"My Number One" is a song recorded by Greek-Swedish singer Helena Paparizou with music composed by Manolis Psaltakis and Christos Dantis,lyrics written by Dantis and Natalia Germanou,and produced by Dantis. It represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005,held in Kyiv,resulting in the country's only ever victory in the contest.
Greece has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 44 times since its debut in 1974,missing six contests in that time. Greece's first win came in 2005 with "My Number One",sung by Helena Paparizou. The Greek national broadcaster,Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT),broadcasts the event each year and organises the process for the selection of the Greek entry. Greece has never finished last in the contest.
"Everything" is a song recorded by Greek-Cypriot singer Anna Vissi,written by Nikos Karvelas and Vissi herself. It is best known as the Greek entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006,held in Athens.
Dimitris T. Kontopoulos is a Greek music composer.
Sofia Rebecca Hildegard Berntson,known professionally as Sofia is a Swedish singer who often sings in Greek. She has released three CD singles since 2007 and has taken part in the Swedish song selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest,Melodifestivalen,twice,in 2007 and more recently in 2009.
Poli Plamenova Genova is a Bulgarian singer,songwriter,actress,and television presenter. Genova began her career in 1991,at the age of four,as a member of the Bulgarian children's ensemble Bon-Bon.
Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Alcohol Is Free",written by Elias Kozas and Stathis Pahidis. The song was performed by the band Koza Mostra featuring Agathonas Iakovidis. The entry for the 2013 contest,which took place in Malmö,Sweden,was selected through a four-participant national final entitled Eurosong 2013 –a MAD show. Due to budget cuts facing the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) at the time,the selection process was a organised by a private music channel,MAD TV.
Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "An me thimasai" written by Andreas Giorgallis and Zenon Zindilis. The song was performed by Despina Olympiou,who was selected by the Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) in February 2013 to represent Cyprus at the 2013 contest in Malmö,Sweden. The Cypriot song,"An me thimasai",was presented to the public on 14 February 2013.
Koza Mostra is a Greek rock band founded in 2012. It consists of Ilias Kozas,Dimitris Raptis (drums),Stavros Apostolidis,Giannis Bellos,Tasos Gentzis and Asterios Fragos. The band fuses ska,punk,and rock music together with the style of traditional Greek folk music such as Macedonian Greek music and rebetiko.
Agathonas Iakovidis was a Greek folk singer of rebetiko style. He represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with Koza Mostra and the song "Alcohol Is Free".
Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Rise Up",written and performed by Freaky Fortune and featuring RiskyKidd. The Greek entry was selected through the four-participant national final,titled Eurosong 2014 –a MAD show,which was developed by interim Greek broadcaster Dimosia Tileorasi (DT) and organised and produced by the private music channel MAD TV.
"Rise Up" is a song by Greek electronic duo Freaky Fortune featuring Greek rapper Riskykidd. It represented Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark.
Doron Medalie is an Israeli songwriter,composer and artistic director. He co-wrote the song "Toy",which was performed by Netta Barzilai and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.
"Running" is a song recorded by Greek-German singer Sandro. Released on 7 March 2020,the song was written by Sandro,Alfie Arcuri,Sebastian Rickards,Octavian Rasinariu,and Teo DK. It was planned to represent Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam,the Netherlands,after being selected by the national broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation. However,the contest was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eurovision:Come Together was a one-off television programme,organised and broadcast by the BBC,to determine the most popular song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest,as voted for by the British public. Hosted by Graham Norton,the show was broadcast from Television Centre,London on 16 May 2020,and served as an alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020,which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nineteen past Eurovision entries,chosen by an assembled jury,took part in the event,with the winner determined by online voting. It was won by the winning song of the 1974 contest,"Waterloo",originally performed by Swedish group ABBA.
"Shum" is a song by Ukrainian electro-folk band Go_A. It represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam. It is the second song sung entirely in Ukrainian to represent the country at Eurovision,but the first to compete in Eurovision due to the cancellation of the 2020 contest.
"Set Me Free" is a song by Israeli singer Eden Alene. The song represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam,the Netherlands,after winning the pre-selection competition HaShir Shelanu L'Eurovizion. Its original version was released on 25 January 2021,accompanied by a music video on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.
"Love Is on My Side" is a song by Portuguese soul band the Black Mamba that represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. It was written by the lead vocalist of the band,Pedro Tatanka,and is the first Portuguese entry in the contest to be performed entirely in English.
Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin,Italy. The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) internally selected Amanda Tenfjord to represent the nation with the song "Die Together",written by Tenfjord and Bjørn Helge Gammelsæter. Tenfjord was announced as the Greek representative on 15 December 2021,with her song later presented to the public on 10 March 2022.
"Die Together" is a 2022 single by Greek-Norwegian singer Amanda Tenfjord. The song was officially released on 10 March 2022 on Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation's (ERT) show Studio 4. It represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin,Italy after being internally selected by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. The song reached number two in Greece.
