Greece: "This Is Love" Undergoes Revamp

"This Is Love", the Greek entry for Eurovision 2017 has undergone a revamp with changes to the instrumentation and lyrics.

One week on from the Greek national final, the final version of "This Is Love", the country's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 has been released. The song has undergone changes to its instrumentation, as well as lyrics during the chorus. The revamp of the song explains why the Greek music video was removed just an hour after being uploaded to the official Eurovision YouTube channel last week.

"This Is Love" won the Greek national final by a margin of over 60% of the votes. The song received 70% of the public televote and 89% of the jury vote. The song has been composed by Dimitris Kontopoulos, while the lyrics were written by Romy Papadea and John Ballard. Demy will be performing in the second half of the first semi final for Greek in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Greece are aiming to return to the Eurovision Song Contest final, having failed to qualify for the final for the first time last year in Stockholm, Sweden. Argo who were internally selected by ERT, finished 16th in their semi final with just 44 points.

Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest:

Greece debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 represented by Marinella and the song “Krasi, thalassa kai t’agori mou”, she finished 11th scoring a total of 7 points. It was just three years later when the country had their first top.5 finish with Paschalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy coming 5th with “Mathima solfege”. In 2001 Greece achieved their first top.3 result with Antique and the song “I Would Die For You”, the song became a European hit charting across the continent. In 2005 Helena Paparizou returned to the Eurovision stage this time as a solo artist and took Greece to victory in Kyiv. Her song “My Number One” won with 230 points, beating runners-up Malta by 38 points.