Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest

Greece has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 45 times since its debut in Template:Escyr, missing six contests in that time (1975, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1999, and 2000). The country won for the first and to date only time in Template:Escyr with "My Number One" by Helena Paparizou. The Greek participating broadcaster in the contest is (ERT). Greece has never finished last in the contest.

Throughout the 20th century, Greece achieved only two top five results, finishing fifth with "" by Paschalis, Marianna, Robert, and Bessy in Template:Escyr and again fifth with "" by Cleopatra in Template:Escyr. The start of the 21st century saw Greece become one of the most successful countries in the contest, with ten out of thirteen top-ten results between 2001 and 2013, including third-place finishes for "Die for You" by Antique in Template:Escyr (with 2005 winner Paparizou as lead singer), "Shake It" by Sakis Rouvas in Template:Escyr, and "Secret Combination" by Kalomira in Template:Escyr. Between 2014 and 2019, Greece has had less success, including two non-qualifications to the final (Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr), however revamped its position by placing in the top ten four times during this period in Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr.

Participation

(ERT) is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Greece. Of all the Greek entries in the contest, only three were not from ERT. The country's debut in the contest in its Template:Escyr in 1974 was by ERT's predecessor (EIRT), and the Greek participation in the 2014 and 2015 contest was by ERT's replacement during its closure (NERIT).

Before Greece entered the contest, some Greek singers represented other countries. These singers were Jimmy Makulis (Template:Escyr) for Template:Esccnty, Yovanna (Template:Escyr) for Template:Esccnty, and Nana Mouskouri (Template:Escyr) and Vicky Leandros (Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr) for Template:Esccnty.

History

1970s to 1990s

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Marinella (pictured in 2006) was the first representative for Greece at their contest debut in 1974.

In 1974, during the Greek military junta, rock band Nostradamos won the first Eurovision participation contest ran by the state broadcaster EIRT to represent Greece at Eurovision, after broadcasting it since Template:Escyr. However, due to a scandal, the band was not allowed to compete at Eurovision, and Greek laiko singer Marinella was sent instead. Greece did not participate in Template:Escyr 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. On 3 December 1975, EIRT was replaced by ERT. Three years after Greece's debut in the contest, the country achieved its first top-five result with the song "Mathima solfege" (Solfege Lesson) performed by Bessy, Paschalis, Marianna and Robert in 1977. The decade closed with Greece reaching eighth place twice in 1978 and 1979 with the songs "Charlie Chaplin" and "".

Greece was disqualified from the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 after it was revealed that Themis Adamantidis was to sing "", 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. Had Adamantidis been allowed to perform, he would have appeared second at Harrogate. After returning in 1983, ERT stated that all of the possible songs were of "low quality" and decided not to participate in the Template:Escyr contest.

Greece returned once more to the contest in 1985, and Polina was selected in the 1986 national selection to represent Greece at the Template:Escyr contest 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, 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. Had she performed, she would have appeared eighteenth and she would have performed the song "". Greece returned to the contest in 1987 with the band Bang reaching 10th place. Overall the country reached three times top-ten in the 80s, with the other two songs being "" in 1981 and "" in 1989.

During the 1990s, Greece achieved two top-ten results with Cleopatra and Katy Garbi reaching fifth and ninth place in 1992 and 1993 respectively. The nation performed each year until the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, when it was relegated from participation. This was as 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 (even though it was eligible to, having broadcast the 1999 contest on television) due to financial reasons.

2000s

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Helena Paparizou (pictured in 2010) represented Greece at the 2001 (as part of Antique) and 2005 contests, winning the latter.

Greece returned in 2001, and was represented by the Greek-Swedish duo Antique, consisting Helena Paparizou and Nikos Panagiotidis. Their song "Die for You" was selected through Ellinikós Telikós 2001 and placed third at the 2001 contest, a new record for highest placing for the nation. Following two 17th place entries in 2002 and 2003 by Michalis Rakintzis ("S.A.G.A.P.O.") and Mando ("Never Let You Go"), respectively, ERT internally selected Sakis Rouvas for 2004. Rouvas' song "Shake It" was the first to compete in a contest semi-final, which had been introduced to accommodate the growing number of participating nations. After qualifying to the final, the song tied what had been the nation's best performance at the time, placing third.

