{"id":429322,"date":"2026-02-16T22:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/429322\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T22:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:08:08","slug":"%f0%9f%87%ac%f0%9f%87%b7-greece-sing-for-greece-most-watched-national-final-since-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/429322\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 Greece: Sing for Greece Most Watched National Final Since 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ERT has announced that the final of Sing for Greece 2026 was the most watched Greek national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>The final of Sing for Greece 2026 recorded an audience share of 30.5% with 2.664 million viewers watching the show for at least one minute. The show had an impressive reach for younger audiences, with a 74% share of male viewers aged between 18 and 24 years old. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to those watching live on ERT1, 360,000 views were recorded through the ERTFLIX platform. The hashtag #SingForGreece topped the viral trends on Twitter during the final last night.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the Sing for Greece 2026 final were:<\/p>\n<p>ArtistSongJury PointsTelevote PointsTotal PointsResultStylianos\u201cYou &amp; I\u201d126187thD3lta\u201cMad About It\u201d516216thMikay\u201cLabyrinth\u201d44410thMarika\u201cDaughters of the Sun (A, E, I, O, U)\u201d00013thMarseaux\u201cHanomai\u201d (I\u2019m lost)1814323rdGood Job Nicky\u201cDark Side of the Moon\u201d1320332ndKoza Mostra\u201cBulletproof\u201d5499thStefi\u201cEuropa\u201d11112thRosanna Mailan\u201cAlma\u201d (Soul)02211thEvangelia\u201cParea\u201d (Friends)1212244thZaf\u201cAsteio\u201d (Joke)1310235thAkylas\u201cFerto\u201d (Bring it)2424481stLeroybroughtflowers\u201cSabotage!\u201d00014thAlexandra Sieti\u201cThe Other Side\u201d98178th<\/p>\n<p>Akylas will represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. He will perform in the first half of the first semi-final on May 12.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/eurovision.ert.gr\/rekor-tiletheasis-gia-ton-teliko-sing-for-greece\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ERT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest+<\/p>\n<p>Greece debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, when they were represented by Marinella and the song \u201cKrasi, thalassa kai t\u2019agori mou\u201d, which finished in 11th place with 7 points. Three years later, Greece earned their first top 5 finish with Paschalis, Marianna, Robert, and Bessy, who finished in 5th place with \u201cMathima solfege\u201d. In 2001, Greece achieved their first top 3 placing with Antique and the song \u201cI Would Die For You\u201d. The song became a European hit and charted across the continent. In 2005, Helena Paparizou returned to the Eurovision stage as a solo artist and brought Greece their first, and to date only, victory. Her song \u201cMy Number One\u201d won with 230 points, beating runners-up Malta by 38 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ERT has announced that the final of Sing for Greece 2026 was the most watched Greek national final&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,33958,150513,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-429322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-headline","tag-sing-for-greece-2026","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}