Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Participating broadcasterCyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
Country Cyprus
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)18 February 1997
Selected artist(s)Hara and Andreas Konstantinou
Selected song"Mana mou"
Selected songwriter(s)Constantina Konstantinou
Finals performance
Final result5th, 98 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1996 • 1997 • 1998►

Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Mana mou" (Μάνα μου), written by Constantina Konstantinou, and performed by Hara and Andreas Konstantinou. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

Diagonismós Tragoudioú Giourovízion 1997

Competing entries

The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) opened a submission period for Cypriot artists and composers to submit songs until 10 January 1997.[1] By the end of the submission period, 50 entries had been submitted.[2] On 26 January 1997, in radio room one of the CyBC studios, a 9-member jury listened to the received submissions and chose eight songs to compete in the national final.[2]

Final

The final was broadcast live at 21:15 EET on RIK 1 on 18 February 1997 in a show titled Diagonismós Tragoudioú Giourovízion 1997 (Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Γιουροβίζιον 1997).[3][4] The contest was held at the Monte Caputo Nightclub in Limassol, and was hosted by Marina Maleni.[4][5] The running order was decided by a random draw which was done in the presence of the songwriters of the competing entries on 29 January 1997.[6] The winner was decided by a 21-member jury who each gave out 10 points to their favourite song, 8 to their second favourite, and 6 through to 1 points for their third to eighth placing songs.[5][7]

Final – 18 February 1997[5][6][7]
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Giorgos Polychroniadis "Apopse den me noiazei" (Απόψε δεν με νοιάζει) Spyros Kyriakidis, A. Gemenitzis 91 5
2 Dalida Mitzi "Ta trena" (Τα τρένα) Andreas Karanikolas 71 6
3 Charalambos Brountzos "Mia zografia" (Μια ζωγραφιά)[a] Adonis Aletras 106 4
4 Stelios Constantas "I grammi tis ntropis" (Η γραμμή της ντροπής) Aristos Moschovakis, Rodoula Papalamprianou 145 2
5 Spiros Spirakos "Esy" (Εσύ) Theos Kallias, Michalis Hatzimichael 70 7
6 Hara and Andreas Konstantinou "Mana mou" (Μάνα μου) Constantina Konstantinou 170 1
7 Giorgos Stamataris "Xechnas" (Ξεχνάς) Andreas Gerolemou 112 3
8 Christina Lazarou "Pote" (Ποτέ) Nevi Astraiou 54 8
Detailed Jury Votes[7]
Draw Song Jury Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1 "Apopse den me noiazei" 5 4 2 6 3 10 10 3 2 3 4 2 6 6 2 3 2 6 3 8 1 91
2 "Ta trena" 3 3 3 2 10 3 2 6 1 1 1 3 4 5 10 2 1 4 1 3 3 71
3 "Mia zografia" 4 1 8 8 5 4 5 4 5 4 8 6 3 3 4 6 5 5 8 4 6 106
4 "I grammi tis ntropis" 8 10 5 5 6 5 6 5 3 10 3 8 8 10 6 8 3 8 10 10 8 145
5 "Esy" 1 6 1 1 4 2 1 2 6 8 6 1 5 2 3 1 6 3 4 2 5 70
6 "Mana mou" 10 8 10 10 1 8 8 10 10 6 10 10 10 8 5 10 10 10 6 6 4 170
7 "Xechnas" 6 5 4 4 8 6 3 8 8 5 5 5 2 4 8 5 4 2 5 5 10 112
8 "Pote" 2 2 6 3 2 1 4 1 4 2 2 4 1 1 1 4 8 1 2 1 2 54

At Eurovision

Heading into the final of the contest, RTÉ reported that bookmakers ranked the entry 21st out of the 25 entries.[8] Hara & Andreas opened the contest performing first, preceding Turkey. At the end of voting, they received 98 points, placing 5th of 25 competing countries, which was at the time joint-best Cypriot placing at the contest, sharing with 1982 Cypriot entry "Mono i agapi" by Anna Vissi, and would remain so until 2018.[9]

The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Greece.

Voting

Notes

  1. ^ Titled "Kypros" (Κύπρος) in news articles following the selection of the competing entries, but later changed to "Mia zografia" (Μια ζωγραφιά) closer to the final[2][4][6]

References

  1. ^ "42ος Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Γιουροβίζιον 1997" [42nd Eurovision Song Contest 1997]. ΧΑΡΑΥΓΗ. 21 November 1996. p. 15. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Γιουροβίζιον: Επιλέγηκαν τα οκτώ τραγούδια της τελικής φάσης" [Eurovision: The eight songs of the final phase have been selected]. ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ. 27 January 1997. p. 4. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  3. ^ "ΡΙΚ 1" [RIK 1]. ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ. 18 February 1997. p. 6. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Επιλέγεται απόψε το τραγούδι της Κύπρος στη Γιουροβίζιον" [Cyprus' Eurovision song is chosen tonight]. ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ. 18 February 1997. p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Mantzilas, Dimitrios (15 December 2018). "Κύπρος 1997: Άντρος & Χαρά, με το φρόνημα ψηλά, στην πεντάδα με το "Μάνα μου"" [Cyprus 1997: Andros & Hara, with high spirits, in the top five with "My Mother"]. INFE GREECE (in Greek). Archived from the original on 21 August 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Η σειρά εμφάνισης των υποψηφίων για τη «Γιουροβίζιον»" [The order of appearance of the candidates for "Eurovision"]. ΧΑΡΑΥΓΗ. 30 January 1997. p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Γιουροβίζιον 1997 (Television production) (in Greek). CyBC. 18 February 1997.
  8. ^ "What are the Odds?". Radio Telefís Éireann. Archived from the original on 24 February 1999. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Final of Dublin 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.