Greece

Greece

Anna Vissi will represent the host country.

Greek television ERT once again selected the performer internally, choosing Anna Vissi to represent Greece in Athens. Anna Vissi will perform the song "Everything", which is composed by Nikos Karvelas and written by Anna Vissi herself. The song was selected on March 14, 2006 by a combination of a public telephone/SMS vote (60%) and expert jury (40%). Since Greece won the contest last year, it is automaticly in the Final this year.

Anna Vissi was born in Larnaca, Cyprus, but moved to Greece at the age of 16 to pursue a singing career. She has previously participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, for Greece in 1980 and Cyprus in 1982. She has also entered pre-selections for the contest in 1986 and 1989 (for Cyprus and Greece respectively), finishing runner-up both times. Anna Vissi has also had a long and successful domestic and international singing career, with several chart albums and hits, whilst collaborating with her former husband Nikos Karvelas. Her current release is a DualDisc called "Nylon".