Greece in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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Greece
Greece
Member stationHellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT)
National selection events
Eurovision Junior
  • 2003–2008
Participation summary
Appearances6
First appearance2003
Last appearance2008
Highest placement6th: 2005
External links
Greece's page at JuniorEurovision.tv
Song contest current event.png For the most recent participation see
Greece in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Greece has sent six entries to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, entering at the first contest in 2003.

Greece's first entry was eight-year-old Nicolas Ganopoulos with the song "Fili gia panda", which came eight for Greece. The country's best entry in the contest is in 2005 when Alexandros and Kalli came sixth for Greece with "Tora einai i seira mas" while their worst result was in 2007, when Made In Greece came 17th and last with only 14 points.

History[]

Greece opted to be one of the 16 nations to take part in the inaugural edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and participated in six consecutive contests. 2008 marked their last appearance, with the broadcaster announcing that relatively low television ratings for the contest and an objection to using children played a factor.[1] Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) officially decided to not take part in an April 2009 press release citing the economic crisis at the time as an additional factor.[2]

In January 2014, it was reported that NERIT were interested in taking part, taking over from defunct broadcaster ERT.[3][4] However, it was later confirmed that they would continue their absence from the competition.[5] In June 2020, it was reported that Greek broadcaster ERT were seriously considering returning to the contest in 2020.[6] However, weeks later, it was revealed that the broadcaster had decided not to return to the contest in 2020.[7]

Participation overview[]

Table key
◁
 Last place
Year Entrant Song Language Place Points
2003
 Nicolas Ganopoulos "Fili gia panta" (Φίλοι για πάντα) Greek 8 53
2004
 Secret Band "O palios mou eaftos" (Ο παλιός μου εαυτός) Greek 9 48
2005
 Alexandros & Kalli "Tora einai i seira mas" (Tώρα είναι η σειρά μας) Greek 6 88
2006
 Chloe Sofia Boleti "Den peirazei" (Δεν πειράζει) Greek 13 35
2007
 Made In Greece "Kapou berdeftika" (Κάπου μπερδεύτηκα) Greek 17 ◁ 14
2008
 Niki Yannouchou "Kapoia nychta" (Κάποια νύχτα) Greek 14 19

Commentators and spokespersons[]

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.[8] The Greek broadcaster, ERT, sent their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Greek language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Greece. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.

Year(s) Commentator Spokesperson Ref.
2003 Masa Fasoula and Nikos Frantseskakis Chloe Sofia Boleti
[9]
2004 TBC Kalli Georgelli
[10]
2005 TBC George Koutsogiannis
2006 Renia Tsitsibikou and George Amyras Alexandros Chountas
[10]
2007 Marion Mihelidaki Chloe Sofia Boleti
2008 Renia Tsitsibikou and George Amyras Susan Trepekli
2009–2012 No broadcast Did not participate
2013 TBC [11]
2014–2021 No broadcast

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Andrikopoulou, Natalia (2008-10-13). "Θέλουν να… ξεφορτωθούν τη Eurovision Junior" (in Greek). Eleftheros Typos. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  2. ^ Anadioti, Eva (2009-04-24). "ERT officially out of Junior Eurovision 2009". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  3. ^ García, Belén (22 May 2014). "Junior Eurovision: Greece will be back!". Esc-plus.com. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  4. ^ Granger, Anthony (22 May 2014). "Greece Junior Eurovision return confirmed". Eurovoix.com. NERIT. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  5. ^ Granger, Anthony (7 July 2014). "Greece: Will Not Participate In JESC 2014". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  6. ^ Granger, Anthony (15 June 2020). "Greece: ERT Considering Return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". eurovoix.com.
  7. ^ Granger, Anthony (27 June 2020). "Greece: ERT Decides Against Return to Junior Eurovision in 2020". eurovoix.com.
  8. ^ Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  9. ^ Zouboulakis, I. (1 November 2003). "Επιλογές / 21:00, ET1 "Eurovision Junior"" [TV choices / 21:00, ET1 "Eurovision Junior"]. To Vima (in Greek). p. 49.
  10. ^ a b Mantzilas, Dimitrios (2016-11-18). "Η Ελλάδα στη Junior Eurovision. Οι εθνικοί τελικοί και μερικά trivia" (in Greek). Infe Greece. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  11. ^ Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2013). "Three more countries to carry 2013 event". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
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