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Cyprus has participated in the Contest 38 times since its debut at the 1981 Contest in Dublin where it finished in 6th place with the group Island

Since 2006, the country has failed to qualify from the semi final seven times and since its return in 2015, they have qualified every year with exception of 2022 and at the 2018 Contest in Lisbon, they scored their best-ever result when representative Eleni Foureira finished as runner up to Netta of Israel.

It made its debut at the inauguaral Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, finishing in 14th place. It has appeared a further eight times with its best result coming at both the 2004 Contest and again two years later, finishing in 8th place both times. Its worst result to came at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 when it finished in last place.

Participants[]

Eurovision Song Contest[]

Year Performer(s) Song Language Translation Position Points Semi Points
1981 Island "Monika" Greek Monica 6 69 No semi-finals
1982 Anna Vissi "Móno i agápi" Only love 5 85
1983 Stavros & Constantina "I agapi akoma zi" Love is still alive 16 26
1984 Andy Paul "Anna Maria Lena" Anna Maria Lena 15 31
1985 Lia Vissi "To katalava arga" I realised it too late 16 15
1986 Elpida "Tora zo" Now I Live 20 4
1987 Alexia "Aspro mavro" White Black 7 80
Disqualified in 1988
1989 Yiannis Savvidakis & Fani Polymeri "Apopse as vrethoume" Greek Let's Meet Tonight 11 51 No semi-finals
1990 Haris Anastazio "Milas poli" You Talk Too Much 14 36
1991 Elena Patroklou "SOS" - 9 60
1992 Evridiki "Teriazoume" We're alike 11 57
1993 Kyriakos Zympoulakis & Dimos Van Beke "Mi stamatas" Don't stop 19 17 Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
1994 Evridiki "Ime anthropos ki ego" I'm a person too 11 51 No semi-finals
1995 Alex Panayi "Sti fotia" On fire 9 79
1996 Constantinos "Mono gia mas" Only For Us 9 72 15 42
1997 Hara & Andreas Constantinou "Mana mou" My motherland 5 98 No semi-finals
1998 Michalis Hatzigiannis "Genesis" - 11 37
1999 Marlain "Tha 'nai erotas" It Will Be Love 22 2
2000 Voice "Nomiza" Greek, Italian I Believed 21 8
Did not participate in 2001
2002 One "Gimme" English - 6 85 No semi-finals
2003 Stelios Constantas "Feeling Alive" - 20 15
2004 Lisa Andreas "Stronger Every Minute" - 5 170 5 149
2005 Constantinos Christoforou "Ela Ela (Come Baby)" - 18 46 Top 12 Previous Year
2006 Annet Artani "Why Angels Cry" - Failed to qualify 15 57
2007 Evridiki "Comme ci, comme ça" French Like this, like that 15 65
2008 Evdokia Kadí "Femme Fatale" Greek Femme Fatale 15 36
2009 Christina Metaxa "Firefly" English - 14 32
2010 Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders "Life Looks Better in Spring" - 21 27 10 67
2011 Christos Mylordos "San ángelos s'agápisa" Greek I loved you like an angel Failed to qualify 18 16
2012 Ivi Adamou "La La Love" English - 16 65 7 91
2013 Despina Olympiou "An me thimasai" Greek If You Remember Me Failed to qualify 15 11
Did not participate in 2014
2015 John Karayiannis "One Thing I Should Have Done" English - 22 11 6 87
2016 Minus One "Alter Ego" - 21 96 8 164
2017 Hovig "Gravity" - 21 68 5 164
2018 Eleni Foureira "Fuego" Fire 2 436 2 262
2019 Tamta "Replay" - 13 109 9 149
2020 Sandro "Running" - Cancelled
2021 Elena Tsagrinou "El diablo" The devil 16 94 6 170
2022 Andromache "Ela" English, Greek Come on Failed to qualify 12 63
2023 Andrew Lambrou "Break a Broken Heart" English - 12 126 7 94
2024 Silia Kapsis "Liar"

Junior Eurovision Song Contest[]

