"Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos" (Greek

Greek alphabet

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: Ελλάδα, χώρα του φωτός, English

English language

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: "Greece, Country of Light") is a song by Greek

Greece

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 pop singer Katerina Garbi

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. It was Greece

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's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

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, and a single from Garbi's fifth solo album Os Ton Paradeiso

Os Ton Paradeiso

- Singles :#"Nai Yparho Ego" #"Os Ton Paradiso" #"O Kafes" #"Derti" #"Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos"...

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At Eurovision

The song was performed sixth on the night, following Denmark

Denmark

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's Tommy Seebach Band

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 with "Under stjernerne på himlen

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" and preceding Belgium

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's Barbara Dex

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 with "Iemand als jij

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". At the close of voting, it had received 64 points, placing 9th in a field of 25. The song is in praise of Greece itself, with Garbi singing about its great intellectual and cultural heritage. It was succeeded as Greek representative

Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 at the 1994 Contest

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 by Costas Bigalis & The Sea Lovers with "To Trehandiri

To Trehandiri

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Track listing

1. "Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos" – 2:57
2. "Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos" (Instrumental) – 2:57