{"id":805214,"date":"2026-10-17T04:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T04:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/805214\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T04:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T04:42:12","slug":"%f0%9f%87%ac%f0%9f%87%b7-greece-thessaloniki-to-host-sing-for-greece-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/805214\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 Greece: Thessaloniki\u00a0to Host Sing for Greece 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ERT has announced that Thessaloniki\u00a0will be the host city for the Greek national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Greek national selection for Burgas, Sing for Greece 2027, is set to be held in Thessaloniki. The selection will head to the second largest city in the country, and marks the first time the Greek selection show has been held outside of Athens in a number of years. In addition, ERT has confirmed that the show will once again feature three nights of competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artists wishing to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2027 in Burgas can submit their entries until November 1 at 23:59 local time. The submission process is being conducted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ert.gr\/singforgreece2027\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online through ERT<\/a>\u2018s website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sing for Greece has seen interest in the Eurovision Song Contest grow and returned the decision of the Greek representative back to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having first been held in 2025, the selection has brought strong results for Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Akylas represented Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with \u201cFerto\u201d. He placed 10th in the final with 220 points. Greece received 12 points from the juries in Cyprus and Serbia, and from the public in Bulgaria, Cyprus and San Marino.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ert.gr\/protaseis\/i-thessaloniki-ypodexetai-to-sing-for-greece-ethnikos-telikos-eurovision-2027\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawU_UGpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mA3NydGMGYXBwX2lkATAAAR6BoapQ7QV_zoqQeU9fl4Pri_t62xhGcBZhOXyOJyy8Rr-06rhyiZOygYbCYA_aem_QrlW8md2he3QqJPFajhMGg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ERT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest+<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 Thessaloniki\u00a0will be the host city for the Greek national selection for the Eurovision Song&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,33958,264334,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-805214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-headline","tag-sing-for-greece-2027","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805214","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=805214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}