Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 explained

Year:1990
Country:Greece
Preselection:National final
Preselection Date:March 23, 1990
Entrant:Christos Callow and Wave
Song:Horis skopo
Final Result:19th, 11 points

Greece and Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) chose to host a National Selection with the winner being chosen an "expert" jury. Christos Callow & Wave were chosen with "Horis skopo" and placed 19th at Eurovision.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final took place on 23 March 1990 at the ERT TV Studios in Athens and was hosted by Olina Xenopoulou. The songs were presented as video clips and the winning song was chosen by a panel of "experts".

Final – 23 March 1990
Draw Singer Song Place
1 "Mia nihta san ki apopse" 5
2 Aggeliki Bazigou "Ora chi" 6
3 Louisa Konne "Mono esi boreis" 4
4 Yiannis Dimitras "Taxidi" 3
5 Christos Callow and Wave "Horis skopo"1
6 "Mono emeis i dio" 2

At Eurovision

"Horis skopo" was performed second on the night (following Spain's Azúcar Moreno with "Bandido" and preceding Belgium's Philippe Lafontaine with "Macédomienne"). At the close of voting, it had received 11 points, placing 19th in a field of 22.[1]

It was succeeded as the Greek representative at the 1991 Contest by Sophia Vossou with "I Anixi".

Voting

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final of Zagreb 1990 . European Broadcasting Union . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417141404/https://eurovision.tv/event/zagreb-1990/final . 17 April 2021 . live.
  2. Web site: Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990 . European Broadcasting Union . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417161006/https://eurovision.tv/event/zagreb-1990/final/results/greece . 17 April 2021 . live.