Thirty-one years after its debut, Greece won for the first time in 2005 with Helena Paparizou (appearing as a solo performer) singing "My Number One". The entry's 230 points tied the record for the most top twelve points allocated to a song (ten in total), matching Katrina and the Waves' 1997 song "Love Shine a Light". The victory made Greece the first country that was not a member of Big Four to win the contest without participating in a semi-final. 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. Later that year, contest organisers held a commemorative program, Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, to celebrate 50 years of the contest. At the event, "My Number One" came fourth in a vote for the show's most popular entry, behind "Hold Me Now" (1987), "" (1958) and ABBA's "Waterloo" (1974).

The nation's 2005 win earned Greece the opportunity to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. Rouvas and Greek American presenter Maria Menounos hosted the event, which was staged in Athens at the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall. The singer representing Greece was 1980's Greek entrant Vissi, who achieved ninth place with the song "Everything". Until the end of the decade Greece achieved three more top-ten results, including seventh place by Sarbel with "Yassou Maria" in 2007 and third place by Kalomira with "Secret Combination" in 2008.

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. The song voted by the public was "This Is Our Night", another song performed by Sakis Rouvas, which eventually reached seventh place. Greece has been one of the most successful countries in the Eurovision Song Contest in the 21st century with 12 times finishing in the top-ten and 20 in total.

2010s

At the 2010 contest, Greece finished eighth with the song "", followed by a seventh place in 2011 with "Watch My Dance". After Eleftheria Eleftheriou placed 17th in Template:Escyr 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" by Koza Mostra and Agathonas Iakovidis. 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 2013, ERT was shut down by a government directive and replaced with the interim Dimosia Tileorasi (DT) and later by the NERIT broadcaster. During this time, from 2013 through 2015, the Greek television station MAD TV organised the selection process. On 28 April 2015, a legislative proposal that resulted in the renaming of NERIT to ERT was approved and signed into law by the Hellenic Parliament; ERT began broadcasting once again on 11 June 2015, and shortly after confirmed their intentions to once again participate in the Eurovision Song Contest.

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

For 2018, the Greek broadcaster decided to hold a national final to choose the Greek entry to Lisbon and was to take place on 22 February 2018. However, on 16 February 2018 ERT confirmed Yianna Terzi as the Greek representative for the 2018 contest following the disqualification of Areti Ketime and Chorostalites, with the selected song being "". In Lisbon, Greece failed to qualify for the grand final for the second time on its participation history. In 2019, ERT selected internally Katerine Duska to represent Greece in Tel Aviv with the song "Better Love" finishing 21st. It was later revealed that Greece placed fifth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 185 points.

2020s

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Greek-Dutch performer Stefania was selected as the entrant for Greece in both 2020 and 2021.

In 2020, ERT decided once again decided to select the Greek entry internally. Seven acts were shortlisted to represent Greece in Rotterdam, including Irini Papadopoulou, Stefania, Ian Stratis, and the boy band One, with Stefania ultimately being announced as the entrant on 3 February 2020 with the song "Supergirl". Greece was drawn to compete in the second semi-final and was to perform in the first position, but on 18 March, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The EBU announced soon after that entries intended for 2020 would not be eligible for the following year, though each broadcaster would be able to send either their 2020 representative or a new one. ERT responded that its intention was to continue its cooperation with Stefania for the next contest in 2021. It was also announced that the same team that was responsible for the songwriting and the choreography of the 2020 entry would also be used for the 2021 contest, and that the song would be selected internally. The selected song, "Last Dance", an 80's-pop song, premiered for the first time on 10 March 2021. The entry placed sixth in the second semi-final and qualified to the final, where it finished in 10th place with 170 points.

For 2022, ERT opened a submission period on 7 September 2021 where artists and composers were able to submit up to three songs each for consideration by the broadcaster with a 10 October 2021 deadline. 25 artists were reported to have submitted applications from a total of more than 40 entries, and a seven-member jury panel shortlisted five entrants in late October 2021. On 15 December 2021, the committee selected the Greek-Norwegian artist Amanda Tenfjord with the song "Die Together" to represent the country in Turin. Greece managed to qualify from the first semi-final, placing third, and finished in eighth place in the final with 215 points: 57 points from the televoting and 158 points from the juries. This was the best placement for the nation in the final since its sixth-place finish in Template:Escyr.

