Ellinikós Telikós 2008 was the Greek national final developed by ERT to select the Greek entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The competition took place on 27 February 2008 at the Athinon Arena Music Hall in Athens (22:00–00:30 CET), hosted by actresses and comedy singers Betty and Mathilde Maggira. The show was televised on NET, ERT World as well as online via the ERT website ert.gr and the official Eurovision Song Contest websites. The national final was watched by an estimated 1.9 million viewers in Greece, topping the programs aired on 27 February 2008 by 45.9% according to AGB Hellas.

Competing artists

Three artists, all newcomers to the Greek music scene, were invited by ERT to participate in the national final. The three acts: Chrispa, Kalomira and Kostas Martakis were announced on 17 December 2007. The three competing artists had until 25 January 2008 to submit their songs, which were presented on 6 February 2008 during a press conference held at the Hilton Hotel in Athens. Three days before the press conference, Kalomira and Kostas Martakis‘ songs were leaked via the internet.

Entry selection

Ellinikós Telikós 2008 took place on 27 February 2008. Three songs competed and the winner, „Secret Combination“ performed by Kalomira, was selected by a combination of public voting (60%) and jury voting (40%). The jury consisted of Christos Dantis (jury chairman), Johnny Kalimeris (ERT executive), Dimitris Gontikas (General Manager of ERT Television), Antonis Andrikakis (lyricist and General Manager of ERT Radio) and Mimis Plessas (composer and conductor). Public voting was conducted through telephone or SMS. „Secret Combination“ came first in the public vote and second in the jury vote.

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured guest performances by 2008 Azerbaijani Eurovision entrants Elnur Hüseynov and Samir Javadzadeh, 2008 Cypriot Eurovision entrant Evdokia Kadi, 2008 Romanian Eurovision entrants Nico and Vlad Miriţă and 2008 Slovenian Eurovision entrant Rebeka Dremelj. 2007 Greek Eurovision entrant Sarbel was also present at the show, performing „Yassou Maria“ and „Eho trelathi“.

Result of Ellinikós Telikós 2008 – 27 February 2008

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Percentage	Place
1	Chrispa	„A Chance to Love“	Marios Psimopoulos, Antonis Pappas	15.9%	3
2	Kostas Martakis	„Always and Forever“	Dimitris Kontopoulos, Vicky Gerothodorou	33.8%	2
3	Kalomira	„Secret Combination“	Konstantinos Pantzis, Poseidonas Giannopoulos	50.3%	1

Kalomira came 3rd at the ESC.