| Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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| Country |  Greece | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Ellinikós Telikós 2009 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 15 July 2008 Song: 18 February 2009 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Sakis Rouvas | |||
| Selected song | "This Is Our Night" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (4th, 110 points) | |||
| Final result | 7th, 120 points | |||
| Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "This Is Our Night" written by Dimitris Kontopoulos, Craig Porteils and Cameron Giles-Webb and performed by Sakis Rouvas. To select their entry for the 2009 contest, which was held in Moscow, Russia, the Greek national broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) internally selected Rouvas, while his song was chosen through the televised national final Ellinikós Telikós 2009, which consisted of three candidate songs voted upon by the public and a jury.
Following the selection of the song, Rouvas began to travel around Europe and appeared on many television shows, including events held by other participants in the contest. Greece took part in the second semi-final of the contest on 14 May 2009 and qualified for the final, placing fourth with 110 points. At the final on 16 May, Rouvas performed "This Is Our Night" eighth out of the 25 participants and at the end of voting, was awarded seventh place, marking Greece's sixth consecutive top 10 placing since 2004.