Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
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Greece was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with the song "Socrates", composed by Doros Georgiadis, with lyrics by Sotia Tsotou, and performed by Elpida. The Greek participating broadcaster, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), held a national final to select its entry.
Before Eurovision
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National final
The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) held the national final on 5 February 1979 at the Municipal Theater in Piraeus, hosted by Vasilis Tsivilikas. The winning song was chosen by a jury of 65 people who awarded each song a mark out of 10.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Kostas Hatzis | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | 379 | 3 |
| 2 | Bessy Argyraki | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | 322 | 5 |
| 3 | Sofia Zaninou | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | 271 | 6 |
| 4 | Christie Stasinopoulou | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | 462 | 2 |
| 5 | Elpida | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | 528 | 1 |
| 6 | Paola Komini, Maria Filosofou, Fotini Filosofou, Dimitris Kontoyiannis, and Stefanos Dekerian | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | 349 | 4 |
At Eurovision
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Elpida was accompanied on stage by Lia Vissi (who will later represent Template:Esccnty), Polina (who was to represent Template:Esccnty, but Greece withdrew), Yiannis Samsiaris and Stelios Goulielmos, all four of them being backing vocalists.[2]
Voting
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References
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