Greece: ERT revealed the cost of participation in Eurovision 2019
The cost of Greece’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest has been revealed. ERT will pay 326.855 Euros for this year’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. Read more
Greece: Better Love to be released on 6th of March
In a meeting with the Greek eurovision community, ERT’s CEO, mr Ioannis Drosos, revealed that Better Love, the song which Katerine Duska will perform at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, will be released on 6th of March in a special event in the Music Hall of Athens. Read more
Greece: Listen to Natali’s rejected song for Eurovision 2019
Natali Thanou and her record label, Polymusic, proposed All AGAIN, to ERT in order to be the Greek entry at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. However, ERT has chosed Katerine Duska to represent the country in Tel Aviv. Natali Thanou has released her song, which you can listen below:
Greece: ERT announced Katerine Duska for Eurovision 2019
Moments ago ERT formalized what we had already informed you since January 14th. Katerine Duska will be the Greek representative at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Tel Aviv next May. The song she will perform at EXPO Tel Aviv will be revealed in a later time, probably in March. Read more
Greece: With a european ballad in Eurovision 2019
We are finally into February, and as we have informed you previously, Katerine Duska is the next representative of Greece in the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, leaving us now to listen to the song.
With a contemporary european ballad in Eurovision 2019
Even though some members of the greek committee responsible for the Eurovision project have publicely said that it will be a pop song or that it belongs to the independent music scene of Athens, EurovisionFun is ready to announce that the song Katerine Duska will perform, is no other than a contemporary european ballad, a song Greece has never sent before in the contest.
When we will have a formal announcement?
ERT was about to make official announcements by the end of January, but it delayed due to procedural reasons. As we have informed you, ERT this year will cover most of the expenses. This means that in the contract to be signed between ERT and MINOS EMI to which Katerine Duska belongs, all aspects should be listed in every detail. A process that is time-consuming, which needs to be done with due care.
The head of press of the Greek delegation, Mrs Irini Giannara, in recent talks with us, said that ERT will announce the name of the artist and the title of the song, once all these procedural details have been arranged, hoping this week, but that is not a given yet.
They certainly do not intend to spin it out any further. The song will be heard at a later time and not with the artist’s announcement. Mrs. Giannara promised a lot of surprises and really beautiful things that ERT is preparing this year for the contest, which will be unfolded in the near future.
Stay tuned in EurovisionFun for everything regarding the Greek participation in Eurovision 2019!
Katherine Duska is the Greek representative in Tel Aviv
As we have already reported, ERT, without losing time proposed Katherine Duska to represent Greece in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. We can now confirm that the young singer has accepted the proposal and will be the Greek representative in the contest. Read more
Greece: Katerine Duska is the first singer approached by ERT (Exclusive)
As we have already informed you in our previous article, ERT’s committe responsible for the Eurovision project 2019 had their first meeting on Monday, with the first potential artists written down on the list.
Today, EurovisionFun is in a position to confirm that ERT, through Dimitris Papadimitriou, the chairman of the committee, has sent an official proposal to (at least) an artist to wave the Greek flag in the upcoming contest.
The choice of ERT for something different in Tel Aviv
As we already told, the committee discussed the first potential artists which would then be approached for the representation of Greece at Eurovision 2019. One of them was Marietta Fafouti (you can read more here).
The intentions of the ERT committee are clear and the chosen artist is to be something different and unique.
The phone call of Dimitris Papadimitriou and the proposal of ERT
ERT, without losing time, has already made at least one formal proposal to an artist to represent us in the competition, as we are able to confirm.
Dimitris Papadimitriou himself contacted Margarita Matsa, managing director of MINOS EMI, to propose to Katerine Duska to represent Greece at Eurovision 2019.
Proposing to Katerine Duska though, doesn’t let Marietta Fafouti out of race. The proposal, as far as we know, states that, unlike the two previous years where ERT only covered the EBU’s participation fee and all the other expenses (airline, hotels, cost of stage performance, etc.) were covered by the artist’s music label or were coming from sponsors , this time the Greek public television will have to pay for it (something to be done since 2016).
Even if ERT’s collaboration with Katerine Duska does not work, the Greek public television and Dimitris Papadimitriou are interested in the artists who serve this kind of music.
Who is Katerine Duska?
Katerine Duska was born in French-speaking Montreal, Canada. She studied classical guitar and classical music. She moved to Greece with her parents during her teenage years, while she has studied Law at the Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Her first album is called “Embodiment“, and has a single called One In A Million.
Would you like to see Katerine representing Greece at the forthcoming Eurovision? Stay tuned in EurovisionFun for all the information regarding the Greek participation in Eurovision 2019.
Greece: Marietta Fafouti is the first artist ERT plans to approach – Exclusive
For the very first time, ERT’s team responsible for the Eurovision project had a meeting earlier today, with the first proposed artists wirtten down on the list.
As we have previously mentioned, ERT is planning to choose the artist through internal selection.
The name that is on top of the list is no other than the 38-year-old Marietta Fafouti. Marietta is a well known artist in recent years in Greece and has signed songs for many of her colleagues, advertising campaigns, television and theater.
She has been honored with many music awards, while her song Kookoobadi, with over 1 million views on YouTube, was awarded as the best song for 2012 by Athens Voice.
Marietta’s name was around the Eurovision media since 2016, inasmuch as she was amongst the artists ERT approached before announcing ARGO as the representatives of Greece.
Marietta Fafouti belongs to the music label of Feelgood Records. Even though Marietta is the first artist ERT will approach, there were other artists proposed by the team. Beside the artists, the team proposed a very well-known virtuoso female composer – we will not reveal her name at this stage.
Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for more information about the Greek representative in the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest.
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This is the way ERT will choose the Greek entry for Tel Aviv
Because of the limited time that exists now, but also for some other reasons, ERT decided to choose its next representative for the Eurovision Song Contest via an internal selection. The selection will be made by the artists, who will be proposed by the committee responsible for the Eurovision project. The first meeting of the committee will take place on Monday 7 January in ERT’s headquarters in Athens. Read more
Greece: ERT to annouce the working group for Eurovision 2019 in the coming days
While all countries have started their preparations for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, ERT seems to be very quiet on this issue. But is that true or the Greek broadcaster have also begun its preparation?
In communication with the Director of ERT’s International Relations and project coordinator Eurovision, Mrs. Maria Koufopoulou, told us that in the next few days we will have the announcement of the working committee that will take over the Greek entry of the upcoming contest.
I hope in the coming days we will announce the committee to take over the Eurovision project until the hint of the artist who will represent us. By this I mean that it has been suggested to some people to be members of the commission and we are waiting for their answer.
As was reasonable, our next question was whether ERT would choose to appoint the Greek representative through an internal selection or through a national final. As can be seen from Mrs Koufopoulou’s answer, we should still have some patience, as the way of choosing the Greek entry has not yet been decided.
The Commission will see all these issues. and the method will be announced.
Soon we will have the first official announcements of ERT for Greek participation in Eurovision 2019.
