Eurovision 2008 - Cyprus

Femme fatale
Evdokia Kadi


History (1956 to 2007):

Cyprus's previous appearances: 25 year(s) out of 52
Years participated: 1981-1987; 1989-2000; 2002-
Best result: 5th (1982, 1997, 2004)

Cyprus has a mixed record at Eurovision - most entries have either done very well (top ten) or very badly (the bottom few places), with little in between. The televoting era has not been particularly kind to Cyprus, with 6th place in 2002 and 5th in 2004 the only rewards among generally unimpressive results - 11th in 1998, 22nd in 1999, 21st in 2000, 20th in 2003 and 18th in 2005. 1999's result was made worse by the fact that Marlain's 'Tha nai erotas' was one of the pre-contest favourites - indeed, with a strong, modern song and good performance I'm still puzzled at why it did quite so badly. Unfortunately for Cyprus, Greece was absent that year; otherwise, 'Tha nai erotas' would have gained a slightly better 14 points, instead of the 2 it actually got. In 2003, Stelios Konstantas might have been 'Feeling alive', but most of Europe wasn't by the end of his performance. He mustered only 15 points, 12 of those from Greece and 2 from Malta, who can always be guaranteed to vote strangely.

Fortunately, Lisa Andreas brought some class to the proceedings in 2004 with her beautiful ballad, 'Stronger every minute' - though its 5th place was an excellent result, it was perhaps less than it truly deserved, the outstanding song and performance surely representing Cyprus' strongest ever contender. Nevertheless, it was quite enough to secure Cyprus a place in the 2005 Final, where Eurovision veteran Constantinos sought to better his already impressive tally of 8th and 6th places in 1996 and 2002 respectively (the latter as a member of the group One). However, it was not to be - despite an energetic performance by Constantinos and the presence of Elina Konstantopoulou (GR 1995) as guest vocalist, 'Ela ela' could only manage 18th place, meaning that Cyprus must participate in the Semi Final in 2006.

In 2006 Cyprus was represented by Annette Artani, while in 2007 Evridiki got the ticket to
Helsinki.


This year's entry:





My opinion & prediction:

It’s hard to say what will happen, it’s not a good song, but not even a bad song, is somewhere in the middle.

My prediction for the Semi Final: 10th to 12th
My prediction for the Final: Unlikely to qualify; 18th to 20th