After an evening of four possible entries for the Eurovision Song Contest, Greece has selected the song Everything by a huge majority for Anna Vissi to sing in Athens this May.
After opening with Greece's first ever Eurovision Song Contest entry of
1974, there was a special greeting from Helena, last year's winner for
Greece, live from Sweden. There followed and evening of cabaret Greek
Eurovision classics and the four contenders to represent the home
country, sung by Anna Vissi herself.
Cypriot representative Annette Artani performed her entry for 2006, Why angels cry,
and Turkish performer Sibel gave fans a treat with an English-Greek
rendition of her entry for Athens. Norwegian contender Christine
Guldbrandsen also gave a performance of her entry Alvedansen, while Mihai Traistariu performed Romania's hope for victory, Tornero.
As the winner of last year's contest, Greece is guaranteed a place in
the final as the host nation. Greek star Anna will attempt to put
Greece amongst the four countries that have managed back-to-back
victories: Spain, Luxembourg, Israel and Ireland. |