Greece and Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) chose to host a National Selection with the winner being chosen by an "expert" jury. Elpida was chosen with "Sokrati" and placed 8th at Eurovision.
National final[edit]
The National Final took place on February 5, 1979 at the Municipal Theater in Piraeus and was hosted by Vasilis Tsivilikas. The winning song was chosen by a jury of 65 people who awarded each song a mark out of 10.
Result of National Final[edit]
By order performed:
National Final - February 5, 1979
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Singer |
Song |
Points |
Place |
| 1 |
Kostas Hatzis |
"Na'han Oli I Anthropi Mia Agapi Opos Ki Ego" |
379 |
3 |
| 2 |
Bessy Argyraki |
"Athena (Mana Mou)" |
322 |
5 |
| 3 |
Sofia Zaninou |
"Stin Arhi" |
271 |
6 |
| 4 |
Christie Stasinopoulou |
"Dose Mou Enan Stiho" |
462 |
2 |
| 5 |
Elpida |
"Sokrati" |
528 |
1 |
| 6 |
Paola Komini, Maria Filosofou, Fotini Filosofou, Dimitris Kontoyiannis & Stefanos Dekerian |
"Dio Se Mia Ombrella" |
349 |
4 |
At Eurovision[edit]
"Sokrati" was performed seventh on the night (following Monaco's Laurent Vaguener with Notre vie c'est la musique and preceding Switzerland's "Peter, Sue & Marc" & Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri with "Trödler Und Co"). At the close of voting, it had received 69 points, placing 8th in a field of 19.
It was succeeded as Greek representative at the 1980 Contest by Anna Vissi & The Epikouri with "Autostop".
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