All Rise for the Australian Entry to the Eurovision

Sakis Rouvas is no stranger to the Eurovision, having sung at the contest for Greece in 2004 and even co-hosted the event in Athens back in 2006. This year he is back as the singer and he contrasted his roles thus listen.

When the journalists wondered if he felt nervous, he replied that for him it is no longer relevant, since all the experience he had gained in the course of his 19-year-long singing career and of the Eurovision contest had made him immune to any kind of anxiety. Now he can afford to do it just for the fun of it.

Composer Dimitris Kontopoulos paid tribute to the two Australian lyricists Cameron Giles-Webb and Craig Porteils who wrote the words for the song listen.

Viewed by many as a favorite of the competition, Anastasios Rouvas admitted that it is the audience that can grade a singer in the best way. “One person can be wrong, but many people never,” he added.

• Preview the Greek Music Video and Stage Show


• Vote for Greece in the Australian Radio Televote.


• Watch Greece, 13th song in the Second Semi-Final on SBS Australia

The Greece delegation was represented by: Mariza Fakli (Head of Delegation), Agis Menoutis (assistant Head of Delegation), Ioannis Kalimeris (advisor), lead artist Anastasios Rouvas (performer), backing artists Anna Maria Margretha Nilsson, Anna Maria Andersson and Alexandros Panayi, dancers Gergios Papadopoulos and Nikolaos Marianos, Dimitris Kontopoulos (composer), Irina Mansourova (choreographer).