Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Greece and Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) chose to host a National Selection with the winner being chosen by televoting (50%) and an "expert" jury (50%). Antique was chosen with "Die for You" and placed 3rd at Eurovision.

Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Country Greece
National selection
Selection processEllinikós Telikós 2001
Selection date(s)6 March 2001
Selected entrantAntique
Selected song"Die for You"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Nikos Terzis
  • Antonis Pappas
Finals performance
Final result3rd, 147 points
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Ellinikós Telikós 2001

The final took place on 6 March 2001 at the REX Music Hall in Athens, hosted by Dafni Bokota.[1] Nine songs competed and the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top four songs were selected by jury voting to proceed to the second round: "Die for You" performed by Antique, "S'efharisto" performed by Lenou, "Agapise me" performed by Maria-Louiza Vassilopoulou and "One More Time" performed by Kay Connors. In the second round, the winner, "Die for You" performed by Antique, was selected by a 50/50 combination of public televoting and jury voting. As there was a tie for the first place, the results of the public vote took precedence and led to the victory of Antique.[2]

First Round – 6 March 2001
DrawArtist Song Songwriter(s)Result
1Antique"Die for You" Nikos Terzis, Antonis Pappas Advanced
2Lenou"S'efharisto" Lenou Petsila, Aris DavarakisAdvanced
3Sissy Bitzou"To koritsaki tou bampa" Giannis StinkasEliminated
4Maria-Louiza Vassilopoulou"Agapise me" Maria-Louiza Vassilopoulou, Christos SoumkasAdvanced
5Maria Karagouni & Thanasis Dimopoulos"Me ta matia tis psychis" Ioannis Panagiotopoulos Eliminated
6Lorna"Zoi, s'agapao" Giorgos Despotidis, Dimitris BrouchosEliminated
7Tzina Fotinopoulou"Killed Angels" Giannis Tsiliminkras, Eleni Barmpakou, Rita Vazou Eliminated
8Kay Connors"One More Time" Replete BrosAdvanced
9Dimitris Laskaridis"Santorini" Dimitris Laskaridis Eliminated
Second Round – 6 March 2001
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Percentage Points
1 Antique "Die for You" 3 45% 4 7 1
2 Lenou "S'efharisto" 2 12% 1 3 4
3 Maria-Louiza Vassilopoulou "Agapise me" 1 13% 2 3 3
4 Kay Connors "One More Time" 4 30% 3 7 2

At Eurovision

"Die for You" was performed twenty-second on the night (following Malta's Fabrizio Faniello with "Another Summer Night" and preceding Denmark's Rollo & King with "Never Ever Let You Go"). At the close of voting, it had received 147 points, placing 3rd in a field of 23.

The contest performance was a relatively static affair, with both singers as well as the backing vocalists standing in front of microphones to sing. Elena Paparizou, however, wore a tight white outfit, standing out against the black-clad backing singers and her duet partner. While the contest had by this point embraced pre-recorded music, Nikos Panagiotidis performed with a traditional Greek instrument throughout.

The third-place finish was the best result Greece has ever achieved up to that time, and would remains so until the 2005 Contest, when Paparizou, performing solo, won the Contest.

It was succeeded as Greek representative at the 2002 Contest by Michalis Rakintzis with "S.A.G.A.P.O.".

Points awarded to Greece
Points awarded to Grecce (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Greece
12 points Estonia
10 points Turkey
8 points Spain
7 points Croatia
6 points Denmark
5 points Russia
4 points France
3 points Malta
2 points Israel
1 point Germany

References
  1. "Το τραγούδι της Eurovision!". MAD TV. Retrieved on March 19, 2008
  2. "Greek Final 2001". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2008-03-19. OGAE Greece. Retrieved on March 19, 2008

See also
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