 1976–1978 1981 1985 1992–1997 2004 2016 2017 (artist) 2018–2021 National final Ellinikós Telikós 1979–1980 1983 1987–1991 1998 2001–2003 2005–2012 2017 (song) Eurosong 2013–2015
Participation summary
Appearances	40 (38 finals)
First appearance	1974
Best result	1st: 2005
External links
ERT Page
Greece's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Throughout the 20th century, Greece achieved only two top five results, finishing fifth with Paschalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy in 1977 and again fifth with Kleopatra in 1992. The start of the 21st century saw Greece become one of the most successful countries in the contest, with ten out of eleven top-ten results between 2001 and 2013, including third-place finishes for Antique in 2001 (with 2005 winner Paparizou as lead singer), Sakis Rouvas in 2004 and Kalomira in 2008.

In the last six contests (2014–19), Greece has not reached the top ten, including twice failing to qualify from the semi-final to the grand final (2016, 2018).

History

Before Greece as a country participated in the contest, singers from Greece have represented other countries. These singers were Jimmy Makulis (1961) for Austria, Yovanna (1965) for Switzerland, and Nana Mouskouri (1963) and Vicky Leandros (1967 and 1972) for Luxembourg.

After debuting in the 1974 contest, Greece did not participate in 1975 for "unknown reasons" according to the EBU, but it was later discovered that it was in protest of Turkey's debut and its invasion of Cyprus in 1974.[2][3] Greece was disqualified from the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 after it was revealed that Themis Adamantidis was to sing "Sarantapente Kopelies" (Σαρανταπέντε Κοπελιές), a previously released song. A known Greek folk song, it had been revised for the competition, but this violated the rules which stated that all songs had to be original in terms of songwriting and instrumentation and cannot be cover songs. Greece was forced to pay a fine and was allowed to return the following year.[4] Had Adamantidis been allowed to perform "Sarantapente Kopelies", he would have appeared second at Harrogate.[5] After returning in 1983, ERT decided that all of the possible songs were of "low quality" and decided not to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984.

Greece returned once again to the Contest in 1985, and Polina was picked in the 1986 national selection to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen, Norway, but ERT pulled out of the Contest unexpectedly. Polina stated that it was due to political troubles in Greece at the time,[6] but she noted that a Eurovision website had learned that the real reason was that the Contest was to be held the night before Orthodox Easter.[6] Had she performed, she would have appeared eighteenth and she would have performed the song "Wagon-lit".[6][7]

Greece returned to the Contest in 1987 and performed each year until the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, when it as not permitted to participate because its five-year points average had fallen under the limit for participation after Thalassa's 20th-place finish in 1998. The following year, ERT announced that it would not return at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 due to financial reasons.

Thirty-one years after its debut, Greece won for the first time in 2005 with Elena Paparizou singing "My Number One", which at the time tied for the record for the most number of twelve points allocated to a song (ten in total) along with Katrina and the Waves' 1997 "Love Shine A Light". The song also made Greece the first country not a member of Big Four to win the contest without going through a semifinal. After Eurovision, the song topped the charts in Greece, Cyprus as well as Sweden and entered the top ten in Romania, the Netherlands, Hungary, Belgium, as well as the American Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart. In 2005, Eurovision held a commemorative program, Congratulations, to celebrate 50 years of the contest, in which "My Number One" came fourth in a vote for the show's most popular entry, behind "Hold Me Now" (1987), "Nel blu dipinto di blu" (1958) and ABBA's "Waterloo" (1974).

Before Greece's win, the highest score was third place, achieved by duo Antique (of which Elena Paparizou was a member) in 2001 with "Die for You" and then again by Sakis Rouvas in 2004 with "Shake It". Greece's least successful result was at 16th place in the 2016 semi-final with the song "Utopian Land" by Argo, with 44 points.

In 2006, the 51st Eurovision Song Contest was held in Athens, in the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Greece, following Elena Paparizou's victory the previous year. The two hosts were popular singer, and former contestant, Sakis Rouvas and Greek American presenter Maria Menounos. The singer representing Greece in their own country was popular Greek Cypriot artist Anna Vissi.

From 2004 to 2006, ERT had selected high-profile artists internally and set up national finals to choose the song, while in 2007 and 2008 it held a televised national final to choose both the song and performer. For the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, ERT was able to secure a high-profile artist once again and planned a national final to choose the song.[8] The song voted by the public was "This Is Our Night", another song performed by Sakis Rouvas on the show.

Greece has been one of the most successful countries in the Eurovision Song Contest in the 21st century, ten times finishing in the top-ten,[9] including ninth in 2006, seventh in 2007, third in 2008, seventh in 2009, eighth in 2010 and seventh in 2011. After Eleftheria Eleftheriou placed 17th in 2012 with her song "Aphrodisiac", Greece achieved its 10th top-ten result of the century and 18th in total in 2013, finishing sixth with the song "Alcohol is Free". In 2014, Greece finished in 20th place, which, along with 1998, were the country's worst result in the contest at that time. Greece was one of only three countries (along with Romania and Russia) to have never failed to qualify from the semifinals since their 2004 introduction (2004–15). In addition, Greece also qualified from the 1996 audio-only pre-qualifying round. In 2015, Greece failed to reach the top-ten for the third time in four years, finishing 19th.

From 2013 through 2015, the music channel MAD produced the Greek national final.

For 2016, ERT selected the Eurovision entry internally. They selected the band Argo with the song "Utopian Land".[10] For the first time since the semi-finals were introduced in 2004, Greece failed to qualify for the final. They finished 16th in the first semi-final.

In 2017, ERT selected the composer Dimitris Kontopoulos and the choreographer Fokas Evangelinos internally. They chose Demy for representing Greece in Kyiv. ERT agreed, and on the 6 March 2017, Greece chose their song via a national final. Three songs were competed: "Angels", "This Is Love" and "When The Morning Comes Around". The final result was combined by 70% from televoting and by 30% from international juries from nine countries. Finally, "This Is Love" gained 70% and won the national final. At Eurovision, she qualified for the Grand Final, where she finished in 19th place with 77 points.

Voting

"Cyprus and Greece are commonly accused of favouring each other and of all the countries, statistics suggest they are the most likely to vote for each other. Wogan seemed to sum it up when Cyprus awarded Greece 12 points in last year's contest. 'Over the years people say this is ludicrous [...] but still they do it. They just don't care.' "

Ruth Alexander, "The maths of Eurovision voting", BBC News[11]

Greece is famous for, especially in recent years, always giving twelve points to Cyprus and always receiving twelve points from Cyprus. This is one of many examples of the bloc voting seen in contest which also occurs between Iberian, Balkan, Scandinavian, ex-Soviet and Baltic countries. In the case of Greece and Cyprus, the exchange of twelve points is probably because the majority of Cypriot citizens are Greeks thus sharing linguistic ties (speaking Greek) and musical taste. Furthermore, Greece and Cyprus share the same music industry. This was not always the case, as until 1997 (and, for Greece and Cyprus, 1998), all the votes were given by juries, who may be less biased by diaspora or neighbourly influence than televoters. While Greece and Cyprus did exchange top marks a few times (1987, 1994, and 1997 all saw an exchange of twelves), there were also several years where one or the other didn't receive the twelve. In 1983, only the second time Greece and Cyprus competed together, Greece awarded the Cypriot entry no points for the first and only time (the only occasion in which one of the two didn't vote for the other when they had the ability to). However, between 1997 and 2013 (except the contests in 1999 and 2000, which Greece didn't compete in, and 2001, which Cyprus didn't compete in), the two countries always gave each other twelve points if presented the opportunity. Due to the controversies caused by political voting, two semi-finals were introduced for the 2008 Contest in which Cyprus and Greece were unable to vote for each other in the semi-finals.[12] In the build-up to the 2008 contest, however, the artists representing Greece and Cyprus jointly held a successful warm-up party at the Euroclub, attended by 17 other delegations from the contest and 1500 guests attracted by the promised "confluence of the Greek-Cypriot sound".[13] However, for the first time since 1990, in 2015 Greece and Cyprus did not give each other 12 points, with Greece giving Cyprus 10 points and Cyprus giving Greece only 8 points, and curiously both countries gave the maximum to Italy. It was also the first time since 1996 that one of the two hadn't given the other twelve (with the exceptions of 1985 and 1990, one of the two countries gave the other twelve points every year).

Popularity of the contest

Until 2001, Greece was seen as one of the least successful countries in the contest, and therefore the interest of Greek people in the contest was relatively low. Since Antique's third place in 2001, the contest has grown into one of the most popular events in Greece with an estimated five million viewers each year. The high expectations of the Greek public has led to seeing the contest as a "national affair" of very big importance, and this has caused controversy. The Greek viewers expect their singers to qualify from the semi-final to the final and place inside the Top 10, except from one 17th place: in 2012 for the first time since the introduction of the semifinals failed to place in the Top 10 in Baku. In 2013 Greece was again in top 10 finishing 6th. They are the second most successful country, behind Russia, in the contest between 2000 and 2009, with one win and three third places. Since 2014 their performance has declined, having failed to finish in the top 10 six consecutive years. In 2016, Greece failed to qualify for the first time since the introduction of the semifinals in 2004 with the group Argo, breaking their qualification record. This was the first year Greece was absent from the final since 2000. Greece failed to qualify for the final again in 2018.

