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Greece has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 44 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.
Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) were featured at the special concert Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the contest's first fifty years. [85] Ireland and Sweden have won seven times, more than any other country. Ireland also won ...
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 marked Greece's twenty-sixth entry in the Eurovision Song Contest since its debut in 1974. [1] Prior to the contest, its best result was third place which was achieved twice: in 2001 with the song "Die for You" performed by the duo Antique and in 2004 with "Shake It" performed by Sakis Rouvas.
Eurovision Song Contest 1972 winner Vicky Leandros was a member of the jury of Eurosong 2013 – a MAD show. The final took place on 18 February 2013. Four songs competed and the winner, "Alcohol Is Free" performed by Koza Mostra featuring Agathonas Iakovidis, was selected by a 50/50 combination of public voting and jury voting.
[9] [10] Following the deadline, 25 artists were reported to have submitted applications from a total of more than 40 entries, including Constantinos Christophorou (1996, 2002 and 2005 Eurovision entrant for Cyprus), Ilias Kozas (2013 Eurovision entrant for Greece), Joanne (Ioanna Georgakopoulou, winner of The Voice of Greece 7), Jimmy Sion ...
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.It took place in Athens, Greece, following the country's victory at the 2005 contest with the song "My Number One" by Helena Paparizou.
Eurovision Song Contest: Kyiv 2005 was the official compilation album of the 2005 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by EMI Records and CMC International on 2 May 2005. The album featured all 39 songs that entered in the 2005 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.
Alexis Kostalas was the Greek spokesperson announcing the country's voting results during the show, a task he had performed since the 1998 contest. [30] The tables below visualise a complete breakdown of the points awarded to and awarded by Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002.