Liar (Silia Kapsis song)

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Internal selection

Cyprus' broadcaster for the Eurovision Song Contest, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), announced its intent to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 on 19 May 2023. Originally, CyBC planned to organize a national final to select its entrant; [19] however, the show that was going to be used, Fame Story , was a Greek television show. Due to this, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), the Greek public broadcaster, threatened to withdraw from the European Broadcasting Union if no action was taken. [20] As a result, CyBC changed to an internal selection. [21] Kapsis was later announced as the representative on 25 September. [8]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. During the allocation draw on 30 January 2024, Cyprus was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, performing in the first half of the show. [22] Kapsis was later drawn to perform to open the semi-final, behind Serbia's Teya Dora. [23]

The Eurovision performance was choreographed by Kelly Sweeney and Guy Amir, [24] along with Dan Shipton being appointed as creative director for the performance. [25] Kapsis performed with four other dancers, including Theo B. Koefoed, Thomas Hegnet, Sebastian Laurentius Nielsen, and Martin Daugaard. [26] The Eurovision performance featured Kapsis wearing a white-coloured crop top and trousers, with a mixture of red and green LEDs serving as the background. [27] [28] A background displaying swirls of water circles was also shown. [29] "Liar" finished in sixth, scoring 67 points and securing a position in the grand final. [30] [31]

Kapsis performing "Liar" at a dress rehearsal before the Eurovision 2024 grand final. Silia Kapsis Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Dress rehearsal Final.jpg
Kapsis performing "Liar" at a dress rehearsal before the Eurovision 2024 grand final.

Kapsis performed a repeat of her performance in the grand final on 11 May. The song was performed 20th in the grand final, ahead of Armenia's Ladaniva and before Switzerland's Nemo Mettler. [32] After the results were announced, Kapsis finished in 15th with 78 points, with a split score of 34 points from juries and 44 points from televoting. [33] Regarding the former, the song did not receive any set of the maximum 12 points; the highest any country gave it was 10 points, with it coming from Greece. One set of 12 points was awarded to the song from televoting; the set also came from Greece. [34]

Charts

"Liar"
Liar (Silia Kapsis song).png
Single by Silia Kapsis
Released29 February 2024 (2024-02-29)
Genre Dance-pop
Length2:59
Label K2ID
Songwriter(s)
Silia Kapsis singles chronology
"Night Out"
(2023)		"Liar"
(2024)		"Red Flag"
(2024)
Music video
"Liar" on YouTube
Chart performance for "Liar"
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Greece International (IFPI) [35] 17
Lithuania (AGATA) [36] 25
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [37] 6
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [38] 37
UK Singles Sales (OCC) [39] 37

Release history

Release history and formats for "Liar"
CountryDateFormat(s)VersionLabelRef.
Various29 February 2024OriginalK2ID Productions [40]
18 April 2024Acoustic [41]
26 April 2024 Liran Shoshan remixes [42]

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