Three songs remain in contention to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam.
Eurovision Fun reports that just three songs now remain in the running to represent Greece at next years Eurovision Song Contest in the Netherlands. The committee setup by ERT to review Stefania’s songs for next years contest has now listened to the five initial demos and has now asked for three songs to be further refined for a second assessment.
According to previous reports both Stefania and the Dream Team have a clear favourite song that they want to see in 2021. It is not known if this song still remains in contention or has been dropped by the committee.
Stefania was to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with her song “Superg!rl”. Shortly after the contests cancellation was announced ERT revealed that Stefania would be representing Greece on the contests stage in 2021.
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Greece debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, when they were represented by Marinella and the song “Krasi, thalassa kai t’agori mou” which finished in 11th place with 7 points. Three years later Greece earned their first top 5 finish with Paschalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy who finished in 5th place with “Mathima solfege”. In 2001 Greece achieved their first top 3 result with Antique and the song “I Would Die For You”. The song became a European hit, and charted across the continent. In 2005 Helena Paparizou returned to the Eurovision stage as a solo artist and brought Greece their first, and to date only, victory. Her song “My Number One” won with 230 points, beating runners-up Malta by 38 points.