In 2023, Victor Vernicos represented the nation with the song "What They Say". Competing in the second semi-final, Greece did not qualify for the final for the third time in its history. The song received nationwide controversies with the shortlisted artist Melissa Mantzoukis taking legal action against the potential rigging of the results, including a 15th place of her submitted song "Liar" in the upcoming contest, represented by Silia Kapsis for Cyprus. The Greek audience responded demanding a return of the national final.

In 2024, ERT opted again for an internal selection in 2024, announcing Marina Satti as the Greek representative on 24 October 2023. She finished fifth in the semi-final and ultimately came 11th in the final with 126 points.

In 2025, ERT returned its national final, Ethnikós Telikós, that took place on 30 January 2025, where Asteromata by Klavdia was chosen. She managed to finish 6th in the grand final, marking the country's highest result since 2013, and the second highest score of its participation. Due to the success and the highly recorded viewing figures of the nation, ERT announced a revamped version of Ethnikós Telikós for the upcoming editions.

Voting

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2008 entrants from Cyprus (Evdokia Kadi) and Greece (Kalomira) at a contest press event.

"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

Greece is infamous for regularly exchanging 12 points with Template:Esccnty, which was attributed to the two countries' close cultural ties. While Greece and Cyprus did exchange top marks a few times (1987, 1994, and 1997), there were also several years where this did not occur. In 1983, the second time Greece and Cyprus competed together, Greece awarded the Cypriot entry no points for the first and only time. However, between 1997 and 2013, 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. 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".

In the 21st century, Greece and Cyprus did not exchange top marks for each other in three instances: In 2015, Greece gave Cyprus 10 points and Cyprus gave Greece 8 points, while both countries gave the maximum 12 points to Italy. In 2023, the Greek jury gave 4 points to Cyprus. In 2024, the Greek jury awarded Cyprus 10 points, while the Cypriot jury gave Greece 7 points.

Participation overview

Table key

1	First place
2	Second place
3	Third place
X	Entry selected but did not compete
†	Upcoming event

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
Template:Escyr	Marinella	"" ()	Greek	11	7	No semi-finals
Template:Escyr	Mariza Koch	"" ()	Greek	13	20
Template:Escyr	Paschalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy	"" ()	Greek	5	92
Template:Escyr	Tania Tsanaklidou	"Charlie Chaplin" ()	Greek	8	66
Template:Escyr	Elpida	"" ()	Greek	8	69
Template:Escyr	Anna Vissi and the Epikouri	"Autostop" ()	Greek	13	30
Template:Escyr	Yiannis Dimitras	"" ()	Greek	8	55
Template:Escyr	Themis Adamantidis	"" ()	Greek	Withdrawn X
Template:Escyr	Christie	"" ()	Greek	14	32
Template:Escyr	Takis Biniaris	"" ()	Greek	16	15
Template:Escyr	Polina	"" ()	Greek	Withdrawn X
Template:Escyr	Bang	"Stop" ()	Greek	10	64
Template:Escyr	Afroditi Fryda	"Clown" ()	Greek	17	10
Template:Escyr	Marianna	"" ()	Greek	9	56
Template:Escyr	Christos Callow	"" ()	Greek	19	11
Template:Escyr	Sophia Vossou	"" ()	Greek	13	36
Template:Escyr	Cleopatra	"" ()	Greek	5	94
Template:Escyr	Katerina Garbi	"" ()	Greek	9	64
Template:Escyr	Kostas Bigalis and the Sea Lovers	"To trehantiri (Diri Diri)" ()	Greek	14	44	No semi-finals
Template:Escyr	Elina Konstantopoulou	"" ()	Greek	12	68
Template:Escyr	Marianna Efstratiou	"" ()	Greek	14	36	12	45
Template:Escyr	Marianna Zorba	"" ()	Greek	12	39	No semi-finals
Template:Escyr		"" ()	Greek	20	12
Template:Escyr	Antique	"Die for You"	Greek, English	3	147
Template:Escyr	Michalis Rakintzis	"S.A.G.A.P.O."	English	17	27
Template:Escyr	Mando	"Never Let You Go"	English	17	25
Template:Escyr	Sakis Rouvas	"Shake It"	English	3	252	3	238
Template:Escyr	Helena Paparizou	"My Number One"	English	1	230	Top 12 in 2004 finalTemplate:Efn
Template:Escyr	Anna Vissi	"Everything"	English	9	128	Host country
Template:Escyr	Sarbel	"Yassou Maria" ()	English	7	139	Top 10 in 2006 finalTemplate:Efn
Template:Escyr	Kalomira	"Secret Combination"	English	3	218	1	156
Template:Escyr	Sakis Rouvas	"This Is Our Night"	English	7	120	4	110
Template:Escyr	Giorgos Alkaio and Friends	"" ()	Greek	8	140	2	133
Template:Escyr	Loukas Yorkas Template:Feat. Stereo Mike	"Watch My Dance"	Greek, English	7	120	1	133
Template:Escyr	Eleftheria Eleftheriou	"Aphrodisiac"	English	17	64	4	116
Template:Escyr	Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis	"Alcohol Is Free"	Greek, English	6	152	2	121
Template:Escyr	Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd	"Rise Up"	English	20	35	7	74
Template:Escyr	Maria Elena Kyriakou	"One Last Breath"	English	19	23	6	81
Template:Escyr	Argo	"Utopian Land"	English, Greek	Failed to qualify		16	44
Template:Escyr	Demy	"This Is Love"	English	19	77	10	115
Template:Escyr	Yianna Terzi	"" ()	Greek	Failed to qualify		14	81
Template:Escyr	Katerine Duska	"Better Love"	English	21	74	5	185
Template:Escyr	Stefania	"Supergirl"	English	Contest cancelledTemplate:Efn X
Template:Escyr	Stefania	"Last Dance"	English	10	170	6	184
Template:Escyr	Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord	"Die Together"	English	8	215	3	211
Template:Escyr	Victor Vernicos	"What They Say"	English	Failed to qualify		13	14
Template:Escyr	Marina Satti	"" ()	Greek	11	126	5	86
Template:Escyr	Klavdia	"" ()	Greek	6	231	4	112
Template:Escyr	Confirmed intention to participate †

Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

Artist	Song	Language	At Congratulations				At Eurovision
			Final	Points	Semi	Points	Year	Place	Points
Helena Paparizou	"My Number One"	English	4	245	4	167	Template:Escyr	1	230

Hostings

Year	Location	Venue	Presenters	Ref.
Template:Escyr	Athens	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall	Maria Menounos and Sakis Rouvas

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

Year	Category	Song	Performer	Final	Points	Host city	Ref.
Template:Escyr	Artistic AwardTemplate:Efn	"My Number One"	Helena Paparizou	1	230	Template:Flagicon Kyiv

Barbara Dex Award

Year	Performer	Host city	Ref.
Template:Escyr	Michalis Rakintzis	Template:Flagicon Tallinn

Related involvement

Heads of delegation

Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the contestants, songwriters, composers and backing vocalists, among others.

Year	Head of delegation	Ref.
Template:Escyr	Yiorgos Anestopoulos
Template:Escyr	Dafni Bokota
Template:Escyr	Fotini Yannoulatou
Template:Escyr	Stella Gkliana
Template:Escyr	Mariza Fakli
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Template:Escyr	Sinia Koussoula
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Template:Escyr	Konstantinos Pantzoglou
Template:Escyr	Panayiotis Tsolias
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr	Maria Koufopoulou
Template:Escyr	Maria Koufopoulou
Template:Escyr	Sofia Dranidou
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Template:Escyr	Monica Papadatou
Template:Escyr	Sofia Dranidou
Template:Escyr	Konstantinos Pantzoglou

Costume designers

Year	Costume designers	Ref.
Template:Escyr	Menelaos Stogiannis
Template:Escyr	Marianna Toli
Template:Escyr	Celia Kritharioti
Template:Escyr	Marina Kereklidou
Template:Escyr	Julien McDonald
Template:Escyr	Roberto Cavalli
Template:Escyr	Jean Paul Gaultier
Template:Escyr	Lakis Gavalas
Template:Escyr	J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez
Template:Escyr	Celia Kritharioti
Template:Escyr	Pantelis Mitsou
Template:Escyr	Natar Georgiou
Template:Escyr	G-Star
Template:Escyr	Dimitris Petrou
Template:Escyr	Deux Hommes
Template:Escyr	Dimitris Petrou
Template:Escyr	Deux Hommes
Template:Escyr	Celia Kritharioti
Template:Escyr	Vrettos Vrettakos
Template:Escyr	Celia Kritharioti
Template:Escyr	George Segredakis

Commentators and spokespersons

For the show's broadcast in Greece, various commentators have provided commentary on the contest in the local language. At the Eurovision Song Contest after all points are calculated, the presenters of the show call upon each voting country to invite each respective spokesperson to announce the results of their vote on-screen.

