Greece in EuroMusic Song Contest

Greece is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. Their first participation was in the second edition of the contest. They won the contest once.

History
In their first appearance, in the second edition, they became 8th. After two edition with bad results, they got 102 points, and reached the third place. In the 6th edition, the Greek entry was not able to suprise. They became 16th, of 18 participants. It was long unclear if Greece would participate in the seventh edition because of the disappointing results. When the EBU announced the official list of participants, it was clear that the Greek broadcaster would be present in Millstreet. In Ireland, they were the favorite to win the show. After a very exiting voting it was clear that they reached the expectations. They won the contest with 133 points.

Due their victory, they were able to host the eighth edition of this contest. In Athens they ended ninth, as they did also in the next edition, in Sweden. In Amsterdam they were automatic qualified for the final, where they finished 12th. In Zurich they finished 11th in the final. In Tel Aviv they failed to qualify for the first time. They again failed in the next edition. In Madrid, the fifteenth edition, Greece qualified again for the final. They finished at the 19th place. The Greek broadcaster announced that Greece would not take part in Malta. They gave no further information why they made their decision.

When the EBU published the offial list of participating countries for in the nineteenth edition, it was clear that Greece would return in this edition. They finished at the third place in their semi final, and sixth in the grand final. It was their best result since the 11th edition. In Baku they finished at the 15th place.

In Sofia and Glasgow, they failed to qualify for the final. Greece did not appear on the list of participants published by the EBU for the 23rd edition. The country returned at the 31st edition. Here, they qualified for the final and finished at the 16th place. In the next edition, Greece again qualified and even did better, by finishing at the 8th place. Bacause of their good result, they automaticcaly qualified for the final in the 33th edition. They finished at the 19th place. The Greeks had another success in the 34th edition. They finished at the second place in the grand final with only two points behind of the winner, Ukraine. The Greek entry finished at the 19th place with 11 points, with ten points received from Cyprus.