Schoolovision 2011: Greece-Varka Gialo

Our school is located in the heart of Cyprus, near the Troodos Mountains, in a village called Agros. It was built in 1930, but it was fully renovated in 1992 and now it is a modern building with a playing yard and a beautiful garden full of roses, as our village is famous for its roses. Our school has 53 students; all in primary age (6-11). We are looking forward to participating in the competition and listen to all European songs. If you want to learn more about our school and see our photos, visit

2009 position - 17th
2010 position - 14th
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Iceland are represented once again by Flataskoli Gardabaer which is situated not far from the capital of the island, Reykjavík.
Flataskoli is a primary school with 320 students aged 6 to 12 years old. It was established in 1958. In both 2009 and 2010, Iceland's songs were wonderful productions, and as they won the competition in 2010, they go into 2011 defending their title. Can they win again?
2009 position - 4th
2010 position - 1st
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Late news: Iceland have withdrawn from the 2011 contest.

Back for the 3rd year, the Latvian school, Jelgava Primary, has 600 pupils aged from 5-16 and has 15 nationalities. A truly international school! In 2009, they finished 12th in Schoolovision, with the lovely Russian song, "Barinya". It was a colourful video, with the children in national dress. Then, in 2010, they again sung in Russian, with their version of "The Flying Swings."

Both songs were very well received by the co-ordinator's children and Russian wife! Will we see them sing in Russian again in 2011?
2009 position - 12th
2010 position - 16th
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Saturday, 7 May 2011

Greece-Varka Gialo

Hello from Greece!Our song talks about a happy couple that goes for fishing together! They are singing and enjoying the beautiful sea and their happy life together!
Good luck to everybody.... See you soon!!!

18 Comments:

Steffen said...: A very joyful song!

I must come and visit Greece some day.

:-); 7 May 2011 at 21:38
VAIVAI MARIA said...: ΚΑΛΗ ΕΠΙΤΥΧΙΑ!
GOOD LUCK!; 8 May 2011 at 22:08
Michael said...: Yes, I really did enjoy this song very much.
It had everything that I imagine I'd find on a trip to Greece.

I hope one day I will come and see you all for real!

Good luck from Scotland!; 8 May 2011 at 22:17
Dave Schrauwen said...: Hello Greece,

Some kids in my class have the same idea as Steffen. They want to pack their stuff and go and live in Greece for the warm weather!

Good job on the video and the song!

We wish you all the luck on the voting!

Belgian regards!; 9 May 2011 at 16:38
Marek Fularz said...: what did they drink? ;); 9 May 2011 at 18:49
Greece said...: Oh Marek...the idea for you was ouzo...but for kids, just plain water!!; 9 May 2011 at 19:30
niki said...: Τέλειο!! Ζουμτριαλαλιλαλό βάρκα γιαλό!!! Σας ευχόμαστε να είστε νικητές!! Είναι υπέροχο!!
Από τους μαθητές του Δημοτικού Σχολείου Αγρού Κύπρου; 10 May 2011 at 11:04
Greece said...: Ευχαριστούμε. Και εμείς ελπίζουμε να μοιραστούμε μαζί σας την πρώτια!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!; 11 May 2011 at 20:13
Anonymous said...: Τέλειο τραγούδια!!!!!Η πρωτιά είναι δική σας!!!!!; 11 May 2011 at 20:15
Anonymous said...: Good luck!!!!!!!Καλη επιτυχία!!!!!; 11 May 2011 at 20:17
Anonymous said...: Hello,

Its a very special video
And a very good song:)

Good luck!; 11 May 2011 at 20:22
Anonymous said...: Good luck!!!!!!!Βάρκα γιαλό!!!!; 11 May 2011 at 20:24
panoylis said...: it´s a fantastic video and great music!

good luck!; 12 May 2011 at 13:10
Anonymous said...: A very joyful song!

I must come and visit Greece some day.; 12 May 2011 at 13:12
tajoyla said...: Εμαθα κυρα πως εχεις βαρκα γιαλο εμαθα κυρα πως εχεις βαρκα γιαλο
εμαθα κυρα πως εχεις ψαροπουλα και ψαρευεις τζουμτριαλαλιλαλο
ΒΑΡΚΑ ΓΙΑΛΟ!!!!
good luck!!!!!!1from me; 12 May 2011 at 13:15
maria said...: good luck!!!!!; 12 May 2011 at 13:16
Anonymous said...: I like this song!!!!!!!!; 12 May 2011 at 13:19
Anonymous said...: Είμαστε οι μαθητές του Δ.Σχολείου Μιστεγνών και ευχόμαστε σε όλους καλή επυτιχία στη.....Schoolovision2011!!!!!!!!!!!; 12 May 2011 at 13:22

Project history

Schoolovision is now into its 3rd year, having been created early in 2009, as an idea to link primary schools from across Europe using the eTwinning platform in a project based on the Eurovision Song Contest.

Each participating country has the chance to choose a song, sing it and video it, before uploading it to the blog by the cut-off date, usually around 1 week before the real ESC. Then, all the pupils in all the participating countries watch and evaluate all the songs, before voting for their own personal favourite, usually the day before the real ESC. For this extra special live vote, we use the webcam conferencing tool, FlashMeeting.

Schoolovision 2009! was the first year of the competition, with a total of 30 countries taking part. The winners were ZS Husova school from Brno in the Czech Republic, with their beautiful song Hejkal.

In 2010, we had a larger entry, with 34 countries eager to win Schoolovision 2010! The standards were extremely high, and the winning song in a nailbiting live-vote came from Flataskoli Gardabaer in Iceland. Their entry was this fantastic version of Abba's Dancing Queen.

Who will triumph in 2011? Let the fun begin!

A big, warm hug once again from Portugal! EB 2,3/S Cunha Rivara is situated in Arraiolos, a small village famous for its tapestry: Arraiolos Rugs. Arraiolos is in Alentejo which is near Évora, the very beautiful World Heritage city. If you want to visit us then please visit this site: In these 7 videos you can see the city where I live, Évora, our gastronomy, our wine, our bread, heritage, main square, market, hotels, restaurants, Diana Temple, a roman temple, some historical places...you can also visit Évora by night and go to some exhibitions... listen to our music and travel!
2009 position - 19th
2010 position - 26th

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Greece-Varka Gialo

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