Television and radio commentators and spokespersons

Year	Television		Radio		Spokesperson	Ref.
	Channel	Commentator(s)	Channel	Commentator(s)
Template:Escyr	EIRT	Unknown	No radio broadcast		Did not participate
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Template:Escyr					Did not participate
Template:Escyr	ERT			Unknown	Unknown
Template:Escyr			No radio broadcast
Template:Escyr				Unknown
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Template:Escyr		Template:Ill	No radio broadcast
Template:Escyr		Unknown
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Template:Escyr				Unknown
Template:Escyr	No broadcast				Did not participate
Template:Escyr	ERT	Unknown	Unknown		Unknown
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Template:Escyr	ET1	Dafni Bokota
Template:Escyr		Unknown
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Template:Escyr	Unknown				Fotini Giannoulatou
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr					Niki Venega
Template:Escyr	ET1	Dafni Bokota	Unknown
Template:Escyr	Unknown				Template:Ill
Template:Escyr					Did not participate
Template:Escyr	Unknown	Dafni Bokota	Unknown
Template:Escyr	Unknown				Alexis Kostalas
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Template:Escyr	ET1	Dafni Bokota	ERA 1	Nikos Triboulidis
Template:Escyr	NET	Unknown
Template:Escyr		Alexandra Pascalidou	Unknown
Template:Escyr		Zeta Makripoulia and Giorgos Kapoutzidis		Maria Kozakou
Template:Escyr		Template:Ill and Maria Bakodimou	ERA 1 (Final) Deftero Programma (All shows)	Fotis Sergoulopoulos and Maria Bakodimou
Template:Escyr		Betty and Mathildi Maggira	Unknown	Maria Kozakou
Template:Escyr	Unknown
Template:Escyr	NET	Rika Vagiani
Template:Escyr	NET, ERT HD	Maria Kozakou			Lena Aroni
Template:Escyr	NET		No radio broadcast		Adriana Magania
Template:Escyr		Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis	, , Voice of Greece	Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis
Template:Escyr	NERIT1, NERIT HD	Giorgos Kapoutzidis (Final) Maria Kozakou (All shows)	No radio broadcast
Template:Escyr		Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis		Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis	Helena Paparizou
Template:Escyr	ERT1, ERT HD, ERT World		, Voice of Greece		Constantinos Christoforou
Template:Escyr			, Voice of Greece
Template:Escyr	ERT2, ERT HD	Alexandros Lizardos and Daphne Skalioni	, Voice of Greece	Dimitris Meidanis	Olina Xenopoulou
Template:Escyr	ERT2, ERT Sports HD	Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis	Voice of Greece (SF1/Final)	Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis	Gus G
Template:Escyr	Not announced before cancellation	Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis	Not announced before cancellation
Template:Escyr	ERT1	Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis	, Voice of Greece	Giorgos Katsaros (Final) Dimitris Meidanis (All shows)	Manolis Gkinis
Template:Escyr				Dimitris Meidanis	Stefania
Template:Escyr		Maria Kozakou and Jenny Melita		Dimitris Meidanis, Maria Kozakou and Jenny Melita	Template:Ill
Template:Escyr		Template:Ill and Template:Ill		Dimitris Meidanis	Helena Paparizou
Template:Escyr		Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis			Template:Ill

Other shows

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

Stage directors

Year	Stage director	Ref.
1977	Marianna Toli
1979	Marianna Toli
1980	Romanos
1992	Yiorgos Kalogeropoulos
2001	Yiorgos Kalogeropoulos
2004	Fokas Evangelinos
2005	Fokas Evangelinos
2006	Mia Michaels
2007	Maria Liraraki
2008	Kostas Kapetanidis
2009	Fokas Evangelinos
2010	Emmy Zarian
2011	Konstantinos Rigos
2012	Konstantinos Rigos
2013	Maria Liraraki
2014	Yiorgos Papadopoulos
2015	Maria Liraraki
2016	Maria Liraraki
2017	Fokas Evangelinos
2018	Chali Jennings
2019	Efi Gousi
2020	Fokas Evangelinos
2021	Fokas Evangelinos
2022	Fokas Evangelinos
2023	Konstantinos Rigos
2024	Fokas Evangelinos & Mecnun Giasar

