Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Hara & Andreas Constantinou represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Mana mou". Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) chose to host a national final to select their entry.

Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Country Cyprus
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)18 February 1997
Selected entrantHara & Andreas Constantinou
Selected song"Mana mou"
Finals performance
Final result5th, 98 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held on 18 February 1997 at the Monte Caputo Nightclub in Limassol, hosted by Marina Maleni-Kyriazi. The winner was chosen by a 21-member jury.[1][2]

Final – 18 February 1997
Draw Artist Song (English translation) Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Giorgos Polychroniadis "Apopse den me niazi" (Tonight I don't care about anything) Spyros Kyriakidis, A. Gemenitzis 91 5
2 Dalida Mitzi "Ta trena" (The trains) Andreas Karanikolas 71 6
3 Charalambos Brountzos "Mia zografia" (A picture) Adonis Aletras 106 4
4 Stelios Constantas "I grammi tis ntropis" (The line of shame) Aristos Moschovakis, Rodoula Papalamprianou 145 2
5 Spiros Spirakos "Essi" (You) Theos Kallias, Michalis Hatzimichael 70 7
6 Hara & Andreas Constantinou "Mana mou" (Motherland) Constantina Konstantinou 170 1
7 Giorgos Stamataris "Xechnas" (You forget) Andreas Gerolemou 112 3
8 Christina Lazarou "Pote" (Never) Nevi Astraiou 54 8

Voting

Hara & Andreas opened the contest performing 1st, preceding Turkey. At the end of voting, they received 98 points (including maximum 12 points from Greece and Iceland), placing 5th of 25 competing countries, which was at the time joint-best Cypriot placing at the contest, sharing with 1982 Cypriot entry "Mono i agapi" by Anna Vissi, and would remain so until 2018.

The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Greece.

Points awarded to Cyprus
Points awarded to Cyprus
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Cyprus
12 points Greece
10 points Spain
8 points Ireland
7 points United Kingdom
6 points Italy
5 points Malta
4 points Croatia
3 points France
2 points Slovenia
1 point Estonia

References
  1. "National Final: Cyprus 1997". esc-history.com.
  2. "CYPRIOT NATIONAL FINAL 1997". natfinals.50webs.com.
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