Ellinikós Telikós

ERT, the Greek public broadcaster was the first member of the European Broadcasting Union in 1950 and because it was a state with Military junta, Greece wasn't able to enter the contest. After the Athens Polytechnic uprising and the fall of junda, Greece was again a democratic state and the first attempt to enter the contest was in 1974 with Marinella and her song Krasi, Thalassa Kai T' Agori Mou. Greece did not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 for "unknown reasons" according to the EBU, but it was discovered that the withdrawal was in protest of Turkey's debut and its invasion of Cyprus in 1974. Greece was disqualified from the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 after it was revealed that Themis Adamantidis was to sing "Sarantapente Kopelies" (Σαρανταπέντε Κοπελιές), a previously released song. After returning in 1983, ERT decided that all of the possible songs were of "low quality" and decided not to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984. Greece returned once again to the Contest in 1985, and Polina was picked in the 1986 national selection to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen, Norway, but ERT pulled out of the Contest unexpectedly. Polina stated that it was due to political troubles in Greece at the time, [6] but she noted that a Eurovision website had learned that the real reason was that the Contest was to be held the night before Orthodox Easter. Greece returned to the Contest in 1987 and performed each year until the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, when it was not allowed to participate because its five-year points average had fallen under the limit for participation after Thalassa's 20th-place finish in 1998. The following year ERT announced that it would not return at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 due to financial reasons.

Year	Host ESC city	Artist	Language	Song	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1979	Jerusalem	Elpida	Greek	"Sokratis" (Σωκράτης)	8	69	No semi-finals
1980	The Hague	Anna Vissi & The Epikouri	Greek	"Autostop" (Ωτοστόπ)	13	30
1983	Munich	Kristi Stassinopoulou	Greek	"Mou les" (Μου λες)	14	32
1986	Bergen	Polina	Greek	"Wagon-lit" (Βαγκόν-λίτ)	Withdrawn
1987	Brussels	Bang	Greek	"Stop" (Στοπ)	10	64
1988	Dublin	Afroditi Frida	Greek	"Clown" (Κλόουν)	17	10
1989	Lausanne	Mariana Efstratiou	Greek	"To diko sou asteri" (Το δικό σου αστέρι)	9	56
1990	Zagreb	Christos Callow & Wave	Greek	"Horis Skopo" (Χωρίς σκοπό)	19	11
1991	Rome	Sophia Vossou	Greek	"I anoixi" (Η ανοιξη)	13	36
1998	Birmingham	Thalassa	Greek	"Mia krifi evaisthisia" (Μια κρυφή ευαισθησία)	20	12
2001	Copenhagen	Antique	English, Greek	"(I Would) Die for You"	3	147
2002	Tallinn	Michalis Rakintzis	English	"S.A.G.A.P.O."	17	27
2003	Riga	Mando	English	"Never Let You Go"	17	25
2005	Kiev	Helena Paparizou	English	"My Number One"	1	230	Top 12 Previous Year
2006	Athens	Anna Vissi	English	"Everything"	9	128	Host country
2007	Helsinki	Sarbel	English	"Yassou Maria" (Γεια σου Μαρία)	7	139	Top 10 Previous Year
2008	Belgrade	Kalomira	English	"Secret Combination"	3	218	1	156
2009	Moscow	Sakis Rouvas	English	"This Is Our Night"	7	120	4	110
2010	Greater Oslo (Bærum)	Giorgos Alkaios & Friends	Greek1	"OPA!" (ΩΠΑ!)	8	140	2	133
2011	Düsseldorf	Loukas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike	Greek, English	"Watch My Dance"	7	120	1	133
2012	Baku	Eleftheria Eleftheriou	English	"Aphrodisiac"	17	64	4	116
2017	Kiev	Demy	English	"This Is Love"	19	77	10	115

Notes

1.^ Contains one phrase in English.

NOTE: If a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. In addition from 2004-2007, the top ten countries who were not members of the big four did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. If, for example, Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the countries who placed 11th and 12th were advanced to the following year's grand final along with the rest of the top ten countries.

• Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurosong - A MAD Show