Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Greece and Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) chose to host a national selection with the winner being chosen by an "expert" jury. Elpida was chosen with "Sokrati" and placed 8th at Eurovision.
Eurovision Song Contest 1979 | ||||
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Country | ||||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | National final | |||
Selection date(s) | February 5, 1979 | |||
Selected entrant | Elpida | |||
Selected song | "Sokrati" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Doros Georgiadis, Sotia Tsotou | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 8th, 69 points | |||
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
National final
The national final took place on 5 February 1979 at the Municipal Theater in Piraeus and was hosted by Vasilis Tsivilikas. The winning song was chosen by a jury of 65 people who awarded each song a mark out of 10.
Final – 5 February 1979 | ||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
1 | Kostas Hatzis | "Na'han oli i anthropi mia agapi opos ki ego" | 379 | 3 |
2 | Bessy Argyraki | "Athena (mana mou)" | 322 | 5 |
3 | Sofia Zaninou | "Stin arhi" | 271 | 6 |
4 | Christie Stasinopoulou | "Dose mou enan sticho" | 462 | 2 |
5 | Elpida | "Sokrati" | 528 | 1 |
6 | Paola Komini, Maria Filosofou, Fotini Filosofou, Dimitris Kontoyiannis & Stefanos Dekerian | "Dio se mia ombrella" | 349 | 4 |
At Eurovision
"Sokrati" was performed seventh on the night (following Monaco's Laurent Vaguener with Notre vie c'est la musique and preceding Switzerland's "Peter, Sue & Marc" and Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri with "Trödler Und Co"). At the close of voting, it had received 69 points, placing 8th in a field of 19.
It was succeeded as Greek representative at the 1980 Contest by Anna Vissi & The Epikouri with "Autostop".
Points awarded by Greece
Final
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12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |