greece song contest represented greece song contest song greek national broadcaster internally selected represent country contest took place athens greece win contest song number performed composed written selected march national final combination sms vote expert jury placed 9th receiving points background song contest marked greece seventh participation contest entry won time previous contest song number performed placed twice contest song die performed duo antique shake performed following introduction semi finals contest greece placing year greece successful result placed twentieth song receiving points total cyprus greek national broadcaster broadcasts event greece year selection process entry held national final artists selected high profile artists internally set national finals choose song continued internal selection artist subsequently held national final select song performer asked represent greece contest denied interview town magazine recalled getting proposal network august september considering briefly ultimately found reason especially greece reigning champion making chances winning little wanted involved way asked host competition accepted news leaked newspaper public announcement november said decision received proposal hosting found intriguing challenge american television personality actress eventually announced female host presented major events including allocation draw addition semi final final august reported seriously considering representing greece possibly proposed greek asked previously represent country contest declined fearing bad result international career going months later december announced soon officially propose different artist representative said reply song contest participation long organized participated contest twice greece cyprus song placing 13th 5th respectively attempted contest years failing win artists having deals official announcement soon agreement time month later january officially announced artist days later interview press said finally decision want said reason final decision took long announced debating entering opinion polls talking usual collaborators announced sing songs live national final choose song national final date final set march took place club broadcast live television program titled hosted greek television series included greece entries past entries stop die shown large screen video message host sent personal messages satellite guest acts representing countries performed entries included malta turkey star romania norway cyprus angels cry candidate songs decided sing national final cares love written composed composed lyrics welcome party composed lyrics beautiful night written composed described ballad upbeat winning song chosen public jury weighted result respectively jury panel ninth vote split result national final proclaimed winner receiving total vote representing received vote viewers jury welcome party placed second viewers jury viewers jury cares love place viewers jury beautiful night placed stated liked songs seeing results pledged sing heart best greece promotion appearance contest went promotional tour singing song countries stop moscow march greek independence day attended reception greek embassy stayed days gave seven television appearances newspaper interviews posed magazines following russia traveled malta cyprus performed large club cyprus followed albania appeared albania awards awards gave interviews stop serbia montenegro followed romania end april visited sweden gave interviews local press beginning followed belgium fourth met belgium offered copy single having spoken media attended reception greek embassy meeting belgium visited chocolate museum belgium returned greece break leaving israel stop tour remained days april released recent album time include tracks national final coincide ongoing international promotional tour time welcome party entered american market played radio stations press conference thanked fans god given explained important competition saying wants win received gifts journalists fans considered favorite contest placing majority fan polls online betting houses british commentator semi final stated massive greece bigger country rehearsals attended people noted jury members national final large fans journalists took seat arena president greek broadcaster entered arena artist final winning country edition greece automatically qualified final contest drawn present song 16th night final united_kingdom finland final held appeared stage surrounded fog effect created dry ice large stage wore exclusive black white outfit black end song knees singing choreography final arranged considered favorite ninth place finish manage received points including points bulgaria cyprus ninth place finish guaranteed greece place final song contest day contest seen crying cameras experience greek public love support soon released dual disc music videos remix went hiatus greek music industry performing worldwide tour greek recording english language material planned international album los_angeles california producer court case postponed greek career second release autumn released new material october released song past lead soundtrack single greek movie december released album certified double platinum greece new denoting shipments thousand copies lowest selling albums lowest 2000s certified triple platinum native cyprus album 2010s performed worse predecessor certified gold shipments thousand copies falling charts months concert generally meet expectations despite heavy promotion popularity commercial appeal begun declining early 2000s seen sales albums successful relatively low sales compared albums considered detrimental affect career greeks viewed sudden departure completely media ashamed result contest statements participation mistake partially hardships faced greek music industry including piracy financial crisis changing musical tastes leading general decline pop scene image based singers career choices pursuit international career relatively advanced age leading long greece attempting use gateway thought major components article golden trio greek pop consisting considered decline group interpreted tears night america looked big won turned europe took conquer summit alps lost tears evening contest following failure showed fully aware situation conquered european audience lost greek music rival prominent supposed rivalry grand topic media speculation come possible story subsequent allowed fellow pop singer fresh momentum win ultimately second half decade reviewing felt appeared attempting catch contemporaries continued music career fully recovered previous state continue impact placed 15th forbes list powerful influential greece celebrities time hiatus late 2000s filmed reality called
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006