Greece and Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) chose to host a National Selection with the winner being chosen via 50% televoting and 50% "expert" jury. Michalis Rakintzis was chosen with "S.A.G.A.P.O."
Ellinikós Telikós 2002 was the Greek national final developed by ERT to select the Greek entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. The competition took place on 26 February 2002 at the REX Music Hall in Athens, hosted by Dafni Bokota and televised on ET1.[1]
Competing entries[]
40 songs were shortlisted out of 158 submitted by artists and composers, and ten were selected by a six-member committee to participate in the national final. The committee consisted of Giorgos Katsaros, Antonis Andrikakis, Giorgos Kyvelos, Lefteris Koggalidis, Dafni Bokota and Synia Kousoula.[2] The competing entries were announced on 10 January 2002.[3]
Yiannis Kokkinos, Flora Theodorou, Ermioni Komninou and Tolis Kokkinos
"Pension – Sweet Home"
Christos Konstantinidis, Panagiotis Kalkos
Final[]
The final took place on 26 February 2002. Ten songs competed and the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top five songs were selected by jury voting to proceed to the second round. In the second round, the winner, "S.A.G.A.P.O." performed by Michalis Rakintzis, was selected by a 50/50 combination of public televoting and jury voting.[4] 94,341 votes were cast during the show.
Rakintzis performed 3rd in the running order at the Eurovision 2002 final. He was accompanied on stage with four male singers/dancers all dressed in plastic robot type suits. The song finished 17th out of 24 with 27 points, tied as the worst placing for Greece in the 2000s.[5]
Greece
