Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 information
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Country
Greece
National selection
Selection process
Internal selection
Selection date(s)
Artist: 9 February 2016 Song: 10 March 2016
Selected entrant
Argo
Selected song
"Utopian Land"
Selected songwriter(s)
Vladimiros Sofianidis
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Failed to qualify (16th)
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Utopian Land" written by Vladimiros Sofianidis and performed by the band Argo. The song was internally selected by the Greek broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) to represent Greece at the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. Argo were announced as the Greek representatives in February 2016, a month before their song "Utopian Land" was presented.
To promote the entry, a music video for "Utopian Land" was released and Argo performed the song at the INFE Greece Eurovision Party in Athens. Greece was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2016. Performing during the show in position 2, "Utopian Land" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. This marked the first time that Greece failed to qualify to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004. It was later revealed that Greece placed 16th out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 44 points.
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