- Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
ESC National Year
Year = 2007
Country = GRE
Preselection = National Final
50% Tele-Voting/SMS
50% Judging panel
Preselection date =February 28 2007
Entrant =Sarbel
Song = "Yassou Maria "
Final result = 7th, 139 pointsGreece and Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) chose to hold a national final this year after efforts to find a big name artist for an internal selection failed. The artists involved wereSarbel ,Christos Dantis , andTamta . The national final took placeFebruary 28 2007 , and was called "Eurovision 2007". Each artist choose a song, and performed it in their own way. The winner wasSarbel with the song "Yassou Maria " which was chosen via 50% Tele-voting/SMS Messaging and 50% internal jury. [ cite web | title = Information on the National Selection and singers | url = http://www.eurovisionathens.gr/en/news.asp?id=22788 ERT En icon]National final
The national final took place on
February 28 2007 at the Athinon Arena, at 9:00 PM CET with hosts Fotis Sergoulopoulos andMaria Bakodimou . [ cite web | title = Greece: Hosts decided | url = http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/7425|publisher="ESCToday"|accessdate=2008-08-08|date=2007-01-30] The artists involved in the national final wereSarbel ,Christos Dantis , andTamta . Each artist sang the song they chose in their own special way. The winner was chosen via 50% Tele-voting/SMS Messaging and 50% internal jury. Similar to the previous year's show, there was also entertainment in the show. Some of the international guests includedSwiss participantDJ Bobo ,Cypriot participantsEvridiki and Dimitris Korgialas,Belarus participantDmitry Koldun , and Bulgarian participantsElitsa Todorova &Stoyan Yankulov . [ cite web | title = Information on guests at the National Selection | url = http://www.oikotimes.com/site/index.php?id=8107 Oikotimes En icon] . Greek entertainment includedNatasa Theodoridou ,Michalis Hatzigiannis , and Despina Olympiou.Elena Paparizou andSakis Rouvas were also guest at the show but did not sing. [ cite web | title = Information on Elena Paparizou and Sakis Rouvas being involved in the National Final | url = http://www.oikotimes.com/site/index.php?id=7917 Oikotimes En icon] The hosts also provided comedy skits, an award show to past entries, and information on past acts. It was broadcast live by ERT,ERT World , and a webcast via their site [http://www.ert.gr/ www.ERT.gr] . It was also broadcast live by 8 other countries [ cite web | title = Information on the broadcast | url = http://www.oikotimes.com/site/index.php?id=7894 Oikotimes En icon] . The winner of the selection wasSarbel with the song "Yassou Maria ".The songs
arbel
Sarbel chose to sing the song "Yassou Maria " with lyrics by Mack and composed by popular Greek-Swedish composer team Alex Papaconstantinou and Marcus Englof who had previously written music for 2005 winnerElena Paparizou . Sarbel described the song as "a whole new style within itself" because of its pop, Latin, and touch of ethnic Greek sounds.cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/specials/read/7573|title=The Greek finalists speak to esctoday!|last=Floras|first=Stella|date=2007-03-25|publisher="ESCToday"|accessdate=2008-08-08] Sarbel was accompanied on stage by four female dancers. He wore black leather pants, and a silver shirt. There were blue lights and fire in the background. The choreography was complex which led to some problems with his microphone.Tamta
Tamta chose to sing the ballad "With Love" composed by Eurovision veteran Nikos Terzis. [ cite web | title = Information on Tamta's song from Oikotimes | url = http://www.oikotimes.com/site/index.php?id=7848|publisher="Oikotimes"] Lyrics were by Posidonas Giannopoulos. The ballad included ethnicBalkan sounds in addition to the main melody and a part of the song was in Greek. Tamta went on stage with 2 male dancers and had a stage act with pyrotechnics. She wore a white dress with while glove and a white hood. The background was organge-yellow. The male dancers used red ribbon-flags on stage. The video wall in the background showed the words "love" and "happiness" in different languages. The song had a microphone glitch in it mid-way when one of the dancers stepped on a wire.Christos Dantis
Christos Dantis chose "No Madonna ", a song composed by himself with lyrics byNatalia Germanou . [ cite web | title = Stop the press! H Madonna είναι και στη...eurovision! | url = http://www.mad.tv/news/?id=23928|language=Greek|publisher="MAD TV"|accessdate=2008-08-08|date=2007-01-16] Together in 2005, they also composed the winning Eurovision song "My Number One " forElena Paparizou . The song was rock-dance with an ethnic Greek twist. [ cite web | title = Information on the style of Christos Dantis' song | url = http://www.oikotimes.com/site/index.php?id=7722 Oikotimes Gr icon] Christos Dantis was accompanied by 5 female dancers with blond wigs made to resemble Madonna. The stage show included a fog machine and the songs lyrics written on the video wall talking to the audience. He wore a black suite on stage, then later a shiny black jacket. The female dancers mid-way in the song removed their skirts. The song also had a microphone glitch in it.Result of National Final
By order performed:
At Eurovision
Sarbel competed withYassou Maria in the Eurovision Final inHelsinki ,Finland onMay 12 2007 . Greece was not required to sing in the semi-final asAnna Vissi , Greece's entry at the 2006 contest, reached ninth place.During a draw, Greece was assigned a running order of 10 in the contest. Sarbel appeared after 4 ballads, and before 1 disco song. He went on stage with 4 girls with short dresses. They used the same dance routine as the Greek National Final, but with minor changes. Those changes included the end part, which used ribons attached to the girls skirts during the end bridge, with Sarbel acting as sort of a puppeteer. Later the ribbons were used to make a heart around Sarbel and the girls at the very end.
Greece's entry for the 2007 contest finished in 7th place with 139 points, 1 point ahead of
Armenia and 6 points behindBelarus .ee also
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Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
*Eurovision Song Contest 2007 References
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