Greece 2019 🇬🇷 announcement delay brings suspicions and rumours

GREECE – Is the name of Katerine Duska still on the table for Eurovision 2019? Is it true that ERT will fully cover the expenses for the Greek entry this year? Is it true that the announcement delays due to song problem? Nobody knows but lots of speculations have risen on the web.

On early January ERT reached an agreement with MINOS EMI for Katerine Duska representing the country in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Originally ERT officially stated that the song will make us dance. Then ERT re-sttated that the song is independent music style. Now ERT states that the song is a powerful ballad in the style of Amy Winehouse.

Originally there would have been some financial deal between MINOS EMI and ERT to split the expenses. Currently this is what ERT officially claims to justify the delay of the announcement. But there are secure rumours from inside the broadcaster that ERT will fully cover the Greek entry expenses (including the video clip).

Rumours by Greek media and sources close to the broadcaster and the signer claim that the chosen song for Eurovision 2019 may breach the EBU rule of September 1st was it seems it have bee only performed in the recent past. The information is completely denied by MINOS EMI sources with which oikotimes.com recently spoke.

Though media claim that the song for Eurovision 2019 is the one titled “Somebody” which was already released by Katerine Douska and that the artist and her team are back in the studio to re-arrange the song into something that will not cause any problems.

True or fake news? Once thing is for sure. ERT’s announcement delay once again created suspicions. But then again who could have waited for a more professional approach by the recent ERT adminstrations on the Eurovision issue?

Greece 2019 🇬🇷 it seems that the Eurovision entry will make us dance!

GREECE – Following the announcement of the committee that will choose this year’s representative, the official announcement of ERT for our representative is very close and as we have already informed you, this will be Katerine Duska, who responded positively to the proposal of Greek public television.

Ethos news site interviewed the Director of International Relations of ERT, Mrs. Maria Koufopoulou, for the selection of the Greek participation in Eurovision 2019. The official announcements are not late, since, according to Mrs. Koufopoulou, they will be done by the end of the week:

“The choice of the artist to represent us in the European Music Competition will be held by the end of the week. There are some specifications for the final selection. The artist should be experienced and able to stand on an international stage. It is a championship that we also want to come down with someone who will have the specifics. We also want to like it!”

Finally, as far as the song is concerned, what Mrs Koufopoulou reveals is that it will move in a different direction from last year’s participation:

“It will be a song that will make us rock and at the same time make us proud of the country.’

Greece 2019 🇬🇷 ERT to announce Katerine Duska for Tel Aviv

GREECE – Within the week ERT is going to announce Katerine Duska, as the 2019 Greek representative for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Katerine Duska is a Greek singer and songwritter. She was born in Montreal, Canada and she lives in Athens, Greece. Her 2016 debut album Embodiment won over critics with the lead track “Fire Away” featuring prominently in a Nescafe Canada ad campaign. Her official Facebook profile compares the chanteuse’s style to the “dark sonic timbres” of Lykke Li and Jessie Ware”, while her “trademark soulful rasp” harkens back to the late Amy Winehouse.