Eurovision 1979 - Greece

Elpida performing "Socrates", the Greek entry at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest.

Despite being such a bombastic song and performance that it occasionally borders on kitch (but. hey, kitch can be a good thing, too!), this liberal recounting of our ancient philosopher's life is another absolute classic from the late 70s, our first "golden age" at the contest, and one that was even pitched for victory by some (Elpida herself has admitted to being in tears when it failed to do so). Also note, in the backing vocals, Lia Vissi - sister of Anna and Cyprus' 1985 entrant - and Polina - who'd become one of the most popular pop singers of the 80s and would also get really close to a second ESC appearance since she was set to perform our 1986 entry before we withraw (due to the contest being held the night before the Orthodox Easter, a very big deal in Greece).

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