{"id":473349,"date":"2026-02-13T23:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/473349\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T23:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:51:08","slug":"the-last-seven-qualify-for-the-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/473349\/","title":{"rendered":"The last seven qualify for the Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Semi-final 2 of Sing for Greece 2026<\/a> has just concluded, and the seven remaining acts advancing to the Final in two days\u2019 time have now been decided.<\/p>\n

14 acts competed in tonight\u2019s show, all hoping to secure a place in the Final. Following the performances, the public vote determined which seven acts remain in the competition and continue their bid to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.<\/p>\n

\"Odds<\/p>\n

Odds Greece 2026Who will sing for Greece?<\/p>\n

<\/a>Sing for Greece 2026 \u2013 Semi-final 2Sing for Greece 2026 <\/a><\/p>\n

Sing for Greece 2026<\/a> consists of two Semi-finals with 14 artists in each show. Seven entries from each Semi-final qualified for the Grand Final, and the Semi-final results were decided by public vote only.<\/p>\n

Semi-final 1: 11 February 2026Semi-final 2: 13 February 2026Final: 15 February 2026<\/p>\n

In the Final on Sunday, the winner will be decided by a 50% public vote and a 50% jury vote. The jury vote is split equally between an international jury (25%) and a Greek jury (25%). If there is a tie, the public vote will decide the outcome.<\/p>\n

\"Sing<\/p>\n

SING FOR GREECE 2026All about Sing for Greece 2026<\/p>\n

<\/a>Greece in Eurovision <\/a><\/p>\n

Greece started its Eurovision adventure back in 1974<\/a>, and has participated in the contest 45 times.<\/p>\n

They won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005<\/a> with the song “My Number One<\/a>,” performed by Helena Paparizou. Since that victory, they have been very successful in Eurovision.<\/p>\n

Greece 2001: Antique – “Die For You”<\/p>\n

Greece has qualified for the Grand Final 18 out of 21 times, only missing the Grand Final in 2016<\/a>, 2018<\/a> and 2023<\/a>. Since 2004, they have finished in the top ten 12 out of 20 times. They have never finished last in the contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Semi-final 2 of Sing for Greece 2026 has just concluded, and the seven remaining acts advancing to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,192418,79022,79021,3057,167492,348,79026],"class_list":{"0":"post-473349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ert","12":"tag-esc","13":"tag-eurovision","14":"tag-greece","15":"tag-national-selections","16":"tag-tv","17":"tag-vienna-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}