Contestants

The following table lists the forty entries which have competed for Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Table key

1	Winner
2	Second place
3	Third place
X	Entry selected but did not compete

Year	Artist	Title	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1974	Marinella	"Krasi, thalassa ke t'agori mou" (Κρασί, θάλασσα και τ'αγόρι μου)	Greek	11	7	No semi-finals
1976	Mariza Koch	"Panagia mou, panagia mou" (Παναγιά μου, παναγιά μου)	Greek	13	20
1977	Paschalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy	"Mathima solfege" (Μάθημα σολφέζ)	Greek	5	92
1978	Tania Tsanaklidou	"Charlie Chaplin" (Τσάρλυ Τσάπλιν)	Greek	8	66
1979	Elpida	"Sokratis" (Σωκράτης)	Greek	8	69
1980	Anna Vissi & The Epikouri	"Autostop" (Ωτοστόπ)	Greek	13	30
1981	Yiannis Dimitras	"Feggari kalokerino" (Φεγγάρι καλοκαιρινό)	Greek	8	55
1982	Themis Adamadidis	"Sarantapente kopelies" (Σαρανταπέντε κοπελιές)	Greek	Withdrawn X
1983	Kristi Stassinopoulou	"Mou les" (Μου λες)	Greek	14	32	No semi-finals
1985	Takis Biniaris	"Moiazoume" (Μοιάζουμε)	Greek	16	15
1986	Polina	"Wagon-lit" (Βαγκόν λι)	Greek	Withdrawn X
1987	Bang	"Stop" (Στοπ)	Greek	10	64	No semi-finals
1988	Afroditi Frida	"Clown" (Κλόουν)	Greek	17	10
1989	Mariana Efstratiou	"To diko sou asteri" (Το δικό σου αστέρι)	Greek	9	56
1990	Christos Callow & Wave	"Horis Skopo" (Χωρίς σκοπό)	Greek	19	11
1991	Sophia Vossou	"I anoixi" (Η ανοιξη)	Greek	13	36
1992	Kleopatra	"Olou tou kosmou i Elpida" (Όλου του κόσμου η Ελπίδα)	Greek	5	94
1993	Katy Garbi	"Ellada, chora tou fotos" (Ελλάδα, χώρα του φωτός)	Greek	9	64	Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
1994	Kostas Bigalis & The Sea Lovers	"To trehandiri" (Το τρεχαντήρι)	Greek	14	44	No semi-finals
1995	Elina Konstantopoulou	"Poia prosefchi" (Ποια προσευχή)	Greek	12	68
1996	Mariana Efstratiou	"Emeis forame to himona anoixiatika" (Εμείς φοράμε το χειμώνα ανοιξιάτικα)	Greek	14	36	12	45
1997	Marianna Zorba	"Horepse" (Χόρεψε)	Greek	12	39	No semi-finals
1998	Thalassa	"Mia krifi evaisthisia" (Μια κρυφή ευαισθησία)	Greek	20	12
2001	Antique	"(I Would) Die for You"	English, Greek	3	147
2002	Michalis Rakintzis	"S.A.G.A.P.O."	English	17	27
2003	Mando	"Never Let You Go"	English	17	25
2004	Sakis Rouvas	"Shake It"	English	3	252	3	238
2005	Helena Paparizou	"My Number One"	English	1	230	Top 12 previous year[lower-alpha 1]
2006	Anna Vissi	"Everything"	English	9	128	Host country[lower-alpha 2]
2007	Sarbel	"Yassou Maria" (Γεια σου Μαρία)	English	7	139	Top 10 previous year[lower-alpha 1]
2008	Kalomira	"Secret Combination"	English	3	218	1	156
2009	Sakis Rouvas	"This Is Our Night"	English	7	120	4	110
2010	Giorgos Alkaios & Friends	"OPA!" (ΩΠΑ!)	Greek[lower-alpha 3]	8	140	2	133
2011	Loukas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike	"Watch My Dance"	Greek, English	7	120	1	133
2012	Eleftheria Eleftheriou	"Aphrodisiac"	English	17	64	4	116
2013	Koza Mostra feat. Agathonas Iakovidis	"Alcohol Is Free"	Greek, English	6	152	2	121
2014	Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd	"Rise Up"	English	20	35	7	74
2015	Maria Elena Kyriakou	"One Last Breath"	English	19	23	6	81
2016	Argo	"Utopian Land"	Greek,[lower-alpha 4] English	Failed to qualify		16	44
2017	Demy	"This Is Love"	English	19	77	10	115
2018	Yianna Terzi	"Oniro mou" (Όνειρό μου)	Greek	Failed to qualify		14	81
2019	Katerine Duska	"Better Love"	English	21	74	5	185
2020	Stefania	"Supergirl"	English	Contest cancelled[lower-alpha 5] X
2021	Stefania	"Last Dance"	English

Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

Artist	Title	Language	At Congratulations				At Eurovision
			Final	Points	Semi	Points	Year	Place	Points
Helena Paparizou	"My Number One"	English	4	245	4	167	2005	1	230

Hostings

Year	Location	Venue	Presenters
2006	Athens	Olympic Indoor Hall	Maria Menounos and Sakis Rouvas

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

Year	Category	Song	Performer	Final	Points	Host city	Ref.
2005	Artistic Award[lower-alpha 6]	"My Number One"	Helena Paparizou	1	230	Kyiv	[14]

Barbara Dex Award

Year	Performer	Host city	Ref.
2002	Michalis Rakintzis	Tallinn	[15]

Related involvement

Heads of delegation Year Head of delegation Ref. 1974 Yiorgos Anestopoulos [16] 2005 Fotini Yannoulatou [17] 2008 Mariza Fakli [18] 2009 Mariza Fakli [19] 2010 Mariza Fakli [20] 2011 Mariza Fakli [21] 2012 Sinia Koussoula [22] 2013 Sinia Koussoula [23] 2014 Sinia Koussoula [24] 2015 Sinia Koussoula [25] 2016 Konstantinos Pantzoglou [26] 2017 Panayiotis Tsolias [27] 2018 Panayiotis Tsolias [28] 2019 Maria Koufopoulou [29] 2020 Maria Koufopoulou [30] 2021 Konstantinos Pantzoglou [31]

Costume designers Year Costume designers Ref. 1974 Menelaos Stogiannis [32] 1977 Marianna Toli [33] 1993 Celia Kritharioti [34] 2003 Julien McDonald [35] 2005 Roberto Cavalli [36] 2006 Jean Paul Gaultier [37] 2007 Lakis Gavalas [38] 2008 J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez [39] 2012 Natar Georgiou [40] 2014 G-Star [41] 2015 Dimitris Petrou [42] 2017 Deux Hommes [43] 2018 Dimitris Petrou [44] 2019 Deux Hommes [45] 2020 Celia Kritharioti [34]

Commentators and spokespersons

Year	Commentator	Channel	Radio commentator	Spokesperson	Ref.
1970	TBC	EIRT	TBC	Did not participate	[46]
1971	Mako Georgiadou		No broadcast		[47]
1972					[47]
1973					[47]
1974				Irini Gavala	[47]
1975		ERT		Did not participate	[47]
1976				Irini Gavala	[47]
1977			Dimitris Konstantaras	Naki Agathou	[47]
1978				Niki Venega	[47]
1979					[47]
1980					[47]
1981				Tatiana Darra	[47]
1982			No broadcast	Did not participate	[47]
1983			Dimitris Konstantaras	Irini Gavala	[47]
1984	No broadcast		No broadcast	Did not participate
1985	Mako Georgiadou	ERT	Dimitris Konstantaras	Kelly Sakakou	[47]
1986			No broadcast	Did not participate	[47]
1987	Dafni Bokota		Dimitris Konstantaras	Kelly Sakakou	[47]
1988				Fotini Giannoulatou	[47]
1989					[47]
1990					[47]
1991			Giorgos Mitropoulos		[47]
1992					[47]
1993					[47]
1994					[47]
1995					[47]
1996				Niki Venega	[47]
1997					[47]
1998	Giorgos Mitropoulos		Dimitris Konstantaras	Alexis Kostalas	[47]
1999	Dafni Bokota		No broadcast	Did not participate	[47]
2000					[47]
2001			Giorgos Mitropoulos	Alexis Kostalas	[47]
2002					[47]
2003					[47]
2004			No broadcast		[47]
2005	Alexandra Pascalidou				[47]
2006	Giorgos Kapoutzidis, Zeta Makrypoulia		Maria Kozakou		[47][48]
2007	Maria Bakodimou, Fotis Sergoulopoulos				[47][48]
2008	Maggira Sisters				[47][48]
2009					[47][48]
2010	Rika Vayani				[47][48]
2011	Maria Kozakou			Lena Aroni	[47][49]
2012				Andrianna Maggania	[47][50]
2013	Maria Kozakou, Giorgos Kapoutzidis		Maria Kozakou, Giorgos Kapoutzidis		[47][51]
2014	Maria Kozakou (all shows), Giorgos Kapoutzidis (final)	NERIT	No broadcast		[48]
2015	Maria Kozakou, Giorgos Kapoutzidis		Maria Kozakou, Giorgos Kapoutzidis	Helena Paparizou	[48]
2016		ERT		Constantinos Christoforou	[48]
2017					[48]
2018	Alexandros Lizardos, Daphne Skalioni		Dimitris Meidanis	Olina Xenopoulou	[52]
2019	Maria Kozakou, Giorgos Kapoutzidis			Gus G	[48][53]
2020	Maria Kozakou, Giorgos Kapoutzidis		Maria Kozakou, Giorgos Kapoutzidis	Not announced before cancellation	[54]
2021	TBA		TBA	TBA	[55]

