- Charlie Chaplin (song)
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"Charlie Chaplin"Eurovision Song Contest 1978 entry Country Greece Artist(s) Tania Tsanaklidou Language Greek Composer(s) Sakis Tsilikis Lyricist(s) Yiannis Xantoulis Conductor Haris Andreadis Finals performance Final result 8th Final points 66 Appearance chronology ◄ Mathima Solfege (1977) Sokrati (1979) ► "Charlie Chaplin" (Greek script: "Τσάρλυ Τσάπλιν") was the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed in Greek by Tania Tsanaklidou.
The song was performed fifteenth on the night (following Monaco's Caline & Olivier Toussaint with "Les jardins de Monaco" and preceding Denmark's Mabel with "Boom Boom"). At the close of voting, it had received 66 points, placing 8th in a field of 20.
The song is in praise of Charlie Chaplin, with Tsanaklidou describing his comic appearance (she was dressed in a similar style for her performance) and wishing that there were more of him.
It was succeeded as Greek representative at the 1979 Contest by Elpida with "Sokrati".
Categories:- Eurovision songs of Greece
- Eurovision songs of 1978
- Greece stubs
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