Greece in the Eurovision Song 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 2018–2019 National final Ellinikós Telikós 1979–1980 1983 1987–1991 1998 2001–2003 2005–2012 2017 Eurosong 2013–2015
Participation summary
Appearances	39 (37 finals)
First appearance	1974
Best result	1st: 2005
Worst result	16th SF: 2016
External links
ERT Page
Greece's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Greece has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 39 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.

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 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 five contests (2014–18), Greece has not reached the top ten, including twice failing to qualify from the semi-final to the grand final (2016, 2018).

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Voting
  


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  3 Popularity of the Contest
  


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  4 Contestants
  


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  5 Conductors
  


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  6 Voting history
  


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  7 Hostings
  


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  8 Marcel Bezençon Awards
  


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  9 Commentators and spokespersons
  


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  10 Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest
  


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  11 Photogallery
  


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  12 See also
  


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  13 Notes
  


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  14 References
  


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  15 Eurovision sites
  


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  16 External links
  

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 discovered that the withdrawal 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 and 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, 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]

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 Kiev. 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

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"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 (excepting the contests from 1999-2000, 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 four 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.

Contestants

The following table lists the thirty-three entries which competed for Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Table key

  Winner

  Second place

  Third place

  Last place

  Withdrew/Disqualified

Year	Artist	Language	Title	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1974	Marinella	Greek	"Krasi, thalassa ke t'agori mou" (Κρασί, θάλασσα και τ'αγόρι μου)	11	7	No semi-finals
1975	Did not participate
1976	Mariza Koch	Greek	"Panagia mou, panagia mou" (Παναγιά μου, παναγιά μου)	13	20
1977	Paschalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy	Greek	"Mathima solfege" (Μάθημα σολφέζ)	5	92
1978	Tania Tsanaklidou	Greek	"Charlie Chaplin" (Τσάρλυ Τσάπλιν)	8	66
1979	Elpida	Greek	"Sokratis" (Σωκράτης)	8	69
1980	Anna Vissi & The Epikouri	Greek	"Autostop" (Ωτοστόπ)	13	30
1981	Yiannis Dimitras	Greek	"Feggari kalokerino" (Φεγγάρι καλοκαιρινό)	8	55
1982	Themis Adamadidis	Greek	"Sarantapente kopelies" (Σαρανταπέντε κοπελιές)	Withdrawn
1983	Kristi Stassinopoulou	Greek	"Mou les" (Μου λες)	14	32
1984	Did not participate
1985	Takis Biniaris	Greek	"Moiazoume" (Μοιάζουμε)	16	15
1986	Polina	Greek	"Wagon-lit" (Βαγκόν λι)	Withdrawn
1987	Bang	Greek	"Stop" (Στοπ)	10	64
1988	Afroditi Frida	Greek	"Clown" (Κλόουν)	17	10
1989	Mariana Efstratiou	Greek	"To diko sou asteri" (Το δικό σου αστέρι)	9	56
1990	Christos Callow & Wave	Greek	"Horis Skopo" (Χωρίς σκοπό)	19	11
1991	Sophia Vossou	Greek	"I anoixi" (Η ανοιξη)	13	36
1992	Kleopatra	Greek	"Olou tou kosmou i Elpida" (Όλου του κόσμου η Ελπίδα)	5	94
1993	Katy Garbi	Greek	"Ellada, chora tou fotos" (Ελλάδα, χώρα του φωτός)	9	64	Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
1994	Kostas Bigalis	Greek	"To trehandiri" (Το τρεχαντήρι)	14	44	No semi-finals
1995	Elina Konstantopoulou	Greek	"Poia prosefchi" (Ποια προσευχή)	12	68
1996	Mariana Efstratiou	Greek	"Emeis forame to himona anoixiatika" (Εμείς φοράμε το χειμώνα ανοιξιάτικα)	14	36	12	45
1997	Marianna Zorba	Greek	"Horepse" (Χόρεψε)	12	39	No semi-finals
1998	Thalassa	Greek	"Mia krifi evaisthisia" (Μια κρυφή ευαισθησία)	20	12
Did not participate between 1999 and 2000
2001	Antique	English, Greek	"(I Would) Die for You"	3	147
2002	Michalis Rakintzis	English	"S.A.G.A.P.O."	17	27
2003	Mando	English	"Never Let You Go"	17	25
2004	Sakis Rouvas	English	"Shake It"	3	252	3	238
2005	Helena Paparizou	English	"My Number One"	1	230	Top 12 Previous Year[a]
2006	Anna Vissi	English	"Everything"	9	128	Host country[b]
2007	Sarbel	English	"Yassou Maria" (Γεια σου Μαρία)	7	139	Top 10 Previous Year[a]
2008	Kalomira	English	"Secret Combination"	3	218	1	156
2009	Sakis Rouvas	English	"This Is Our Night"	7	120	4	110
2010	Giorgos Alkaios & Friends	Greek1	"OPA!" (ΩΠΑ!)	8	140	2	133
2011	Loukas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike	Greek, English	"Watch My Dance"	7	120	1	133
2012	Eleftheria Eleftheriou	English	"Aphrodisiac"	17	64	4	116
2013	Koza Mostra feat. Agathonas Iakovidis	Greek, English	"Alcohol Is Free"	6	152	2	121
2014	Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd	English	"Rise Up"	20	35	7	74
2015	Maria Elena Kyriakou	English	"One Last Breath"	19	23	6	81
2016	Argo	Greek2, English	"Utopian Land"	Failed to qualify		16	44
2017	Demy	English	"This Is Love"	19	77	10	115
2018	Yianna Terzi	Greek	”Oniro mou” (Όνειρο Μου)	Failed to qualify		14	81
2019	Katerine Duska	English	"Better Love"

Notes

1.^ Contains one phrase in English.

2.^ Contains phrases in Pontic Greek.

NOTE: If a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. In addition from 2004-2007, the top ten countries who were not members of the big four did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. If, for example, Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the countries who placed 11th and 12th were advanced to the following year's grand final along with the rest of the top ten countries.

Conductors

All conductors are Greek except with a flag.

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  George Catsaros (1974)


• Michael Rozakis (1976, 1990, 1996)


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  George Hatzinassios (1977)


• Charis Andreadis (1978, 1985, 1988, 1991–93, 1995)


• Lefteris Chalkiadakis (1979)


• Jick Nacassian (1980)


• George Niarchos (1981, 1987, 1989)


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  Mimis Plessas (1983)


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  Noel Kelehan (1994)


• Anacreon Papageorgiou (1997)

Prior to 1999, the Greek entry was performed without orchestral accompaniment in 1998.^[14]

Voting history

As of 2018, Greece's voting history is as follows:

Most points given in the grand finals only Rank Country Points 1  Cyprus 283 2  France 145 3  Spain 137 4  Ireland 99 5  Italy 95 Most points received in the grand finals only Rank Country Points 1  Cyprus 324 2  Spain 125 3  Albania 123 4  United Kingdom 120 5  Romania 107

Most points given in the semis and finals Rank Country Points 1  Cyprus 400 2  Albania 198 3  Armenia 158 4  Russia 153 5  France 145 Most points received in the semis and finals Rank Country Points 1  Cyprus 419 2  Albania 224 3  Spain 180 4  Romania 166 5  United Kingdom 149

Hostings

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

Marcel Bezençon Awards

Further information: Marcel Bezençon Awards

Artistic Award

Year	Song	Performer	Final result	Points	Host city
2005	"My Number One"	Helena Paparizou	1st	230	Kiev

