Today, we shall take a look at the Greek entry in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Greece is sending the band Koza Mostra along with tradition Greek singer Agathonas
Koza Mostra is going to represent Greece in Eurovision along with Agathonos
Iakovidis to sing their song “Alcohol Is Free” in ninth position in the second semi-final, following Iceland and preceding Israel.
This year, ERT decided to share broadcasting rights with another Greek TV channel, MADTV. ERT announced that MADTV would handle the selection of artists. On the 18th of February, the national final took place in Athens. There were four songs in the running; two in English and two in Greek. During the show, we saw performances by past winners, including the 2005 winner for the country, Helena Paparizou. As well as these, the Cypriot representative Despina Olympiou sang her song: “An Me Thimase”. But in the end, the night belonged to the band in kilts and the rebetiko singer. They will sing “Alcohol Is Free” in the second semi-final, on the 16th of May.
Greece is considered to be the joke entry here.
“Alcohol Is Free” is a pop song in Greek, apart from the chorus where the title of the song is repeated. The song’s lyrics describe a night out and the band having fun, but the song contains metaphors of the Greek and European debt crises, and the band try to get away from these problems, but they are unable to and find themselves lost in the “sea”. The song is being called this year’s joke entry, like Kreisiraadio in 2008 and the Teapacks in 2007. But who knows? Let’s hear people’s thoughts!
I can’t understand it, but it’s a good song and it sounds great! 8/10 – Aslihan from Turkey
Funny and catchy song, something different from last years. 7/10 – Honza from the Czech Republic
A secret favourite of mine, 7/10 – Michalis from Cyprus
I’m not a fan of the song – there were better songs in that NF! 4/10 – Jack from the UK
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