Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Country  Greece
National selection
Selection process National final
Selection date(s) February 5, 1979
Selected entrant Elpida
Selected song "Sokrati"
Finals performance
Final result 8th, 69 points
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
1979 • 1980►

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" and placed 8th at Eurovision.

National final

The national final took place on February 5, 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.

Result of the national final

By order performed:

 National final - February 5, 1979
№ Singer 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 Stiho" 462 2
5 Elpida "Sokrati" 528 1
6 Paola Komini, Maria Filosofou, Fotini Filosofou, Dimitris Kontoyiannis & Stefanos Dekerian "Dio Se Mia Ombrella" 349 4

At Eurovision

"Sokrati" was performed seventh on the night (following Monaco's Laurent Vaguener with Notre vie c'est la musique and preceding Switzerland's "Peter, Sue & Marc" and Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri with "Trödler Und Co"). At the close of voting, it had received 69 points, placing 8th in a field of 19.

It was succeeded as Greek representative at the 1980 Contest by Anna Vissi & The Epikouri with "Autostop".

Points awarded by Greece

Final

12 points Denmark
10 points Ireland
8 points France
7 points Finland
6 points Spain
5 points Luxembourg
4 points Israel
3 points Netherlands
2 points  Switzerland
1 point Sweden

Points awarded to Greece (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Israel
  •  Portugal
  •  Monaco
  •  Netherlands
  •  Spain
  •   Switzerland
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  •  Luxembourg
  •  France
  •  Ireland
  •  Austria
  •  Germany
  •  Sweden
  •  Belgium
  •  Denmark

References

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