Commentators and spokespersons

Year(s)	Commentator	Spokesperson	Radio commentator	Channel
1971	Mako Georgiadou	Greece did not participate	No radio broadcast	EIRT
1972
1973
1974		Irini Gavala
1975		Greece did not participate		ERT
1976		Irini Gavala
1977		Naki Agathou	Dimitris Konstantaras
1978		Niki Venega
1979
1980
1981		Tatiana Darra
1982		Greece did not participate	No radio broadcast
1983		Irini Gavala	Dimitris Konstantaras
1984	No broadcast	Greece did not participate	No radio broadcast
1985	Mako Georgiadou	Kelly Sakakou	Dimitris Konstantaras
1986		Greece did not participate	No radio broadcast
1987	Dafni Bokota	Kelly Sakakou	Dimitris Konstantaras
1988		Fotini Giannoulatou
1989
1990
1991			Giorgos Mitropoulos
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996		Niki Venega
1997
1998	Giorgos Mitropoulos	Alexis Kostalas	Dimitris Konstantaras
1999	Dafni Bokota	Greece did not participate	No radio broadcast
2000
2001		Alexis Kostalas	Giorgos Mitropoulos
2002
2003
2004			No radio broadcast
2005	Alexandra Pascalidou
2006	Giorgos Kapoutzidis and Zeta Makrypoulia
2007	Maria Bakodimou and Fotis Sergoulopoulos
2008	Maggira Sisters
2009
2010	Rika Vagiani
2011	Maria Kozakou	Lena Aroni
2012		Andrianna Maggania
2013	Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis
2014				NERIT
2015		Helena Paparizou	Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis
2016		Constantinos Christoforou		ERT
2017
2018	Alexandros Lizardos and Daphne Skalioni	Olina Xenopoulou	Alexandros Lizardos and Daphne Skalioni
2019	Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis	TBD	TBD

NOTE: In 2014, Maria Kozakou was the commentator for all shows (Semi-finals & final). Giorgos Kapoutzidis, was the commentator only for the final, along with Maria Kozakou.

Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

Further information: Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

Table key

  Winner

  Second place

  Third place

  Last place

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

Photogallery

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See also

• Ellinikós Telikós


• Eurosong - A MAD Show

Notes

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   ^ ^ab 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.
   


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   ^ If a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year.
   

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v t e  Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 to 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Artists 1970s Marinella 1975 Mariza Koch Paschalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy Tania Tsanaklidou Elpida 1980s Anna Vissi Yiannis Dimitras Themis Adamantidis Kristi Stassinopoulou 1984 Takis Biniaris Polina Bang Afroditi Frida Mariana Efstratiou 1990s Christos Callow & Wave Sophia Vossou Kleopatra Katerina Garbi Kostas Bigalis Elina Konstantopoulou Mariana Efstratiou Marianna Zorba Thalassa 1999 2000s 2000 Antique Michalis Rakintzis Mando Sakis Rouvas Helena Paparizou Anna Vissi Sarbel Kalomira Sakis Rouvas 2010s Giorgos Alkaios & Friends Loukas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike Eleftheria Eleftheriou Koza Mostra feat. Agathonas Freaky Fortune feat. Riskykidd Maria Elena Kyriakou Argo Demy Yianna Terzi Katerine Duska
Songs 1970s "Krasi, Thalassa Kai T' Agori Mou" 1975 "Panayia Mou, Panayia Mou" "Mathima Solfege" "Charlie Chaplin" "Sokrati" 1980s "Autostop" "Feggari Kalokerino" "Sarantapente kopelies" "Mou Les" 1984 "Miazoume" "Wagon-lit" "Stop" "Clown" "To Diko Sou Asteri" 1990s "Horis Skopo" "I Anixi" "Olou Tou Kosmou I Elpida" "Ellada, Chora Tou Fotos" "To Trehandiri" "Pia Prosefhi" "Emeis Forame to Himona Anixiatika" "Horepse" "Mia Krifi Evesthisia" 1999 2000s 2000 "(I Would) Die for You" "S.A.G.A.P.O." "Never Let You Go" "Shake It" "My Number One" "Everything" "Yassou Maria" "Secret Combination" "This Is Our Night" 2010s "OPA" "Watch My Dance" "Aphrodisiac" "Alcohol Is Free" "Rise Up" "One Last Breath" "Utopian Land" "This Is Love" "Oneiro Mou" "Better Love"
Note: Entries scored out are when Greece did not compete

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