Greece in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Greece
Member station	ERT
National selection events	Eurovision Junior
Appearances
Appearances	6
First appearance	2003
Last appearance	2008
Best result	6th: 2003,2005
Worst result	Last: 2007
External links
	Greece's page at Eurovision.tv

Greece has sent six entries to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, entering at the first contest 2003.

Greece's first entry was eight-year-old Eleni Mpakogianni with the song "Fili gia panda", which came sixth for Greece. Greece's best entry in the contest was two times, first in 2003,and secondly at 2005 when Alexandros and Kalli came sixth for Greece with "Tora einai i seira mas". Greece's worst entry was in 2007, when Made In Greece came 17th and last with only 14 points.

Participation history

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009

It was revealed in October 2008 that Greek broadcaster ERT was considering a withdrawal from the 2009 contest after five years of participation due of the relatively low television ratings for the Contest and an objection to using children.^[1] ERT officially withdrew in late April 2009 citing the economic crisis at the time as a factor.^[2]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014

In January 2014, it was reported that NERIT were interested in taking part, taking over from defunct broadcaster ERT.^[3]^[4] These rumours were later confirmed to be untrue.^[5]

Contestants

Table key

Winner

Second place

Third place

Last place

Year	Artist	Language	Title	Place	Points
2003	Nicolas Ganopoulos	Greek	"Fili gia panta" (Φίλοι για πάντα)	6	73
2004	Secret Band	Greek	"O palios mou eaftos" (Ο παλιός μου εαυτός)	9	48
2005	Alexandros & Kalli	Greek	"Tora einai i seira mas" (Tώρα είναι η σειρά μας)	6	88
2006	Chloe Sofia Boleti	Greek	"Den peirazei" (Δεν πειράζει)	13	35
2007	Made In Greece	Greek	"Kapou berdeftika" (Κάπου μπερδεύτηκα)	17	14
2008	Niki Yannouchou	Greek	"Kapoia nychta" (Κάποια νύχτα)	14	19
Did not participate between 2009 and 2015