Greece was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "", written by Akylas Mytilinaios, Orfeas Nonis, Theofilos Pouzbouris and Thomas Papathanasis, and performed by Akylas himself. The Greek participating broadcaster, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), organised the national final Sing for Greece 2026 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Background

Prior to the 2026 contest, Greece had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 45 times since its debut in . The nation has won the contest once to this point, in with the song "My Number One" performed by Helena Paparizou. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , it managed to qualify for the final with each of its entries for several years. Between 2004 and 2013, it achieved nine top ten placements in the final. The first entry to not qualify to the final was "Utopian Land" performed by Argo in . Its 16th-place finish in the semi-final marked its worst placing at the contest and led to its absence from the final for the first time since 2000, when it did not send an entry. In the , it failed to qualify for the second time with "" by Yianna Terzi, finishing 14th in the semi-final, and for the third time in with "What They Say" by Victor Vernicos. In , "" by Klavdia qualified for the final and placed sixth with 231 points.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. ERT's predecessor, the National Radio Television Foundation (EIRT), debuted in the contest in 1974 and then ERT participated from 1975 until 2013, when the broadcaster was shut down by a government directive. It was replaced firstly with the interim (DT) and then later by the New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television (NERIT) broadcaster, before reverting to the ERT name by the new government in June 2015. The Greek broadcasters over the years had selected their entries both internally and through the national final format . ERT confirmed its intention to participate in the 2026 contest on 16 July 2025, and announced on 30 September that a national final would be organised to select its representative.

Before Eurovision

Sing for Greece 2026 Sing for Greece 2026 was the national final developed by ERT to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The competition consisted of three shows that took place between 11 and 15 February 2026 at the Peiraios 260 in Athens, hosted by Giorgos Kapoutzidis, and Katerina Vrana, with Fokas Evangelinos serving as the artistic director. All shows were broadcast on ERT1, ERT World, Second Programme (with commentary by Mikaela Theofilou and Dimitris Meidanis), Voice of Greece and ERT echo, as well as online on ERT's over-the-top media service ERTFLIX. The final was also broadcast on RIK 1 in Cyprus and on the Eurovision Song Contest's official YouTube channel.

Format The competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals on 11 and 13 February 2026 and a final on 15 February 2026. 14 songs competed in each semi-final and the top seven entries qualified to the final. The results for the semi-finals were determined exclusively by public voting, while the results in the final were determined by a combination of public and jury voting. Public voting was conducted through SMS and online voting.

Competing entries On 17 September 2025, ERT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries for consideration by the broadcaster by 2 November 2025. Artists were required to be Greek citizens, be permanent residents in Greece or be of Greek descent. Songwriters could be of any nationality and submit up to three songs, however each song was required to have at least one songwriter that was a Greek citizen or a permanent resident in Greece. 264 songs were received by the submission deadline and a seven-member jury selected 28 entries to participate in the national final. The jury consisted of Giorgos Theofanous (composer and producer), (songwriter), Despina Kritikou (radio station director), Monsieur Minimal (songwriter), Giorgos Mouchtaridis (radio producer), Dimitris Rigopoulos (journalist) and Marietta Fafouti (songwriter). The competing entries were revealed on 4 January 2026 during the show Sing for Greece – , broadcast on ERT1 and hosted by Betty Maggira, Kelly Vranaki and Thanos Papahamos. Among the selected competing artists was Koza Mostra, who previously represented Greece in .

Artist Song Songwriter(s) Akylas "" Alexandra Sieti "The Other Side" Basilica "Set Everything on Fire" Vasiliki Maria Polytaridi D3lta "Mad About It" Desi G "Aphrodite" Dinamiss "Chaos" Evangelia "" Garvin "Back in the Game" Georgios Arvanitakis "Dark Side of the Moon" Kianna "No More Drama" Koza Mostra "Bulletproof" Ilias Kozas Leroybroughtflowers "Sabotage!" Dimitris Daras Marika "Daughters of the Sun (A, E, I, O, U)" Marseaux "" Manolis Solidakis Mikay "Labyrinth" Niya "Slipping Away" Niya Omiridis Panagiotis Tsakalakos "2nd Chance" Revery "The Songwriter" Konstantinos Blioumis Rikki "" Rosanna Mailan "" Spheyiaa "" Stefi "Europa" Stella Kay "You Are the Fire" Stylianos "You & I" The Astrolabe "Drop It" Athanasios Yamas Tianora "" Victoria Anastasia "Whatcha Doin to Me" Zaf "" Giannis Zafeiriou

