Ellada, Chora Tou Fotos

Infobox Single
Name = Ellada, Chora Tou Fotos


Artist = Katerina Garbi
from Album = Os Ton Paradeiso
B-side =
Released = 1993
Format = CD Single
Recorded =
Genre =
Length = 2:57
Language = Greek
Label = Sony Music/Columbia
Writer = Dimosthenis Stringlis
Producer =
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "Ellada, Chora Tou Fotos"
(1993)
Next single = "Ti Theloune Ta Matia Sou"
(2000)
Misc = Infobox ESC entry
song =


caption =
year = 1993
country = Greece
artist = Katy Garbi
as = Katerina Garbi
with =
language = Greek
languages =
composer = Dimosthenis Stringlis
lyricist = Dimosthenis Stringlis
conductor = Charis Andreadis
place = 9th
points = 64
place_semi =
points_semi =
lyrics =
clip =
prev = Olou Tou Kosmou I Elpida
prev_link = Olou Tou Kosmou I Elpida
next = To Trehandiri
next_link = To Trehandiri

"Ellada, Chora Tou Fotos" (Greek: Ελλάδα, χώρα του φωτός, English: "Greece, Country of Light") is a song by Greek pop singer Katerina Garbi. It was Greece's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, and a single from Garbi's fifth solo album "Os Ton Paradeiso".

At Eurovision

The song was performed sixth on the night following Denmark's Tommy Seebach Band with "Under Stjernerne På Himlen" and preceding Belgium's Barbara with "Iemand Als Jij". At the close of voting, it had received 64 points, placing 9th in a field of 25. [cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/index/main?page=66&event=235|title=History by Year - Eurovision Song Contest 1993|publisher="Eurovision.tv (EBU)"|accessdate=2008-08-21] The song is in praise of Greece itself, with Garbi singing about its great intellectual and cultural heritage. It was succeeded as Greek representative at the 1994 Contest by Costas Bigalis & The Sea Lovers with "To Trehandiri".

Track listing

#"Ellada, Chora Tou Fotos" – 2:57
#"Ellada, Chora Tou Fotos" (Instrumental) – 2:57

References