Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 explained

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.

Before Eurovision

National final

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]

Final – 18 March 1994
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)PointsPlace
1Evridiki"Eimai anthropos ki ego" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Είμαι άνθρωπος κι εγώ)George Theofanous1031
2Marietta Mitsidou"Ela ksana" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Έλα ξανά)Philippe de Castan, Stalo Karkampoulia892
3Panos Panayi"I agapi nika" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Η αγάπη νικά)Michalis Papyrou, Charis Koutsavakis416
4Christina Argyri"Ksafnika" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ξαφνικά)Christina Argyri, Glafkos Efstathiou673
5Miranda Zografou"Mia gi" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μια γη)Alex Zografou554
6Gregory Kerian"Tora" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Τώρα)Gregory Kerian, Soula Orfanidou338
7Joseph Christodoulou"Stamata ton chrono" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Σταμάτα τον χρόνο)Kypros Charalambous, Andreas Panteli347
8Maria Aristofanous"Vradia adiana" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Βράδια αδειανά)Koralia Schiza, Ilias Antoniadis465
Detailed Jury Votes
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Total
1"Eimai anthropos ki ego"101088105108101068103
2"Ela ksana"681010810610848189
3"I agapi nika"24431355521641
4"Ksafnika"566664336810467
5"Mia gi"85323686135555
6"Tora"11144222463333
7"Stamata ton chrono"432121143121034
8"Vradia adiana"32555841254246

At Eurovision

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.

Voting

Notes and References

  1. News: Mantzilas . Dimitrios . 5 December 2018 . Κύπρος 1994: Η Ευρυδίκη στην κορυφαία στιγμή της καριέρας της με ελληνοπρεπή συμμετοχή. . Cyprus 1994: Evridiki at the peak of her career with Greek participation. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231214160932/https://infegreece.com/cyprus-1994-evridiki-ime-anthropos/ . 14 December 2023 . 13 August 2024 . INFE Greece.
  2. Web site: Final of Dublin 1994 . European Broadcasting Union . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417121756/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1994/final . 17 April 2021 . live.
  3. Web site: Results of the Final of Dublin 1994 . European Broadcasting Union . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417124411/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1994/final/results/cyprus . 17 April 2021 . live.