Greece: ERT reveals national final details and confirms hosts

by Sanjay (Sergio) Jiandani 812 views

ERT, the Greek national broadcaster has revealed more details regarding the 2017 Greek national final. During the show ERT will present the official videoclips of  Demy’s 3 bidding entries. The 2017 Greek Eurovision song for Kyiv will selected via televoting/diaspora deliberation.

The 2017 Greek final will be hosted by Antonis Loudaros and Elena Bouzali and will be aired live on Monday 6 March at  21:00 CET on ERT 1. The show will be held at ERT’s Studios in Athens.

The 2017  Cypriot representative Hovig has been invited to attend the show and will perfom his Eurovision entry for the Greek viewers.

The Greek viewers and diaspora will get the chance to see the official videoclips of the 3 bidding entries (composed and produced by Dimitris Kontopoulos and penned by John Ballard and Romy Papadea). Demy’s videoclips have been filmed in Odessa and Greece. The choreography has been directed by Fokas Evangelinos, who will also be responsible for Demy’s staging and choreography in Kyiv.

The Greek public and 9 juries representing Greek Diaspora Associations will be responsible Demy’s song for Kyiv.

Demy was selected via an internal selection in order to fly the Greek flag in Kyiv. She will be backed by the Greek Eurovision Dream Team.

The 2017 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled to be held on 9, 11, 13 May at the IEC in Kyiv.