Greece made a bright start at
Eurovision in the mid 70s with some very respectable results.
The early 80s saw only intermittent participation and some poor
results when they did bother to compete. The late 80s and early 90s saw a
string of solid (if unspectacular) results before fortunes waned
again.
The new millennium has, however been Greece's finest era
at Eurovision with two top three results followed by victory in the
50th contest and seemingly a regular place in the top ten,
helped in great measure by a combination of competent performers
and a healthy ex-pat phone vote.
