Tonight, the Greek national for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest was held. At the end of the spectacular show, it was decided that Kalomoira will represent her country in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest with Secret combination, a song written by Poseidonas Giannopoulos and Kostas Pantzis.
The winning song was chosen by a jury (40%) and televoting (60%). The complete results will follow soon. In the national final, many participants from other countries presented their entries: Evdokia Kadi from Cyprus, Elnur and Samir from Azerbaijan, Rebeka Dremelj from Slovenia (who performed the English version of her song) and Nico and Vlad Miritsa from Romania.
New York born Kalomoira Saranti, known as Kalomoira in Greece, is 22 years old. She was the winner in the popular talent show Fame Story in 2004. Her debut album, Kalomoira, went gold. Kalomoira is a very familiar face to the Greek audiences as she appeared in Lampsi, one of the longest running local soap operas, before moving on to co-host morning shows. Her next release was Paizeis in 2005, followed by I Kalomoira paei cinema (Kalomoira goes to the movies) where she sang popular all time Greek cinema classics.You can visit her official website here.
Greece has been one of the most succesful countries in the Eurovision Song Contest in recent years being the only that has always finished in the top 10 since the introduction of the semi final in 2004. The first and only victory so far came in 2005 with Helena Paparizou and My number one. In 2007, Sarbel achieved seventh position with Yassou Maria. In Belgrade, Greece will take part in the first semi final to be broadcast on 20th May.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L30uAyXXCUk
