Rouvas ' entry " Shake It " broke and still maintains a number of records , both for Greece and abroad . With 252 points , " Shake It " is the highest-scoring third place entrant in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest . This record was previously held by Malta 's 1998 performance by Chiara Siracusa with " The One That I Love " that earned 166 points . Although there were only 25 countries voting in 1998 and 36 in 2004 , the Greek point average is higher . The current runner-up is Bosnia and Herzegovina 's 2006 " Lejla " by Hari Mata Hari with 229 points . Meanwhile , it received 238 points in the semi-final ( where it also placed third ) , becoming the highest-scoring third place in the semi-final as well , and also having the highest point average of a third place for both events . " Shake It " is by far Greece 's most successful entrant in cumulative points . It received 252 points from 35 other countries , making it the highest-scoring Greek entrant to date . While it is arguable that in 2004 and beyond there have been more countries participating than in the past , the song achieved a point average of 7.2 , also becoming the highest point average of a Greek entrant , a record that has yet to be broken . Both of these records were previously held by Antique with " ( I Would ) Die For You " in 2001 , having scored 147 from 22 countries and having an average of 6.68
The One That I Love
The One That I Love
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004