Eurosong 2013 - a MAD show
| Eurosong 2013 - a MAD show | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 18 February 2013 |
| Venue | Gazi Music Hall |
| Presenter(s) |
Despina Vandi Giorgos Kapoutzidis |
| Opening act | Despina Vandi presenting Dima Bilan, Ruslana, Marija Serifovic and Alexander Rybak |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 4 |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | 50% Tele-Voting/SMS 50% Judging panel Chance round. |
| Winning song | "Alcohol Is Free" by Koza Mostra and Agathonas Iakovidis |
Eurosong 2013 – a MAD show is a Greek national final, held to select the Greek entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.
ERT announced on 15 January 2013 that it had reached an agreement with private music channel MAD TV to take on the organization and production of a national final to select a song to represent Greece in the contest. Additionally, MAD TV will also handle all related preparations associated with the contest. ERT stated that it had taken this decision, after reaching out to record labels and failing to secure a deal with them as in previous years. Additionally, this marks the first time in Greece's participation that ERT outsourced the organization of the national final to a private channel.
On 21 January 2013, ERT and MAD TV officially announced four acts that will take part in a national final. All four acts are signed to the record label Panik Records or its imprint Platinum Records. A special press conference to present the selected songs was held on 6 February 2013. The national final would take place on 18 February 2013 at the Gazi Music Hall, with the winner being chosen via 50% Televoting/SMS Messaging and 50% internal jury.
The band Koza Mostra and their label Platinum Records chose the song "Alcohol is Free", composed by band frontman Elias Kozas with lyrics by Stahis Pahidis. The song also features rebetiko singer Agathonas Iakovidis. The song is performed entirely in Greek language, with the exception of the English language title used in the refrain. Agathonas Iakovidis joins the band, providing a mix of traditional rebetiko style music. The lyrics of the song describe a night out by the band having fun, but also uses metaphors to describe the Greek government-debt crisis and European sovereign-debt crisis; throughout the course of the song and using more metaphors, they try to escape all of the problems. Due to Eurovision rules only allowing six people on stage, one band member will not be included in their stage appearance.
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