Break a Broken Heart

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Selection

The Cypriot broadcaster CyBC continued to internally select the Cypriot entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in conjunction with Panik Records. [5] On 17 October 2022, CyBC announced that they had selected Australian-Cypriot singer Andrew Lambrou to represent Cyprus in Liverpool. [6] Lambrou had previously attempted to represent Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2022, placing seventh in the national final Eurovision – Australia Decides 2022 with the song "Electrify." [7]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held, which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, and determined which half of the show they would perform in. Cyprus has been placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 11 May 2023, and has been scheduled to perform in the first half of the show. [8]

Charts

"Break a Broken Heart"
Break-a-Broken-Heart.jpg
Single by Andrew Lambrou
LanguageEnglish
Released2 March 2023
Length2:58
Label
  • Panik
  • City Pop
Songwriter(s)
Andrew Lambrou singles chronology
"Electrify"
(2022)		"Break a Broken Heart"
(2023)		"Take My Breath Away"
(2023)
Music video
"Break a Broken Heart" on YouTube
Chart performance for "Break a Broken Heart"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA) [9] 29
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] 42
German Singles Downloads (GfK Entertainment) [11] 28
Greece Digital Singles Chart (Local) (IFPI) [12] 60
Iceland (Tónlistinn) [13] 21
Lithuania (AGATA) [14] 26
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 6
UK Singles (OCC) [16] 92
UK Indie (OCC) [17] 30

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