Greece in Eurovision: MY TOP 20 (2001-2020)

My personal ranking of every 21st century song entered by Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest! This is part of a series where I rank every 21st century Eurovision song by country.
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Intro song: Stefania - Supergirl (Instrumental)
Outro song: Helena Paparizou - My Number One (Instrumental)
SONGS FEATURED
Copenhagen 2001: Antique - (I Would) Die For You (3rd Place)
Tallinn 2002: Michalis Rakintzis - S.A.G.A.P.O. (17th Place)
Riga 2003: Mando - Never Let You Go (17th Place)
Istanbul 2004: Sakis Rouvas - Shake It (3rd Place)
Kyiv 2005: Helena Paparizou - My Number One (1st Place)
Athens 2006: Anna Vissi - Everything (9th Place)
Helsinki 2007: Sarbel - Yassou Maria (7nd Place)
Belgrade 2008: Kalomira - Secret Combination (3th Place)
Moscow 2009: Sakis Rouvas - This Is Our Night (7th Place)
Oslo 2010: Giorgos Alkaois & Friends - OPA! (8th Place)
Dusseldorf 2011: Loukas Girokas feat. Stereo Mike - Watch My Dance (7th Place)
Baku 2012: Eleftheria Eleftheriou - Aphrodisiac (17th Place)
Malmo 2013: Koza Mostra feat. Agathonas Iakovidis - Alcohol is Free (6th Place)
Copenhagen 2014: Freaky Fortune feat. Riskykidd - Rise Up (20th Place)
Vienna 2015: Maria Elena Kyriakou - One Last Breath (19th Place)
Stockholm 2016: Argo - Utopian Land (38th Place)
Kyiv 2017: Demy - This Is Love (19th Place)
Lisbon 2018: Yianna Terzi - Oniro Mou (34th Place)
Tel Aviv 2019: Katerine Duska - Better Love (21st Place)
Rotterdam 2020: Stefania Liberakakis - Supergirl (contest cancelled)
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[@eurovisiongal7007]

*Thoughts:* I probably owe an apology to the entire nation of Greece for them coming so incredibly low in my 'countries by average ranking' list for the 2010s, but to be honest, while their results in the last few years aren't THAT bad, their entries don't interest or excite me very much lately. Which is a shame because they were absolutely one of the BEST countries in the 2000s decade, always sending party bangers that did deservedly well and topping it off with Helena, who in my opinion is one of the divas to end all Eurovision divas. :) Is it time for a new approach? I think Greek ethnic music sounds really beautiful and we haven't heard much of it at ESC, and because Oniro Mou was underwhelming but super interesting, another song like that would be my personal wish. Next video... well, I held off doing it for a while, but I think it's time to cover my favourite ESC country!

[@esctoroshelidze5439]

I wonder which is your favorite country...

[@nooba220]

Italy!

[@aleksandranevazhno]

Ukraine?

[@wystxrr]

eurovision gal it’s Italy, I checked the video

[@benjaminpekrul3142]

In your average of the 2010s it was Italy but followed very closely by Ukraine. And they still had very good entries during the 2000s. And you still did Italy, so I think, your next video will be Ukraine!

[@thescarf13]

I actually love Supergirl. It's my 2nd in 2020😁 Edit and fun fact: Greece ALWAYS was in top 10 since 2004 and in 2012 it ended.

[@leohmondieu]

It's like its that they did that a semi final 2004-2007

[@thanos2101]

Thank you for finally doing my country. I am sad to say that I am not impressed by my country's efforts in the contest. I am not a fan of either the pop bangers we send or the ethnic stuff. Supergirl also is my least favourite of my country's entries. I believe the best song by far, which was also on my top 10 of the respective year is Alcohol is free. It is energetic as hell and the lyrics are just so funny (I recommend that you read the translation, although through a translation some of the meaning and idioms are lost). I also like Katerine Duska due to her voice (maybe the staging could have been better) and the two Sakis Rouvas' entries. Personally I am not a big fan of Helena Paparizou (having listened to her other songs as well) but of course I love her because she won for us. All in all I don't blame you for ranking Greece low in your top countries video. I think we can do much better.

