Greece: Have a Drink with Koza Mostra

Greece – Our first semi-finalist of this year’s TEKO competition was Greece… so let’s find some more about the Koza Mostra guys; they’re today’s featured artist. They were chosen to represent their country in a national selection programme aired by MAD TV, which they won singing ‘Alcohol is free‘ with 36% of the votes… well ahead of the 2nd place act who scored 24%.

Greece: Official Video Released

Greece – The official promotional video for ‘Alcohol is Free‘ by Koza Mostra (featuring Agathonas Iakovidis) has been released today. Greece will perform in the second half of the second semi-final on 16th May in Malmö. Watch it here and let us know what you think.

Greece: National Final Tonight!

Greece – Tonight it is the turn of Greece to decide which song will represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest in May. Thomai Apergi, Alex Leon, Koza Mostra and Aggeliki Iliadi are all in the running and one of them will be chosen in tonight’s show which will air on ET1 at 20:00CET (19:00GMT) and will be hosted by Giorgos Kapoutzidis and Despoina Vandi.

Greece: Listen to the Songs and Vote!

Greece -Greek broadcaster ERT, and MAD TV who will be hosting the TV show this year,  have today revealed the songs which will compete in the Greek national final. The 4 songs in the running for “Ellinikos Telikos 2013” are: Thomaï Apergi – One Last Kiss, Alex Leon & Giorgina - Angel, Aggeliki Iliadi – Χίλιες Και Μία Νύχτες and Koza Mostra & Agathonas Iakovides – Alcohol is Free. Vote for your favourite in our online poll:

Greece: Song Titles Announced

Greece – The four Greek entries will be premiered tomorrow at 12.30pm (CT) and today the song titles were announced. The titles are Koza Mostra ft. Agathonas – Alcohol Is Free, Aggeliki Illiadi – Hilies Kai Mia Nihtes, Alex Leon ft. Giorgina – Angel, and Thomai Apergi – One Last Kiss. The Greek national final will take place on 18th February and be co-hosted by Yiorgos Kapoutzidis and Despina Vandi.

Greece: Four Acts Named for MAD TV

Greece – As expected, it has been announced by national broadcaster ERT that this year’s Greek final will be managed by MAD TV due to the economic crisis in Greece. Along with this news came the news that four Panik Record artists, Aggeliki Iliadi, Thomai Apergi, Koza Mostra (feat. Ayathonas) and Alex Leon will take part in the Greek selection.

Greece: Four Acts to be Revealed on Thursday?

Greece – This year’s Greek final will not be run by ERT, due to economic problems, but is expected to be hosted by a private TV company, possibly MAD TV. The national final will take place on 19 or 21 February. It is expected that the official announcement about this will take place tomorrow and four candidates will be revealed on Thursday of this week.

James Mitchell TV: Greece 2012 Review

James Mitchell TV – Back when I posted the video review for Latvia’s “Beautiful” song, a discussion broke out about the language barriers. SO, just to prove that I’m human… look at me try and pronounce Eleftheria Eleftheriou’s name! (What a mess)
Yes, it’s Greece’s 2012 entry!

Sakis Rouvas and the Greek Election

  Greece – Today the Greek people will have to make a choice: Between staying in the euro and bearing the austerity measures of the EU or leaving the eurozone and risking major economic and social upheaval. One of Greece’s biggest stars, Sakis Rouvas, who represented Hellas in Istanbul and Moscow just tweeted a picture of him voting. He added: “Hello, I hope the instinct of the Greeks

Eleftheria Eleftheriou’s Love for Azerbaijan as Greek Inquest Continues

This year’s Greek representative, Eleftheria Eleftheriou, has spoken of her love of Azerbaijan. Speaking to AzerTAc, the 23 year old singer, who finished in 17th place in this year’s contest with ‘Aphrodisiac’ ,said that she was glad to have discovered such a  wonderful country, such sincere people, and that she intended to return there.

