Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

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Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Country Greece
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)
  • Artist: 24 October 2023
  • Song: 7 March 2024
Selected entrantMarina Satti
Selected song"Zari"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Gino "the Ghost" Borri
  • Jay Lewitt Stolar
  • Jordan Richard Palmer
  • Konstantin Plamenov Beshkov
  • Manolis "Solmeister" Solidakis
  • Marina Satti
  • Nick Kodonas
  • Oge
  • Vlospa [el][1]
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2023 • 2024

Greece is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "Zari" performed by Marina Satti. The Greek broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) internally selected the Greek representative for the 2024 contest.

Background[edit]

Main article: Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2024 contest, Greece has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 43 times since its debut in 1974.[2] The nation has won the contest once to this point, in 2005 with the song "My Number One" performed by Helena Paparizou. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, Greece managed to qualify for the final with each of their entries for several years. Between 2004 and 2013, the nation achieved nine top ten placements in the final. The nation's first entry to not qualify to the final was "Utopian Land" performed by Argo in 2016, which placed 16th in the semi-final, marking Greece's worst placing at the contest and their absence from the final for the first time since 2000. In the 2018 contest, Greece failed to qualify for the second time with Yianna Terzi and the song "Oniro mou", finishing 14th in the semi-final. After three consecutive contests when the nation qualified for the final, Victor Vernicos with "What They Say" failed to qualify to the 2023 final, finishing 13th in the semi-final.[2]

The Greek national broadcaster, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), broadcasts the event within Greece and organises the selection process for the nation's entry.[3] ERT had been in charge of Greece's participation in the contest since their debut in 1974 until 2013 when the broadcaster was shut down by a government directive and replaced firstly with the interim Dimosia Tileorasi (DT) and then later by the New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television (NERIT) broadcaster,[3][4][5][6] renamed to ERT by the new government in June 2015.[7][8] Greece has selected its entries in the past both internally and through the national final format Ellinikós Telikós (most recently held in 2017). ERT confirmed their intention to participate in the 2024 contest on 15 September 2023.[9]

Before Eurovision[edit]

Internal selection[edit]

Marina Satti was internally selected by ERT as the Greek entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

On 24 October 2023, ERT announced they had carried out an internal selection for the Greek entrant, revealing on the TV show Studio 4 that Marina Satti had been chosen.[10][11] To determine Satti's song, a submission window for interested composers was opened on 25 October 2023,[10] and closed on 1 December 2023. At the closing of the window, 150 songs had been submitted to ERT.[12] Satti's record label Minos EMI revealed shortly after that they had already started preparations for her entry with ERT and Golden Records.[13]

The song, titled "Zari", was released on 7 March 2024 during the special presentation show Eurovision se eidon ("Eurovision in sight"), airing on ERT1 and hosted by Fotis Sergoulopoulos [el] and Jenny Melita.[14][15][16] "Zari" was composed by Gino the Ghost, Jay Stolar, Jordan Palmer, Kay Be, Nick Kodonas, OGE and Satti, with lyrics by OGE, Satti, Solmeister and Vlospa [el].[17]

Promotion[edit]

The Greek participation in the contest is sponsored by Eurojackpot through the local gambling operator OPAP. The company organised a public "farewell party" in Voula on 24 April 2024, where Satti met with fans prior to her departure for Malmö.[18][19]

Voting controversy[edit]

In mid-April 2024, Greek newspaper Ta Nea reported that as early as 22 February the Cypriot ambassador to Greece Stavros Avgoustidis had been informed that ERT would assign Cyprus a predetermined low score in the jury voting of the final; this was before the release of "Liar" and reportedly before the Greek jury was even established.[20][21] As a response, ERT president Konstantinos Zoulas denied any involvement of the broadcaster in the jury vote,[20][22] while Cypriot broadcaster CyBC's head of press for the contest Andreas Anastasiou addressed the matter on a TV broadcast on 15 April, denouncing that the alleged behaviour would constitute a breach of the contest's rules and announcing that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) had been informed of the controversy.[20][21][23]

At Eurovision[edit]

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the EBU split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[24] Greece was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final.[25] The draw, broadcast live on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel, was also aired by ERT via its streaming platform ERTflix.[26] The shows' producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Greece was set to perform in position 3, following the entry from Albania and before the entry from Switzerland.[27]

In Greece, all shows will be aired on ERT1, with commentary provided by Thanasis Alevras [el] and Jérôme Kaluta [el], as well as on ERA 2.[28][29] The shows will be preceded by a special Eurovision Night broadcast, hosted by Jenny Melita.[30]

Performance[edit]

Satti will take part in technical rehearsals on 29 April and 2 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 8 and 9 May.[31] Her performance of "Zari" at the contest is staged by Fokas Evangelinos (who has worked on various entries in previous contests, including the winning performances of Greece in 2005 and Russia in 2008) and choreographed by Mecnun Giasar.[32]

Voting[edit]

The spokesperson for the Greek jury at the final will be Helena Paparizou, who won the 2005 contest for Greece.[33]

References[edit]

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