Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 information
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country
Greece
National selection
Selection process
Ellinikós Telikós 2010
Selection date(s)
12 March 2010
Selected entrant
Giorgos Alkaios and Friends
Selected song
"Opa"
Selected songwriter(s)
Giorgos Alkaios
Giannis Antoniou
Friends
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Qualified (2nd, 133 points)
Final result
8th, 140 points
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Opa", written by Giorgos Alkaios, Giannis Antoniou and Friends Music Factory. The song was performed by Alkaios and Friends. To select their entry for the 2010 contest, which took place in Oslo, Norway, Greek national television broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) organised the national final Ellinikós Telikós 2010 which took place on 12 March 2010. The event was initially to include 10 songs, however there was one withdrawal and two disqualifications prior to the night of the competition.
Financial constraints at ERT limited the amount of promotion for the year's entry, with Alkaios producing his own music video for the song and traveling to Turkey, Belgium and Portugal. Greece took part in the first semi-final of the contest on 25 May 2010 and qualified for the final, placing second with 133 points. At the 29 May final, Alkaios and Friends performed "Opa" 11th out of the 25 participants and at the end of voting, was awarded eighth place, marking Greece's seventh consecutive top 10 placing since 2004.
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