Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

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Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Country Greece
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)5 February 1979
Selected entrantElpida
Selected song"Sokrati"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Doros Georgiadis
  • Sotia Tsotou
Finals performance
Final result8th, 69 points
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
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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.

Final – 5 February 1979
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

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

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

Autostop
".

Voting

References

  1. ^ "Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979" (in Greek). musiccorner.gr. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.