Semi-finals The two semi-finals took place on 11 and 13 February 2026. 14 songs competed in each semi-final, with the top seven proceeding to the final based on a public vote. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performers included Klavdia (who represented ) in the first semi-final, and Tamta (who represented ) and Antigoni (who would represent ) in the second semi-final. + Semi-final 1 – 11 February 2026 Artist SongPublic votePlaceOnlineSMSTotal 1Alexandra Sieti"The Other Side" 1,239 1,968 3,207 5 2The Astrolabe"Drop It" 525 712 1,237 9 3Desi G"Aphrodite" 795 427 1,222 10 4Akylas"" 5,550 8,164 13,714 1 5Evangelia"" 1,420 1,819 3,239 4 6Panagiotis Tsakalakos"2nd Chance" 222 494 716 14 7Niya"Slipping Away" 561 192 753 13 8Marseaux"" 1,479 2,760 4,239 2 9Rosanna Mailan"" 788 1,355 2,143 6 10Stefi"Europa" 585 1,302 1,887 7 11Revery"The Songwriter" 423 388 811 12 12Dinamiss"Chaos" 375 723 1,098 11 13Stylianos"You & I" 1,581 2,122 3,703 3 14Spheyiaa"" 410 926 1,336 8 + Semi-final 2 – 13 February 2026 Artist SongPublic votePlaceOnlineSMSTotal 1Rikki"" 328 433 761 12 2Garvin"Back in the Game" 345 367 712 13 3Mikay"Labyrinth" 760 1,129 1,889 7 4Marika"Daughters of the Sun (A, E, I, O, U)" 883 1,683 2,566 4 5D3lta"Mad About It" 1,376 4,085 5,461 2 6Zaf"" 1,068 2,028 3,096 3 7Kianna"No More Drama" 368 858 1,226 9 8Stella Kay"You Are the Fire" 420 366 786 11 9Tianora"" 686 1,010 1,696 8 10Victoria Anastasia"Whatcha Doin to Me" 564 325 889 10 11Basilica"Set Everything on Fire" 148 257 405 14 12Good Job Nicky"Dark Side of the Moon" 2,569 5,101 7,670 1 13Koza Mostra"Bulletproof" 866 1,605 2,471 5 14Leroybroughtflowers"Sabotage!" 916 1,301 2,217 6

Final The final took place on 15 February 2026. Fourteen songs competed and the winner, "" performed by Akylas, was selected by a combination of public voting (50%), Greek jury voting (25%) and international jury voting (25%). The Greek jury consisted of Marina Spanou (songwriter), Giannis Vassilopoulos (radio station director), (journalist and presenter), (actor) and Hara Kefala (vocal coach and music theatre performer), while the international jury consisted of Benedikt Wiehle (journalist at SWR3), Lasha Kapanadze (head of press for Georgia at Eurovision), Jelena Tomašević (Serbian singer), Ludovic Julien Hurel (head of press for France at Eurovision) and Andrei Zapșa (assistant general director and head of program of TRM). In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the guest performer was . + Final – 15 February 2026ArtistSongJuryPublic voteTotalPlace GreekOnlineSMSTotalPoints 1Stylianos"You & I" 4 82,4192,9955,414 6 18 7 2D3lta"Mad About It" 0 53,93513,62417,559 16 21 6 3Mikay"Labyrinth" 3 11,0841,4732,557 0 4 10 4Marika"Daughters of the Sun (A, E, I, O, U)" 0 09831,7592,742 0 0 13 5Marseaux"" 8 104,2797,36311,642 14 32 3 6Good Job Nicky"Dark Side of the Moon" 6 77,02919,92626,955 20 33 2 7Koza Mostra"Bulletproof" 2 31,5932,5854,178 4 9 9 8Stefi"Europa" 1 01,0801,9973,077 0 1 12 9Rosanna Mailan"" 0 01,4811,9573,438 2 2 11 10Evangelia"" 10 25,1965,03110,227 12 24 4 11Zaf"" 7 62,6404,4247,064 10 23 5 12Akylas"" 12 1224,70635,12859,834 24 48 1 13Leroybroughtflowers"Sabotage!" 0 05931,0901,683 0 0 13 14Alexandra Sieti"The Other Side" 5 42,2523,6505,902 8 17 8

Ratings + Viewing figures by show Show Air date (millions) Share(%) Semi-final 1 11 February 2026 1.63 15.3% Semi-final 2 13 February 2026 1.85 17.9% Final 15 February 2026 2.664 30.5%

At Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 took place at the in Vienna, Austria, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and a final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country performed in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.

Semi final Greece was allocated for the first semi final, and later, was announced to perform in position four during the show. Shortly after, the qualification–announcement segment took place, and, at the end of the segment Greece was announced as one of the ten qualifiers, therefore, Greece would move on onto the final.

Final Greece performed in the first half of the final, and finished at the 10th place, with 220 points.

Voting

Points awarded to Greece

+ Points awarded to Greece (Semi-final 1) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

+ Points awarded to Greece (Final) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Greece

+ Points awarded by Greece (Semi-final 1) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

+ Points awarded by Greece (Final) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Detailed voting results Each participating broadcaster assembles a seven-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent and two of which have to be between 18 and 25 years old. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Greek jury: Alexis Karakatsanis Dimitrios Meidanis Ioannis Christodoulopoulos Panagiotis Nikolaidis Athina Klimi Christina Kaliakatsou Marina Spanou