Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980

Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Participating broadcaster	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT)
Country	Greece
Selection process	National final
Selection date	10 March 1980
Competing entry
Song	"Autostop"
Artist	Anna Vissi and the Epikouri
Songwriters	Jick Nacassian Rony Sofu
Placement
Final result	13th, 30 points
Participation chronology
◄1979 • 1980 • 1981►

Greece was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Autostop", composed by Jick Nacassian, with lyrics by Rony Sofu, and performed by Anna Vissi and The Epikouri. The Greek participating broadcaster, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), held a national final to select its entry.

Greece performed third at the event, held on 19 April 1980, in the Hague, Netherlands, and placed 13th with 30 points. This tied the nation's lowest placement in the contest.

Background

Main article: Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 1980 contest, Ethniko Idryma Radiofonias Tileoraseos (EIRT) in 1974, and the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) since 1975, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Greece five times. To this point, their best result was fifth place, which was achieved in 1977 with the song "Mathima solfege". Their least successful result was in 1976, when it placed 13th with the song "Panagia mou, Panagia mou" by Mariza Koch. ^[1]

Before Eurovision

National final

ERT held the national final on 10 March 1980, at its television studios in Peania, hosted by Vasilis Tsivilikas. ^[2] The winning song was chosen by a jury of people who awarded each song a mark out of ten.^{[ citation needed ]}

Final – 10 March 1980^{[ citation needed ]}

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Yiannis Floriniotis	"Mono mia melodia" (Μόνο μια μελωδία)	260	10
2	Dakis & Rena Panta	"Mono esi" (Μόνο εσύ)	289	9
3	Anna Vissi	"Autostop" (Ωτοστόπ)	474	1
4	Antonis Stefanides	"Min argeis" (Μην αργείς)	202	12
5	Dakis	"Pare ena kohili ap'to Aegaeo" (Πάρε ένα κοχύλι απ'το Αιγαιο)	410	3
6	Milli Karali	"Tiki-tak" (Τικι-τακ)	361	6
7	Glykeria	"Etsi apla s'agapo" (Έτσι απλά σ'αγαπώ)	364	5
8	Kostas Tournas & The Epikouri	"UFO"	469	2
9	Yiorgos Polychroniadis	"Thymisou me" (Θυμησου με)	327	8
10	Group Anonymous	"Sto rythmo ton UFO" (Στο ρυθμό των UFO)	368	4
11	Sigma Fei	"Na les s'agapo" (Να λες σ'αγαπώ)	225	11
12	Takis Antoniades	"Ti thes na po" (Τη θες να πω)	347	7

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was held on 19 April 1980, at the Nederlands Congresgebouw in the Hague, Netherlands. ^[3] "Autostop" was the third performed that night (following Turkey's "Pet'r Oil" by Ajda Pekkan and preceding Luxembourg's " Papa Pingouin " by Sophie and Magaly). At the close of voting, it had received 30 points, placing 13th in a field of 19. ^[4]

Voting

Points awarded to Greece [5] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points   Netherlands 7 points 6 points 5 points   Austria 4 points   Ireland   Norway 3 points   United Kingdom 2 points   Denmark   Italy 1 point   Luxembourg   Portugal

Points awarded by Greece [5] Score Country 12 points   Ireland 10 points   Sweden 8 points   Spain 7 points   France 6 points   Netherlands 5 points   Portugal 4 points   Denmark 3 points   Belgium 2 points   Italy 1 point   Austria

References

1. "History by Country: Greece". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
2. Kritsiolis, Tasos (31 March 2015). ""Αφιερωμένο εξαιρετικά": Η Ελλάδα στη Eurovision– 1980" (in Greek). Music Corner. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
3. "Eurovision Song Contest: The Hague 1980". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
4. "Final of The Hague 1980". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
5. "Results of the Final of The Hague 1980". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.