Eurovison 2012: Betting Odds Shift After Rehearsals

Eurovision 2012 – After the first day’s rehearsals, some betting odds are already changing for the first semifinal. Strong performances from Iceland and Romania (left) have seen their odds cut already, as Greece’s odds decrease after a predictable and lacklustre first rehearsal. Check out the current odds for semifinal 1.

Eurovision 2012 : More of the First Rehearsals

Eurovision 2012 – Three more acts have completed their rehearsals at the Crystal Hall in Baku. We have now had our first sighting of the routines for Iceland, Greece and Latvia. Iceland were very polished and professional.  The special 3D video effects in the background of the acts this year is stunning. Check out videos of the rehearsals.

Greece: Eleftheria Eleftheriou Takes Aphrodisiac to Baku

Greece – After a bizarre national final in a shopping centre, and a broken internet stream, Greece tonight chose Eleftheria Eleftheriou to go to Baku. She finished above Dora, Cassiopeia  and Velvet Fire after the televoting.  Anggun from France,  Ivi Adamou from Cyprus and Bulgaria’s Sofi Marinova all performed whilst the votes were counted.

Greece: Preview Videos Online

Greece – Official preview videos of the 4 finalists have been released online by Greek broadcaster ERT. The running order for the final was also drawn. After the initial release of the songs, then the names of the acts, now comes the video clips. The Greek final will be held on March 12th in Athens. Greece will perform in Semi-final 1 on 24th May in Baku. You can view the videos by clicking the links below.

Greece: Listen to the Four Final Songs Online

Greece – ERT, the Greek national broadcaster  has today revealed snippets of the four finalists for Greece. The final is to be held on March 12th and will be broadcast by ET1 channel at 20.00 (CET) from Athens. Bizarrely the names of the performers have not been revealed yet and won’t be known until March 1st, when videos will be launched.

Greece: Melisses to Eurovision?

  Greece – Rumor has it that the Greek band “Melisses” will soon be confirmed as the country’s representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Azerbaijan. ESCDaily reports that one of their sources has been told that the rock/pop band will fly the Greek flag in Baku. A national final will only concern the entry the band will sing. Back in 2010 the band took part in the Greek

Rumors: Sergey Savin for Russia, Kostas Martakis for Greece, Marco Mengoni for Italy

  Rumors – At this early point of the Eurovision season, rumors are floating around like tourists in the Mediterranean at summer time: There are too many, some are pretty others not so much. Apart from the good old “Dima Bilan is returning” rumor, Russia has yet another rumor up its sleeve: X-Factor winner Sergey Savin is said to be in the running to represent the biggest competing country in Baku. His coach being diva Alla Pugatcheva, who represented Russia in

Greece: ERT and Record Labels Discuss Eurovision

  Greece – No country has dominated the international media (unfortunately mostly with bad news) as Greece has. The country is going through one of the biggest crisis of its history, with impending bankruptcy and social unrest. In this situation of economic turmoil and extreme budget cuts, the Greek national broadcaster ERT tries to find a way to finance a Greek entry at the Eurovision Song Contest. In this quest they have held a meeting with the important record

Greece: Sarbel Releases a New Single

Greece – Who remembers the Greek singer Sarbel and his song “Yassou Maria”? It has been about four years since he represented Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest. Sarbel, who was actually born in London, has released five albums and even more singles.His albums are Parakseno Sinesthima (2004), Paraxeno Sinesthima (Second Edition - sponsored by Wella) (2005), Sahara (2006), Sahara: Euro Edition (which includes his hit “Yassou Maria“) and Kati San Esena (2008). 

Official Preview Videos of Estonia, Turkey And Greece Released

 Eurovision 2011 – Today the official Eurovision site’s YouTube channel has uploaded the official preview videos of the Greek, Estonian and Turkish entries. Unfortunately Estonia and Turkey did not put  a lot of effort in their videos as they are simply performances from the national finals. Greece’s video is also a performance of the song, but it looks more sophisticated than in their national final. Watch the videos:

Greece sends “Lukas Giorkas ft Stereo Mike – Watch My Dance” to Eurovision

Greece – The Greek national final just ended in Athens and Lukas Yiorkas feat. Stereo Mike was chosen as the Greek representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.Yiorkas and the rapper Stereo Mike emerged as winners against 5 competitors and will thus represent Greece in the first semi-final in Düsseldorf. Lukas Yiorkas was born in 1986 in Larnaca in Cyprus. He won the first edition of “X-Factor” in Greece. His album “Mazi reached Gold status in Greece. Stereo Mike alias Mihalis Exarhos was born in Piraeus and has worked with Tamta, Shaya and Andriana Babali.

Greece Decides – National Final in Athens

Greece – Tonight Greece will decide which artists to send to the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany. Six artists will compete for the honour to fly the Greek flag in Düsseldorf. The result will be determined by a combination of 50% televoting and 50% jury voting. The show will also feature performances by Cyprus’ Christos Mylordos, Malta’s Glen Vella, and Bulgaria’s Poli Genova.

Greece: All Songs Presented

Greece – Last night ERT, the Greek national broadcaster, aired a special show presenting all six songs competing to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. The songs had leaked yesterday but ERT decided not to disqualify any entries. The national final will be held in the beginning of March. An exact date has not been announced yet. Watch the performances:

Greece: Full Songs Leaked

Greece - ERT, the Greek national broadcaster will most certainly not be too happy about this: The website newsit.gr has leaked full versions of five of the Greek national final entries. They were originally set to premiere tomorrow in a special show on ERT. Last year the same website had leaked a national final entry which had to be disqualified from the competition. Here you can listen to the entries:

Greece: Snippets of The Entries

 Greece – ERT, the Greek national broadcaster has revealed the running order of this year’s national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. Furthermore, Radio Deftero played snippets of the 6 songs vying to represent Greece in Germany. The national final is set to be held at the beginning of March. In recent years Greece has never failed to enter the Top 10 so the pressure is quite high. Here you can listen to the snippets:

Greece: Official national final line-up

Greece – ERT, the Greek national broadcaster has just announced the line-up of their national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. 6 artists will be competing. In view of the financial crisis and the economical troubles Greece and ERT are suffering from, the national final is supposed to be modest. Yannis Savidakis (Cyprus 1989) was prevented from participating as his style is apparently not in keeping with this aim. Theocharis Ioannides application was also refused as he is not considered as a professional singer by

Rumors: Shy’m, Shaggy, Katherine Jenkins

Rumors – What would Eurovision season be without tuns of rumors about participants national finals e.t.c. Ever heard that Tarkan would represent Turkey? That David Guetta will write the song for France? Every year? Well…you’re not the only one. This week a number of new rumors have started circulating. Artists like Shaggy, Katherine Jenkins and Shy’m are being rumored to participate in Düsseldorf. Here are some of the rumors of last week alone:

Eurovision recap (19)

This time with news from the Netherlands, Düsseldorf, Spain, Greece and Estonia

Greece – According to oikotimes, the deadline for artists to submit entries for the Greek national final will pass this Friday. Apparently the financially strained national broadcaster has asked record labels to cover 60% of the costs of the Greek participation. Names that are rumored include Andriana Babali and Eleni Foureira as well as Valanto Tryfonos, Katerine Avgoustakis, Theocharis Ioannides and Antigoni Psichrami. Hopefully on Friday the list of names will be revealed.

Estonia – 140 songs have been submitted for Eesti Laul 2011, the Estonian national final for Düsseldorf. That is 15

Ratings of the ESC 2010

Germany’s win at the 55th Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo has certainly contributed to the record viewing figures in Germany:

All viewers: 14,69 million (49,1% share)

14-49 years old: 8,38 million (61,6% share)

Even more impressing is the fact is that these figures were achieved, while a soccer game as well as a box fight were shown on two other German channels. It has to be noted tough, that the 14,23 million viewers back in 1984 were just from Western Germany! (See all German rating from the last 28 years in an earlier post!)

other countries:

5,7 million

3,7 million

5,5 million

1,2 million

1,7 million

The total of these 6 countries is 32,5 million viewers.

UPDATE:  Poland: 2,05 million (lowest ratings since 2002)

The total of these 7 countries is 34,6 million viewers.