Greece: ERT shortlists five acts for the Eurovision 2022 selection

Greece: ERT shortlists five acts for the Eurovision 2022 selection
Wednesday, 17 November 2021

  • The Greek national broadcaster, ERT, has unveiled the five shortlisted acts that continue in the Eurovision 2022 selection race. 

    ERT has received this year, after making an open call for songs, a total of 40 entries by 25 acts. Once the submissions were completed ERT's committee assessed the songs and decided that a total of five acts meet the broadcaster's expectations for Eurovision 2022. 

    The five acts that remain in the run for representing Greece at Eurovision 2022 are: 

     

    • Amanda Georgiadi ( Amanda Tenjford)
    • good job nicky
    • Joanna Drigo
    • Ilias Kozas
    • Lou (Louiza Sofianopoulou)

    In the second stage of the selection ERT will contact the  five acts behind the selected songs in order to have talks  with them regarding the rest aspects of participation, as ERT's open call for submissions included the plans for the promotion and presentation of each entry. Thus, the five acts will have the chance to elaborate on their music proposals and present the whole package of their submission. 

    Then ERT's committee will deliberate in order to decide which act and respective song will defend the Greek colors in Turin next May. ERT's decision is expected in the weeks to follow. 

     

    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 2019 ERT opted for an internal selection and selected Katerina Duska to represent the country with her entry Better Love, which eventually finished 21st in Tel Aviv.

    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.  

     

    News Source: ERT