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| Eurovision Song Contest 1979 | ||||
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| Country |  Greece | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 5 February 1979 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Elpida | |||
| Selected song | "Socrates" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 8th, 69 points | |||
| Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Greece was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with the song "Socrates", composed by Doros Georgiadis, with lyrics by Sotia Tsotou, and performed by Elpida. The Greek participating broadcaster Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) held a national final to select its entry.
Before Eurovision
[edit]To Tragoúdi Tis Giourovízion
[edit]Competing entries
[edit]On 22 November 1978, the Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) opened a submission period for songs until 10 January 1979.[1] By the end of the submission period, a total of 85 entries had been submitted.[2][3] A jury panel listened to the received submissions and chose six entries for the national final.[1]
Final
[edit]The final was broadcast live at 21:35 EET on ERT on 5 February 1979 in a show titled To Tragoúdi Tis Giourovízion (Το Τραγούδι Της Γιουροβίζιον).[4] The contest was held at the Piraeus Municipal Theatre, and was hosted by Vasilis Toivilikas.[2][4] The songs were performed twice, in a different order.[2] The results were decided by a 65-member jury, consisting of 45 audience members drawn at random and 20 journalists, who gave each song a score between 1 and 10.[2]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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| Elpida | "Sokratis souper star" (Σωκράτης σούπερ σταρ) | Doros Georgiadis, Sotia Tsotou | 528 | 1 |
| Kristi Stasinopoulou | "Dose mou ena sticho" (Δώσε μου ένα στίχο) | Michael Rozaki | 467 | 2 |
| "Stin archi" (Στην αρχή) | Christos Mentis | |||
| K. Hatzi | ||||
| Michael Rozaki | ||||
| A. Stefonidi |
At Eurovision
[edit]"Sokrati" was re-titled "Socrates" for Eurovision, and was performed seventh on the evening (following Monaco's "Notre vie c'est la musique" by Laurent Vaguener and preceding Switzerland's "Trödler Und Co" by Peter, Sue and Marc and Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri). At the close of voting, it had received 69 points, placing 8th in a field of 19.[5]
Elpida was accompanied on stage by Lia Vissi (who will later represent Cyprus in 1985), Polina (who was to represent Greece in 1986, but Greece withdrew), Yiannis Samsiaris and Stelios Goulielmos, all four of them being backing vocalists.[6]
It was succeeded as Greek entry at the 1980 contest by "Autostop" by Anna Vissi & The Epikouri.
Voting
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Διαγωνισμό τραγουδιού προκήρυξη η ΕΡΤ για τη Γιουροβίζιον 1979" [ERT announced a song contest for Eurovision 1979]. ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ. 23 November 1978. p. 3. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Το «Σωκράτης Σούπερ Σταρ» Των Γεωργιάδης - Τσώτου Στο Φεστιβάλ Της Γιουροβίζιον" [Georgiadis - Tsotou's "Socrates Superstar" At The Eurovision Song Contest]. ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ. 7 February 1979. p. 3. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Έξι τραγούδια διεκδικούν τελικά συμμετοχή στη «Γιουροβίζιον»" [Six songs finally claim participation in "Eurovision"]. ΡΙΖΟΣΠΑΣΤΗΣ. 24 January 1979. p. 14. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Πρόγραμμα Ε.Ρ.Τ." [ERT Program]. ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ. 4 February 1979. p. 8. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "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.