"To Trehandiri" was the Greek

Greece

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 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

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, performed in Greek

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 by Kostas Bigalis

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Konstantinos Bigalis is a popular singer and musician who is known for representing Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest on 2 occasions: as a singer and composer in 1994 and as a composer in 1996.-Biography:...

 & The Sea Lovers, i.e. the musicians Antonis Tourkoyiorgis ( bass and vocals ), Akis Tourkoyiorgis ( electric guitar ), Vassilis Roussis ( drums ), Victoria Halkiti and Christina Anagnostopoulou as vocalists. In the night of the show the title was replaced by "Diri Diri".

The song was performed nineteenth on the night, following Bosnia and Herzegovina

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's Alma & Dejan with "Ostani kraj mene

Ostani Kraj Mene

"Ostani kraj mene" was the Bosnian and Herzegovinian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed in Bosnian by Alma and Dejan....

" and preceding Austria

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's Petra Frey

Petra Frey

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 with "Für den Frieden der Welt

Für Den Frieden Der Welt

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". At the close of voting, it had received 44 points, placing 14th in a field of 25.

The song is a love ballad, with Bigalis singing to his lover about a time they spent on a trehandiri sailing around the Greek islands.

It was succeeded as Greek representative

Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 at the 1995 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1995

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 by Elina Konstantopoulou

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 with "Pia Prosefhi

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"Pia Prosefhi" was the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performed in Greek by Elina Konstantopoulou....

". Kostas Bigalis returned to the Contest in 1996

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 when he composed Mariana Efstratiou

Mariana Efstratiou

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's entry "Emis Forame To Himona Anixiatika

Emis Forame To Himona Anixiatika

Emis Forame To Himona Anixiatika was the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, performed in Greek by Mariana Efstratiou...

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