2016 Reviews – Greece – Argo – Utopian Land

This year, the Greek broadcaster chose to internally select their act, and they chose hip hop act Argo, which will represent the nation with the song Utopian Land. The song, as per their usual genre, is a hip hop crossed with the traditional instruments often heard in the Greek entries. It’s also interesting to note…

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Greece presents their Utopian Land

We heard a while back that it would be the group Europond, which have now been renamed as Argo, will be representing Greece at Eurovision 2016. The hip hop group have now released their song which is called Utopian Land. The song was composed and written by the leader of the band Vladimiros Sofianidis. For…

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Argo to represent Greece!

Today, Greek broadcaster ERT broke their silence and announced that Greek band Argo will be representing the nation in Stockholm in May. Although details are scarce, especially regarding the song, we do know that the band consists of Christina Lachana as lead singer, Maria Venetikidou, Vladimiros Sofianidis, Kostas Topouzis, Illias Kesidis and Alekos Papadopoulos. The…

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Best of the Bunch: Greece

This week we’re going back to revisit the last 10 Greek entries to decide which is the best of the bunch. Greece first debuted in 1974, and since then, had 1 winning entry, and 3 third places. The nation is known for the catchy songs, and often over-the-top staging, but if it brings good results,…

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Eurovision Semi-Final 1 Complete! Finalists Revealed!

After months of waiting, we finally have our first semi-final qualifiers. Warning, this article contains spoilers! Here are the qualifiers: Armenia Belgium Greece Estonia Serbia Hungary Russia Albania Romania Georgia There were some shock exits, and some surprise qualifiers. Despite some of our sadness from seeing our faves leave, it was still an amazing show!…

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2015 Reviews – Greece – Maria-Elena Kyriakou – One Last Breath

Today we look at the Greek song, One Last Breath. I think this year, Greece has chosen a very safe song, and I think it’s one of the first times Greece has chosen a song without traditional, ethnic elements. It’s interesting to see that the video on the official Eurovision.tv youtube page has (while I’m…

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Greece: Maria-Eleni Kyriakou wins Eurosong 2015

This week, the Greek national final took place, where 5 songs competed in order to win the right to represent Greece at Eurovision 2015. The show was held in the Enastron Music Hall in Athens, and was hosted by popular television presenters Mairy Synatsaki and Doretta Papadimitriou. The participants were: C:REAL – Crash & Burn…

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