The Greek broadcaster ERT has revealed more details of its launch show for their national selection for Eurovision 2026.
“Sing for Greece – Ellinikós Telikós 2026 – I finalist” will air on Sunday evening on ERT 1 from 18:00 to 21:00 CET, and will reveal all of the participants in this years Greek selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The show is set to be hosted by Betty Maggira, Kelly Vranaki and Thanos Papahamos.
The show will feature snippets of the competing songs, alongside interviews, backstage moments and a guest appearance from Klavdia. Klavdia represented Greece at Eurovision 2025 with “Asteromata” which placed 6th in the final scoring 231 points.
The show will conclude with the running order draw for the Semi-Finals, which will see the twenty-eight participants split across two Semi-Finals.
A total of 264 songs were submitted for Sing for Greece. From these submissions, 28 songs will compete in the two semi-finals, of which 14 will qualify for the final, chosen exclusively by public vote. In the final, the winning song will be chosen by a public vote (50%) and two judging panels; one international (25%) and one Greek (25%).
Klavdia represented Greece at Eurovision 2025 with “Asteromata”. She secured Greece’s best result in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2013, by placing 6th in the final, scoring 231 points. Greece was 8th with the public and juries and received 12 points from the juries of Australia, Cyprus, Israel and Montenegro, and 12 points from the televoters of Albania, Cyprus and San Marino.
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Greece debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, when they were represented by Marinella and the song “Krasi, thalassa kai t’agori mou”, which finished in 11th place with 7 points. Three years later, Greece earned their first top 5 finish with Paschalis, Marianna, Robert, and Bessy, who finished in 5th place with “Mathima solfege”. In 2001, Greece achieved their first top 3 placing with Antique and the song “I Would Die For You”. The song became a European hit and charted across the continent. In 2005, Helena Paparizou returned to the Eurovision stage as a solo artist and brought Greece their first, and to date only, victory. Her song “My Number One” won with 230 points, beating runners-up Malta by 38 points.
