Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983

Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Participating broadcaster	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT)
Country	Greece
Selection process	National final
Selection date	18 March 1983
Competing entry
Song	"Mou les"
Artist	Christie Stasinopoulou
Songwriters	Antonis Plessas Sofia Fildissi
Placement
Final result	14th, 32 points
Participation chronology
◄1981 • 1983 • 1985►

Greece was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 with the song "Mou les", composed by Antonis Plessas, with lyrics by Sofia Fildissi, and performed by Christie Stasinopoulou. The Greek participating broadcaster, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) held the national final on 18 March 1983 at its television studios in Peania, hosted by Mako Georgiadou. Originally, there were 11 songs taking part, but song 7, "Horos tis nichtas" by Petros Dourdouvakis was possibly disqualified, as it was not included in the voting results. The winning song was chosen by a 50-member jury composed of "experts" and members of the public.

Final – 18 March 1983

Draw	Singer	Song	Place
1	Cleopatra	"Irini"	5
2	Nikos Nomikos	"Kalokerino dilino"	8
3	Ariel Konstandinidi	"Tha figo"	10
4	Gianna Komninou	"Matia mou melachrina"	7
5	Dimitris Lidos	"Ta dentra"	4
6	Dakis	"Agapi, agapi"	2
7	Petros Dourdouvakis	"Horos tis nichtas"	11
8	Christie Stasinopoulou	"Mou les"	1
9	Theodosia Stinga	"O profitis"	9
10	Dafni Bokota	"Ioulietta"	6
11	Alexandros Molfesis	"To hameno radevou"	3

At Eurovision

The contest was broadcast on ERT1 and on radio station B Programma . ^{[1] [2]}

"Mou les" was performed tenth on the night (following Finland's "Fantasiaa" by Ami Aspelund and preceding the Netherlands' "Sing Me a Song" by Bernadette). At the close of voting, it had received 32 points, placing 14th in a field of 20. ^[3] The conductor of the Greek entry was Mimis Plessas.^{[ citation needed ]}

Voting

Points awarded to Greece [4] Score Country 12 points   Cyprus   Spain 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points   Finland 4 points 3 points   France 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Greece [4] Score Country 12 points   Luxembourg 10 points   Sweden 8 points   Finland 7 points   France 6 points   Yugoslavia 5 points   United Kingdom 4 points   Austria 3 points   Israel 2 points   Italy 1 point   Germany

References

1. "TV ΕΡΤ" [TV ERT]. Rizospastis (in Greek). Athens, Greece. 23 April 1983. p. 7. Retrieved 27 November 2024– via National Library of Greece.
2. "Ραδιόφωνο" [Radio]. Rizospastis (in Greek). Athens, Greece. 23 April 1983. p. 7. Retrieved 27 November 2024– via National Library of Greece.
3. "Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
4. "Results of the Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.