Country Greece Selection date(s) February 5, 1979 Selected song "Sokrati" | Selection process National final Selected entrant Elpida Selected songwriter(s) Doros Georgiadis | |
Greece and Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) chose to host a national selection with the winner being chosen by an "expert" jury. Elpida was chosen with "Sokrati" and placed 8th at Eurovision.
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National final
The national final took place on February 5, 1979 at the Municipal Theater in Piraeus and was hosted by Vasilis Tsivilikas. The winning song was chosen by a jury of 65 people who awarded each song a mark out of 10.
Result of the national final
By order performed:
At Eurovision
"Sokrati" was performed seventh on the night (following Monaco's Laurent Vaguener with Notre vie c'est la musique and preceding Switzerland's "Peter, Sue & Marc" and Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri with "Trödler Und Co"). At the close of voting, it had received 69 points, placing 8th in a field of 19.
It was succeeded as Greek representative at the 1980 Contest by Anna Vissi & The Epikouri with "Autostop".