Other shows

Show	Commentator	Channel	Ref.
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest	Elizabeth Filippouli	NET	[56]
Eurovision's Greatest Hits	Greek subtitles	NERIT1	[57]
Het Grote Songfestivalfeest		ERT1	[58]
Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light	Maria Kozakou		[59][60]

Stage directors Year Stage director Ref. 1977 Marianna Toli [33] 1979 Marianna Toli [61] 1980 Romanos [62] 2004 Fokas Evangelinos [63] 2005 Fokas Evangelinos [64] 2006 Mia Michaels [65] 2007 Maria Liraraki [66] 2008 Juliano Bulku [39] 2009 Fokas Evangelinos [67] 2010 Emmy Zarian [68] 2011 Konstantinos Rigos [69] 2012 Konstantinos Rigos [69] 2013 Maria Liraraki [70] 2014 Yiorgos Papadopoulos [41] 2015 Maria Liraraki [71] 2016 Maria Liraraki [72] 2017 Fokas Evangelinos [73] 2018 Chali Jennings [74] 2019 Efi Gousi [29] 2020 Fokas Evangelinos [75] 2021 Fokas Evangelinos [76]

Conductors Year Conductor[lower-alpha 7] Notes Ref. 1974 Giorgos Katsaros [77] 1976 Michael Rozakis 1977 Giorgos Hatzinasios 1978 Charis Andreadis 1979 Lefteris Chalkiadakis 1980 Jick Nakassian [78] 1981 George Niarchos 1983 Mimis Plessas 1985 Charis Andreadis Also conductor of the Cypriot entry. 1987 George Niarchos 1988 Charis Andreadis 1989 George Niarchos 1990 Michael Rozakis 1991 Charis Andreadis 1992 1993 1994 Noel Kelehan Host conductor 1995 Charis Andreadis 1996 Michael Rozakis 1997 Anacreon Papageorgiou No conductor from 1998 to present

Photogallery

• 
  Mariza Koch in The Hague (1976)
• 
  Anna Vissi and The Epikouri in The Hague (1980)
• 
  Sakis Rouvas in Istanbul (2004)
• 
  Sarbel in Helsinki (2007)
• 
  Kalomira in Belgrade (2008)
• 
  Sakis Rouvas in Moscow (2009)
• 
  Giorgos Alkaios and Friends in Oslo (2010)
• 
  Koza Mostra and Agathonas Iakovidis in Malmö (2013)
• 
  Freaky Fortune and Riskykidd in Copenhagen (2014)
• 
  Maria Elena Kyriakou in Vienna (2015)
• 
  Argo in Stockholm (2016)
• 
  Demy in Kyiv (2017)
• 
  Yianna Terzi in Lisbon (2018)
• 
  Katerine Duska in Tel Aviv (2019)

See also

• Greece in the Eurovision Dance Contest – Dance version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
• Greece in the Eurovision Young Dancers – A competition organised by the EBU for younger dancers aged between 16 and 21.
• Greece in the Eurovision Young Musicians – A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged 18 years and younger.
• Greece in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Junior version of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Notes

1. According to the then-Eurovision rules, the top ten non-Big Four countries from the previous year along with the Big Four automatically qualified for the Grand Final without having to compete in semi-finals. For example, if Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the 11th and 12th spots were advanced to next year's Grand Final along with all countries ranked in the top ten.
2. If a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year.
3. Contains one phrase in English.
4. Particularly Pontic Greek, except the first two sentences of the song.
5. The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
6. Voted by previous winners.
7. All conductors are of Greek nationality unless otherwise noted.

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