Greece in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Greece

Greece

Member station ERT (2003–2008)
National selection events Eurovision Junior
Appearances
Appearances 6
First appearance 2003
Last appearance 2008
Best result 6th: 2005
Worst result Last: 2007
External links
Greece's page at Eurovision.tv

Greece has sent six entries to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, entering at the first contest 2003.

Greece's first entry was eight-year-old Nicolas Ganopoulos with the song "Fili gia panda", which came eighth for Greece. Greece's best entry in the contest was in 2005, when Alexandros and Kalli came sixth for Greece with "Tora einai i seira mas". Greece's worst entry was in 2007, when Made In Greece came 17th and last with only 14 points.

Participation history

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009

It was revealed in October 2008 that Greek broadcaster ERT was considering a withdrawal from the 2009 contest after five years of participation due of the relatively low television ratings for the Contest and an objection to using children.[1] ERT officially withdrew in late April 2009 citing the economic crisis at the time as a factor.[2]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014

In January 2014, it was reported that NERIT were interested in taking part, taking over from defunct broadcaster ERT.[3][4] These rumours were later confirmed to be untrue.[5]

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Language Title Place Points
2003 Nicolas Ganopoulos Greek "Fili gia panta" (Φίλοι για πάντα) 8 53
2004 Secret Band Greek "O palios mou eaftos" (Ο παλιός μου εαυτός) 9 48
2005 Alexandros & Kalli Greek "Tora einai i seira mas" (Tώρα είναι η σειρά μας) 6 88
2006 Chloe Sofia Boleti Greek "Den peirazei" (Δεν πειράζει) 13 35
2007 Made In Greece Greek "Kapou berdeftika" (Κάπου μπερδεύτηκα) 17 14
2008 Niki Yannouchou Greek "Kapoia nychta" (Κάποια νύχτα) 14 19
Did not participate between 2009 and 2014

Voting history

Greece gave the most points to...

Rank Country Points
1  Cyprus 60
2  Spain 35
3  Belarus 33
=  Romania 33
4  Russia 22
5  Denmark 20

Greece has received the most points from...

Rank Country Points
1  Cyprus 57
2  Croatia 22
3  Romania 18
=  United Kingdom 18
4  Belgium 13
5  Malta 12

See also

References

  1. ↑ Andrikopoulou, Natalia (2008-10-13). "Θέλουν να… ξεφορτωθούν τη Eurovision Junior" (in Greek). Eleftheros Typos. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  2. ↑ Anadioti, Eva (2009-04-24). "ERT officially out of Junior Eurovision 2009". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  3. ↑ García, Belén (22 May 2014). "Junior Eurovision: Greece will be back!". Esc-plus.com. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Granger, Anthony (22 May 2014). "Greece Junior Eurovision return confirmed". Eurovoix.com. NERIT. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Granger, Anthony (7 July 2014). "Greece: Will Not Participate In JESC 2014". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 7 July 2014.