Rise Up (Freaky Fortune song)

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On 11 March 2014 Freaky Fortune and Riskykidd participated in the Greek national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. After performing second in Eurosong 2014, "Rise Up" topped the 29% of the jury vote and 45% of the televote, 37% of available votes, winning the right to represent Greece at in Copenhagen, Denmark. [4]

On 20 January 2014, at Copenhagen City Hall, the semi-final allocation draw Greece was assigned to perform in the second semi-final after being drawn from pot 4 of 6. [5] [6]

"Rise Up" was performed 13th in the second semi-final on 8 May 2014. At the end of the broadcast Freaky Fortune and Riskykidd were revealed as one of the 10 qualifiers, earning Greece a spot in the grand final. It was later announced by the EBU that "Rise Up" revieved 74 points, placing 7th in the second semi-final. The international juries ranked the song 9th with 52 points, while the international televote ranked it 5th, giving 91 points. [7]

On 10 May 2014, "Rise Up" was placed 10th in the grand final running order. [8] During the voting sequence, "Rise Up" received a total of 35 points from all , placing 20th out of 26 songs. [9] The song ranked 14th in the public televote and 19th with the international juries. [10]

Track listing

"Rise Up"
Freaky Fortune-Rise Up.jpg
Single by Freaky Fortune feat. Riskykidd
Released2014
Label Panik Records
Songwriter(s) Freaky Fortune, Riskykidd
Music video
"Rise Up" on YouTube
Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Rise Up"3:04
2."Rise Up" (Jazz Version)3:20

Credits and personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Greece ( Billboard ) [11] 4
Sweden (Digilistan) [12] 32
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [13] 67
Ireland (IRMA) [14] 73
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [15] 93
UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company) [16] 110

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Riskykidd</span> Greek rapper

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