Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Participating broadcaster	Elliniki Radiofonia Tileorasi (ERT)
Country	Greece
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	March 23, 1990
Selected artist(s)	Christos Callow and Wave
Selected song	"Horis skopo"
Selected songwriter(s)	Yiorgos Palaiokastritis; Yiorgos Papayiannakis;
Placement
Final result	19th, 11 points
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest

Greece was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Horis skopo" (Χωρίς σκοπό), composed by Yiorgos Palaiokastritis, with lyrics by Yiorgos Papayiannakis, and performed by Christos Callow and Wave. The Greek participating broadcaster, Elliniki Radiofonia Tileorasi (ERT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Elliniki Radiofonia Tileorasi (ERT) held the national on 23 March 1990 at its television studios in Athens, hosted by Olina Xenopoulou. The songs were presented as video clips and the winning song was chosen by a panel of "experts".

Final – 23 March 1990
Draw	Singer	Song	Place
1	Jimmy Makulis	"Mia nihta san ki apopse"	5
2	Aggeliki Bazigou	"Ora chi"	6
3	Louisa Konne	"Mono esi boreis"	4
4	Yiannis Dimitras	"Taxidi"	3
5	Christos Callow and Wave	"Horis skopo"	1
6	Nikos Ignatidis and Mando	"Mono emeis i dio"	2

At Eurovision

"Horis skopo" was performed second on the night (following Spain's "Bandido" by Azúcar Moreno and preceding Belgium's "Macédomienne" by Philippe Lafontaine). At the close of voting, it had received 11 points, placing 19th in a field of 22.^[1]

It was succeeded as the Greek representative at the 1991 Contest by Sophia Vossou with "I Anixi".

Voting

Points awarded to Greece^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points	Cyprus
5 points	Netherlands
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Greece^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Switzerland
10 points	Italy
8 points	Spain
7 points	Ireland
6 points	Cyprus
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Luxembourg
3 points	Iceland
2 points	Sweden
1 point	Netherlands

References

^ "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1] "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1990detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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