(abbreviated SFG; ) is an annual music contest organised by the Greek public broadcaster ERT, serving the format for the Eurovision Song Contest since 2025, replacing the previous Greek Eurovision selection which had been held since 1979.

Winners + Table key First place Second place Third place Last place

YearSongArtistResults at Eurovision Final Points Semi Points 2025""Klavdia62314112 2026""Akylas102207159

Editions 2025

Under the name (; ) the final took place on 30 January 2025 at the Christmas Theater in Galatsi, Athens. Twelve songs competed and the winner, "" performed by Klavdia, was selected by a combination of public voting conducted through SMS (50%), Greek jury voting (25%) and international jury voting (25%).

+ Final – 30 January 2025 Artist SongJuryTelevote Total PlaceGreek 1 Rikki "Elevator (Up and Down)"842147 2 Thanos Lambrou "Free Love"174129 3 Kostas Ageris ""7110186 4 Andy Nicolas "Lost My Way"350810 5 Klavdia ""12824441 6 Constantinos Christoforou and Kostas Karafotis ""508138 7 Georgina Kalais and John Vlaseros "High Road"026810 8 Barbz "Sirens"61014303 9 Evangelia ""101220422 10 Dinamiss "Odyssey"4416244 11 Nafsica Gavrilaki "Unhurt Me"000012 12 Xannova Xan "Play It!"2612205

2026 The contest was rebranded as "Sing for Greece". 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, seven from each semi final, 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

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