Greece was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Den peirazei", written and performed by Chloe Sofia Boleti. The Greek participating broadcaster, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), selected its entry for the contest through a national final.

Before Junior Eurovision

I teliki epilogi tou ellinikou tragoudiou - Eurovision Junior-06 The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) opened the submission window the national final on 21 June 2006. The deadline for the submissions window was originally 28 July 2006 but was extended to 4 August 2006. By the deadline, 92 participants with 107 songs were received. From the entries, ten finalists were chosen by a jury consisting of (chairman), Andreas Konstantinidis, , , and Stelios Fotiadis.

On 19 September 2006, the ten finalists were revealed. Originally Verina Evangelou was supposed to be a finalist with "Kati symnavei" but withdrew due to personal reasons, she got replaced by Maria Rigopoulou with "Kosmos onirikos". The running order was revealed on 26 September 2006.

The final took part on 7 October 2006 in ERT studio at 20:00 CEST and was broadcast on ET1. The show was hosted by and Renia Tsitsibikou. The results were decided by a jury and televoting. The jury consisted of Giorgos Polychroniou (chairman), Andreas Konstantinidis, Dionysis Schoinas, Nina Lotsari, Stelios Fotiadis, Giorgos Mouchtaridis, Alexandros Chountas and Kalli Georgelli.

Guest performers were Dionysis Schinas and Dimitris Schoinas with "Eimai akoma paidi", Alexandros and Kalli with "Tora einai i seira mas", Nicolas Ganopoulos with "Fili gia panta", Giorgos Kotsougiannis and Antonis Skrivanos from Secret Band with "O palios mou eaftos" and Luis Panagiotou and Christina Christofi with "Agoria koritsia".

Key: Winner

+Final – 7 October 2006 Artist Song Songwriter(s) 1 Stergios Pertsinidis "Thelo na ziso" ("Θέλω να ζήσω") 2Elpida Bairaktaridou"Party" ("Πάρτυ") 3Maria Rigopoulou"Kosmos onirikos" ("Κόσμος ονειρικός") 4Eirini Korchatzi, Eirini Tabakou and Sofia Achina"Ena asteri" ("Ένα αστέρι") 5Maria Iliadou and Faidra Apalaki"Zise ti zoi" ("Ζήσε τη ζωή") 6Caroline Tatara"Onira glyka" ("Όνειρα γλυκά") 7Magdalini Papadopoulou and Sofia Kazantzidou"Se thelo" ("Σε θέλω") 8Chloe Boleti"Den peirazei" ("Δεν πειράζει") 9Theodora Katsikogianni and Pinelopi Skalkotou"Mia agkalia gia ta paidia" ("Μια αγκαλιά για τα παιδιά") 10Eleni Grammatikopoulou"To fos" ("Το φως")

At Junior Eurovision At the running order draw on 17 October 2006, Greece was drawn to perform eleventh on 2 December 2006, following Sweden and preceding Belarus.

Voting

+ Points awarded to Greece Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

+ Points awarded by Greece Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

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