Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Stefania | ||||
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Selected song | "Last Dance" | |||
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (6th, 184 points) | |||
Final result | 10th, 170 points | |||
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Greek-Dutch singer Stefania was internally selected by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) to represent the nation with the song "Last Dance", written by Dimitris Kontopoulos, Arcade, and Sharon Vaughn. Stefania was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "Supergirl" before that event's eventual cancellation.
To promote the entry, a music video for the song was released and Stefania made appearances on Greek television and in print media. Greece performed fourth in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, held on 20 May 2021, and placed 6th, receiving 184 points. The entry qualified for the final held two days later, where the nation placed 10th with 170 points.
Background
Prior to the 2021 contest, Greece had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 40 times since their debut in
The Greek national broadcaster, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), broadcasts the event within Greece and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. 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 with the interim Dimosia Tileorasi (DT) and later by the New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television (NERIT) broadcaster.[2][3][4][5] During this time, from 2013 through 2015, the Greek television station MAD TV organised the selection process.[6] 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,[3][7] and shortly after confirmed their intentions to once again participate in the Eurovision Song Contest.[8]
The Greek broadcaster has used various methods to select the nation's entry in the past, such as internal selections and televised national finals, to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. On 18 March 2020, the day of the 2020 contest's cancellation, ERT was one of the first four broadcasters to confirm their participation in the next edition and to announce their continued cooperation with their 2020 artist,
Before Eurovision
Song selection
With ERT opting to continue their cooperation with 2020 artist Stefania for 2021, it was announced that the same team 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.[12] On 14 December 2020, ERT revealed the names of the people who would comprise the jury panel involved with the selection of the song. The jury consisted of music composer and ERT board member Dimitris Papadimitriou, and music producers Petros Adam and Yiannis Petridis.[13] All three were members of the previous year's jury panel. As it was announced, the jury panel planned to select the Greek entry before the start of 2021, while the song would not be released before March 2021.[13]
Songwriters Dimitris Kontopoulos, the production team Arcade and Sharon Vaughn,[14] submitted at least four potential entries to ERT for consideration.[15][13] On 18 December 2020, an Instagram post by Stefania on the official account of the Eurovision Song Contest revealed the name of one of the song candidates, "Adrenaline".[16][17] Three weeks later on 7 January 2021, "Last Dance" was announced as the title of selected song,[14][18] with its release set for 10 March.[19]
Promotion
To promote the entry, a music video was released on 10 March, ahead of the song's general release later that evening.[20] It aired during a dedicated show on ERT's over-the-top media service ERTFLIX.[21] Directed by Kostas Karydas, the video was filmed in Athens and features elements of Greek mythology.[22]
Stefania was also interviewed by Greece's celebrity magazine
At Eurovision
The
Performances
The second semi-final was held on 20 May and Greece was the ninth country of the ten to be announced as having qualified for the final.[36] It was later revealed that the entry placed sixth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 184 points.[37] Soon after, the EBU posted the running order for the final, placing Greece in position 10, following United Kingdom and preceding Switzerland.[38] At the close of voting for the final, held on 22 May, "Last Dance" placed 10th in the field of 26, receiving 170 points.[39]
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting.[40] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form.[41][42] Greece's jury consisted of Adam Tsarouchis, Athena Konstantinou, Fotis Sergoulopoulos, Ioannis Vasilopoulos, and Xenia Ghali.[41][42] In the second semi-final, Greece placed 6th with a total of 184 points, thus qualifying for the final. The performance received 80 televoting points, which included the maximum 12 awarded by Moldova. The jury points added to 104, including 12 from France and Poland.[43] In the final, Greece placed 10th with 170 points, with two sets of 12 points from Cyprus (jury and televote), one set each from Georgia (televote) and France (jury). Over the course of the contest, Greece awarded both sets of 12 points from its jury and televote respectively to Moldova in the second semi-final and to Cyprus in the final.[37][39] Manolis Gkinis served as Greece's spokesperson for the voting portion of the final, announcing the country's jury vote. At 10 years old, the actor from the ERT series Ta kalytera mas chronia became the youngest spokesperson in contest history to this point.[44] Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Greece in the second semi-final, as well as by the country in the final.
Points awarded to Greece
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Points awarded by Greece
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Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Greek jury:[41][42]
- Xenia Ghali
- Athena Konstantinou
- Fotis Sergoulopoulos
- Adam Tsarouchis
- Ioannis Vasilopoulos
Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
01 | San Marino | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
02 | Estonia | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 13 | |
03 | Czech Republic | 15 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | |
04 | Greece | |||||||||
05 | Austria | 14 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 14 | ||
06 | Poland | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 | |
07 | Moldova | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
08 | Iceland | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
09 | Serbia | 5 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
10 | Georgia | 8 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | ||
11 | Albania | 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
12 | Portugal | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
13 | Bulgaria | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
14 | Finland | 11 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 8 | |
15 | Latvia | 12 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
16 | Switzerland | 13 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 7 | |
17 | Denmark | 16 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
01 | Cyprus | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
02 | Albania | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 7 | |
03 | Israel | 9 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 22 | ||
04 | Belgium | 14 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 18 | |
05 | Russia | 4 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
06 | Malta | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
07 | Portugal | 17 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 19 | ||
08 | Serbia | 13 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 16 | ||
09 | United Kingdom | 23 | 23 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 24 | ||
10 | Greece | |||||||||
11 | Switzerland | 11 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 4 | |
12 | Iceland | 2 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | ||
13 | Spain | 21 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 20 | 23 | ||
14 | Moldova | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 21 | |
15 | Germany | 24 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 20 | ||
16 | Finland | 19 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 6 | |
17 | Bulgaria | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |
18 | Lithuania | 20 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 13 | ||
19 | Ukraine | 16 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
20 | France | 1 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
21 | Azerbaijan | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | |
22 | Norway | 22 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 14 | ||
23 | Netherlands | 25 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 25 | ||
24 | Italy | 15 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
25 | Sweden | 18 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 15 | ||
26 | San Marino | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
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