Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

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Eurovision Song Contest 1995
CountryFlag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)14 March 1995
Selected entrant Alexandros Panayi
Selected song"Sti fotia"
Selected songwriter(s)Alexandros Panayi
Finals performance
Final result9th, 79 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Sti fotia", written and performed by Alexandros Panayi. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry through a national final.

Contents

Before Eurovision

Epilogí Kypriakís Symmetoxís Sto Diagonismó Tragoudioú Giourovízion

Competing entries

The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) opened a submission period for songs. [1] By the end of the submission period, 74 entries had been submitted. [2] On 19 February 1995, in radio room one in the CyBC buildings, an 8-member jury listened to the received submissions and chose eight songs to compete in the national final. [2] [3] However, "Mia vrochi" was withdrawn before the final. [4] [5]

Chosen competing entries [2] [4]
ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Alexandros Panayi "Sti fotia" (Στη φωτιά) Alexandros Panayi
Andrea Aravi"I poli" (Η πόλη)Christakis Vlassios, Dimitris Vanezis
Bessy Argyraki "Mia vrochi" (Μια βροχή)Rodoulas Papalamprianou, Aristos Moschovakis
Kyros Lontos"Taxidi makrino" (Ταξίδι μακρινό)Kyros Lontos
Maria Kourou"Kontra ston anemo" (Κόντρα στον άνεμο)Alexis Meletiou, Maria Kourou
Maria Nicolaidou"To telefteo fengari" (Το τελευταίο φεγγάρι)Koralia Schiza, Ilias Antoniadis
Michalis Hatzigiannis "Filise me" (Φίλησέ με)Andreas Gerolemou
"Gramma" (Γράμμα)Giorgos Kallis, Leonidas Malenis

Final

The final was broadcast live at 21:15 EET on RIK 1 on 14 March 1995 in a show titled Epilogí Kypriakís Symmetoxís Sto Diagonismó Tragoudioú Giourovízion(Επιλογή Κυπριακής Συμμετοχής Στο Διαγωνισμό Τραγουδιού Γιουροβίζιον). [6] The contest was held at the Monte Caputo Nightclub in Limassol, and was hosted by Giorgos Theofanous and Evridiki. [4] The running order was decided by a random draw which was done in the presence of the songwriters of the competing entries on 23 February 1995. [7] The winner was chosen by a 20-member jury, consisting of the same eight members who chose the competing entries and twelve other juries chosen by CyBC. [4]

On 7 March 1995, "Mia vrochi", which was set to perform fourth, was withdrawn by its composer Aristos Moschovakis after CyBC refused his request to release the names of the 20-member jury. [4] [5] [7] [8] The names of the eight members of the jury who chose the competing entries were known to Moschovakis at the time, but the additional twelve for the final were not. [8]

Final – 14 March 1995 [4] [7]
DrawArtistSongPointsPlace
1Andrea Aravi"I poli" (Η πόλη)786
2 Michalis Hatzigiannis "Filise me" (Φίλησέ με)1293
3Kyros Lontos"Taxidi makrino" (Ταξίδι μακρινό)805
4 Bessy Argyraki "Mia vrochi" (Μια βροχή)––
5 Alexandros Panayi "Sti fotia" (Στη φωτιά)1571
6Maria Kourou"Kontra ston anemo" (Κόντρα στον άνεμο)1074
7Maria Nicolaidou"To telefteo fengari" (Το τελευταίο φεγγάρι)787
8 Michalis Hatzigiannis "Gramma" (Γράμμα)1312

At Eurovision

On the night of the final, Alexandros Panayi performed seventeenth in the running order, following Portugal and preceding Sweden. At the closing of the voting, "Sti fotia" had received 79 points, placing Cyprus 9th out of 23 competing countries. The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Greece. [9]

Voting

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