Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

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Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Participating broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
CountryFlag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)13 March 1990
Selected artist(s)Anastasiou
Selected song"Milas poli"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Haris Anastasiou
  • John Vickers
Finals performance
Final result14th, 36 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Milas poli", composed by John Vickers, with lyrics by Haris Anastasiou, and performed by Anastasiou himself. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry through a national final.

Contents

Before Eurovision

Diagonismós Tragoudioú Giourovízion 1990

Competing entries

The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) opened a submission period for Cypriot artists and composers to submit songs until 20 January 1990. [1] By the end of the submission period, over 85 entries had been submitted. [2] [3] On 15 February 1990, in radio room 1 at CyBC, a 17-member jury panel listened to the songs and selected the competing entries. [4] [5] The selection was done in three stages: first the songs were listened to and the invalid entries were taken out of the contest; then the jury voted and selected 20 entries; and from those 20 entries, the ten competing entries for the national final were selected. [5]

Competing entries [2] [3] [6] [7]
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)
7Loukas Chamatsos and Maria Siakalli"Ti nychta afti" (Τη νύχτα αυτή)Maria Siakalli
18 Evridiki "Ta logia pou mou les" (Τα λόγια που μου λες) Giorgos Theofanous, Leonidas Malenis
30Kaiti Chartosia"Mono esy" (Μόνο εσύ)Marios Oikonomidis
31Kaiti Chartosia and Nikos Logothetis"San mia mousiki" (Σαν μια μουσική)Marios Oikonomidis, Giorgos Xinaris
37 Alex Panagi "Pistevo" (Πιστεύω)Andreas Giorgallis, Alex Panagi
54 Haris Anastasiou "Chronia Polla" (Χρόνια Πολλά)John Vickers, Soula Christou Orfanidou
55Haris Anastasiou"Milas poli" (Μιλάς πολύ)Haris Anastasiou, John Vickers
56Haris Anastasiou"Kante me star" (Κάντε με σταρ)Haris Anastasiou
57Kristis Fantaios"Gia sena asteri mou" (Για σένα αστέρι μου)Kristis Fantaios
85Yiannis Dimitriou"Synantithikame" (Συνάντηθήκαμε)Aristos Moschovakis, Yiannis Dimitriou
Competing entry selection jury members [4] [7]
  • Christodoulos Achilleudis – music inspector for Middle Education
  • Sempou Apkarian – music teacher, composer, and conductor
  • Yiannis Bravos – music director of SMEF (National Guard Military Band)
  • Themis Christodolou – musician and former head of CyBC music department
  • Lygia Constantinidou – head of CyBC music department
  • Paula Fenech – writer and radio operator
  • Giorgos Kotsonis – composer and deputy head of CyBC music department
  • Aris Lemesos – choir master
  • Tasos Michaelidis – disc jockey
  • Marinos Mitellas – music teacher
  • Dimitris Pavanis – foreign music programme officer at CyBC
  • Mike Sarridis – disc jockey and CyBC partner
  • Giorgos Siecherlis – disc jockey and CyBC partner
  • Leandros Sitaros – choir master
  • Maro Skordi – music teacher
  • Michalis Stavridis – music inspector for Primary Education
  • Alex Zografou – musician and conductor

Final

The final was broadcast live at 21:00 EET on RIK on 13 March 1990 in a show called Diagonismós Tragoudioú Giourovízion 1990 (Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Γιουροβίζιον 1990). [6] The final was held in the Convention Centre in Nicosia, and was hosted by Stavros Louras. [8] [9] The results were decided by a 23-member jury, consisting of 14 of the juries who chose the competing entries (indicated in bold) plus 9 random members of the audience. [7] [8] Each jury member awarded songs in the same way as in the Eurovision Song Contest: from 12 to 1. [4] [10]

Final - 13 March 1990 [2] [7] [10]
DrawArtistSongConductorResultPlace
1Loukas Chamatsos and Maria Siakalli"Ti nychta afti" (Τη νύχτα αυτή)Doros Georgiadis7710
2 Haris Anastasiou "Kante me star" (Κάντε με σταρ)1483
3Haris Anastasiou"Chronia Polla" (Χρόνια Πολλά)1138
4Kaiti Chartosia"Mono esy" (Μόνο εσύ)Zan Pol Seisy1455
5Yiannis Dimitriou"Synantithikame" (Συνάντηθήκαμε)Thomas Strase1167
6Kaiti Chartosia and Nikos Logothetis"San mia mousiki" (Σαν μια μουσική)Doros Georgiadis1089
7Kristis Fantaios"Gia sena asteri mou" (Για σένα αστέρι μου)1356
8Haris Anastasiou"Milas poli" (Μιλάς πολύ)Kristian Leibl1781
9 Evridiki "Ta logia pou mou les" (Τα λόγια που μου λες)1662
10 Alex Panagi "Pistevo" (Πιστεύω)Andreas Giorgallis1483

At Eurovision

On the night of the final, Haris Anastasiou - performing mononymously as Anastasiou - performed 21st in the running order, following Austria and preceding Finland. At the close of voting "Milas poli" had received 35 points, placing Cyprus 14th out of 22 countries. The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Italy. [11]  

Voting

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References

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