Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

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Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Country Greece
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)
  • Artist: 24 October 2023
  • Song: 7 March 2024
Selected entrantMarina Satti
Selected song"Zari"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Gino "the Ghost" Borri
  • Jay Lewitt Stolar
  • Jordan Richard Palmer
  • Konstantin Plamenov Beshkov
  • Manolis "Solmeister" Solidakis
  • Marina Satti
  • Nick Kodonas
  • Oge
  • Vlospa
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (5th, 86 points)
Final result11th, 126 points
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "Zari" performed by Marina Satti. The Greek broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) internally selected the Greek representative for the contest.

Greece was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2024 and was later selected to perform in position 3. At the end of the show, "Zari" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and hence qualified to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Greece placed fifth out of the sixteen participating countries in the semi-final with 86 points. In the final, Greece performed in position 12 and placed eleventh out of the 25 performing countries, scoring a total of 126 points.

Background[edit]

Main article: Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2024 contest, Greece had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 43 times since its debut in 1974.[1] The nation had won the contest once to this point, in 2005 with the song "My Number One" performed by Helena Paparizou. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, Greece managed to qualify for the final with each of their entries for several years. Between 2004 and 2013, the nation achieved nine top ten placements in the final. The nation's first entry to not qualify to the final was "Utopian Land" performed by Argo in 2016, which placed 16th in the semi-final, marking Greece's worst placing at the contest and their absence from the final for the first time since 2000. In the 2018 contest, Greece failed to qualify for the second time with Yianna Terzi and the song "Oniro mou", finishing 14th in the semi-final. After three consecutive contests when the nation qualified for the final, Victor Vernicos with "What They Say" failed to qualify to the 2023 final, finishing 13th in the semi-final.[1]

The Greek national broadcaster, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), broadcasts the event within Greece and organises the selection process for the nation's entry.[2] ERT had been in charge of Greece's participation in the contest since its debut in 1974 until 2013 when the broadcaster was shut down by a government directive and replaced firstly with the interim Dimosia Tileorasi (DT) and then later by the New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television (NERIT) broadcaster,[2][3][4][5] renamed to ERT by the new government in June 2015.[6][7] Greece had selected its entries in the past both internally and through the national final format Ellinikós Telikós (most recently held in 2017). ERT confirmed its intention to participate in the 2024 contest on 15 September 2023.[8]

Before Eurovision[edit]

Internal selection[edit]

Marina Satti was internally selected by ERT as the Greek entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

On 24 October 2023, ERT announced they had carried out an internal selection for the Greek entrant, revealing on the TV show Studio 4 that Marina Satti had been chosen.[9][10] To determine Satti's song, a submission window for interested composers was opened on 25 October 2023,[9] and closed on 1 December 2023. At the closing of the window, 150 songs had been submitted to ERT.[11] Satti's record label Minos EMI revealed shortly after that they had already started preparations for her entry with ERT and Golden Records.[12]

The song, titled "Zari", was released on 7 March 2024 during the special presentation show Eurovision se eidon ("Eurovision in sight"), airing on ERT1 and hosted by Fotis Sergoulopoulos [el] and Jenny Melita.[13][14][15] "Zari" was composed by Gino the Ghost, Jay Stolar, Jordan Palmer, Kay Be, Nick Kodonas, OGE and Satti, with lyrics by OGE, Satti, Solmeister and Vlospa.[16]

Promotion[edit]

The Greek participation in the contest was sponsored by Eurojackpot through the local gambling operator OPAP. The company organised a public "farewell party" in Voula on 24 April 2024, where Satti met with fans prior to her departure for Malmö.[17][18]

Voting controversy[edit]

In mid-April 2024, Greek newspaper Ta Nea reported that as early as 22 February the Cypriot ambassador to Greece Stavros Avgoustidis had been informed that ERT would assign Cyprus a predetermined low score in the jury voting of the final; this was before the release of "Liar" and reportedly before the Greek jury was even established.[19][20] As a response, ERT president Konstantinos Zoulas denied any involvement of the broadcaster in the jury vote,[19][21] while Cypriot broadcaster CyBC's head of press for the contest Andreas Anastasiou addressed the matter on a TV broadcast on 15 April, denouncing that the alleged behaviour would constitute a breach of the contest's rules and announcing that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) had been informed of the controversy.[19][20][22]

At Eurovision[edit]

Marina Satti during a rehearsal before the final.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the EBU split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[23] Greece was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final.[24] The draw, broadcast live on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel, was also aired by ERT via its streaming platform ERTflix.[25] The shows' producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Greece was set to perform in position 3.[26]

