She also stated that their budget for the event would be lowered significantly compared to previous years. Before Eurovision Ellinikós Telikós 2012 On 30 January 2012, the Greek national broadcaster ERT revealed that the national final Ellinikós Telikós 2012 (Greek: Ελληνικός Τελικός 2012) would select the Greek entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. ERT reaffirmed Greece would be participating in the contest at the most minimal possible cost due to the Greek government-debt crisis affecting the country. To achieve this, the broadcaster took a different approach compared to previous years, seeking to share a majority of the costs of participation with a large record label that had international experience. Among the costs ERT sought for the label to cover were those of recording and production of the candidate songs, promotion including the production of the winner's promotional CD, wages for creative and artistic professionals and covering the trip and accommodations in Baku. The only label to accept the terms was Universal Music Greece, leading to an agreement between the broadcaster and the label to organize the selection process. The four competed songs competed in playback, with the winner decided by a 50/50 combination of public and jury voting. The jury consisted of Marina Lahana (radio producer and Head of ERA2), Andreas Pilarinos (conductor), Foteini Giannolatou (Head of Public Relations for ERT), Mihalis Tsaousopoulos (radio producer) and Tasos Trifonos (radio producer). Public voting was conducted through telephone or SMS, with 10,385 telephone votes and 14,172 SMS votes being cast during the show. All proceeds from the voting went to the charity organisations Kivotos Tou Kosmou (Arc of the world), Paidika Horia SOS (Children's villages SOS) and To Hamogelo Tou Paidiou (The smile of a child). Competing entries On 23 February 2012, ERT announced that four candidate entries would compete in Ellinikós Telikós 2012. Five days later, the competing songs, without revealing their performers and songwriters, were released through the ERT website and official Facebook and Twitter pages; the songs then began playing on Hellenic Radio stations on 1 March 2012. The running order draw for the competing entries took place on 4 March during a media event hosted by ERT and Universal Music Greece. The next day, preview videos of each song revealing their performers aired on ERT. The names of the four acts, all signed to Universal, were released on 5 March; they included Cassiopeia, Dora, Eleftheria Eleftheriou and