Glorious Song Contest 03

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**Glorious Song Contest 03** (GSC 03) was third edition of Glorious Song Contest hosted in Athens, Greece after Angelita's victory in Haifa with her song "Karma" getting a total of 363 points. It was first time ever when Greece had pleasure to host the competition. Greek broadcaster ERT organized the whole show with our sponsors. Choosen venue was Olympic Stadium. Choosen host were Josephine and Marina, they were the presenters for whole 3 shows - 2 Semi-Finals and Grand Final.

Fourty countries confirmed their participation in Athens. Nine countries decided to withdraw, Argentina, Denmark, Iceland, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Serbia, South Africa, Thailand. One country returned to the contest, Morocco after one edition of break. Nine Countries debuted in contest, Algeria, Czech Republic, India, Ireland, Moldova, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore and Slovakia.

**Moldova** won Glorious Song Contest 03 with total of 336 points, official runner-up become **Kazakhstan** with score of 303 points. **Australias** reached third place with 297 points and Italy, Romania, Belarus completed the top 6, becoming official prequalifiers in fourth edition.

## Location

### 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[citation needed] and its earliest human presence started somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennium BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. 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.

### Forest National

     **The Olympic Stadium of Athens** "Spyros Louis" is a sports stadium in Athens, Greece. It is a part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex and is named after the first modern Olympic marathon gold medalist in 1896, Spyros Louis. The stadium hosts two of the biggest sport clubs in Greece, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. The stadium served as the main stadium during the 2004 Summer Olympics. Located in the area of Marousi in Athens, the stadium was originally designed in 1980 and built in 1980–1982. It was completed in time to host the 1982 European Championships in Athletics. It was inaugurated by the President of Greece at the time, Konstantinos Karamanlis, on 8 September 1982. One year later, in 1983, OAKA Stadium hosted the 1983 European Cup Final between Hamburger SV and Juventus (1-0). In 1987, the stadium hosted the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup final between Ajax and Lokomotiv Leipzig (1-0). Olympic stadium is an UEFA category four stadium and is the largest stadium in Grecce. In 1994, OAKA Stadium hosted their second 1994 UEFA Champions League Final, this time contested between AC Milan and Barcelona (4-0). It also hosted several events of the 1991 Mediterranean Games and the 1997 World Championships in Athletics, sought in order to prove that it was capable of hosting major sporting events after the failure of Athens to win the 1996 Summer Olympics but successfully hosting the 2004 Summer Olympics.

## Presenter

### Marina

**Marina Lambrini Diamandis** born 10 October 1985), known mononymously as Marina (stylised in all caps) and previously by the stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer, songwriter, and record producer. Diamandis was 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. The album's second single, "Hollywood", peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart. Her follow-up record, Electra Heart (2012), is a concept album about a character of the same name which became her first number-one project in the UK. The album was certified gold in the US and UK, with its singles "Primadonna" and "How to Be a Heartbreaker" becoming international hits. Marina Lambrini Diamandis was born on 10 October 1985 in Brynmawr, and grew up near Abergavenny in the village of Pandy. She has one elder sister. Her Welsh mother and Greek father met at Newcastle University and separated when Marina was four years old. Following the separation, her father returned to Greece but would occasionally visit, while Diamandis remained in a bungalow in Wales with her mother; she described her childhood as "simple and idyllic" and "peaceful, very normal, poor." Diamandis admitted to being a "tomboy" in her girlhood, playing football everyday and spending more time with an opposite sex, thus becoming a societal outsider.

### Josephine

**Jessica Josephine Wendel** (born August 22, 1990), better known as simply Josephine, is a Greek pop singer. She is mostly known for her participation in the Greek national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Dancing Night" where she got the 4th place. Wendel has also competed in the Greek edition of the Your Face Sounds Familiar. Wendel was born on August 22, 1990 in Athens to Margarita Venti and Alex Wendel. Her mother is Lebanese and her father is German of Greek origin. She went to American-Greek School. She has two younger siblings from her parents' next marriages. After school, she studied Marketing–Management at Deree College and at the same time she was uploading cover songs of famous artists on Facebook.

## Results

### Semi-Final 01

Seventeen countries took part in First Semi-Final. Belgium, Finland and The Netherlands has to vote in this semi-final as well.

### Semi-Final 02

Sixteen countries took part in First Semi-Final. Armenia, Germany and Russia has to vote in this semi-final as well.