Turkey's entry for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, Hadise, was interviewed by eurovision.tv's video team and gave us a glimpse of what to expect from her in Moscow!
The Turkish singer for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, Hadise, was internally chosen as Turkey's entry for Moscow. Hadise presented her song Dόm Tek Tek during TRT's New Year's show for the first time which was met by approval by both Turkish media and fans.
Hadise was interviewed by eurovision.tv's own Jan Demulder, and revealed lots of things about herself and her participation in Europe's favourite music TV show. She also disclosed that she is going back to Turkey soon to do some extra work on Dόm Tek Tek. She also gave a special treat to all the eurovision.tv readers!
"Dόm Tek Tek" is the sound that a drum makes, thus there is no direct or official translation for it. "Boom Bang Bang" is simply the English equivalent.
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Greece has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-nine times since their first entry in 1974 winning it in 2005 with the song "My Number One" performed by Elena Paparizou, and being placed third three times: in 2001 with the song "Die for You" performed by the duo Antique; in 2004 with "Shake It" performed by Sakis Rouvas; and the 2008 entry "Secret Combination". Following the introduction of the semi-finals for the 2004 contest, Greece has had a top ten placing each year. Greece's least successful result was in 1998 when it placed twentieth with the song "Mia Krifi Evesthisia" by Thalassa, receiving only twelve points in total, all from Cyprus.
The Greek national broadcaster, Ellinikν Radiofonνa Tileσrasi (ERT) broadcasts the event in Greece each year and organizes the selection process for its entry. From 2004 to 2006, ERT had selected high-profile artists internally and set up national finals to choose the song, while in 2007 and 2008 it held a televised national final to choose both the song and performer. For the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, ERT was able to secure a high-profile artist once again and planned a national final to choose the song.
Greece and Ellinikν Radiofonνa Tileσrasi (ERT) announced that they internally selected Sakis Rouvas to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 on July 15, 2008.
Greece was the first country to pick an artist for the 2009 edition. Rouvas will be singing a song by Dimitris Kontopoulos.