To promote the entry, Freaky Fortune and RiskyKidd took part in events in Amsterdam and London and were interviewed by local media.
[1] Greece had managed to qualify for the final every year since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, and between 2004 and 2013, the nation achieved nine top ten placements.
[1][2] Greece's least successful result was in 1998, when it placed 20th with the song "Mia krifi evaisthisia" by Thalassa, receiving only 12 points in total, all from Cyprus.
[4][5][6] However, in August 2013, the Greek government shut down the radio and television services of ERT, leaving Greece's future contest participation in question.
[12][13] On 4 May 2014, two days prior to the contest's first semi-final, the new Greek public broadcaster, New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television (NERIT), was launched.
[24] The group Freaky Fortune consisted of Greeks Nikolas Raptakis and Theofilos Pouzbouris and the entry featured London-born rapper Shane Schuller, performing under the stage name RiskyKidd.
The entrants from 1977, Paschalis Arvanitidis, Marianna Toli, Robert Williams, and Bessy Argyraki, were paired with Melisses, Elpida (1979) with Tamta, Sophia Vossou (1991) with Demy, Katy Garbi (1993) with Vegas, and Kalomira (2008) with Claydee.
[31][32] The end of April saw the group meeting with Ukraine's 2014 entrant Mariya Yaremchuk in Athens where they met with the press together and were interviewed by Alpha TV.
The background of the stage consisted of a large LED screen showing white and blue, representing the colors of Greece.
In an interview following the semi-final, the act revealed that they spent two to three months rehearsing and practicing for the performance, trying to not lose their breath while jumping.
[47][48] At the end of the 8 May second semi-final, the performance had placed seventh with 74 points and Greece was announced as a qualifier to compete in the 10 May final, two days later.
[1][51] Following the event, Freaky Fortune and RiskyKidd were interviewed by the press and spoke about their experience at the contest where they stated that they did not expect to place 20th.
This jury judged each entry based on vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.
[56] The tables below visualise a complete breakdown of points awarded to Greece in both the second semi-final and the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, as well as by the country on both occasions.