Greece in the OGAE Song Contest

Greece
Member station	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) Former members 2014–2015: New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television (NERIT)
National selection events	Internal Selection 1988-present
Participation summary
Appearances	28
First appearance	1988
Best result	1st: 1994, 2006
Worst result	19th: 2010
External links
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Greece has participated in the OGAE Song Contest 28 times since 1988 and never missed a contest since. Greece won for the first time in 1994 with "Ftais" song by Sabrina and for the second time in 2006 with "Mambo" song by Helena Paparizou. The Greek national broadcaster, Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) organizes the process for the selection of the Greek entry.

History

• Six years after its debut, Greece won for the first time in 1994 with Sabrina singing "Ftais". In 2006, Greece won for the second time the contest with Helena Paparizou singing "Mambo". "Mambo" become the biggest summer hit in 2006 in Greece and reached the first places in the charts from Greece and Cyprus and reached the Top 5 in Sweden. Furthermore, the song has been released in a number of countries throughout Europe including (in some of them the release was limited); Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. In some other countries, it hasn't been released physically but it has entered radio airplay charts: Estonia, France, Japan, Romania, Russia, Serbia and others. Also, "Mambo" become platinum in Greece and gold in Sweden.
• Mambo received 244 points, which tied for the most points receiving a country in the OGAE Song Contest. That record was beaten 3 years later where Coldplay with their song "Viva La Vida" received 4 points more (248 points)
• Before Greece's win, the highest score was second place, achieved by Anna Vissi in 1988 with "Ta Mathitika Hronia" and then again by Mando in 1991 with "Stihimatizo". Greece's least successful result was at 19th place in 2010 with the song "Ego Gia Dio" (English, "Me For Two") by Tania Tsanaklidou, which received 23 points.
• In 1995, the 8th OGAE Song Contest was held in Athens, Greece, following Sabrina's victory the previous year. The two hosts were popular singer, and former contestant, Galandis Loukakis and Greek American presenter Alexandra. The singer representing Greece in their own country was popular Greek artist Stefanos Korkolis.
• Greece has been the most successful country of the OGAE Song Contest. They had placed within the top-ten position after advancing into the finals every year since then: sixth in 2002, fifth in 2003, seventh in 2004, second in 2005, first in 2006, third in 2007, third in 2008 and second in 2009. However, this record was broken in 2010, when Tania Tsanaklidou only placed 19th place with her song "Ego Gia Dio". However, in the televoting, Tania did place in top 10 in the finals, she finished 9th with 89 points. Although Greece's luck came back in 2011 when "Kleista Ta Stomata" finished in 9th place which means that the record was reopened.
• Also, Greece haw hosted the 1999 Contest, because OGAE Poland, had won the previous year's contest, and was unable to meet the demands of hosting the event. The 1999 Contest, was the first time that were used CDs, since all the previous made with cartridges.

Contestants

Year	Artist	Language	Title	Final	Points
1988	Anna Vissi	Greek	"Ta Mathitika Hronia" (Τα μαθητικά χρόνια)	2	81
1989	Anna Vissi	Greek	"Empnefsi! (Έμπνευση!)	7	55
1990	Dimitra Galani	Greek	"Den Ise Edo" (Δεν είσαι εδώ)	14	32
1991	Mando	Greek	"Stihimatizo" (Στοιχηματίζω)	2	127
1992	Kostas Bigalis	Greek	"Tou Egeou Ta Blues" (Του Αιγαίου τα μπλούζ)	10	47
1993	Mando	Greek	"Filakise Me" (Φυλάκισέ με)	11	45
1994	Sabrina	Greek	"Ftes" (Φταίς)	1	116
1995	Stefanos Korkolis	Greek	"Me To Simadi Tou Skorpiou" (Με το σημάδι του σκορπιού)	5	90
1996	Fiona Tzavara	Greek	"Mi Rotas" (Μη ρωτάς)	15	17
1997	Despina Vandi	Greek	"Esena Perimeno" (Εσένα περιμένω)	7	72
1998	Alkistis Protopsalti	Greek	"Dithesio" (Διθέσιο)	2	111
1999	ANEMOS	Greek	"Tou Erota Kai Tis Fotias" (Του έρωτα και της φωτιάς)	10	56
2000	Katy Garbi	Greek	"To Kati" (Το κάτι)	5	103
2001	Tania Tsanaklidou & Mihalis Delta	Greek	"Mia Agapi Mikri" (Μιά αγάπη μικρή)	14	38
2002	Despina Vandi	Greek	"Olo Lipis" (Όλο λείπεις)	6	84
2003	Mariada Pieridi	Greek	"S' Agapo" (Σ' αγαπώ)	5	120
2004	Dimitris Korgialas & Katerina Moutsatsou	Greek	"Mia Fora" (Μιά φορά)	7	81
2005	Alkistis Protopsalti	Greek	"O Aggelos Mou" (Ο άγγελός μου)	2	129
2006	Helena Paparizou	Greek, English	"Mambo"	1	244
2007	Helena Paparizou	Greek	"Mazi Sou" (Μαζί σου)	3	135
2008	Sakis Rouvas	Greek	"Stous 31 Dromous" (Στους 31 δρόμους)	3	130
2009	Mando	Greek	"Ston Egokero" (Στον αιγόκερο)	2	211
2010	Tania Tsanaklidou	Greek	"Ego Gia Dio" (Εγώ για δύο)	19	23
2011	Antonis Remos	Greek	"Kleista Ta Stomata" (Κλειστά τα στόματα)	9	72
2012	Vegas	Greek	"Pio Psila" (Πιο ψηλά)	15	34
2013	Helena Paparizou	Greek	"Ena Lepto" (Ένα λεπτό)	10	67
2014	Despina Vandi	Greek	"Ola Allazoun (Όλα αλλάζουν)	7	94
2015	Giorgos Sabanis	Greek	"Kaneis Den Xerei" (Κανείς δεν ξέρει)	TBA	TBA

Hostings

Year	Location	Presenters
1995	Athens	Galantis Loukakis and Alexandra
1999		Leonidas Banakos, Irving Wolther and Apostolos Kourtis
2007		Andreas Kalaitzis and Giannis Evfraimidis

See also

• OGAE
• OGAE Second Chance Contest
• Greece in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
• Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest

External links

• OGAE Video Contest 2011

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