Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos

"Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos"
Single by Katerina Garbi
from the album Os Ton Paradeiso
Released 1993
Format CD single
Length 2:57
Label Sony Music Greece/Columbia
Writer(s) Dimosthenis Stringlis
Katerina Garbi singles chronology
"Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos"
(1993)
"Ti Theloune Ta Matia Sou"
(2000)
"Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos"
Eurovision Song Contest 1993 entry
Country Greece
Artist(s) Katy Garbi
As Katerina Garbi
Language Greek
Composer(s) Dimosthenis Stringlis
Lyricist(s) Dimosthenis Stringlis
Conductor Charis Andreadis
Finals performance
Final result 9th
Final points 64
Appearance chronology
◄ "Olou Tou Kosmou I Elpida" (1992)   
"To Trehandiri" (1994) ►

"Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos" (Greek: Ελλάδα, χώρα του φωτός, English: "Greece, Country of Light") is a song by Greek pop singer Katerina Garbi. It was Greece's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, and a single from Garbi's fifth solo album Os Ton Paradeiso.

At Eurovision

The song was performed sixth on the night, following Denmark's Tommy Seebach Band with "Under stjernerne på himlen" and preceding Belgium's Barbara Dex with "Iemand als jij". At the close of voting, it had received 64 points, placing 9th in a field of 25.[1] The song is in praise of Greece itself, with Garbi singing about its great intellectual and cultural heritage. It was succeeded as Greek representative at the 1994 Contest by Costas Bigalis & The Sea Lovers with "To Trehandiri".

Track listing

  1. "Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos" – 2:57
  2. "Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos" (Instrumental) – 2:57

References