Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

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Eurovision Song Contest 2023
CountryFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 17 October 2022
Song: 2 March 2023
Selected artist(s) Andrew Lambrou
Selected song"Break a Broken Heart"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Thomas Stengaard
  • Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt
  • Jimmy Jansson
  • Marcus Winther-John
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (7th, 96 points)
Final result12th, 126 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, having internally selected Andrew Lambrou to represent the country with the song "Break a Broken Heart".

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In the second semi-final, Cyprus qualified for the final on 13 May.

Background

Prior to the 2023 contest, Cyprus has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 38 times since the island country made its debut in the 1981 contest. [1] Its best placing was at the 2018 contest where Eleni Foureira placed second with " Fuego ". Before that, Cyprus's best result was fifth, which it achieved three times: in the 1982 competition with the song " Mono i agapi " performed by Anna Vissi, in the 1997 edition with " Mana mou " performed by Hara and Andreas Constantinou, and the 2004 contest with "Stronger Every Minute" performed by Lisa Andreas. Cyprus' least successful result was in the 1986 contest when it placed last with the song " Tora zo " by Elpida, receiving only four points in total. However, its worst finish in terms of points received was when it placed second to last in the 1999 contest with " Tha 'nai erotas " by Marlain Angelidou, receiving only two points. [2] After returning to the contest in 2015 following their absence in 2014 due to the 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis and the broadcaster's budget restrictions, [3] Cyprus has qualified for the final of all the contests until 2022, when " Ela " performed by Andromache failed to advance from the semi-finals.

The Cypriot national broadcaster, CyBC, broadcasts the contest within Cyprus and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Cyprus has used various methods to select its entry in the past, such as internal selections and televised national finals to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. In 2015, the broadcaster organised the national final Eurovision Song Project, which featured 54 songs competing in a nine-week-long process resulting in the selection of the Cypriot entry through the combination of public televoting and the votes from an expert jury. Since 2016, however, the broadcaster has opted to select the entry internally without input from the public. On 28 May 2022, it was reported by OGAE Greece that the label Panik Records had signed an agreement with CyBC in order to select the Cypriot artist for 2023 through a Greek-Cypriot talent show based on the British reality television music competition All Together Now . [4] However, such plans were pushed back to 2024, with the broadcaster reverting to an internal selection. [5]

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

CyBC continued to internally select the Cypriot entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in conjunction with Panik Records. [6] On 17 October 2022, CyBC announced that they had selected Australian-Cypriot singer Andrew Lambrou to represent Cyprus in Liverpool. Lambrou had previously attempted to represent Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2022, placing seventh in the national final Eurovision – Australia Decides 2022 with the song "Electrify". [7] [8] His entry, "Break a Broken Heart", was released on 2 March 2023. [9]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held, which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, and determined which half of the show they would perform in. Cyprus has been placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 11 May 2023, and has been scheduled to perform in the first half of the show. [10]

Once all the competing songs for the 2023 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Cyprus was set to perform in position 6, following the entry from Belgium and before the entry from Iceland. [11]

At the end of the show, Cyprus was announced as a qualifier for the final.

All three shows were broadcast live on RIK 1 and RIK Sat with commentary by Melina Karageorgiou and Alexandros Taramountas. [12] [13] The grand final broadcast on RIK 1 on 13 May reached over 139,000 viewers, which represents a 61.6% market share. [14] [15]

Voting

Points awarded to Cyprus

Points awarded by Cyprus

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Cyprus (Semi-final 2) [16]
DrawCountryTelevote
RankPoints
01Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 14
02Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 210
03Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 13
04Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 83
05Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 74
06Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
07Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 12
08Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 112
09Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 56
10Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 92
11Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 11
12Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 15
13Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 65
14Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 101
15Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 38
16Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 47
Detailed voting results from Cyprus (Final) [17]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
Juror 1Juror 2Juror 3Juror 4Juror 5RankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2382421019
02Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 16171715171924
03Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 8512889212
04Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 20142018222192
05Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 24241523252520
06Flag of France.svg  France 1019217141183
07Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
08Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1499135623
09Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5253111238
10Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 23182411111825
11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 71111076556
12Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1315224101317
13Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 41245248347
14Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 667141510116
15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3114723822
16Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 11131912211621
17Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 141011167474
18Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 121623192320101
19Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 19910221614210
20Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 152161651265
21Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25221821182418
22Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1720251391711
23Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 9736347112
24Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 22231620202315
25Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 21251324192214
26Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1882125121513

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