Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Thalassa represented Greece with the song "Mia Krifi Evesthisia". They finished in 20th place out of 25 countries with 12 points.

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country Greece
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)7 March 1998
Selected entrantThalassa
Selected song"Mia krifi evesthisia"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Yiannis Valvis
  • Yiannis Malachias
Finals performance
Final result20th, 12 points
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

National final

Before the final, eight semi-finals were held at the ERT TV Studios in Athens, hosted by Giorgos Marinos. Televoting selected the winning song in each semi-final to qualify for the final.[1][2]

Semi-finals
Semi-final 1
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Yiannis Haniotakis "Gynekes" 1,799 3
2 Marianna Efstratiou "Ekleges gia mena" 3,438 2
3 Katerina Kourentzi "Na ziso to fili" 3,890 1
Semi-final 2
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Kostas Katsigiannis "Me ekatonpeninta" 2,086 3
2 Theodoros Zaharis "Tha s'agapo" 5,609 1
3 Dionysis Schinas "Palies agapes" 4,102 2
Semi-final 3
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Haralampos Kavalieros "Agapi pou pote" 3,218 2
2 Evi Dikou "San oneiro" 2,156 3
3 Dionysia Karoki and Thalassa "Mia krifi evaisthisia" 9,226 1
Semi-final 4
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Stamatis Papadakis "Erota sofe" 1,423 2
2 Yiannis Haniotakis "An itan I agapi" 1,382 3
3 Hara Konstantinou "Fantasia mou" 3,323 1
Semi-final 5
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Victor Polydorou "Melodia" 3,383 2
2 Iro Lehouriti "Tipota" 5,232 1
3 Yiannis Drakopoulos "Alexandra" 1,366 3
Semi-final 6
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Marianna Efstratiou "Opos i vrochi" 3,199 2
2 Stavros Siolas "Agapi moni" 1,861 3
3 Nikos Blios "Kita to fos" 3,264 1
Semi-final 7
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Nikos Katikaridis "O vassilias ton ftohon" 5,614 3
2 Marianna Efstratiou "Ta hili pou filouses" 5,891 2
3 Vivetta Koursi "Se nostalgo" 10,706 1
Semi-final 8
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Efstathia Mantzoufa "Deisdaemona" 4,677 3
2 Dionysia Karoki and Thalassa "Kosme cinema" 7,580 1
3 Robert Williams, Konstantinos Paliatsaras and Mara Thrasivoulidou "Promitheas" 6,299 2

Final

The final was held on 7 March 1998 at the ERT TV Studios in Athens, hosted by Giorgos Marinos. The winner was chosen by televoting.[3]

Final – 7 March 1998
DrawSingerSongTelevotePlace
1Nikos Blios"Kita to fos"7,2745
2Iro Lehouriti"Tipota"19,4212
3Katerina Kourentzi"Na ziso to fili"8,2494
4Dionysia Karoki and Thalassa"Kosme cinema"2,2957
5Hara Konstantinou"Fantasia mou"1,5388
6Theodoros Zaharis"Tha s'agapo"5,9646
7Vivetta Koursi"Se nostalgo"17,3643
8Dionysia Karoki and Thalassa"Mia krifi evaisthisia"19,4771

At Eurovision

Thalassa performed 2nd on the night of the contest, following Croatia and preceding France. At the close of voting, "Mia krifi evaisthisia" received only 12 points, placing Greece 20th out of 25 entries.[4] It was the worst Greek result in the contest at the time, and would remain so until 2016. The Greek televoting awarded its 12 points to Cyprus. The Greek spokesperson was Alexis Kostalas who, with the exceptions of 1999 and 2000 in which Greece did not participate, would serve as spokesperson until 2010.

Due to a low average score over the past 5 contests, Greece was forced to sit out the 1999 contest.

Voting

References
  1. "GREEK SEMI-FINALS 1998".
  2. "Ellinikos Telikos 1998 • semi-finals".
  3. http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Greece1998.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  5. "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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