Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest Greece won for the first time in 2005 with Elena Paparizou singing "My Number One", which at the time tied for the record for the most number of "twelve points" allocated to a song (ten in total) along with Katrina and the Waves' 1997 "Love Shine A Light". The song also made Greece the first country not a member of Big Four to win the contest without going through a semifinal. After Eurovision, the song topped the charts in Greece, Cyprus and Sweden and entered the top ten in Romania, the Netherlands, Hungary, Belgium, as well as the American "Billboard"
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 The Netherlands was represented by five-piece female group Mrs. Einstein, with the song '"Niemand heeft nog tijd", at the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Dublin on 3 May. The song was chosen at the Dutch national final on 23 February. The final took place on 23 February at the Mercanti Plaza in Amsterdam, hosted by Bart Peeters and Joop van Zijl. All six songs were performed by Mrs. Einstein, with the winner being decided by a 50/50 split between televoting and juries in the twelve Dutch provinces, who awarded votes