In Greece, the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 recorded its largest audience for the competition in 15 years.
An average of 2,822,000 viewers watched on Saturday night as the final of the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place live from Vienna. The contest reached 4,760,000 viewers during the course of the 4-hour show, with an average audience share of 70.5% and a peak of 83% share during the voting sequence. The figure is the largest audience that Greece has recorded for the Eurovision Song Contest since 2011, when 2.9 million watched the competition.
The viewing figures for Eurovision 2026 in Greece were:
Semi-Final One – 994,000 viewers – 37.7% share
Semi-Final Two – 1,078,000 viewers – 26.3% share
Grand Final – 2,822,000 viewers – 70.5% share
Akylas represented Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with “Ferto”, in the final he palced 10th with 220 points. Greece received 12 points from the juries in Cyprus and Serbia, and from the public in Bulgaria, Cyprus and San Marino.
Source: ERT
Greece debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 when they were represented by Marinella and the song “Krasi, thalassa kai t’agori mou” which finished in 11th place with 7 points. Three years later Greece earned their first top 5 finish with Paschalis, Marianna, Robert, and Bessy who finished in 5th place with “Mathima solfege”. In 2001, Greece achieved their first top 3 placing with Antique and the song “I Would Die For You”. The song became a European hit and charted across the continent. In 2005, Helena Paparizou returned to the Eurovision stage as a solo artist and brought Greece their first, and to date only, victory. Her song “My Number One” won with 230 points, beating runners-up Malta by 38 points.