Greece: Klavdia wins Ethnikós Telikós 2025 and will represent the country in Basel!
The Greek national final has concluded and the winner has been selected. Ethnikós Telikós 2025 was the national final to choose the artist who will represent Greece at the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, in May in Basel, Switzerland. The national final winner was Klavdia with the song “Asteromata” who will carry the blue and white flag in the competition.
The Greek final for Eurovision 2025 took place live at the Christmas Theater in Athens. The evening was hosted by two of the most well-known figures in the Greek music scene, Elena Paparizou and Sakis Rouvas.
The show
The show began with the two hosts performing three iconic songs from the contest. Elena Paparizou and Sakis Rouvas performed together “Waterloo” by ABBA. Following they performed “Hold Me Now,” one of Eurovision’s most famous ballads. Johnny Logan performed this song and gave Ireland a victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987. The segment ended with the hosts singing Greece’s first entry for Eurovision “Ligo Krasi, Ligo Thalassa.” and “To Agori Mou,” originally sung by Marinella at Eurovision 1974.
Following, the Greek representative for Eurovision 2024 also performed her song “Zari”
After the competitive segment, Elena Paparizou and Sakis Rouvas, in the interval act, presented their own entries. They were accompanied by multiple dancers directed by Fokas Evaggelinos.
The order of appearance of the finalists in the national final was:
RIKKI – “Elevator (Up and Down)”
Thanos Lamprou – “Free Love”
Kostas Ageris – “Gi Mou”
Andy Nicolas – “Lost My Way”
Klavdia – “Asteromata”
Konstantinos Christoforou, Kostas Karafotis – “Paradeisos”
Georgina Kalais, John Vlaseros – “High Road”
BARBZ – “Sirens”
Evangelia – “Vále”
Dinamiss – “Odyssey”
Nafsica – “Unhurt Me”
Xannova Xan – “Play It!”
Three different voting groups determined the final result of the national final. The television audience’s votes accounted for 50% of the total. The Greek jury contributed 25% to the final result, while the international jury provided the remaining 25%. Each of the two five-member juries rated the 12 songs using the Eurovision voting system. This system awards 12 points to the favorite song, 10 points to the second favorite, 8 points to the third favorite, and so on. The international jury for Ethnikós Telikós 2025 included representatives from Belgium, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Norway.
Voting
After the voting ended, the hosts announced the Top three. The Three finalists were:
BARBZ – “Sirens”
Klavdia – “Asteromata”
Evangelia – “Vále”
They were the three contestants who received the most votes overall from the audience and the two juries.
Greece will perform in the second semi-final on May 15, competing with 16 entries for one place in the Grand Final.