[@eurovisiongal7007]

Hello!! I do see how someone who doesn't really enjoy poppy music may not really be fond of the Greek entries. It's not usually my thing but I find they're done so well (or at least they used to) that I really enjoy them anyway. Maybe they'll start doing something different in the next few years if Stefania's 2021 song doesn't really perform well. Alcohol is Free is actually also in my top 10 of 2013, I love the humourous lyrics and performance and the light political undertone. :)

[@noahbowie5985]

My favourites are Die for you, My number one and Everything. I miss the days when Greece was brilliant. I've got to give Sakis Rouvas some credit for always giving 100%

[@eurovisiongal7007]

he's definitely the born performer type, makes me really enjoy songs i'd be 'meh' on otherwise :)

[@noahbowie5985]

@@eurovisiongal7007 Terry Wogan summed up 2000's Greece perfectly. When Helena performed mambo as the interval act in 2006 he said "She's showing that she could win again this year. If she wanted to" he was right and the fact that Greece only won once during the 2000's still confuses me to this day.

[@eurovisiongal7007]

@@noahbowie5985 still surprises me that antique didn't win 2001 actually! or rollo and king.

[@aadri_]

You have taste! Agree with you in all❤️

[@eurovisiongal7007]

Thank you!!!!

[@icearrow3202]

Oniro Mou was underrated, that song really deserved to qualify.

[@eurovisiongal7007]

I think it's a really pretty and epic song but the staging was so barren and forgettable that I think the non qualification made sense 😔

[@cwireviews3503]

But It’s my winner in 2018

[@christinamammou7348]

I totally agree with you ! I really love both Helena Paparizou and Antique (they had a reunion last summer ) !

[@lukehepworth3303]

Secret combination is my favourite

[@GregNRG]

Anna Vissi 🤩

[@ESCRolly]

One of my favourite ESC countries hehe but I do agree that they're starting to flop recently and I can see why. Hopefully they get back on track next year!

[@eurovisiongal7007]

I heard they already picked out Stefania's song, which could be a good or bad thing 🤔

[@zondergezicht]

@@eurovisiongal7007 she also said it might be released in november QUEEN SERVING

[@ESCRolly]

@@eurovisiongal7007 tbh, I have a bad feeling about the song now since they've already chosen it but we'll have to see

[@ESCRolly]

@@zondergezicht NOVEMBER? that's literally ESC suicide

[@eurovisiongal7007]

@@ESCRolly yeahhhhh it implies they're picking something out of a songwriter's 'vault' which may have been written several years ago... maybe her performance will be cool.

[@esciveta5507]

10. Opa! 9. Aphrodisiac 8. Shake it 7. Better love 6. This is love 5. One last breath 4. My number 1 3. Oniro mou 2. Utopian Land 1. Supergirl

[@mikekruppa6463]

We have the exact same bottom 4! ❤️

[@eurovisiongal7007]

being thoroughly weirded out by argo gang, woohoo!!!!!

[@thanos2101]

I just heard that Agathon Iakovidis from 2013 passed away... RIP

[@eurovisiongal7007]

Wow, just today... rest in peace, he was clearly a huge talent.

[@thanos2101]

@@eurovisiongal7007 yes indeed. Right when I was praising him yesterday in this video. Sad...

[@Samuuel-st6iw]

Better Love and SUPERG!RL are amazing!!!

[@emrefisal7146]

2:58 looks like they tried something like “Every way that I can” look his arms and dance lol

[@DentalFlan]

He tried everything with his performance

[@kairek5039]

S.A.G.A.P.O. is my guilty pleasure, although he blamed us (I'm Estonian) for his shitty performance on the night.

[@eurovisiongal7007]

It's sort of growing on me because the song isn't so bad?? The audio does sound messy but it may have just been the singers' performances and harmonies 😅 Also I see they wanted a technology robot concept... thing. It may have looked more impressive if it was entered a few years later when staging became more important and more attention started to be paid to these things!

[@zondergezicht]

after ethno pop's death in 2012, greece really went down (sadly). that's why you shouldn't rely on one genre so much 💕 (with a few exceptions)

[@eurovisiongal7007]

I think there's a modern way to do ethnopop because Eleni seemed to really make it work AND look up to date, but it's something that doesn't seem bound to succeed anymore 🤔 I think Stefania's song sounded kind of dated but I wonder what her performance was going to look like. It actually kind of reminds me of Ireland eventually flopping, their style of ballad sadly isn't as popular as it used to be but they almost made it work in the modern era with 'Together' and then proceeded to... ditch what they might have learned from that song's success entirely.

[@zondergezicht]

@@eurovisiongal7007 mid-late 2000's were greece's absolute peak. most of the songs they sent in that period had similar structure (except 2006). aphrodisiac was the last song they sent with that dancy-beautiful girl gimmick (not to say aesthetic). if they sent something like my number one nowadays it would have been considered outdated. but now if you do that like eleni did, they will call you a copy. so greece went with other experiments, but sadly it doesn't work so well

[@eurovisiongal7007]

​@@zondergezicht That's true 😬😬😬 there's surely still a way to send successful pop songs with ethnic vibes to the contest but they can't really keep doing the same style they've had for 15+ years at this point.

[@zondergezicht]

@@eurovisiongal7007 that's why they should send modern dance songs with ethnic vibes. i like their new projects, but we need some fun at the contest

[@leohmondieu]

The best entries are : 2001, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2020

[@ggoddf5889]

pls you didnt just say 2020

[@user-vu7uo6uq5j]

Άννα Βίσση 1 Ελενα Παπαρίζου 2 .

[@origo1165]

The only songs that I like from Greece are: Everything (good host entry), Secret combination (some sort of weird nostalgy as 2008 was the first watched ESC, well that year only the final, but still 🤣), Watch my dance (tho without rapper that might've been even better), Alcohol is free (that one always makes me laugh 😂😂😂), One last breath (but such a pity it wasn't partially performed in Greek, that would've been nice), Utopian land (yes, I like the song, the idea with mix was quite nice tho their performance was a little letdown), Oniro mou (but why such performance, I dunno) and maybe Supergirl (tho that one falls to category "borderline of nice and guilty pleasure" for me, dunno even why XDDDD) (no particular order xd) The rest ranks from meh to don't like it (for example both entries from Sakis are here, as much as I like some of the dance songs... these two are IMO way too overrated) 😂

[@duranduran20133]

Top 10 1. 2005 2. 2018 3. 2011 4. 2001 5. 2010 6. 2019 7. 2013 8. 2012 9. 2006 10. 2008

[@dramadory5329]

Uh-oh, I'm a little late in the day, I watched Esc 2002. Greece for me is a country where all the songs are quite good, I like everything the same. Nevertheless, I myself prefer "Alcohol is free", because it's unusual. (I remember my mother and I joking about the song being sung by a father and his 5 sons.) :"D By the way, Greece, as it turned out, is one of my mother's favorite countries. (She really likes "Watch my dance" and "Opa!") She also constantly makes fun of Sakis Rouvas because of his strange dances. For fun, she calls him "our beloved greek". :"D

[@myharlequinn]

I knew it.

[@eurovisiongal7007]

it's quite hard to think of a hint that's the perfect blend of mysterious and unguessable but also satisfying every single time 😂

[@myharlequinn]

@@eurovisiongal7007 yup

[@joegriffiths2593]

2010: hehe... i find george alkaios very irritating (sorry) but i guess its a fun song which i can bob along to lol 2011: hmm this is a bit much for me. i used to really like it but now... its just SO serious 2012: OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH, this song is actually very good! one of my fav greek entries 2013: whoa i didnt see this coming... its rlly funny and yeah i cant dislike an entry like this lol 2014: what genre of music was eurovision missing? ah yes, RAVE! the rapping is... interesting but i love the trampoline 2015: at least she can sing. the song falls a bit flat and its very samey but its not a car crash of awful music 2016: i dont think i can ever like this 2017: i love the first 30secs of this song! it starts of slow and then the epic bridge builds up for what should be a phenomenal chorus... well no. its genuinely dismal and fails to make me smile. who thought putting two men in a swimming pool wearing basically nothing would be a good idea????? 2018: a bit underwhelming and but it is overall ok 2019: my fav greek entry this decade! katerine has the voice of an angel and she was really fun in interviews. she was robbed of a better position. below san marino? wtf!? 2020: what a horrible noise! this song doesnt flow and that siren during the chorus makes me sea sick! i am intrigued to how they wouldve staged it!

[@ggoddf5889]

20. 2020 19. 2017 18. 2015 17. 2009 16. 2002 15. 2019 14. 2003 13. 2018 12. 2004 11. 2014 10. 2012 9. 2011 8. 2008 (My top 7 are all amazing songs i love them all) 7. 2016 6. 2007 5. 2010 4. 2005 3. 2001 2. 2006 1. 2013

[@kevindeering1457]

1.2005 2.2008 3.2001 4.2013 5.2012

[@saxx9088]

I feel like Greece is/was heavily overrated

[@eurovisiongal7007]

Depends on the person and their taste tbh, in the 2000s they're usually a liiiittle bit lower in my personal rankings than the official results but still super high because I think their songs are usually the most fun of the year. Whereas in the 2010s, especially recently, they're one of my least fav countries 😬

[@Tommy-tb9vy]

🇬🇷My top 11 (2010-2020)🇬🇷 11) 2016 10) 2018 9) 2011 8) 2014 7) 2012 6) 2015 5) 2017 4) 2010 3) 2013 2) 2020 1) 2019

[@katieweston3203]

I don't really like any but supergirl

[@user-jr4zq7xm5q]

my country, yeah ❤️❤️ 20) awful. this is just embarrassing 19) horrible 18) bop, but live is so ugly. Many Greeks hate this entry 😂 17) Meh 16) Her voice is awesome, but song just good 15) Amazing 14) perfect for JESC, flop to ESC 13) Not a fan of this 12) Love it and hate it at same time lol 11) What the fuck is this? 10) Good but it is very overrated 9) love the song, but wtf live 8) good 7) huge bop, love it 6) amazing 5) bop 4) Best Greek entry. They made me proud 3) Good, but top 3 was too much 2) amazing again 1) the year of my birth and the year my country won, uwu

[@wystxrr]

Yeah, most of these are a bit... well....

[@eurovisiongal7007]

iconique up until aboooout 2010.

[@wystxrr]

eurovision gal yaaass. I like 2020, 2019 and 2012, 2016 is my guilty pleasure....

[@a.s.1659]

My Thoughts without the songs I haven't heard before: 20. I really like this actually. It wasn't in my qualifiers but it's so interesting melodically and the instrumental bit at the beginning is honestly one of my favourite intros to a Eurovision song 19. I despise this. I genuinely hate this. It is my last place of 2017. It sounds so 2004 and in the worst possible way. Also her voice is incredibly annoying and the staging was horrendous choreography-wise 16. Her voice OMGGGGG. This song is good and it REALLY comes into its own in the last 30 seconds which always just blow me away 15. I love it so so so so so much until the rap comes in. Then I want to puke. But omg the chorus with that ethnic feel and weird time signature is EVERYTHING 14. It's good but the drop instrumental gets really annoying after a while because there isn't any variation in it, just the same dadada-da-da repeated over and over again 13. Meh. The instrumental is cool and the trampoline is cool but everything else is bad to mediocre 12. WHAT?? HOW IS THIS SO LOW WTF???? This is pop, this is art, this is an AMAZING VOICE, this is me being very angry as to how in the hell San Marino came above this, this is pastel tease, this is perfection, this is impactful, ugh this is so so so good and I'm a little bit upset that it's this low in ur ranking :( Jk I'm not but consider putting it higher haha 11. ICONICCCCC, a little cheap, but ICONICCC AND A BOP 10. Ew. I don't get how people like this. The instrumental in the verse is very interesting but the chorus is SOOOO generic it's so bland omg, and wtf are his hand movements, slenderman tease 9. WILL FOREVER BE MAD THAT THEY MESSED UP THE STAGING LIKE THIS. Ugh the studio version was so amazing and mysterious and GREEK so language points from me, and then they gave Miss Yianna absolutely NOTHING to work with onstage except for a silver hand that made no sense. Ugh when I saw this I KNEW it wouldn't qualify and it broke my heart :( 5. UGH A WHOLE BOP, so incredibly danceable it's insane. Is a bit stereotypical tho, but I think they leant with that on purpose 4. GREECE SERVING MORE BOPS, everything about this is both hilarious and amazing, an absolute bop and a halffffff 3. Amazing. Periodt. The way in which Believe finished ABOVE this......no thoughts head empty. Ugh this feels like a Britney song in the best way, so incredibly catchy 1. It's fine I guess but honestly to me the song is irritating and very cheap. HOWEVER Miss Helena then decided to pop off completely with Survivor, one of the best Melodifestivalen entries EVER periodt

[@zondergezicht]

"slenderman tease" CHILE 💀

[@a.s.1659]

​@@zondergezicht did i lie? did I lie??? did I fucking LIEEEEEEEEEE? ooh bitch I just hit an ariana grande note

[@zondergezicht]

@@a.s.1659 you are literally the funniest person here chile

[@a.s.1659]

@@zondergezicht i do be trying tho but I got nothing on u

[@zondergezicht]

@@a.s.1659 omg no ur the best one here no one laughs at my comments

[@therealbricker]

I've honestly felt that Greece is mostly an overrated country. However, they aren't bad, some entries are even amongst my favourites in some years. Anyway, some of you might be a bit mad because of me putting some entries really low. Here's my opinion! 20. 2019 - 1,5/10 Never liked this one. The song is painfully generic and I don't like her voice. 19. 2011 - 3/10 The chorus wasn't great to begin with, but the rap parts are even worse. Could have been better. 18. 2006 - 3,5/10 Too dramatic for my taste. Also, the chorus isn't good as well. 17. 2003 - 4/10 So bland and forgettable. 16. 2001 - 4,5/10 I'm sorry, but I am starting to see a trend here. The chorus in this song sucks yet again. I wanted to enjoy this, but I can't. 15. 2008 - 5,5/10 The staging was pretty good, but I'm not a fan of the song. The chorus could have been executed much better. 14. 2017 - 5,5/10 I guess Greece went for simplicity in this one. This song is as simple as it can get. Not bad, just generic. I don't dislike it, don't really like it as well. 13. 2005 - 6/10 This one is just average for me. I actually think that the verses are decent, but the chorus... not so much. 12. 2002 - 6,5/10 This one has a good sound and it had potential to be a great song, but something just feels incomplete about it. 11. 2016 - 6,5/10 I actually kind of like the chorus. Maybe, if the song structure was planned out better, this one would have done better. But that's just what I think. 10. 2020 - 7/10 This song is decent. It has a nice hook, the melody is interesting. It's nothing more, though. 9. 2009 - 7/10 The song isn't anything too special, but I love how over-the-top it is along with the staging. 8. 2004 - 7/10 Sakis's first song is slightly better for me than his second one. The chorus is catchy, and his dance moves were pretty cool, but did it deserve 3rd place? Not for me. 7. 2018 - 7,5/10 Cool ethnic track. It really failed because of the bad staging, let's be honest. Otherwise the song itself is solid. 6. 2010 - 8/10 Another ethnic number. Fun, catchy, has some great instrumental parts. 5. 2015 - 8/10 I enjoy this ballad. The song structure is pretty good, and her performance is powerful. 4. 2014 - 9/10 I'm actually surprised that I enjoyed this one so much. The instrumental is pretty great, the song is catchy, and the trampoline on stage was a brilliant idea. 3. 2007 - 9/10 The best thing Greece did in the 2000s. I love how catchy it is, the ethnic influences are great and the vocals are good! 2. 2012 - 9,5/10 Another fun, catchy song with a great chorus. There's really nothing else to say. 1. 2013 - 10/10 Okay, we talked about fun and catchy songs before, but it doesn't hold a candle to the sheer amount of fun that I got from listening to this song. The performance brilliantly illustrates the song! I love the slow start and the overall fast pace this one has! Plus, it's one of the most ethnic songs on this list! Might actually be my winner of 2013.

[@eurovisiongal7007]

omg i'll never be mad for your opinion!! unless someone is outright like "ALL UR FAV SONGS SMELL AND UR UGLY!!", I appreciate that people feel differently about every single song 😊 alcohol is free does bang and is so funny and clever, it's one of my favs of 2013!!!