Greece: Marina Satti to release her Eurovision 2024 song on March 7
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Through a special boradcast on March 7 ,ERT, the Greek national broadcaster, will premiere Marina Satti's Eurovision 2024 song.
Greece is completing 50 years of participation in Eurovision and ERT will air a special show within the framework of which the song that Marina Satti will sing in Malmo will be presented to the audience. The show will be hosted by Fotis Sergoulopoulos and Jenny Melita.
Marina's song is rumored to have the title 'Zari' which is the word 'Dice' in Greek. The previous days Marina was shooting thr official music video of the song, which will feature several important Greek monuments and landmarks showcasing the Greek identity.
Places such as, the Acropolis, Plaka, Monastiraki and the Herodes Atticus Conservatory will apprear on the music video along with spots from, Omonia, Lykavittos, Rafina, and Eleftherios Venizelos Airport.
Satti’s music video was directed by the Australian director Zac Wiesel. ERT has also confirmed that the exeprienced Fokas Evangelinos is the artistic director for Marina's peformance while Mecnun Giasar (Majnoon) the choreographer.
Greece will compete in the first half of the second semi-final on 9 May 2024 in Malmo Arena.
A few words for Marina
Marina Satti, born 26 December 1986, is a Greek singer, songwriter, and music producer. Her music is mostly characterized by combining traditional Greek, Arab and Balkan sounds with urban elements, rhythm, and production.
Satti was born in Athens to a Sudanese Arab father and a Greek mother, and raised in Heraklion, Crete. She began classical piano training at an early age and classical vocal training in high school.
Satti formed part of the EBU's European Jazz Orchestra. She also performed as a singer of the World Jazz Nonet at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington. Along with Bobby McFerrin, she formed the a cappella vocal group The Singing Tribe. In 2016, Satti founded Fonés ("Voices"), a female a cappella group performing traditional polyphonic songs.
In 2016, Satti released her single "Koupes" ("Cups"), which reached more than 24 million views on YouTube, and was included in Ravin & Bob Sinclar's Buddha Bar 20 Years Anniversary album. In 2017, her next single, "Mantissa" ("Seeress"), charted in the European Union's Official Top 100 and Bulgaria's Top 40.
In June 2018, Satti and Fonés presented YALLA!, a repertoire of world music and pop compositions while in May 2022 she relesed her debut album 'YENNA'.
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 2021 ERT continued with Stefania for the 65th 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.
In 2022 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.
Last year Victor Vernicos flew the flag in Liverpool with the song 'What they say' which didn't make it to the Grand final.
News Source: ERT
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Angelos D.
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