Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
- Doros Georgiadis
- Sotia Tsotou
| ◄1978 • | 1979 | • 1980► |
Greece and Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) chose to host a national selection with the winner being chosen by an "expert" jury. Elpida was chosen with "Sokrati" (re-titled "Socrates" for the TV broadcast) and placed 8th at Eurovision.
Before Eurovision
National final
The national final took place on 5 February 1979 at the Municipal Theater in Piraeus and was 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kostas Hatzis | "Na'han oli i anthropi mia agapi opos ki ego" | 379 | 3 |
| 2 | Bessy Argyraki | "Athena (mana mou)" | 322 | 5 |
| 3 | Sofia Zaninou | "Stin arhi" | 271 | 6 |
| 4 | Christie Stasinopoulou | "Dose mou enan sticho" | 462 | 2 |
| 5 | Elpida | "Sokrati" | 528 | 1 |
| 6 | Paola Komini, Maria Filosofou, Fotini Filosofou, Dimitris Kontoyiannis and Stefanos Dekerian | "Dio se mia ombrella" | 349 | 4 |
At Eurovision
"Sokrati" was performed seventh on the night (following Monaco's Laurent Vaguener with "Notre vie c'est la musique" and preceding Switzerland's Peter, Sue and Marc and Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri with "Trödler Und Co"). At the close of voting, it had received 69 points, placing 8th in a field of 19.[1]
Elpida was accompanied on stage by Lia Vissi (who will later represent Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985), Polina (who was to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, but Greece withdrew), Yiannis Samsiaris and Stelios Goulielmos, all four of them being backing vocalists.[2]
It was succeeded as Greek representative at the 1980 Contest by Anna Vissi & The Epikouri with "Autostop".
Voting
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References
- ^ "Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979" (in Greek). musiccorner.gr. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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Themis Adamantidis- Giorgos Alkaios
- Antique
- Argo
- Bessy Argyraki
- Paschalis Arvanitidis
- Bang
- Kostas Bigalis
- Takis Biniaris
- Christos Callow
- Cleopatra
- Demy
- Yiannis Dimitras
- Katerine Duska
- Marianna Efstratiou
- Eleftheria Eleftheriou
- Elpida
- The Epikouri
- Freaky Fortune
- Afroditi Frida
- Katy Garbi
- Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord
- Agathonas Iakovidis
- Kalomira
- Mariza Koch
- Koza Mostra
- Elina Konstantopoulou
- Maria Elena Kyriakou
- Mando
- Marina Satti
- Marinella
- Helena Paparizou
Polina- Michalis Rakintzis
- RiskyKidd
- Sakis Rouvas
- Sarbel
- The Sea Lovers
- Kristi Stassinopoulou
- Stefania
- Stereo Mike
- Yianna Terzi
- Thalassa
- Marianna Toli
- Tania Tsanaklidou
- Victor Vernicos
- Anna Vissi
- Sophia Vossou
- Wave
- Robert Williams
- Loukas Yorkas
- Marianna Zorba
- "Alcohol Is Free"
- "Aphrodisiac"
- "Autostop"
- "Better Love"
- "Charlie Chaplin"
- "Clown"
- "Die for You"
- "Die Together"
- "Ellada, chora tou fotos"
- "Emis forame to himona anixiatika"
- "Everything"
- "Feggari kalokerino"
- "Horepse"
- "Horis skopo"
- "I anixi"
- "Krasi, thalassa kai t' agori mou"
- "Last Dance"
- "Mathima solfege"
- "Mia krifi evaisthisia"
- "Miazoume"
- "Mou les"
- "My Number One"
- "Never Let You Go"
- "Olou tou kosmou i Elpida"
- "One Last Breath"
- "Oniro mou"
- "Opa"
- "Panagia mou, panagia mou"
- "Pia prosefhi"
- "Rise Up"
- "S.A.G.A.P.O."
"Sarantapente kopelies"- "Secret Combination"
- "Shake It"
- "Sokrati"
- "Stop"
- "Supergirl"
- "This Is Love"
- "This Is Our Night"
- "To diko sou asteri"
- "To trehantiri (Diri Diri)"
- "Utopian Land"
"Wagon-lit"- "Watch My Dance"
- "What They Say"
- "Yassou Maria"
- "Zari"
- Note: Entries scored out signify where Greece did not compete
