National Final
At first, ERT organized a National Final that consisted of a Pop Idol style TV show called Eurostar which started on December 5, 2003. 36 people were selected to compete and were divided into three groups of twelve. The contestants of each group had to compete against each other over two heats. The six contestants with the highest score of each group proceeded to the following round. Apostolos Psichramis was the winner of the final and was supposed to move on to a selection process for a song, however, ERT internally selected "Shake It" by Nikos Terzis, sung by Sakis Rouvas after they had finialized a deal with him to sing. The winner and the two finalists from Eurostar were then given the opportunity of performing back-up vocals in Istanbul, Turkey.
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