In Greece, all shows were aired on ERT 1, with commentary provided by Thanasis Alevras [el] and Jérôme Kaluta [el], as well as on the radio station Second Programme, with commentary provided by Dimitris Meidanis.[27][28] The televised shows are preceded by a special Eurovision Night broadcast, hosted by Jenny Melita.[29]

Performance[edit]

Satti took part in technical rehearsals on 29 April and 2 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 8 and 9 May.[30] Her performance of "Zari" at the contest is staged by Fokas Evangelinos (who has worked on various entries in previous contests, including the winning performances of Greece in 2005 and Russia in 2008) and choreographed by Mecnun Giasar. She is accompanied on stage by four dancers, namely Hüseyin "Hüso" Çetintaş, Yasin "Yasin AO" Ametoglou, Vasilis Karayiannis and Eirini Damianidou, and backing vocals are provided by Erasmia Markidi.[31][32][33] Notably, the first two minutes of the performance are a single continuous shot.

Semi-final[edit]

Greece performed in position 3, following the entry from Albania and before the entry from Switzerland.[26] At the end of the show, the country was announced as a qualifier for the final. It was later revealed that Greece placed fifth out of the sixteen participating countries in the second semi-final with 86 points.

Final[edit]

Following the semi-final, Greece was drawn to perform in the first half of the final.[34] Greece will perform in position 12, following the entry from Latvia and before the entry from the United Kingdom.[35] Marina Satti once again took part in dress rehearsals on 10 and 11 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show on 11 May. She performed a repeat of her semi-final performance during the final on 11 May. Greece placed eleventh in the final, scoring 126 points; 85 points from the public televoting and 41 points from the juries.

Voting[edit]

See also: Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Greece in the second semi-final and the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public.[36] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the final. The Greek jury consisted of Anastasios Rosopoulos, Panagiotis Biniaris, Georgia Fotou, Stamatina Kostiani, and Vasiliki Karatzoglou. In the second semi-final, Greece placed fifth with 86 points, receiving maximum twelve points from Armenia. In the final, Greece placed 11th with 126 points, receiving twelve points from Switzerland in the jury vote and from Cyprus in the televote. Over the course of the contest, Greece awarded its 12 points to the Netherlands in the second semi-final, and to Switzerland (jury) and Cyprus (televote) in the final.[37][38]

The spokesperson for the Greek jury at the final was Helena Paparizou, who won the 2005 contest for Greece.[39]

Points awarded to Greece[edit]

Points awarded by Greece[edit]

Detailed voting results[edit]

Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.[40] In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Greek jury:[40]

  • Anastasios Rosopoulos
  • Panagiotis Biniaris
  • Georgia Fotou
  • Stamatina Kostiani
  • Vasiliki Karatzoglou
Detailed voting results from Greece (Semi-final 2)[37]
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Malta 8 3
02  Albania 6 5
03  Greece
04   Switzerland 4 7
05  Czech Republic 12
06  Austria 7 4
07  Denmark 11
08  Armenia 3 8
09  Latvia 13
10  San Marino 15
11  Georgia 5 6
12  Belgium 10 1
13  Estonia 9 2
14  Israel 2 10
15  Norway 14
16  Netherlands 1 12
Detailed voting results from Greece (Final)[38]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror 1 Juror 2 Juror 3 Juror 4 Juror 5 Rank Points Rank Points
01  Sweden 8 9 9 9 16 10 1 10 1
02  Ukraine 19 24 16 20 1 9 2 8 3
03  Germany 10 6 10 4 13 6 5 21
04  Luxembourg 6 12 7 8 10 8 3 14
05  Netherlands ‡[a] 15 11 6 12 11 12 N/A
06  Israel 17 25 23 18 14 22 4 7
07  Lithuania 16 15 20 14 21 18 18
08  Spain 22 20 19 22 25 24 12
09  Estonia 20 22 18 11 24 19 15
10  Ireland 25 23 24 24 23 25 9 2
11  Latvia 11 13 11 25 7 13 16
12  Greece
13  United Kingdom 14 5 21 16 22 15 23
14  Norway 9 19 14 13 20 16 20
15  Italy 4 4 1 5 4 3 8 7 4
16  Serbia 18 8 13 17 5 11 19
17  Finland 24 21 25 23 12 23 17
18  Portugal 5 7 3 3 8 5 6 22
19  Armenia 7 17 8 6 6 7 4 6 5
20  Cyprus 1 1 2 2 18 2 10 1 12
21   Switzerland 3 2 4 1 2 1 12 3 8
22  Slovenia 13 18 22 21 17 20 24
23  Croatia 12 10 12 15 9 14 5 6
24  Georgia 23 16 17 19 15 21 11
25  France 2 3 5 7 3 4 7 2 10
26  Austria 21 14 15 10 19 17 13

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The Netherlands was disqualified prior to the final.

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