Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Country	Greece
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	March 23, 1990
Selected entrant	Christos Callow and Wave
Selected song	"Horis skopo"
Selected songwriter(s)	Yiorgos Palaiokastritis; Yiorgos Papayiannakis;
Finals performance
Final result	19th, 11 points
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest

Greece and Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) chose to host a National Selection with the winner being chosen an "expert" jury. Christos Callow & Wave were chosen with "Horis skopo" and placed 19th at Eurovision.

Before Eurovision edit

National final edit

The final took place on 23 March 1990 at the ERT TV Studios in Athens and was hosted by Olina Xenopoulou. The songs were presented as video clips and the winning song was chosen by a panel of "experts".

Final – 23 March 1990
Draw	Singer	Song	Place
1	Jimmy Makulis	"Mia nihta san ki apopse"	5
2	Aggeliki Bazigou	"Ora chi"	6
3	Louisa Konne	"Mono esi boreis"	4
4	Yiannis Dimitras	"Taxidi"	3
5	Christos Callow and Wave	"Horis skopo"	1
6	Nikos Ignatidis and Mando	"Mono emeis i dio"	2

At Eurovision edit

"Horis skopo" was performed second on the night (following Spain's Azúcar Moreno with "Bandido" and preceding Belgium's Philippe Lafontaine with "Macédomienne"). At the close of voting, it had received 11 points, placing 19th in a field of 22.^[1]

It was succeeded as the Greek representative at the 1991 Contest by Sophia Vossou with "I Anixi".

Voting edit

Points awarded to Greece^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points	Cyprus
5 points	Netherlands
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Greece^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Switzerland
10 points	Italy
8 points	Spain
7 points	Ireland
6 points	Cyprus
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Luxembourg
3 points	Iceland
2 points	Sweden
1 point	Netherlands

References edit

^ "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1] "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1990detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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