- Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
ESC National Year
Year = 1979
Country = GRE
Preselection = National Final
Preselection date =February 5 1979
Entrant =Elpida
Song = "Sokrati "
Final result = 8th, 69 pointsGreece and Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) chose to host a National Selection with the winner being chosen an "expert" jury.Elpida was chosen with "Sokrati " and placed 8th at Eurovision.National Final
The National Final took place on
February 5 ,1979 at the Municipal Theater inPiraeus and was hosted by Vasilis Tsivilikas. The winning song was chosen by a jury of 65 people who awarded each song a mark out of 10.Result of National Final
By order performed:
At Eurovision
"
Sokrati " was performed seventh on the night (followingMonaco 'sLaurent Vaguener withNotre Vie C'Est La Musique and precedingSwitzerland 's "Peter, Sue & Marc " & Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri with "Trödler Und Co "). At the close of voting, it had received 69 points, placing 8th in a field of 19.It was succeeded as Greek representative at the 1980 Contest by Anna Vissi & The Epikouri with "
Autostop ".References
ee also
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Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
*Eurovision Song Contest 1979
*Eurovision Song Contest
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