Cyprus in EuroMusic Song Contest

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**Cyprus** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. They were invited to participate in the first edition. They won the contest once.

## History

Cyprus debuted in the first edition. They directly announced that they would select a song in the Greek language. There they finnished at the eleventh place. Only Denmark was scored worse. The next year they ended in the first place. And one year later they reached the third place. After two results were they selected songs in Greek and English, they ended respectively 13th and 10th. In the sixth edition they became fourth in the sixth edition. The next year, they didn't score a place in the top 10. They became 12th with only 26 points, were 10 points came from Greece. The Cypriotic broadcaster confirmed to participate in Athens. However they were one of the favorites due the bookmakers, they finished 16th with only 21 points. It was their worst result so far.

The Cypriotic broadcaster CyBC announced that they would not take part in ninth edition. The most important reason of their withdrawal were the disappointing results in the previous editions. Also the high financial cost would be a problem for the CyBC. In Amsterdam, they couldn't qualify for the final. The next edition, they qualified, and finished 7th in the grand final. In the next two edition, they failed to qualify. CyBC decided to withdraw from the competition in the fourteenth edition. The main reason was the financial cost to participate in the contest.

However, the Cypriotic broadcaster planned to return in the fifteenth edition, Cyprus was not on the official list of participating countries. After the fifteenth edition it was clear that Cyprus would take part in Ta' Qali, Malta. Here they failed to qualify. In Cologne, Cyprus qualified for the final. It was already five editions ago that Cyprus was seen in the grand final. This time they finished at the fifth place. It was their best result since the fourth place in the sixth edition. In Bucharest and Stockholm, they failed to qualify. After two edition, Cyprus again qualified for the final. They received 10 points and finished at the 19th place. They finished again at the 19th place in Bulgaria. In the next edition, they again qualified for the final. They finished at the 17th place. In Bucharest, they failed to qualify. The Cypriotic broadcaster announced that Cyprus wouldn't take part in the 24th edition because of the lack of interests.

Cyprus returned in the 31st edition. But they failed to qualify. The same happend in the next edition in Gothenburg. In Malta, Giorgos Papadopoulos was selected to represent the country. Later on it was clear that he would sing a song in the Greek language. In the semi final he finished at the 9th place. This was enough to qualify for the grand final. Cyprus received 63 points, and finished at the 12th place. During the 34th edition, the Cypriotic entry didn't receive enough points to qualify for the final. The same happend in the next edition in Lviv. The country was able to qualify for the final in the 36th edition where they finished at the 12th place.

In the 37th edition, Cyprus qualified for the final. They received the same number of points as Ireland, who were ranked 11th. Because Cyprus received from more different voting nations points they were ranked higher. In the final, they finished at the 20th place, out of 21 participants. The Cypriotic entry in the 38th edition finished at the third place in the semi final. In the final the country finished at the ninth place. In the 39th edition they were able to reach the final. It was the first time that Cyprus had been able to qualify for the final in four consecutive editions. In the grand final, they finished at the 17th place.

Andromache was selected to represent the country in the 40th edition. She won the contest. It was the second Cypriotic victory. The Cypriot broadcaster announced that it would like to organise the festival in the 41st edition. However, they added that there were few, if any, arenas that fully met the EBU's requirements. A few days after the end of the final, the EBU published the logo for the forty-first edition. Here it became clear that the festival would indeed take place in Cyprus, and more specifically in Limassol. The Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center was chosen as the venue. Normally, the hall has a capacity for 6,255 spectators. however, due to the Basketball World Cup, the venue was temporarily enlarged to a capacity of 9,600 spectators. Cyprus finished at the 11th place in the final.

## See also

* Cyprus in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest