eurovision 2016

Argo

Argo represented Greece at Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm with “Utopian Land”, and went out in the first semi-final.

what
Greek band
formed
2006, Greece
contest
2016
music
folk
active
since 2006
members
Maria Venetikidou past and present
sang for
Greece

Biography

Argo is a Greek band. “Utopian Land” went out in the semi-final in Stockholm in 2016, the first time a Greek song had failed to reach the final.

Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Argo (band)”.

At Eurovision

One song, and what became of it.

  1. 2016 Stockholm

    Greece

    “Utopian Land”

    Out in the first semi-final Went out in the first semi-final: 16th of 18, with 44 points.

    Sung in
    English, Greek
    Written by
    Vladimiros Sofianides
    Won that year
    Ukraine: Jamala, “1944”

    The story of Eurovision 2016: A new way of counting, and a winner who topped neither vote

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