Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
| Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) | |||
| Country | Greece | |||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Ellinikós Telikós 2009 | |||
| Selection date | Artist: 15 July 2008 Song: 18 February 2009 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "This Is Our Night" | |||
| Artist | Sakis Rouvas | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (4th, 110 points) | |||
| Final result | 7th, 120 points | |||
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Greece was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "This Is Our Night", composed by Dimitris Kontopoulos, with lyrics by Craig Porteils and Cameron Giles-Webb, and performed by Sakis Rouvas. The Greek participating broadcaster, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), organised the national final Ellinikós Telikós 2009 to select its entry for the contest, after having previously selected Rouvas internally. The televised national final consisted of three candidate songs voted upon by the public and a jury.
Following the selection of the song, Rouvas began to travel around Europe and appeared on many television shows, including events held by other participants in the contest. Greece took part in the second semi-final of the contest on 14 May 2009 and qualified for the final, placing fourth with 110 points. At the final on 16 May, Rouvas performed "This Is Our Night" eighth out of the 25 participants and at the end of voting, was awarded seventh place, marking Greece's sixth consecutive top 10 placing since 2004.