Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980
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Greece was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Autostop", composed by Jick Nacassian, with lyrics by Rony Sofu, and performed by Anna Vissi and The Epikouri. The Greek participating broadcaster, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), held a national final to select its entry.
Greece performed third at the event, held on 19 April 1980, in the Hague, Netherlands, and placed 13th with 30 points. This tied the nation's lowest placement in the contest.
Background
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Before Eurovision
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National final
ERT held the national final on 10 March 1980, at its television studios in Peania, hosted by Vasilis Tsivilikas.[2] The winning song was chosen by a jury of people who awarded each song a mark out of ten.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Yiannis Floriniotis | "Mono mia melodia" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 260 | 10 |
| 2 | Dakis & Rena Panta | "Mono esi" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 289 | 9 |
| 3 | Anna Vissi | "Autostop" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 474 | 1 |
| 4 | Antonis Stefanides | "Min argeis" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 202 | 12 |
| 5 | Dakis | "Pare ena kohili ap'to Aegaeo" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 410 | 3 |
| 6 | Milli Karali | "Tiki-tak" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 361 | 6 |
| 7 | Glykeria | "Etsi apla s'agapo" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 364 | 5 |
| 8 | Kostas Tournas & The Epikouri | "UFO" | 469 | 2 |
| 9 | Yiorgos Polychroniadis | "Thymisou me" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 327 | 8 |
| 10 | Group Anonymous | "Sto rythmo ton UFO" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 368 | 4 |
| 11 | Sigma Fei | "Na les s'agapo" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 225 | 11 |
| 12 | Takis Antoniades | "Ti thes na po" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 347 | 7 |
At Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was held on 19 April 1980, at the Nederlands Congresgebouw in the Hague, Netherlands.[3] "Autostop" was the third performed that night (following Template:Esccnty's "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Ajda Pekkan and preceding Template:Esccnty's "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Sophie and Magaly). At the close of voting, it had received 30 points, placing 13th in a field of 19.[4]
Voting
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References
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