Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

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Eurovision Song Contest 1986
CountryFlag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)Song: 19 February 1986
Artist: 19 March 1986
Selected entrant Elpida
Selected song"Tora zo"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Phivos Gavris
  • Peter Yiannaki
Finals performance
Final result20th (last), 4 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1985 •1986• 1987►

Cyprus was represented by Elpida, with the song "Tora zo", at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, which took place on 3 May in Bergen. The song was chosen through a national final organised by broadcaster CyBC.

Contents

Before Eurovision

National Final

Competing entries

CyBC confirmed their participation in the 1986 contest on 19 November 1985 and opened a submission period for entries until 11 January 1986 that was later extended until 20 January 1986. [1] [2] [3] By the end of the submission period, CyBC had received 64 entries. [4] [5] However, three of the entries were disqualified during the initial presentation of the songs when they were found to break the rules of the preselection. [5] [6]

Format

On 6 February 1986, after the song submission period, CyBC held a meeting to discuss the selection procedure of the Cypriot entry for the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest. [4] It was decided to hold a national final with a similar format to their 1984 and 1985 selections, but without a public jury. [7] The national final was held on 19 February 1986 in the Hall of Nations in the Filoxenia hotel in Nicosia. [7] The results were decided by a 44-member jury consisting of: 17 musicians, 13 journalists, 9 RIK employees, and 5 representatives of the municipalities of Cyprus. [5]

The competition consisted of five stages and lasted the entire day, from around 10:00 EET until 22:00 EET. [5] [8] In the first stage, the submitted recordings of all 64 songs were presented, the invalid entries were removed from the competition, and each jury member chose their sixteen favourite songs, after which the votes were collected and the sixteen songs with the highest number of votes progressed to the second stage. In the second stage, the sixteen songs were presented again and were then whittled down to eight songs, which were then whittled down to four and then two songs. The winner was chosen out of the final two songs, where each jury gave one vote to their favourite song. [5] The last part of the competition, with the final four songs, was broadcast live at 21:05 EET on TV in a program called Diagonismós Tragoudioú Giourovízion (Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Γιουροβίζιον). [7] [8] [9]

Fourth stage - 19 February 1986 [10] [11]
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)Result
12Anna Vissi"Thelo na gino star" (Θέλω να γίνω στάρ)Andreas Giorgallis, Stavros SiderasAdvanced
26Panikos Charalambous"Tora zo" (Τώρα ζω)Peter Yiannaki, Phivos GavrisAdvanced
Alexia & Andros Papapavlou"Tragoudo" (Τραγουδώ)Andros PapapavlouEliminated
"Mechri chtes" (Μέχρι χτες)Eliminated
Fifth and final stage - 19 February 1986 [5] [12] [10]
DrawArtistSongResultPlace
12Anna Vissi"Thelo na gino star" (Θέλω να γίνω στάρ)152
26Panikos Charalambous"Tora zo" (Τώρα ζω)291

Artist change

Shortly after the national final, Peter Yianniki entered discussions on how to stage and perform "Tora zo" at the Eurovision Song Contest with CyBC. [13] Peter Yianniki proposed for the song to be performed by a group of three boys and three girls, with Panikos Charalambous being the main singer. [14] However, CyBC believed that the entry should be sung by a different singer, as they believed Panikos Charalambous' voice was more suited to folk songs, and started looking for famous Greek singers to represent Cyprus. [15] On 19 March 1986, CyBC announced that Elpida had been chosen by a 3-member group to replace Panikos Charalambous as the singer of "Tora zo" at the Eurovision Song Contest in Bergen. [16] [17]

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Elpida performed fiftenth in the running order, following Germany and preceding Austria. At the close of voting "Tora zo" had received 4 points, placing Cyprus in last place out of 20 countries. The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia. [18]  

Voting

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  10. 1 2 "Μετά τα χειροκροτήματα και τους πανηγυρισμούς: Σοβαρά τα προβλήματα τώρα με τη Γιουροβίζιον... Αναζητείται επειγόντως χορευτικό συγκρότημα" [After the applause and celebrations: Serious problems now with Eurovision... Dance group urgently wanted]. ΦΙΛΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΣ. 24 February 1986. p. 4. Retrieved 17 August 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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