Conductors

Year	ConductorTemplate:Efn	Notes	Ref.
Template:Escyr	Giorgos Katsaros
Template:Escyr	Michael Rozakis
Template:Escyr	Giorgos Hatzinasios
Template:Escyr	Charis Andreadis
Template:Escyr	Lefteris Chalkiadakis
Template:Escyr	Jick Nakassian
Template:Escyr	George Niarchos
Template:Escyr	Mimis Plessas	Conducted by Lefteris Chalkiadakis at the national final.
Template:Escyr	Charis Andreadis	Also conductor of the Cypriot entry.
Template:Escyr	George Niarchos
Template:Escyr	Charis Andreadis
Template:Escyr	George Niarchos
Template:Escyr	Michael Rozakis
Template:Escyr	Charis Andreadis
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr	Template:Flagicon Noel Kelehan	Host conductor
Template:Escyr	Charis Andreadis
Template:Escyr	Michael Rozakis
Template:Escyr	Anacreon Papageorgiou
No conductor from Template:Escyr to present

Jury members

A five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals is made up for every participating country for the semi-finals and final of the Eurovision Song Contest, ranking all entries except for their own country's contribution. The juries' votes constitute 50% of the overall result alongside televoting. The modern incarnation of jury voting was introduced beginning with the Template:Escyr.

Year	First member	Second member	Third member	Fourth member	Fifth member	Ref.
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Photo gallery

• Mariza Koch in the Hague (Template:Escyr)
  Mariza Koch in the Hague (Template:Escyr)
• Anna Vissi and the Epikouri in the Hague (Template:Escyr)
  Anna Vissi and the Epikouri in the Hague (Template:Escyr)
• Sakis Rouvas in Istanbul (Template:Escyr)
  Sakis Rouvas in Istanbul (Template:Escyr)
• Sarbel in Helsinki (Template:Escyr)
  Sarbel in Helsinki (Template:Escyr)
• Kalomira in Belgrade (Template:Escyr)
  Kalomira in Belgrade (Template:Escyr)
• Sakis Rouvas in Moscow (Template:Escyr)
  Sakis Rouvas in Moscow (Template:Escyr)
• Giorgos Alkaios and Friends in Oslo (Template:Escyr)
  Giorgos Alkaios and Friends in Oslo (Template:Escyr)
• Koza Mostra and Agathonas Iakovidis in Malmö (Template:Escyr)
  Koza Mostra and Agathonas Iakovidis in Malmö (Template:Escyr)
• Freaky Fortune and Riskykidd in Copenhagen (Template:Escyr)
  Freaky Fortune and Riskykidd in Copenhagen (Template:Escyr)
• Maria Elena Kyriakou in Vienna (Template:Escyr)
  Maria Elena Kyriakou in Vienna (Template:Escyr)
• Argo in Stockholm (Template:Escyr)
  Argo in Stockholm (Template:Escyr)
• Demy in Kyiv (Template:Escyr)
  Demy in Kyiv (Template:Escyr)
• Yianna Terzi in Lisbon (Template:Escyr)
  Yianna Terzi in Lisbon (Template:Escyr)
• Katerine Duska in Tel Aviv (Template:Escyr)
  Katerine Duska in Tel Aviv (Template:Escyr)
• Stefania in Rotterdam (Template:Escyr)
  Stefania in Rotterdam (Template:Escyr)
• Amanda Tenfjord in Turin (Template:Escyr)
  Amanda Tenfjord in Turin (Template:Escyr)
• Victor Vernicos in Liverpool (Template:Escyr)
  Victor Vernicos in Liverpool (Template:Escyr)
• Marina Satti in Malmö (Template:Escyr)
  Marina Satti in Malmö (Template:Escyr)
• Klavdia in Basel (Template:Escyr)
  Klavdia in Basel (Template:Escyr)

See also

• Greece in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Junior version of the Eurovision Song Contest.

External links

• ERT's official Eurovision profile on Facebook
• ERT's official Eurovision profile on X
• ERT's official Eurovision profile on Instagram