Our Perfect Song Contest 14

**Our Perfect Song Contest 14** is fourteenth edition of Our Perfect Song Contest. The contest took place in **Athens** after **Greece's** victory in the 13th edition. A total of 42 countries competed in Our Perfect Song Contest 14. Countries from TOP 6 previous edition  Greece  Singapore  Poland  Ukraine  Denmark and  Norway are directly qualified to the final, while the other competing countries are split into two Semi-Finals.  Uzbekistan  Macedonia  Serbia  Armenia  Croatia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Latvia and  Hong Kong withdrew from the contest, while  Japan returned to the contest, and  Iran and  Chile debuted in the contest.

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## **Greece**

**Greece** is a country located in Southeast Europe. Its population is approximately 10.7 million as of 2018; Athens, the nation's capital, is its largest city, followed by Thessaloniki.

Situated on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula, Greece is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, the Cretan Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin and the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km (8,498 mi) in length, featuring many islands, of which 227 are inhabited. Eighty percent of Greece is mountainous, with Mount Olympus being the highest peak at 2,918 metres (9,573 ft). The country consists of nine traditional geographic regions: Macedonia, Central Greece, the Peloponnese, Thessaly, Epirus, the Aegean Islands (including the Dodecanese and Cyclades), Thrace, Crete, and the Ionian Islands.

## **Athens**

**Athens** is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence started somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennium BC.

Classical Athens was a powerful city-state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus. A center for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent, and in particular the Romans. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece. Athens is a global city and one of the biggest economic centers in southeastern Europe.

## **Venue - O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall**

**The O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall** (honorarily named Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall since 2016), which is a part of the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (O.A.C.A.), was completed in 1995, and was the largest indoor venue in use for sporting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. It is located in Marousi, Athens. It is considered to be one of the biggest and most modern indoor sports arenas in all of Europe.
The arena also contains a training facility. Since 2016, it is named after the well-known Greek former basketball player Nikos Galis. The arena hosted **Eurovision Song Contest** in **2006**.

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## **Hosts - Marina Diamandis and Giorgos Kapoutzidis**

**Marina Lambrini Diamandis** born 10 October 1985, known mononymously as **MARINA** and previously by the stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer and songwriter.
Born in Brynmawr and raised in Abergavenny, she moved to London as a teenager to become a professional singer, despite having little formal musical experience. In 2009, Diamandis came to prominence upon placing second in the BBC's Sound of 2010. Her debut studio album, The Family Jewels (2010), incorporates indie pop and new wave musical styles. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number five and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry.

**Giorgos Kapoutzidis** born July 31, 1972, Serres is a Greek screenwriter and actor. He is the creator of the critically successful television series Saturday born, In the nick of time and Greek national , one of the most part successful shows in Greek television history, the finale attracting 3 million viewers). He has won three television awards, for the best screenplay, for the series Savatogennimenes and Sto Para Pente (twice).

## **Semi-Final 1**

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