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Greece's first entry was eight-year-old Nicolas Ganopoulos with the song "Fili gia panta", which came eighth for Greece. The country's best entry in the contest was in 2005 when Alexandros and Kalli placed sixth with "Tora einai i seira mas", while their worst result was in 2007, when "Made in Greece" placed 17th (last) with 14 points. The nation has not taken part in the contest since 2008.
History
Greece opted to be one of the 16 nations to take part in the inaugural edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and participated in six consecutive contests. 2008 marked their last appearance, with the Greek national broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) announcing that relatively low television ratings for the contest and an objection to using children were factors in the decision. ERT officially opted out of the contest in April 2009 in a press release that cited the economic crisis at the time as an additional factor.
In January 2014, it was reported that New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television (NERIT) was interested in taking part, taking over from defunct broadcaster ERT. However, it was later confirmed that Greece would continue its absence from the competition. In June 2020, it was reported that ERT was seriously considering returning to the contest in 2020; however, weeks later, the broadcaster had decided against its return.
The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov. The Greek broadcaster, ERT, sent their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Greek language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Greece. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.
Zouboulakis, I. (1 November 2003). "Επιλογές / 21:00, ET1 "Eurovision Junior"" [TV choices / 21:00, ET1 "Eurovision Junior"]. To Vima (in Greek). p. 49.
