OFFICIAL: ERT ANNOUNCED ANNA VISSI FOR ESC '06

Greece: song selection for Anna Vissi with or without Nikos Karvelas? [update]

How Greeks will choose their 2006 Eurovision Song Contest entry? Well here are the latest (unofficial) news from our inside sources. There will be a national song selection for Anna Vissi scheduled (if everything goes well including the weather) around February 28 to March 3. There will be three to five songs which the jury (40%) and the public (60%) will ultimately judge.

Now there are doubts if Nikos Karvelas (Anna's composer, ex husband and mentor) will be the main composer of the selection. Why we say that? Because there is a song search from various composers as we speak. There seems to be a deadline for those various composers to submit songs to Anna Vissi. The news cannot be confirmed but somehow we have the feeling we are in the right track.

After all the most fair is to give to various composers the opportunity to represent Greece. Nikos Karvelas is the composer behind the Cypriot 1982 entry (although never admitted officially). Nevertheless, Mr. Nikos Karvelas is one of the great composers Greece has and often his songs reached the gold and platinum status something for which he definitely deserves maybe a chance to show his work to Eurovision.

There are big names though asked to compose a song for Anna Vissi. The names which we cannot publish until we receive an official statement or confirmation will surprise many people but also will remind a lot of Eurovision. At least the three names we know here on oikotimes.com they are closely related to the event called Eurovision preselection.

Anna Vissi to ERT today
The weather in Athens is reaching frozen limits which prohibit Greeks to move. So far there is no development for the meeting of Ms. Vissi with ERT Executives. The appointment is scheduled for 15:30 CET but still we cannot confirm or deny there will be a cancellation. Stay tuned on oikotimes.com cause here you are the first to know all the latest from the Greek Eurovision news.

update
Despite the hazards by the snow storm in Athens, the Greek national broadcaster finally confirmed and officialized that Anna Vissi will represent Greece. A press release was send to all Greek media saying that ERT is proud to announce Ms. Vissi as the 2006 representative (...) a choice not only of ERT but also fans asking her to perform for Greece (...) we count on her talent, professionalism and unique stage performance (...) we thank her for accepting the challenge and we invite you all to feel the rythm on May's Eurovision Song Contest in Athens.

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