Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Eurovision Song Contest 2022 | ||||
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Country | Greece | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 15 December 2021 Song: 10 March 2022 | |||
Selected entrant | Amanda Tenfjord | |||
Selected song | "Die Together" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (3rd, 211 points) | |||
Final result | 8th, 215 points | |||
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy. The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) internally selected Amanda Tenfjord to represent the nation with the song "Die Together", written by Tenfjord and Bjørn Helge Gammelsæter. Tenfjord was announced as the Greek representative on 15 December 2021, with her song later presented to the public on 10 March 2022.
To promote the entry, a music video for the song was created as well as an acoustic version. Greece was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2022. Performing during the show in position 15, "Die Together" placed third in the semi-final with 211 points and qualified to compete in the final. In the final, held four days later, Greece placed eighth with 215 points.
Background
Prior to the 2022 contest, Greece had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 41 times since its debut in
The Greek national broadcaster,
Before Eurovision
Internal selection
On 7 September 2021, ERT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit up to three songs each for consideration by the broadcaster with a 10 October 2021 deadline. Artists were required to be signed to record labels and their proposal had to indicate the accompanying artistic group as well as ideas or concepts for the song's promotion and presentation.
A seven-member jury panel—chaired by music composer and ERT board member Dimitris Papadimitriou and including ERT figures Maria Kozakou, Fotis Apergis and Konstantinos Bourounis, alongside music producers Petros Adam and Giannis Petridis—shortlisted five entrants in late October 2021. Following this procedure, each member could pick between 5 and 10 entries, and the ones among these that obtained the majority of the preferences were selected to the following phase.[12] The committee then proceeded to discuss with the acts the details of their potential participation at ERT's headquarters and planned to make their final decision by the end of December 2021.[13][14][15] On 17 November 2021, Nancy Zampetoglou and Thanasis Anagnostopoulos announced the shortlisted acts on their ERT program Studio 4. These were: Good Job Nicky, Joanna Drigo, Ilias Kozas, Lou Is (stage name of Louiza Sofianopoulou) and Amanda Tenfjord.[16]
Tenfjord was ultimately announced as the selected entrant on 15 December 2021,[17] with her song to be revealed the first week of March 2022. In late February 2022, a demo was leaked of the entry, which was reported to be titled "Die Together".[18] The official reveal of the song took place on 10 March.[19] "Die Together" was written by Tenfjord and Bjørn Helge Gammelsæter and produced by Gammelsæter.[20]
Promotion
To promote the entry, the
At Eurovision
The
Performances
Tenfjord took part in technical rehearsals on 1 and 4 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 9 and 10 May 2022. This included the jury show on 9 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.
Shortly after the first semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the 10 qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the final they would subsequently participate in. This draw was done in the order the countries appeared in the semi-final running order. Greece was drawn to compete in the second half.[37] Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals; Greece was subsequently placed to perform in position 17, following the entry from Belgium and before the entry from Iceland.[38] Tenfjord once again took part in dress rehearsals on 13 and 14 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show.[31] At the 14 May final, Greece placed eighth, scoring 215 points: 57 points from the televoting and 158 points from the juries.[39]
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Greece during the first semi-final and final as well as by Greece on both occasions. 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.[25] 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 released in an anonymised form.[40][41] The Greek jury consisted of Christianna Danezi, Dimitrios Masouras, Elli Karvoni, Nikos Antoniou, and Victoria Chalkitis .[40][41] In the first semi-final, Greece finished in third place out of 17 entries, marking Greece's third consecutive qualification to the final. The first semi-final of the contest saw Greece receive the top 12 points from Italy, France, the Netherlands and Norway (jury) and Norway (televoting). In the final, Greece received 12 points from Switzerland, Bulgaria, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark and Cyprus (jury) and Albania (televote). Over the course of the contest, Greece awarded its 12 points to Albania (in both the jury and televote) in the first semi-final and to Azerbaijan (jury) and Spain (televote) in the final.[36][39] The Greek spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Greek jury during the final, was last year's representative Stefania.[30]
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:[40][41]
- Christianna Danezi – Musician, singer-songwriter
- Dimitrios Masouras – Production manager, creative director
- Elli Karvoni – Singer-songwriter
- Nikos Antoniou – Musician, producer
- Victoria Chalkitis – Singer, songwriter
Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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Juror 1 | Juror 2 | Juror 3 | Juror 4 | Juror 5 | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
01 | Albania | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
02 | Latvia | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 13 | |
03 | Lithuania | 15 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 5 | |
04 | Switzerland | 11 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 15 | ||
05 | Slovenia | 12 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 16 | ||
06 | Ukraine | 6 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
07 | Bulgaria | 7 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
08 | Netherlands | 5 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
09 | Moldova | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
10 | Portugal | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
11 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
12 | Denmark | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 12 | ||
13 | Austria | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
14 | Iceland | 8 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 14 | ||
15 | Greece | |||||||||
16 | Norway | 3 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
17 | Armenia | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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Juror 1 | Juror 2 | Juror 3 | Juror 4 | Juror 5 | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
01 | Czech Republic | 8 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 21 | |
02 | Romania | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
03 | Portugal | 13 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 20 | |
04 | Finland | 24 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 24 | 11 | ||
05 | Switzerland | 21 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 23 | ||
06 | France | 23 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | |
07 | Norway | 11 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 6 | |
08 | Armenia | 14 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 15 | ||
09 | Italy | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
10 | Spain | 19 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
11 | Netherlands | 6 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 | |
12 | Ukraine | 16 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 10 | |
13 | Germany | 22 | 24 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 19 | ||
14 | Lithuania | 17 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 16 | ||
15 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 22 | |
16 | Belgium | 12 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 18 | ||
17 | Greece | |||||||||
18 | Iceland | 9 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 24 | ||
19 | Moldova | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
20 | Sweden | 10 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 4 | |
21 | Australia | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |
22 | United Kingdom | 15 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 5 | |
23 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | |
24 | Serbia | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 8 | |
25 | Estonia | 20 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 17 |
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