Re: GREECE 2018
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The mess of the greek selection continues.
Negotiations between ERT and the record labels are still on, with the biggest "thorn" being-what else?-the financial issues. ERT has only received two of the 3 songs in their final versions and it's doutbful that the nf will take place on the 22nd of February. Needless to say that we are not gonna listen to the songs this week either, as it was unofficially reported by INFE
Areti Ketime posted
this on her FB account two days ago :"We, the participants will be lucky if we manage to make the NF happen on the 22nd of this month. Do you guys beleive it's not gonna be a NF? That would be a pity!" (bonus ; the mild bashing of Fotis from Oikotimes to Areti under her comment
2).
I am posting this and take it with a grain of salt (because this information comes from a member on a greek forum). The only entry that is in jeopardy right now is indeed Ketime's because Spicy Records seems reluctant to pay those 20.000 euros needed. The reason is that there is a big tension between the label and the composer of Areti's song.
However, Spider Music's manager, Evanthia Magni (she represents "Chorostalites"), who has been very active by posting on INFE's and OGAE's pages, wrote yesterday that greek NF will definitely take place with all 3 finalists and there is no plan b about another artist who is gonna be sent to Lisbon internally.
Meanwhile, all artists continue with their rehearsals. Here is an interview of the 3rd finalist of our NF, Yianna Terzi. She has been the most "quiet" one, all this time, but she finally decided to take action and promote her song. Everyone can watch it as there are english subs.
