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Eurovision 2018: Greece
Apr. 25th, 2018 07:56 pmAppearances: 38
Wins: 1
Selection method: Default
Vote: was bought
Winner: Yianna Terzi
Song: Oniro Mou
This is the Greek entry by default. After reducing the entries to a top 5, two were disqualified by broadcaster ERT for not sounding Greek enough. Two others then refused to pay a € 20,000 entry fee (which was down from the original € 90,000 requested) to the broadcaster and were also disqualified. So effectively Yianna bought her way into Eurovision.
The Greek entry was not designed to win Eurovision, it is just there for money. Besides trying to squeeze money out of entrants there is also the face that approximately 5 million Greeks watch the Eurovision every year. When you are selling advertising slots that have the eyeballs of around half the population, they will make you a lot of money, money ERT needs. ERT has already been shut down once in 2013 and money in Greece is scarce so, not wanting to win due to the expense, Greece needs to be in for the money.
Greece has had a good history in qualifying for the final, only missing once. This is probably part of the reason the bookmakers think this would qualify. There is also the fact that it is in the same semi as Albania and Cyprus, who traditionally give Greece lots of points, and that Spain is also voting in their semi, and they are another country known to give Greece good points. The bookmakers may be being a little optimistic.
This year’s song is very average. It is possibly still better than the Greek entry from 1976. That doesn’t say much.
Wins: 1
Selection method: Default
Vote: was bought
Winner: Yianna Terzi
Song: Oniro Mou
This is the Greek entry by default. After reducing the entries to a top 5, two were disqualified by broadcaster ERT for not sounding Greek enough. Two others then refused to pay a € 20,000 entry fee (which was down from the original € 90,000 requested) to the broadcaster and were also disqualified. So effectively Yianna bought her way into Eurovision.
The Greek entry was not designed to win Eurovision, it is just there for money. Besides trying to squeeze money out of entrants there is also the face that approximately 5 million Greeks watch the Eurovision every year. When you are selling advertising slots that have the eyeballs of around half the population, they will make you a lot of money, money ERT needs. ERT has already been shut down once in 2013 and money in Greece is scarce so, not wanting to win due to the expense, Greece needs to be in for the money.
Greece has had a good history in qualifying for the final, only missing once. This is probably part of the reason the bookmakers think this would qualify. There is also the fact that it is in the same semi as Albania and Cyprus, who traditionally give Greece lots of points, and that Spain is also voting in their semi, and they are another country known to give Greece good points. The bookmakers may be being a little optimistic.
This year’s song is very average. It is possibly still better than the Greek entry from 1976. That doesn’t say much.