Greece: What is going on with Eurovision 2020?

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For another year, ERT,the greek public broadcaster confirms how cumbersome the Greek bureaucracy  is. Although, as you read in our previous articles, three meetings have already taken place in the broadcaster’s HQ, white smoke does not yet exist.

ERT is still trapped in procedures and committees. Neither the art committee that proposes to ERT the way, but perhaps the artist who will represent us in Rotterdam, have been announced, nor have discussions with any artist been significantly advanced.

Stefania mentioned a few days ago on a greek private tv channel,SKAI,is indeed a possibility, but it is possible that they will end up in another person as ERT is heading in other directions as well … Dimitris Papadimitriou will also play an important role in the selection of the artist this year, and as we have told you in the past, the new management of Greek Public Television has turned away from professionals who have had a lot of success in their assets, but in this case as well come to some agreement with them.

What we hope for is that ERT has realized exactly what a competition like Eurovision requires and any experiments will finally stop. Fortunately or unfortunately, Eurovision has been fully commercialized in recent years and the level of the competition has risen sharply. It may  take examples from RIK, which for another year with a specific plan, sends an artist who fits into the style of contest, claiming the best result for 2020.

The experiments of recent years have not yielded any positive results and if Greece want to succeed after seven years on the left side of the table, it must “fight” with the same weapons, leaving the tip ideas and stereotypes. In addition, the new administration should, at its option, signal the change of page that it announces that it brought to ERT!

So waiting, with fewer meetings and more actions!

 

Greece: ERT’s new meeting on Eurovision| This is how the Greek entry will be selected! EXCLUSIVE

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ERT held its third meeting on planning how to choose Greek participation in Eurovision 2020 yesterday (21/10).

The meeting was attended by the new administration, as well as the new program directors and, of course, ERT International Relations Manager, Ms. Maria Koufopoulou. Greek public broadcaster has received suggestions on how Eurovision 2020 will be handled by people outside ERT, who have experience and positive results in the contest.

In the near future, ERT will announce a committee, which will undertake to propose to the Board of Directors how to select the next greek delegation. That was the basic decision of the last meeting.

As we stated in our previous articles, the possibility of an open national final (with free entry) seems to have been definitely ruled out. Whether an artist will be nominated, such as this year with Katerina Duska or a small number (no more than 3-4), will be demonstrated along the way, based on the suggestions put forward by the committee.

ERT begins its journey to Rotterdam with dreams and optimism, for something better than it did this year in Tel Aviv with “Better Love”. Stay tuned for all the details!

Greece: ERT’s new meeting on Greek participation in Eurovision 2020 | EXCLUSIVE

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The new greek public broadcaster’s administration does not seem to be waiting  the new year to begin the process of selecting Greece’s  entry in Eurovision 2020, something that ERT used to do in previous years, having already held its second meeting on this purpose.

ERT’s second Eurovision 2020 meeting

The second substantive meeting was held on Thursday,October 17th  at ERT’s headquarters aiming at elaborating its strategy regarding Eurovision 2020, as well as the Greek presence there.

An indication of the interest given by the new administration to the Eurovision project is that the meeting was attended by the Managing Director, members of the Board, the Director of International Relations of ERT and others.

According to our exclusive information, the possibility of a national final with various artists at this time seems to be completely eliminated. As we mentioned in our previous article, ERT focuses on direct assigning  and then finding the song via open call, but of course the direct selection of the song is also ruled out if something very good is found.

ERT’s goal is to gain a place in the top ten, which will put the country back in the game dynamically and as such they are geared towards finding partners with experience and proven positive results in the contest.

However, ERT also wants to exploit the contest commercially  in its program on television, as this program is one of the few that have such a large audience.

Ms Maria Koufopoulou, ERT’s Director of International Relations, told us in a conversation that the discussions were moving forward and ERT is already preparing for its participation in Rotterdam.

New meeting in the coming days

In the coming days, however, there will be a new meeting at ERT and perhaps then we will have the first major developments as regards the artist who will represent Greece  at the 65th Eurovision Song Contest.

Stay tuned for all the exclusive details on this issue!

Greece: ERT’s intentions for Eurovision 2020 | EXCLUSIVE

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ERT has already begun planning the method for choosing its entry in Eurovision 2020. Last week, the Greek broadcaster had the first discussion for the matter. A final decision has yet to be made on how the next Greek representative will be selected, although the official announcements will not be late. Read more

Greece: Watch Antique singing “Die For You” 18 years later

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The favorite of all Greeks, Elena Paparizou, and Nikos Panagiotidis, who formed the Antique, reunited, for the  anniversary of the formation of their band, 20 years later, and interpreted all their great successes, at a great concert, yesterday in Gothenburg .

In the “Vi som älskar 90 talet” festival (“Who Love’s The90’s”), Elena Paparizou and Nikos Panagiotides, who in the late 90’s started their carrer timidly and two years later,in 2001, brought Greece for the first time on the top3, in the Eurovision Song Contest, made a unique performance as Antique in their hometown, Gothenburg.

Of course, among their hits,they could not leave “Die For You” out, their greatest success, which was the forerunner of what Greece would live in the 2000s in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Watch their performance in the videos below:

Australia: Diana Rouvas wins The Voice All Star!

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Diana Rouvas was crowned winner of 8th season’s Australian “The Voice”! The 35-year-old Greek singer from Sidney is also the first woman to win the talent show in the last three years and the one who gave Boy George (her coach) his first victory!

This year took part again some previous contestants of this show and other talent shows as well, such as X Factor and Australia Got Talent. Diana had also participated in the 1st season of Australian “The Voice” where she ended up 5th. Her prize includes the amount of $100.000US and a contract with EMI. Furthermore, the host of the show, Sonia Kruger, made it clear that the number of voters was over 600.000.

“I’m shocked! In a good way! I think it was a very unpredictable vote! I’m overwhelmed, I can’t believe it! Thank you so much!”

Would you like to see Diana Rouvas representing Australia or even Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest?

Have a look of Diana performing Whitney Houston’s “I will always love you.” in the Grand Final:

Greece: Lyrics of “Better Love” were revealed

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In her official YouTube account, Katerine Duska uploaded Better Love’s clip video, which will be premiered online on Wednesday at 21.00 cet. Along with the video were released the lyrics of the Greek entry in Eurovision 2019. Read more

Greece: ERT revealed the cost of participation in Eurovision 2019

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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

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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

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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: