Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 explained

Year:1992
Country:Cyprus
Flag Variant:1960
Preselection:National final
Preselection Date:13 March 1992
Entrant:Evridiki
Song:Teriazoume
Final Result:11th, 57 points

Cyprus entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with "Teriazoume" by Evridiki, after she won the Cypriot national final.

Before Eurovision

Epilogí Kypriakís Symmetochís Gia To Diagonismó Tragoudioú Tis Giourovízion 1992 (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Επιλογή Κυπριακής Συμμετοχής Για Το Διαγωνισμό Τραγουδιού Της Γιουροβίζιον 1992)

The Cypriot broadcaster, CyBC, held a national final to select the Cypriot entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1992. The contest was held at 21:00 EET on 13 March at the International Conference Centre in Nicosia, hosted by Eirini Charalambidou.[1] Eight songs competed in the national final, which were chosen out of 65 submissions by a 16-member jury on 16 February 1992.[2] The winner was decided by a 24-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.[3] [4]

The winner was Evridiki with the song "Teriazoume", composed by George Theofanous and Leonidas Malenis.

Final13 March 1992
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)PointsPlace
1Argyro Kaparou and Vasilis Hadjiloukas"Niotho na me kitas" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Νιώθω να με κοιτάς)Vasilis Hadjiloukas538
2Andri Kyriazi"San" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Σαν)Stavros Sideras1512
3Alexis"Si ifesi, la diesi" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Σι ύφεση, λα δίεση)Vasos Vasileiou, Michalis Chatzimichail855
4Maria Charalambous"Neos kosmos" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Νέος Κόσμος)Michalis Papyrou1234
5Andri Kyriazi"Anatoli" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ανατολή)Andri Kyriazi855
6Katerina Logotheti"San mia skia" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Σαν μια σκιά)Andreas Giorgallis, Podoula Papalamprianou1512
7Andrea Aravi"Se thimame" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Σε θυμάμαι)Marios Oikonomidis607
8Evridiki"Teriazoume" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ταιριάζουμε)Giorgos Theofanous2281

At Eurovision

Evridiki performed 9th on the night of the contest, following Portugal and preceding Malta. "Teriazoume" received 57 points, placing 11th of 23 countries competing.[5]

Voting

+ Points awarded by Cyprus
ScoreCountry
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points Yugoslavia
1 point

Notes and References

  1. News: 13 March 1992 . ΡΙΚ . live . 13 August 2024 . ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ . 6.
  2. News: 17 February 1992 . Προκρίθηκαν 8 τραγούδια για τη Γιουροβίζιον . live . 13 August 2024 . ΧΑΡΑΥΓΗ . 1.
  3. News: Mantzilas . Dimitrios . 28 November 2018 . Κύπρος 1992: η σέξι Ευρυδίκη, οι αντιδράσεις και το μικρόφωνο σε ταλάντωση . Cyprus 1992: the sexy Evridiki, the reactions and the microphone in oscillation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231214162435/https://infegreece.com/cyprus-1992-sexy-evridiki/ . 14 December 2023 . 13 August 2024 . INFE Greece.
  4. Web site: CYPRIOT NATIONAL FINAL 1992 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240416003945/http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Cyprus1992.html . 16 April 2024 . 2024-08-13 . natfinals.50webs.com.
  5. Web site: Final of Malmö 1992 . European Broadcasting Union . 18 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418073843/https://eurovision.tv/event/malmo-1992/final . 18 April 2021 . live.
  6. Web site: Results of the Final of Malmö 1992 . European Broadcasting Union . 18 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418082342/https://eurovision.tv/event/malmo-1992/final/results/cyprus . 18 April 2021 . live.