From the official Eurovision website:It’s only July, but Greece has already decided that pop star Sakis Rouvas will represent the country at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, proposed to take place in Moscow, Russia. An ERT representative confirmed that to Eurovision.tv

In 2004, in Istanbul, the Greek singer represented his country successfully with Shake It, and reached a third place. Months later, he performed at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games. In 2006, when Athens hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, Rouvas presented the competition together with Maria Menounos.