It was officially released to the media and radios by ERT on February 6 , 2008 . The song was Martakis 's entry in a three way race to be Greece 's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 . He battled both Kalomoira and Hryspa for the spot , and the final decision was made on February 27 , 2008 where Kalomoira won with " Secret Combination " . He and Kalomoira 's songs were leaked onto the internet on February 3 , three days before their official release , although the leaked versions were uncompleted demos . The song was released as a CD single in Greece on March 20 , 2008 with Sony BMG and it will be shortly released in Russia too . " Always and Forever " will have three versions : Greek , English , and Russian . For Eurovision , Martakis will sing the Dance version of the song , calling it a " Eurovision version " . It is composed by Dimitris Kontopoulos with lyrics by Vicky Gerothodorou
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Always and Forever (Kostas Martakis song)