GREECE: THE WINNER OF THE 50TH EUROVISION SONG CONTEST HELENA PAPARIZOU GET A WARM WELCOME WHEN SHE RETURNS TO ATHENS

Record ID: 648482

  • Title: GREECE: THE WINNER OF THE 50TH EUROVISION SONG CONTEST HELENA PAPARIZOU GET A WARM WELCOME WHEN SHE RETURNS TO ATHENS
  • Date: 23rd May 2005
  • Summary: (BN14) ATHENS,GREECE)(MAY 23 2005) (REUTERS) 1. LV AIRPLANE ARRIVING AT AIRPORT 0.05 2. LAS/SV PAPARIZOU AT STEPS OF AIRPLANE WITH HER TROPHY, DRAPED IN A GREEK FLAG (2 SHOTS) 0.18 3. MCU PHOTOGRPAHERS TAKING PICTURES 0.23 4. SV PAPARIZOU BEING HANDED FLOWERS AFTER COMING DOWN STAIRS 0.34 5. TV/SV PAPARIZOU WALKING WITH DELEGATION AND FANS AROUND HER ESCORTED BY POLICE (2 SHOTS) 0.45 6. LV DELEGATION SPEAKING TO REPORTERS 0.50 7. MCU (Greek) PAPARIZOU SAYING: "It hasnt sunk in yet that Greece is number one, espeically with music. Music is the one thing that unites all the world regardless of language. We did it, and I am very touched. Greece!" 1.17 8. TV/SV/CU CROWDS GATHERED AT TELEVISION STATION WAITING TO SEE PAPARIZOU PERFORM AT CONCERT (4 SHOTS) 1.38 9. SV/SLV PAPARIZOU HOLDING UP GREEK FLAG ON STAGE AT CONCERT SAYING HELLO, THIS IS OUR FLAG ONCE MORE WE ARE RAISING IT HIGH. GREECE CHOSE THE BEST SONG, AND EUROPE DID AS WELL. MY NUMBER ONE! (2 SHOTS) 2.00 10. SV/LV VARIOUS OF PAPARIZOU PERFORMING THE WINNING SONG TO CHEERING CROWD (3 SHOTS) 2.42 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 7th June 2005 13:00
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  • Location: ATHENS,GREECE
  • Country: Greece
  • Reuters ID: LVA54Z5SMEIL7D1WIKH1QFNJYPKH
  • Story Text: The winner of the 50th Eurovision song contest,
    Greece's Helena Paparizou, was given a warm welcome when
    she returned to Athens on Monday.




    The Greek winnner of the 2005 Eurovision song
    contest Helena Paparizou, draped in a Greek flag, touched
    down in the country's capital on Monday (May 23) to
    resounding cheers as crowds gathered at the airport to get
    a glimpse at the new Eurovision champion.

    The singer was handed bouquets of flowers as people
    rushed to take a picture with her and get an autograph.

    'It hasn't sunk in yet, that Greece is number
    one..Music is one thing that unites the world regardless of
    language... I am very touched.' said Paparizou before
    choking up with tears.

    The singer later performed the winning song at a live
    outdoor concert attended by thousands of shouting fans at
    the country's national TV network ERT, Eurovision member
    and organizer of Greece's participation.

    Paparizou held up a Greek flag during the concert
    drawing cheers from the crowd.

    'Number 1' mania has hit Greece since Paparizou's win
    on Saturday with her upbeat song 'My Number 1'. T-shirts
    and hats have been printed and are selling across the
    country. Newstations continuously re-broadcast the win
    while radio stations played the song repeatedly.

    Fans took to the streets on Saturday waving Greek flags
    when news broke that Greece beat out 23 other countries in
    the song competition.

    It mimicked the scene on the streets of the country in
    2004, when Greece won the European football championships.

    It was Paparizou's second participation at the
    Eurovision contest, in 2001 she finished third with her
    then band, Antique, and the song, 'Die for You'.

    Greece also came third in last year's competition when
    it sent one of its hottest pop stars, Sakis Rouvas, to the
    competition.

    This year's win is the country's first since it began
    its participation in 1974.

    The Greek singer scored 230 points in telephone voting
    from viewers in 39 countries, far ahead of second place
    Malta with 39 points.

    Malta's Chiara, who sang "Angel," was perhaps the most
    traditional of all the performances with a minimum of
    glitter.

    Romania's Luminita Anghel and her group Sistem,
    singing "Let me Try" with a variety of steel drums on
    stage, was third.


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