Greece in EuroMusic Song Contest

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 First appearances
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**Greece** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. Their first participation was in the second edition of the contest. They won the contest once.

## History

In their first appearance, in the second edition, they became 8th. After two edition with bad results, they got 102 points, and reached the third place. In the 6th edition, the Greek entry was not able to suprise. They became 16th, of 18 participants.
It was long unclear if Greece would participate in the seventh edition because of the disappointing results. When the EBU announced the official list of participants, it was clear that the Greek broadcaster would be present in Millstreet. In Ireland, they were the favorite to win the show. After a very exiting voting it was clear that they reached the expectations. They won the contest with 133 points.

Due their victory, they were able to host the eighth edition of this contest. In Athens they ended ninth, as they did also in the next edition, in Sweden. In Amsterdam they were automatic qualified for the final, where they finished 12th. In Zurich they finished 11th in the final. In Tel Aviv they failed to qualify for the first time. They again failed in the next edition. In Madrid, the fifteenth edition, Greece qualified again for the final. They finished at the 19th place. The Greek broadcaster announced that Greece would not take part in Malta. They gave no further information why they made their decision.

When the EBU published the offial list of participating countries for in the nineteenth edition, it was clear that Greece would return in this edition. They finished at the third place in their semi final, and sixth in the grand final. It was their best result since the 11th edition. In Baku they finished at the 15th place.

In Sofia and Glasgow, they failed to qualify for the final. Greece did not appear on the list of participants published by the EBU for the 23rd edition. The country returned at the 31st edition. Here, they qualified for the final and finished at the 16th place. In the next edition, Greece again qualified and even did better, by finishing at the 8th place. Bacause of their good result, they automaticcaly qualified for the final in the 33th edition. They finished at the 19th place. The Greeks had another success in the 34th edition. They finished at the second place in the grand final with only two points behind of the winner, Ukraine. The Greek entry finished at the 19th place with 11 points, with ten points received from Cyprus. Greece finished again at the top ten in the 36th edition. Here they were able to score enough points to finish at the seventh place.

Greece was the winner of the 37th edition with the song "Die together", performed by Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord. It was the country's second victory. In the 38th edition, hosted in Thessaloniki, Greece received the most amounth of points and won the edition for the third time in their history. It was only the second time in the history of the contest that a country won the festival in two consecutive editions. Because their victory the were able to host the 39th edition. It was the first time ever a country hosted the contest in two consecutive editions. This time, Athens hosted the contest. Again, Greece was counted as one of the favorites to win. However, at the end of the voting, they finished at the second place. In the next edition, Greece qualified for the final where they reached the 18th place. When Cyprus won the 40th edition, it was unclear if the country could host the41st edition. The Greek broadcaster announced that, if needed, the contest could take place in Greece. However, some days later it was clear that Cyprus was able to host. The Greek entry finished at the 13th place.

## Hostings

 38 |  Thessaloniki
 39 |  Athens

## See also

* Greece in EuroMusic Dance Contest
* Greece in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest