Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

  • Artist: 24 October 2023
  • Song: 7 March 2024
Selected entrantMarina SattiSelected song"Zari"Selected songwriter(s)
  • Gino "the Ghost" Borri
  • Jay Lewitt Stolar
  • Jordan Richard Palmer
  • Konstantin Plamenov Beshkov
  • Manolis "Solmeister" Solidakis
  • Marina Satti
  • Nick Kodonas
  • Oge
  • Vlospa [el][1]
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2023 • 2024

Greece is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "Zari" performed by Marina Satti. The Greek broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) internally selected the Greek representative for the 2024 contest.

Background

Prior to the 2024 contest, Greece has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 43 times since its debut in 1974.[2] The nation has won the contest once to this point, in 2005 with the song "My Number One" performed by Helena Paparizou. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, Greece managed to qualify for the final with each of their entries for several years. Between 2004 and 2013, the nation achieved nine top ten placements in the final. The nation's first entry to not qualify to the final was "Utopian Land" performed by Argo in 2016, which placed 16th in the semi-final, marking Greece's worst placing at the contest and their absence from the final for the first time since 2000. In the 2018 contest, Greece failed to qualify for the second time with Yianna Terzi and the song "Oniro mou", finishing 14th in the semi-final. After three consecutive contests when the nation qualified for the final, Victor Vernicos with "What They Say" failed to qualify to the 2023 final, finishing 13th in the semi-final.[2]

The Greek national broadcaster, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), broadcasts the event within Greece and organises the selection process for the nation's entry.[3] ERT had been in charge of Greece's participation in the contest since their debut in 1974 until 2013 when the broadcaster was shut down by a government directive and replaced firstly with the interim Dimosia Tileorasi (DT) and then later by the New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television (NERIT) broadcaster,[3][4][5][6] renamed to ERT by the new government in June 2015.[7][8] Greece has selected its entries in the past both internally and through the national final format Ellinikós Telikós (most recently held in 2017). ERT confirmed their intention to participate in the 2024 contest on 15 September 2023.[9]

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

Marina Satti was internally selected by ERT as the Greek entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

On 24 October 2023, ERT announced they had carried out an internal selection for the Greek entrant, revealing on the TV show Studio 4 that Marina Satti had been chosen.[10][11] It was reported that the selection had been made directly by ERT directors, without the involvement of an expert panel.[12]

To determine Satti's song, a submission window for interested composers was opened between 25 October 2023 and 1 December 2023. At the closing of the window, 150 songs had been submitted to ERT.[13] Satti's record label Minos EMI revealed shortly after that they had already started preparations for her entry with ERT and Golden Records,[14] and the broadcaster ultimately excluded holding a televised final.[15] No dedicated committee has reportedly been involved in the selection of the song,[12] with Dora Chiraki of ERT having been appointed in charge of the project.[16] The song, titled "Zari",[17] was reported to have been composed by 13 January 2024[18] and was released on 7 March 2024 during the special presentation show Eurovision se eidon ("Eurovision in sight"), airing on ERT1 and hosted by Fotis Sergoulopoulos [el] and Jenny Melita.[19][20][21]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[22] Greece was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final.[23] The draw, broadcast live on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel, was also aired by ERT via its streaming platform ERTflix.[24]

In Greece, commentary for the shows will be provided by Thanasis Alevras [el] and Jérôme Kaluta [el].[25]

Satti's performance of "Zari" at the contest will be staged by Fokas Evangelinos (who has worked on various entries in previous contests, including the winning performances of Greece in 2005 and Russia in 2008) and choreographed by Mecnun Giasar.[26]

References

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