Greece: The public jury to review the candidates songs for Eurovision 2023 on December 28
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The public jury that will be contributing to the Greek selection for Eurovision 2023 will be reviewing the candidate songs on December 28, 2022.
The Greek national broadcaster, ERT, has announced that the 70 member jury body that has been formed to contribute in the selection for Eurovision 2023 will have the chance to listen and assess the candidate songs on Decmeber 28.
This year ERT has decided to include a public jury to have a say on selecting the country's next Eurovision entry. Out of 2,982 applications that were sent in to ERT, a draw determined 70 people to make up the public jury with a specific number chosen in terms of age. Specifically, the formation of the jury is held according to the following age categories:
- 25 members in the 18 – 24 category
- 20 members in the 25 to 34 category
- 15 members in the 35 to 44 category
- 10 members in the 45+ category
These 70 members that came out of a special draw will gather in December 28 in order to listen to the candidate songs and review the potential Eurovision 2023 entries for Greece.
The public committee's verdict will contribute 50.6% to the outcome while the rest 49.4% of the result will be determined by ERT's 7-member committee.
Greece in Eurovision
Greece made its first participation in the contest in 1974 with Marinela. Since then the country has won one time the competition, in 2005 with Helena Paparizou and her entry My number one. Since 2004 and up to 2013 the country was one of the most successful countires in the contest, having achieved 9 times a top ten placing. In 2016 it experienced its first non qualifying results since the semi final were introduced, with Argo in Stockholm.
In 2020 Stefania was internally selected to represent Greece in Eurovision 2020 with her song 'Supergi!rl'. Unfortunately the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic depriving the young talented act from her journey to Rotterdam. Nevertheless, ERT continued with Stefania for the 2021 edition in Rotterdam where the young act competed in the second semi final with her song 'Last Dance' and after qualifying to the final achieved to finish in 10th place bringing Greece back in the top 10 for the first time since 2013.
This year Amanda Tenfjord was internally selected to fly the flag in Turin where performing in the first semi final her song 'Die Together' qualified to the Grand final offering another top-10 placing to Greece by finishing 8th on the final overall score with 225 points.
News Source: OGAE Greece
Image: ERT
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Angelos D.
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