Year Performer(s) Song Language Translation Position Points
2003 Theodora Rafti "Mia efhi" Greek A wish 14 16
2004 Marios Tofi "Oneira" Dreams 8 61
Withdrew from participating in 2005
2005 Louis Panagiotou & Christina Christofi "Agoria koritsia" Greek Boys Girls 8 58
2007 Yiorgos Ioannides "I mousiki dinei ftera" Music gives wings 14 29
2008 Elena Mannouri & Charis Savva "Gioupi gia!" Jupiter for 10 46
2009 Rafaella Kosta "Thalassa, ilios, aeras, fotia" Sea, sun, air, fire 11 32
Did not participate between 2010 and 2013
2014 Sophia Patsalides "I pio omorfi mera" Greek, English The most beautiful day 9 6
Did not participate in 2015
2016 George Michaelides "Dance Floor" Greek, English - 16 27
2017 Nicole Nicolaou "I Wanna Be a Star" - 16 45
Did not participate from 2018 onwards
Eurovision Song Contest
Winners
Lys AssiaCorry BrokkenAndré ClaveauTeddy ScholtenJacqueline BoyerJean-Claude PascalIsabelle AubretGrethe & Jørgen IngmannGigliola CinquettiFrance GallUdo JürgensSandie ShawMassielSaloméLuluLenny KuhrFrida BoccaraDanaSéverineVicky LeandrosAnne-Marie DavidABBATeach-InBrotherhood of ManMarie MyriamIzhar Cohen & AlphabetaMilk & HoneyJohnny LoganBucks FizzNicoleCorinne HermèsHerreysBobbysocks!Sandra KimJohnny LoganCéline DionRivaToto CutugnoCarolaLinda MartinNiamh KavanaghPaul Harrington & Charlie McGettiganSecret GardenEimear QuinnKatrina and the WavesDana InternationalCharlotte NilssonOlsen BrothersTanel Padar & Dave Benton with 2XLMarie NSertab ErenerRuslanaHelena PaparizouLordiMarija ŠerifovićDima BilanAlexander RybakLenaEli & NikkiLoreenEmmelie de ForestConchita WurstMåns ZelmerlöwJamalaSalvador SobralNettaDuncan LaurenceMåneskinKalush OrchestraLoreen
Winning Songs
RefrainNet als toenDors, mon amourEen beetjeTom PillibiNous les amoureuxUn premier amourDanseviseNon ho l'etàPoupée de cire, poupée de sonMerci, chériePuppet on a StringLa, la, laVivo cantandoBoom Bang-a-BangDe troubadourUn jour, un enfantAll Kinds of EverythingUn banc, un arbre, une rueAprès toiTu te reconnaîtrasWaterlooDing-a-DongSave Your Kisses for MeL'oiseau et l'enfantA-Ba-Ni-BiHallelujahWhat's Another YearMaking Your Mind UpEin bißchen FriedenSi la vie est cadeauDiggi-Loo Diggi-LeyLa det swingeJ'aime la vieHold Me NowNe partez pas sans moiRock MeInsieme: 1992Fångad av en stormvindWhy Me?In Your EyesRock 'n' Roll KidsNocturneThe VoiceLove Shine a LightDivaTake Me to Your HeavenFly on the Wings of LoveEverybodyI WannaEvery Way That I CanWild DancesMy Number OneHard Rock HallelujahMolitvaBelieveFairytaleSatelliteRunning ScaredEuphoriaOnly TeardropsRise Like a PhoenixHeroes1944Amar pelos doisToyArcadeZitti e buoniStefaniaTattoo
Contests
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Countries
AlbaniaAndorraArmeniaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBelarusBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzechiaDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandIsraelItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgNorth MacedoniaMaltaMoldovaMonacoMontenegroMoroccoThe NetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSan MarinoSerbiaSerbia and MontenegroSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomYugoslavia
Miscellaneous
European Broadcasting UnionEurovision Song Contest
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Winners
Dino JelušićMaría IsabelKsenia SitnikTolmachevy SistersAlexey ZhigalkovichBzikebiRalf MackenbachVladimir ArzumanyanCANDYAnastasiya PetrykGaia CauchiVincenzo CantielloDestiny ChukunyereMariam MamadashviliPolina BogusevichRoksana WęgielViki GaborValentinaMalénaLissandroZoé Clauzure
Winning Songs
"Ti si moja prva ljubav" • "Antes muerta que sencilla" • "My vmeste" • "Vesenniy Jazz" • "S druz'yami" • "Bzzz..." • "Click Clack" • "Mama" • "Candy Music" • "Nebo" • "The Start" • "Tu primo grande amore" • "Not My Soul" • "Mzeo" • "Wings" • "Anyone I Want to Be" • "Superhero" • "J'imagine" • "Qami Qami" • "Oh maman!" • "Cœur"
Contests
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Countries
AlbaniaArmeniaAustraliaAzerbaijanBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCroatiaCyprusDenmarkEstoniaFranceGeorgiaGermanyGreeceIrelandIsraelItalyKazakhstanLatviaLithuaniaNorth MacedoniaMaltaMoldovaMontenegroThe NetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSan MarinoSerbiaSerbia and MontenegroSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraineUnited KingdomWales
Miscellaneous
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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