Year: | 1994 |
Country: | Cyprus |
Flag Variant: | 1960 |
Preselection: | National final |
Preselection Date: | 18 March 1994 |
Entrant: | Evridiki |
Song: | Eimai anthropos ki ego |
Final Result: | 11th, 51 points |
Cyprus was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994. It was represented with the song "Eimai anthropos ki ego", performed by Evridiki. It finished 11th with 51 points.
Originally, Cyprus was relegated from the contest because it finished in the bottom 7 of the 1993 contest; however, after Italy withdrew from the contest, their place was awarded to Cyprus, who ultimately competed.
The final was held at the International Conference Centre in Nicosia on 18 March 1994 and was hosted by Achilleas Grammatikopoulos. The winning song was chosen by a professional jury.[1]
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place | |
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1 | Evridiki | "Eimai anthropos ki ego" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Είμαι άνθρωπος κι εγώ) | George Theofanous | 103 | 1 | |
2 | Marietta Mitsidou | "Ela ksana" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Έλα ξανά) | Philippe de Castan, Stalo Karkampoulia | 89 | 2 | |
3 | Panos Panayi | "I agapi nika" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Η αγάπη νικά) | Michalis Papyrou, Charis Koutsavakis | 41 | 6 | |
4 | Christina Argyri | "Ksafnika" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ξαφνικά) | Christina Argyri, Glafkos Efstathiou | 67 | 3 | |
5 | Miranda Zografou | "Mia gi" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μια γη) | Alex Zografou | 55 | 4 | |
6 | Gregory Kerian | "Tora" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Τώρα) | Gregory Kerian, Soula Orfanidou | 33 | 8 | |
7 | Joseph Christodoulou | "Stamata ton chrono" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Σταμάτα τον χρόνο) | Kypros Charalambous, Andreas Panteli | 34 | 7 | |
8 | Maria Aristofanous | "Vradia adiana" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Βράδια αδειανά) | Koralia Schiza, Ilias Antoniadis | 46 | 5 |
Detailed Jury Votes | |||||||||||||||
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Draw | Song | Jury 1 | Jury 2 | Jury 3 | Jury 4 | Jury 5 | Jury 6 | Jury 7 | Jury 8 | Jury 9 | Jury 10 | Jury 11 | Jury 12 | Total | |
1 | "Eimai anthropos ki ego" | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 103 | |
2 | "Ela ksana" | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 89 | |
3 | "I agapi nika" | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 41 | |
4 | "Ksafnika" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 67 | |
5 | "Mia gi" | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 55 | |
6 | "Tora" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 33 | |
7 | "Stamata ton chrono" | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 34 | |
8 | "Vradia adiana" | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 46 |
On the night of the contest Cyprus performed 4th, following Ireland and preceding Iceland. At the close of voting it had received 51 points, placing Cyprus 11th out of 25 entries.[2] The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Greece.