The long white ancient-Greek style dress and the Greek flag painted on her hand palm did not help Yianna Terzi make it to the finals of Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The 37-year-old daughter of popular singer Paschalis Terzis, went to Lisbon, sang and left without nomination.
Greek entrance song “Oniro mou” – My Dream – did not persuade neither the general public nor the professional jury.
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Loading ...Yianna Terzi was selected as one of the twenty shortlisted artists for the Ellinikós Telikós 2018 with the song “Oneiro mou” on 27 October 2017, representing Panik Records. On 8 November, she became one of the five acts to be selected to move on to the televised final. Following the disqualification of two of the five acts for not having a “Greek sound”, “Óneiró mou” entered the top three.
On 15 February 2018, it was reported that the record labels for the two other competing artists refused to pay a € 20,000 fee to the Greek broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) and were disqualified from the competition, leaving “Óneiró mou” as the only song remaining and the default Greek entry.
On Tuesday, contestants from Greece, Azerbaijan, Iceland, Belgium, Belarus, FYROM, Croatia, Armenia and Switzerland went home.
When reporters asked Terzi what went wrong she replied “How can I know, it is first time I come here.”
Qualified for the Grand Final on Saturday, May 12th 2018 are:
- Austria: Nobody But You by Cesár Sampson
- Estonia: La Forza by Elina Nechayeva
- Cyprus: Fuego by Eleni Foureira
- Lithuania: When We’re Old by Ieva Zasimauskaitė
- Israel: TOY by Netta
- Czech Republic: Lie To Me by Mikolas Josef
- Bulgaria: Bones by EQUINOX
- Albania: Mall by Eugent Bushpepa
- Finland: Monsters by Saara Aalto
- Ireland: Together by Ryan O’Shaughness
Bookmakers see good chances for Cyprus contest song to win on Saturday.
