Greece

Welcome to Greece

– where myth, light, and the sea have shaped the world for millennia.
Wander through whitewashed villages where bougainvillea spills over sun-drenched walls, listen to the gentle clatter of plates in a taverna by the harbor, and watch the Aegean shimmer beneath endless blue skies. Ancient temples rise from rocky hillsides, whispering stories of gods and heroes that still linger in the warm Mediterranean air.
From the timeless marble of Athens to the island horizons of Santorini, Crete, and beyond, Greece invites you to slow your pace, taste the richness of its cuisine, and lose yourself in a landscape where history and beauty unfold at every turn.

Capital of Greece: Athens
Population of Greece: 10.8 million - 12th in Europe
Size of Greece: 131,940 km2 - 14th in Europe
Languages in Greece: Greek

highlights

⇧ Santorini

Santorini, a volcanic island in the Aegean Sea, is famous for its whitewashed houses with blue-domed roofs perched dramatically on cliffs above the deep blue caldera. Villages like Oia and Fira offer breathtaking views, narrow lanes, and some of the most celebrated sunsets in the Mediterranean.

The Acropolis, Athens

The Acropolis of Athens, an ancient citadel rising above the city, is crowned by the Parthenon and several other classical temples. Built during the 5th century BCE, it stands as one of the most important symbols of ancient Greek civilization and Western architecture.

Meteora

Meteora is a spectacular landscape of towering rock pillars topped by historic Orthodox monasteries. Built by monks seeking isolation and spiritual refuge, these cliff-top sanctuaries offer remarkable views across the Thessalian plain.

The Palace of Knossos, Crete

The Palace of Knossos on Crete was the center of the advanced Minoan civilization and remains one of Greece’s most important archaeological sites. Its complex of courtyards, staircases, and colorful frescoes is closely linked to the legend of King Minos and the Minotaur.

Mykonos Town

Mykonos Town is a charming maze of narrow alleys lined with whitewashed houses, colorful doors, and flowering balconies. Along the waterfront stand the island’s famous windmills and the picturesque Little Venice district overlooking the sea.

Delphi

Delphi, once considered the center of the ancient world, lies on the slopes of Mount Parnassus overlooking a vast valley of olive groves. The site includes the Temple of Apollo, where the famous oracle delivered prophecies to pilgrims from across the Greek world.

Rhodes Old Town

Rhodes Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is enclosed by impressive medieval walls and bastions. Inside, cobbled streets lead to Gothic palaces, Ottoman-era buildings, and the imposing Palace of the Grand Master.

Samaria Gorge, Crete

The Samaria Gorge on Crete stretches for 16 kilometers through the rugged White Mountains and is one of Europe’s most famous hiking routes. The trail passes steep cliffs, forests, and the dramatic narrow passage known as the Iron Gates.

Corfu Old Town

Corfu Old Town reflects centuries of Venetian, French, and British influence in its pastel-colored buildings, elegant arcades, and lively squares. Two imposing fortresses guard the harbor and overlook the sparkling waters of the Ionian Sea.

Head of delegation
Giannis

Host Cities

Athens in GM37

Thessaloniki in GM08 & GM31

202

Participations

101

Finals

38

Top 10 results

130

Highest score

Top results

01
Elena Paparizou
Mambo

01
Antique
Dynata dynata

01
Sakis Rouvas
Kai se thelo

02
Klavdia
Anemos

02
Demy
Ki an prospathou

02
ZAF
Gia sena

02
Elena Paparizou
Baby it's over

03
Mando
Xartaetos

03
Despina Vandi
Gia

03
Melisses
Monaxiki kardia

04
Andromachi
Na 'soun psema

04
Kostas Martakis
Pio konta

04
Sakis Rouvas
I'm in love with you

04
Kostas Martakis
Pote

04
Michalis Hatzigiannis & Christos Mastoras
Xorepse

The entries

01. Anna Vissi / Lie / 9th / 49 points
03. Kokkinou Mazonakis / To gucci ton masai / 19th / 26 points
05. Anna Vissi / Agapi upervoliki / 9th / 57 points
06. Raining Pleasure / Fake / 10th / 60 points
07. Antique / Dynata dynata / 1st / 107 points
08. Despina Vandi / Gia / 3rd / 100 points
09. C:Real / With ot without you / 7th / 85 points
10. Natalia / I diki mou mousiki / 19th / 47 points
11. Elena Paparizou / I agapi mou me denei / 7th / 89 points
12. Peggy Zina / Dystixos / 17th / 58 points

13. Kourkoulis / Tosa dilina / 9th / 69 points
14. Despina Vandi / I believe it / 7th / 76 points
15. Sakis Rouvas / Antexa / 14th / 54 points
16. MLV / To be together / 9th / 62 points
17. Elena Paparizou / Teardrops / 6th / 87 points
18. Katy Garbi / To kati / 16th / 50 points
19. Tamta / With love / 5th / 78 points
20. C Real / Epikindyna se thelo / 13th / 57 points
21. Michalis Xatzigiannis / To party / 12th / 62 points
22. Maro Lytra / H mihani tou hronou / DNQ

Elena Paparizou / Winner

Antique / Winner

Sakis Rouvas / Winner

Klavdia / Silver

23. Alkistis Protopsalti / O aggelos mou / DNQ
25. Nikos Vertis / Dos mou ligaki simasia / 22nd / 26 points
26. Tamta & Grigoris Petrakos / Einai krima / 20th / 45 points
27. Peggy Zina / Trexe / DNF
28. Sakis Rouvas / I'm in love with you / 4th / 92 points
29. Despina Vandi / An den m'agapas / 22nd / 37 points
30. Elena Paparizou / Mambo / 1st / 115 points
31. Elli Paspala & Giannis Kotsiras / Leei leei leei / 24th / 17 points
32. Makis Xristodoulopoulos / Se xilia xronia meta / 6th / 81 points
33. Alkistis Protopsalti / O paradeisos mporei na perimenei / 15th / 45 points

34. Nikos Oikonomopoulos / Koita na matheneis / 20th / 41 points
35. Mando / Dos mou logo na sotho / 8th / 75 points
36. Sakis Rouvas / Kai se thelo / 1st / 95 points
37. Anna Vissi / After you / 9th / 72 points
38. Trifono / Na m'agapas / 23rd / 23 points
39. Notis Sfakianakis / Aristera / DNQ
40. Kostas Martakis / Thelei i agapi thisia / DNF
41. Giorgos Karadimos / Me pnigei touti i siopi / 19th / 45 points
43. Rosebleed / Until next time / 5th / 85 points
44. Matisse / Rock 'n' roll mafia / 23rd / 15 points

Demy / Silver

ZAF / Silver

Mando / Bronze

Despina Vandi / Bronze

45. Dimi Phaze vs. Mary Jeras / All this love / 16th / 51 points
46. Filoi Gia Panta / Tainia fantasias / DNQ
47. Cyanna / Shine / DNQ
50. Kostas Martakis / Pio konta / 4th / 103 points
51. Kostas Martakis / Pote / 4th / 90 points
52. Elena Paparizou / The game of love / 19th / 53 points
53. Nikos Ganos / Koita ti ekanes / 6th / 88 points
54. Ivi Adamou / Sose me / 8th / 76 points
55. Mariada Pieridi / Meine dipla mou / 18th / 44 points
56. Elena Paparizou / Psaxno tin alitheia / DNQ

57. Elli Paspala / I riza tou lessai / DNF
58. Antique & Slavi Trifonov / Why / 19th / 51 points
66. Elena Paparizou / Baby it's over / 2nd / 110 points
67. Michalis Xatzigiannis / Thalassa platia / DNF
69. Alkistis Protopsalti / Dithesio / DNQ
71. OtherView / Kane me / 25th / 55 points
72. Bo feat. Christina Salti / Kane me na trelatho / DNQ
73. Thanos Petrelis / 1 2 3 / DNQ
76. Haris Alexiou / To tango tis nefelis / 20th / 76 points
77. Maria Callas / Suicidio / DNQ

Andromachi / 4th place

Kostas Martakis / 4th place

Michalis Hatzigiannis / 4th place

Christos Mastoras / 4th place

78. Yiorgos Kostopoulos / Last trip to the moon / DNQ
79. OPA! / Allting blir bra igen / DNQ
80. Amel Bent feat. Diam's / A 20 ans / DNQ
81. Sofia feat. Goin' Through / Toso apla / DNQ
82. Chryso Stamatopoulou / Akatorthoto / DNQ
83. Rallia Christidou / Matia mou ksexnas / 10th / 92 points
84. Alkistis Protopsalti / Thalassa gyali / DNQ
87. Eleni Tsaligopoulou / Ine entaxi mazi mou / DNQ
88. Natassa Bofiliou / I kardia ponaei otan psilonei / DNQ
89. Demy / Ki an prospathou / 2nd / 129 points

90. Thomai Apergi / Mia bradia / 21st / 50 points
91. Katerina Stikoudi / Psila takounia / DNQ
92. Isaias Matiaba / Oneirevomai / DNQ
94. Stavros & Meiju Suvas / Kuinka voisit unohtaa / DNQ
96. Boys and Noise / Káne káti / 10th / 92 points
97. Elli Kokkinou / Eroteftika / DNQ
98. Elena Paparizou feat. Stig Dogg / Mesimeria / 17th / 87 points
99. Crystallia / Petaloúda stin Athína / DNQ
100. Mironas Stratis / San refrain / 8th / 95 points
101. Hashtag / H glossa tou somatos / DNQ

Melisses / Bronze

Anastasios Rammos / 5th place

Rosebleed / 5th place

Tamta / 5th place

102. Giorgos Mazonakis / Kalos sas vrika / DNQ
103. The Wedding Singers / Electric wire / DNQ
104. Dimitris Korgialas & Kwan / Tainted love / 15th / 72 points
107. Fani Avramidou / Tin kaliteri mou fili / DNQ
108. Crystallia / Kimolia / 6th / 100 points
109. Amaryllis / Afto einai o erotas / DNQ
110. Aggeliki Iliadi / Ta parapona mou / 19th / 67 points
111. Thomai Apergi & Legend / Jazz & syrtaki / DNQ
112. Alkistis Protopsalti / I giorti pou mou xrostas / 15th / 79 points
113. Peggy Zina / Moni kardia / DNQ

114. Maria Elena Kyriakou / Dio ageloi sti gi / 14th / 78 points
115. Maria Spyropoulou / Mia thalassa mprosta / DNQ
116. Imam Baildi / O pasatempos / DNQ
117. Alkistis Protopsalti / Theos an einai / 23rd / 42 points
118. Aspa Tsina / Ela lampse / DNQ
119. Emigre / To telos itane kako / DNQ
120. Dol Ammad / Caravan of Mars / DNQ
121. Eleni Karaindrou / The weeping meadow / 11th / 75 points
122. Mikael Delta / Snowing in Berlin / DNQ
123. Maria Panosian / Infected love / DNQ

Crystallia / 6th place

Nikos Ganos / 6th place

Makis Xristodoulopoulos / 6th place

C:Real / 7th place

124. Lumiere / Eccentric waltz / 26th / 36 points
125. Vangelis & Vanessa-Mae / Roxane's veil / DNQ
126. Areti Ketime & Shantel / East west - Dysi ki Anatoli / DNQ
127. Serafim Tsotsonis feat. Marien / Monaxia mou / DNQ
128. Mariza Rizou / Pes mou / DNQ
129. Georgia Dagaki / Sketos ego / 22nd / 52 points
130. Pavlina Voulgaraki feat. Psarantonis / Fer'ta mou ola piso / DNQ
131. The Yellow Bicycles feat. Rita Antonopoulou / De ginetai allios / DNQ
132. Yanni / Drive / 22nd / 59 points
133. Miltos Pasxalidis / O xoros ton asterion / DNQ

134. Eleni Karaindrou / The finale / DNQ
135. Demy / When the morning comes around / 23rd / 51 points
137. Marina Satti / Mantissa / DNQ
138. Frankie / City groove / DNQ
139. Nina Lotsari / Mon assassin a moi / DNQ
140. Georgia Dagaki / Poia dynami / DNQ
141. Yiannis Kotsiras / Kai thelo esena / DNQ
142. Nomisma / Vicini o lontani / DNQ
143. Mikis Theodorakis & Arja Saijonmaa / Tuska / DNQ
144. Marianna Efstratiou / Ola ine mesta sto mialo mas / DNQ

Mironas Stratis / 8th place

good job nicky / 8th place

Katerine Duska / 8th place

Leon of Athens / 8th place

145. Nora's Cinematic / Somewhere I... / DNQ
146. Areti Ketime / Don't forget the sun / DNQ
147. Xorostalites / Apo tin thraki os tin kriti / DNQ
148. Georgia Dagaki / To idio lathos / DNQ
149. Anastasios Rammos / Ta kala paidia / 5th / 100 points
150. Vasilis Papakonstantinou / Afto pou perimenoume / 22nd / 47 points
151. Leon of Athens / Xenos / 15th / 68 points
152. Aris Petrakis / Os to terma / 20th / 51 points
153. Gianna Terzi / Karma / 17th / 67 points
154. Stavros Siolas / Volta / DNQ

155. Pyx Lyx feat. Paola Foka / To aspro mou poukamiso / DNQ
156. Sneaky BlackBird / Love in disguise / DNQ
157. Katerine Duska / One in a million / DNQ
158. Tony Vlachos / Baila jazz / 24th / 48 points
159. Duo Fina / Idio tempo / DNQ
160. Ian Ikon feat. Maria Zlatani / Manhattan Queen / 16th / 64 points
161. Georgia Dagaki & Haris Panopoulos / Tou xorismou / DNQ
162. Georgia Dagaki / O xoros mou / 17th / 68 points
164. Christos Mastoras & Rita Wilson / Let me be / 18th / 68 points
165. Nalyssa Green / Kokteil / DNQ

Ivi Adamou / 8th place

Anna Vissi / 9th place

Nikos Kourkoulis / 9th place

MLV / 9th place

166. Dimitris Liolios / Erotas kleftis / DNQ
167. Les Au Revoir / Skoni kai thrypsala / 20th / 54 points
168. Katerine Duska & Leon of Athens / Anemos / 8th / 84 points
169. Marietta Fafouti feat. Katerina Bournaka / Dance with me tonight / DNQ
170. Demy / Na me thymasai kai na m'agapas / DNQ
171. Nikos Vertis & Amir / I leksi s'agapo / DNQ
172. George Perris & Mario Frangoulis / Moro / DNQ
173. Katerina Kyriazi / Olo mou leipei kati / DNQ
174. Andromachi / Na 'soun psema / 4th / 105 points
175. Georgia Dagaki & Pantelis Kyramargios feat. Plegma / Anekfrasto ego / 25th / 43 points

176. Amaryllis / Pros to paron / DNQ
177. Katy Garbi / Kormia xamena / DNQ
178. Gianna Terzi & Paschalis Terzis / Gia sena mono / 14th / 81 points
179. Pavlina Voulgaraki / Pos synexizetai i zoi / DNQ
180. Eleonora Zouganeli / Stathero / DNQ
181. Stefania & Rein / Swipe / DNQ
182. Glykeria & Melina Aslanidou / Ftanei kai perissevei / DNQ
183. Afanis Iroas / Apeira kena / DNQ
184. Irini Qn / Xoris to tokso stin arena / DNQ
185. Good Job Nicky / January 8th / 21st / 62 points

Rallia Christidou / 10th place

Boys & Noise / 10th place

Raining Pleasure / 10th place

Eleni Karaindrou / 11th place

186. Keep Shelly in Athens / Oostende / 25th / 51 points
187. Katerine Duska / Athenian skies / 22nd / 61 points
188. Giannis Grosis / Stin akri tou kosmou / 12th / 94 points
189. Vasilis Sideris / Apenanti / 18th / 60 points
190. Maria Korelli / Koita na deis / DNQ
191. Tareq / Cold / DNQ
192. Monsieur Minimal / Pasta flora / 24th / 51 points
193. Joanna Drigo / A world on fire / 12th / 82 points
194. good job nicky / Heaven is sin / 8th / 88 points
195. Lou is / Do I do / 22nd / 47 points

197. Stella / Picking words / DNQ
198. Ilias Kozas / Higher & higher / DNQ
199. Johan Papaconstantino / J'aimerai / DNQ
200. Bessy Argyraki / Anatani merci / DNQ
201. Sotiris Kastanis feat. Rosanna Mailan Sevila / Siente / DNQ
202. Vasilis Oikonomou / Ola odigoun se enesa / DNQ
203. HesaÄijä feat. Eini / Kuha ruotsi hävii / DNQ
204. Stelia / Nai se ola / 21st / 59 points
205. Loukia Valasi / As min ksimeronei pote / DNQ
206. Orestis Chalkias / Tychero asteri / DNQ

Giannis Grosis / 12th place

Joanna Drigo / 12th place

Yianna Terzi / 14th place

Paschalis Terzis / 14th place

207. Marianna Masadi / Otan agapas / DNQ
208. ZAF / Pes / DNQ
209. Crystallia / Teliká / DNF
211. Elena Paparizou / De mou ta leei kala / 18th / 70 points
224. Melisses / Monaxiki kardia / 3rd / 99 points
225. Orestis Chalkias / Drew / 26th / 47 points
226. Alexandra Sieti / She's a lover / DNQ
227. Marina Satti / Anatoli / DNQ
228. Thodoris Ferris / To pairno pano mou / DNQ
229. Marilena / Paint a picture / 22nd / 56 points

230. Katerine Duska & Eleni Foureira / Burnout / DNQ
231. Evangelia / Panáthemáse / DNQ
232. Despina Vandi / Fainomeno / 18th / 57 points
233. Michalis Hatzigiannis & Christos Mastoras / Xorepse / 4th / 86 points
234. Marina Spanou / Aeriko / 22nd / 57 points
235. Havana & Steve Ant / Ego / 18th / 62 points
236. Giorgos Sabanis / Pros to paron / 23rd / 46 points
237. Klavdia / Anemos / 2nd / 130 points
238. ZAF / Gia sena / 2nd / 111 points
239. Eleni Foureira / Den Kano Ego Gia Spiti / 20th / 60 points