Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Participating broadcaster	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT)
Country	Greece
Selection process	National final
Selection date	23 March 1990
Competing entry
Song	"Horis skopo"
Artist	Christos Callow
Songwriters	Yiorgos Palaiokastritis Yiorgos Papayiannakis
Placement
Final result	19th, 11 points
Participation chronology
◄1989 • 1990 • 1991►

Greece was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Horis skopo", composed by Yiorgos Palaiokastritis, with lyrics by Yiorgos Papayiannakis, and performed by Christos Callow. 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 on 23 March 1990 at its television studios in Athens, hosted by Olina Xenopoulou. The songs were presented as video clips and the winning song was chosen by a panel of experts.

Final – 23 March 1990

Draw	Singer	Song	Place
1	Jimmy Makulis	"Mia nihta san ki apopse"	5
2	Aggeliki Bazigou	"Ora chi"	6
3	Louisa Konne	"Mono esi boreis"	4
4	Yiannis Dimitras	"Taxidi"	3
5	Christos Callow and Wave	"Horis skopo"	1
6	Nikos Ignatidis and Mando	"Mono emeis i dio"	2

At Eurovision

"Horis skopo" was performed second on the night (following Spain's "Bandido" by Azúcar Moreno and preceding Belgium's "Macédomienne" by Philippe Lafontaine). At the close of voting, it had received 11 points, placing 19th in a field of 22. Up to this point, this was the worst result for Greece in the contest, and remained as so until 1998. ^[1]

Voting

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

Points awarded by Greece [2] Score Country 12 points    Switzerland 10 points   Italy 8 points   Spain 7 points   Ireland 6 points   Cyprus 5 points   United Kingdom 4 points   Luxembourg 3 points   Iceland 2 points   Sweden 1 point   Netherlands

References

1. "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
2. "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.