The Board of ERT has today approved the broadcaster launching a call for songs for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.
Greece looks set to hold a national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest for a second year in a row. The Board of ERT approved “the publication of an open call for expressions of interest for the promotion of the Greek participation in the 70th Eurovision Song Contest”. The same approval was received last year ahead of the launch of an open call for songs to compete in the Greek national final for Eurovision 2025.
Greece returned to holding a national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2025, having last held a selection in 2017. According to Greek media, ERT is reportedly planning to expand the number of shows in Ethnikós Telikós. Instead of one show, the selection would consist of two semi-finals and a final, all of which would be held over a “Eurovision Week”.
Klavdia represented Greece at Eurovision 2025 with “Asteromata”. She secured Greece’s best result in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2013, by placing 6th in the final, scoring 231 points. Greece was 8th with the public and juries and received 12 points from the juries of Australia, Cyprus, Israel and Montenegro, and 12 points from the televoters of Albania, Cyprus and San Marino.
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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 placing 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.
