Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

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Eurovision Song Contest 1994
CountryFlag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)18 March 1994
Selected entrant Evridiki
Selected song"Eimai anthropos ki ego"
Selected songwriter(s) George Theofanous
Finals performance
Final result11th, 51 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄199319941995►

Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song "Eimai anthropos ki ego", written by George Theofanous and performed by Evridiki. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry through a national final.

Contents

Originally, Cyprus was relegated from the contest as it finished in the bottom 7 of the 1993 contest; however, after Italy withdrew from the contest, their place was awarded to Cyprus, who ultimately competed.

Before Eurovision

Diagonismós Tragoudioú Giourovízion

Competing entries

On 12 November 1993, after Italy announced their withdrawal, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) announced that they would participate in the 1994 contest. [1] On the same day, a submission period for Cypriot artists and composers to submit songs was opened until 28 January 1994. [1] By the end of the submission period, 93 entries had been submitted. [2] On 20 February 1994, in radio room one in the CyBC buildings, a 12-member jury listened to the received submissions and chose eight songs to compete in the national final. [2]

Competing entry selection jury member [2]
  • Andreas Papakyriakou
  • Marios Skordis
  • Eleni Stavridou
  • Kitsa Kotzanastasi
  • Mamas Chatziantonis
  • Xenios Xenofontos
  • Marinos Mitellas
  • Sozos Charalampidis
  • Poly Rousou
  • Marianna Galidi
  • Antzi Riga
  • Foivos Papadopoulos

Final

The final was broadcast live at 21:00 EET on RIK 1 on 18 March 1994 in a show titled Diagonismós Tragoudioú Giourovízion(Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Γιουροβίζιον). [3] The contest was held at the International Conference Centre in Nicosia and was hosted by Achilleas Grammatikopoulos. [4] [5] The running order was decided by a random draw which was done in the presence of the songwriters of the competing entries. [6] The winning song was chosen by a 12-member professional jury. [4]

Final – 18 March 1994 [2] [4] [5] [6]
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)PointsPlace
1 Evridiki "Eimai anthropos ki ego" (Είμαι άνθρωπος κι εγώ) George Theofanous 1031
2Marietta Mitsidou"Ela ksana" (Έλα ξανά)Philippe de Castan, Stalo Karkampoulia892
3Panos Panayi"I agapi nika" (Η αγάπη νικά)Michalis Papyrou, Charis Koutsavakis416
4 Christina Argyri "Ksafnika" (Ξαφνικά) Christina Argyri, Glafkos Efstathiou673
5Miranda Zografou"Mia gi" (Μια γη)Alex Zografou554
6Gregory Kerian"Tora" (Τώρα)Gregory Kerian, Soula Orfanidou338
7Joseph Christodoulou"Stamata ton chrono" (Σταμάτα τον χρόνο)Kypros Charalambous, Andreas Panteli347
8Maria Aristofanous"Vradia adiana" (Βράδια αδειανά)Koralia Schiza, Ilias Antoniadis465
Detailed Jury Votes[ citation needed ]
DrawSongJuryTotal
123456789101112
1"Eimai anthropos ki ego"101088105108101068103
2"Ela ksana"681010810610848189
3"I agapi nika"24431355521641
4"Ksafnika"566664336810467
5"Mia gi"85323686135555
6"Tora"11144222463333
7"Stamata ton chrono"432121143121034
8"Vradia adiana"32555841254246

At Eurovision

In the summer of 1993 the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) confirmed that the seven lowest-scoring countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 would be barred from entering the 1994 contest, to make way for seven countries which would participate for the first time. As Cyprus had placed in the bottom seven, the country was unable to compete in the 1994 contest. However, later in 1993, RAI –the participating broadcaster from Italy– subsequently announced that it would not participate in the event, leading to Cyprus being readmitted as the relegated country with the best result at the 1993 contest. [7]

On the night of the final, Evridiki performed fourth in the running order, following Ireland and preceding Iceland. At the closing of the voting, "Eimai anthropos ki ego" had received 51 points, placing Cyprus 11th out of 25 competing countries. The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Greece. [8]

Voting

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