Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
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Eurovision Song Contest 1997 | ||||
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Country | Cyprus | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | National final | |||
Selection date(s) | 18 February 1997 | |||
Selected entrant | Hara and Andreas Konstantinou | |||
Selected song | "Mana mou" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Constantina Konstantinou | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 5th, 98 points | |||
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Hara and Andreas Konstantinou represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Mana mou". Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) chose to host a national final to select their entry.
Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held on 18 February 1997 at the Monte Caputo Nightclub in Limassol, hosted by Marina Maleni-Kyriazi. The winner was chosen by a 21-member jury.[1][2]
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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1 | Giorgos Polychroniadis | "Apopse den me niazi" | Spyros Kyriakidis, A. Gemenitzis | 91 | 5 |
2 | Dalida Mitzi | "Ta trena" | Andreas Karanikolas | 71 | 6 |
3 | Charalambos Brountzos | "Mia zografia" | Adonis Aletras | 106 | 4 |
4 | Stelios Constantas | "I grammi tis ntropis" | Aristos Moschovakis, Rodoula Papalamprianou | 145 | 2 |
5 | Spiros Spirakos | "Essi" | Theos Kallias, Michalis Hatzimichael | 70 | 7 |
6 | Hara and Andreas Konstantinou | "Mana mou" | Constantina Konstantinou | 170 | 1 |
7 | Giorgos Stamataris | "Xechnas" | Andreas Gerolemou | 112 | 3 |
8 | Christina Lazarou | "Pote" | Nevi Astraiou | 54 | 8 |
Detailed Jury Votes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Draw | Song | Jury 1 |
Jury 2 |
Jury 3 |
Jury 4 |
Jury 5 |
Jury 6 |
Jury 7 |
Jury 8 |
Jury 9 |
Jury 10 |
Jury 11 |
Jury 12 |
Jury 13 |
Jury 14 |
Jury 15 |
Jury 16 |
Jury 17 |
Jury 18 |
Jury 19 |
Jury 20 |
Jury 21 |
Total |
1 | "Apopse den me niazi" | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 91 |
2 | "Ta trena" | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 71 |
3 | "Mia zografia" | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 106 |
4 | "I grammi tis ntropis" | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 145 |
5 | "Essi" | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 70 |
6 | "Mana mou" | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 170 |
7 | "Xechnas" | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 112 |
8 | "Pote" | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 54 |
At Eurovision
Hara & Andreas opened the contest performing 1st, preceding Turkey. At the end of voting, they received 98 points, placing 5th of 25 competing countries, which was at the time joint-best Cypriot placing at the contest, sharing with 1982 Cypriot entry "Mono i agapi" by Anna Vissi, and would remain so until 2018.[3]
The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Greece.
Voting
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References
- ^ "National Final: Cyprus 1997". esc-history.com.
- ^ "CYPRIOT NATIONAL FINAL 1997". natfinals.50webs.com.
- ^ "Final of Dublin 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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