Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

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Eurovision Song Contest 1984
CountryFlag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)26 February 1984
Selected entrant Andy Paul
Selected song"Anna Maria Lena"
Selected songwriter(s) Antreas Pavlou
Finals performance
Final result15th, 31 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1983 •1984• 1985►

Cyprus was represented by Andy Paul, with the song "Anna Maria Lena", at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, which took place on 5 May in Luxembourg City. The song was chosen through a national final organised by broadcaster CyBC.

Contents

Before Eurovision

National final

Competing entries

CyBC opened a submission period for Cypriot artists and composers to submit songs until 28 January 1984. [1] Forty submissions were received, of which three were revealed to be invalid during the initial presentation of the songs. [2] [3] Two of the invalid submissions were theatrical works, and the other had plagiarised lyrics. [3]

Format

The national final was held on 26 February 1984 at the Filoxenia Hotel in Nicosia and was hosted by Pavlos Pavlou. [4] The results were decided by a 154-member jury consisting of 46 professionals from the press and other organisations, and 108 members of the public. [3] [5] Members of the public who wished to participate in the jury had to be Cypriot nationals over the age of 16, and had between 12 February and 16 February 1984 to apply. [5] Over a thousand people applied to become a jury member and the 108 jury members were drawn at random on 20 February 1984 at the CyBC buildings. [2]

The competition was done in four stages and lasted the entire day, from around 10:00 EET until 22:00 EET. [2] [3] In the first stage, the submitted recordings of all forty songs were presented twice and each jury member chose their ten favourite songs, after which the votes were collected and the ten songs with the highest number of votes progressed to the second stage. The ten songs were presented again and were then whittled down to four songs, and from those four songs, two were chosen. The winner was chosen out of the final two songs, where each jury gave one vote to their favourite song, and the runner-up was kept as a back-up entry in the case the winning song could not go to the Eurovision Song Contest. [2] The last part of the competition, with the final four songs, was broadcast on TV and radio live. [2] [6]

Second Round - 26 February 1984 [4] [7]
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)
2 Andy Paul "Anna Mari-Elena" (Άννα Μαρί-Ελένα)Antreas Pavlou
6Nikki Vissi"Htes" (Χτες) Anna Vissi, Lia Vissi
14
17
23
26
30Yiannis Demetriou"Thimame (san to rok ent rol)" (Θυμάμαι (σαν το ροκ εντ ρολ))John Vickers, Aristos Moschovakis
35
36
39 Jimmy Makulis "Triantafila tou Mai" (Τριαντάφυλλα του Μάη)Jimmy Makulis
Third Round - 26 February 1984 [4] [8] [9]
DrawArtistSongResultPlace
2 Andy Paul "Anna Mari-Elena" (Άννα Μαρί-Ελένα)1241
6Nikki Vissi"Htes" (Χτες)1032
30Yiannis Demetriou"Thimame (san to rok ent rol)" (Θυμάμαι (σαν το ροκ εντ ρολ))433
39 Jimmy Makulis "Triantafila tou Mai" (Τριαντάφυλλα του Μάη)364
Fourth & Final Round - 26 February 1984 [8]
ArtistSongResultPlace
Andy Paul "Anna Mari-Elena" (Άννα Μαρί-Ελένα)971
Nikki Vissi"Htes" (Χτες)572

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Paul performed seventh in the running order, following United Kingdom and preceding Belgium. [10] At the close of voting "Anna Maria Lena" had received 31 points, placing Cyprus 15th of the 19 entries. The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Sweden. [11]  

Voting

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References

  1. ↑ "29ος Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Γιουροβίζιον" [29th Eurovision Song Contest]. ΑΝΕΞΑΡΤΗΤΟΣ. 12 December 1983. p. 2. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Έγινε χθες στο ΡΙΚ η κλήρωση της επιτροπής για τη «Γιουροβίζιον»" [The draw of the committee for "Eurovision" took place yesterday at RIK]. ΧΑΡΑΥΓΗ. 21 February 1984. p. 4. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "«Αννα - Μαρι - Ελενα»: Το τραγούδι του Ν. Παύλου εκλέχτηκε για τη «Γιουροβίζιον»" [«Anna - Mari - Elena»: N. Pavlos's song was chosen for «Eurovision»]. ΑΝΕΞΑΡΤΗΤΟΣ. 27 February 1984. p. 1. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 "Με «Αννα Μαρια Λενα» λοιπόν στη Γιουροβίζιον!" [So with «Anna Maria Lena» at Eurovision!]. ΦΙΛΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΣ. 28 February 1984. p. 3. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Πώς θα επιλέγει το κυπριακό τραγούδι για τη Γιουροβίζιον" [How will the Cypriot song for Eurovision be chosen]. ΧΑΡΑΥΓΗ. 12 February 1984. p. 2. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Αύριο η επιλογή του κυπριακού τραγουδιού για τη Γιουροβίζιον" [Tomorrow the selection of the Cypriot song for Eurovision]. ΧΑΡΑΥΓΗ. 25 February 1984. p. 1. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
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  8. 1 2 "Με Το Τραγούδι «Αννα, Μαρι-Ελενα» Νικητής ένας Κύπριος από το Έσσεξ Αγγλίας!" [With The Song "Anna, Marie-Elena": The winner is a Cypriot from Essex, England]. ΧΑΡΑΥΓΗ. 27 February 1984. p. 10. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  9. ↑ Christou, Lefkos (2 March 1984). "Τα τραγούδια «2, 6, 30, 39» και τα πρότυπα της Γιουροβίζιον" [The songs "2, 6, 30, 39" and Eurovision standards]. ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ. p. 6. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  11. ↑ ESC History - Cyprus 1984
  12. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

 

 

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