The second semi-final of Eurovision 2025 will start tonight at 22:00 (Greek time) with Klavdia, the Greek participation, competing with "Asteromata". The leaked video of her appearance has captivated Greek and foreign viewers and critics. Greece will compete in 7th place out of a total of 16 countries that will claim their qualification to the final. Ten of them will make it. Today, all Greeks abroad we vote for Greece!
Eva Metis Koutoumanou
The story behind "Asteromata"
"Asteromata, with music and lyrics by Arcade, is an ethnic song that speaks of refugee and uprooting. In fact, the term "asteromata" is a traditional term used in Smyrna to describe women with bright and impressive eyes.
What does "tzivaeri" mean? Many of us have sung it, few know it. The word comes from the Turkish cevahir, which means gemstone, precious gem. Metaphorically, when we say to someone "my jivaeri", we mean "my treasure".
The message of the song is particularly resonant, since it speaks of the loss of the homeland and the search for a better life. Klavdia drew her inspiration from the history of Pontic Hellenism, highlighting the genocide and the uprooting of the Pontians.
The composition is written by Arcade and Klavdia and lyrics by Arcade.
From the betting favorites, Austria, Israel and Finland take the Eurovision stage tonight and France, the United Kingdom and Germany from the "Big Five".
The order of occurrence of the countries is:
Australia – Go-Jo – Milkshake Man
Montenegro – Nina Žižić – Dobrodošli
Ireland – Emmy – Laika Party
Latvia – Tautumeitas – Bur man laimi
Armenia – Parg – Survivor
Austria – JJ – Wasted Love
Greece – Klavdia – Asteromata (number 7)
Lithuania – Katarsis – Tavo akys
Malta – Miriam Conte – Serving
Georgia – Mariam Sengelia – Freedom
Denmark – Sissal – Hallucination
Czech Republic – Adonxs – Kiss Kiss Goodbye
Luxembourg – Laura Thorner – La poupée monte le son
Israel – Yuval Raphanel – New Day Will Rise
Serbia – Princ – Mila
Finland – Erika Vikman – Ich komme
From Basel, Switzerland, ERT will broadcast the second semi-final, tonight May 15, as well as the Eurovision final, on May 17, 2025 at 22:00 (Greek time), directly:
- on television from ERT1,
- radio from the Second Program 103.7,
- and online, since "for the first time in the history of Eurovision broadcasting in Greece, the contest will be presented with accessibility services on a separate ERTFLIX channel, in parallel with the live broadcast by ERT1 without any interruption for advertising messages", as ERT informs in a press release.
All competing songs will be subtitled for accessibility reasons in the Greek language, with the aim of conveying the meaning by rendering the lyrics and music of each song, as well as interpretation in Greek Sign Language. Also, all the shows will be rendered in Greek Sign Language, where the comments and information of the two commentators will be transferred.
For their part, the commentators, Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis, following special instructions, throughout their broadcasts, will attempt to offer elements of acoustic description, in order to "live" the image for those who need it.
The video with the captivating performance of Klavdia and the inspiring choreography/scenography by creative director Fokas Evangelinos
On Wednesday, May 14, the Greek delegation presented the entirety of Klavdia's stage performance.
For the first time, the rehearsal was open to accredited journalists, who had the opportunity to see exactly how countries would appear on the music scene, so that they could have the first complete impression of the presentations.
