Greek broadcaster, ERT, has revealed the full results of Ethnikós Telikós 2025.
The full results of the Greek national selection have been revealed. The voting for Ethnikós Telikós 2025 was a 50-50 split, with an international and national jury equating to 50%, and the remaining 50% coming from the Greek televote.
The results were as follows (Greek jury + international jury + public vote):
- Klavdia – ”Asteromáta” (Starry-Eyes) – 12 + 8 + 24 – 44 points
- Evangelia – ”Vale” (Put it) – 10 + 12 + 20 – 42 points
- BARBZ – ”Sirens” – 6 + 10 + 14 – 30 points
- Dinamiss – ”Odyssey” – 4 + 4 + 16 – 24 points
- Xannova Xan – ”Play it!” – 2 + 6 + 12 – 20 points
- Kostas Ageris – ”Gi mou” (My land) – 7 + 1 + 10 – 18 points
- RIKKI – “Elevator (Up and Down)” – 8 + 4 + 2 – 14 points
- Constantinos Christoforou – “Paradisos” (Paradise) – 5 + 0 + 8 – 13 points
- Thanos Lambrou – “Free Love” – 1 + 7 + 4 – 12 points
- Georgina Kalais and John Vlaseros – “High Road” – 0 + 2 + 6 – 8 points
- Andy Nicolas – “Lost My Way” – 3 + 5 + 0 – 8 points
- Nafsica – “Unhurt Me” – 0 + 0 + 0 – 0 points
The winner, Klavdia, received the maximum amount of votes from both the Greek jury and the public vote, while the runner-up, Evangelia, was awarded the maximum amount of points from the international jury. ERT also notes that the international jury had a tie for the entries “Odyssey” by Dinamiss and “Elevator (Up and Down)” by RIKKI, giving them the same amount of votes.
The following 5 countries made up the international jury:
- France – Lea Ivanne
- The United Kingdom – Wilkin William Edmund Roy
- Italy – Simona Martorelli
- Belgium – Olivier Auclair
- Norway – Martin Holmen
On the Greek jury were:
- Michalis Hatzigiannis – Represented Cyprus at Eurovision 1998
- Jenny Melita
- Fotis Sergoulopoulo
- Margarita Mytilineou
- Yannis Christodoulopoulos
Ethnikós Telikós 2025 took place at the Christmas Theatre in Athens and was hosted by Helena Paparizou and Sakis Rouvas. The event was broadcast live on ERT1 with an average of 833,000 viewers, while at least for one minute the coverage exceeded 2,250,000 viewers.
The show also featured special guest performances by the two hosts and the Cypriot Eurovision 2025 entrant Theo Evan. Furthermore, last year’s Greek representative, Marina Satti, performed her Eurovision 2024 entry “ZARI”.
Klavdia will represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland in May 2025 with her song “Asteromáta”. She will perform in the first half of the second semi-final on May 15.
Image Source: Vasso Athanasiadou | Source: ERT
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest Greece debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 when they were represented by Marinella and the song “Krasi, thalassa kai t’agori mou” which finished in 11th place with 7 points. Three years later Greece earned their first top 5 finish with Paschalis, Marianna, Robert, and Bessy who finished in 5th place with “Mathima solfege”. In 2001, Greece achieved their first top 3 placing with Antique and the song “I Would Die For You”. The song became a European hit and charted across the continent. In 2005, Helena Paparizou returned to the Eurovision stage as a solo artist and brought Greece their first, and to date only, victory. Her song “My Number One” won with 230 points, beating runners-up Malta by 38 points.
