Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Cyprus was represented by Voice in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Nomiza".
| Eurovision Song Contest 2000 | ||||
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| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Cyprus | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 16 February 2000 | |||
| Selected entrant | Voice | |||
| Selected song | "Nomiza" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 21st, 8 points | |||
| Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
National final
The final took place on 16 February 2000 at the Nea Leoforos Nightclub in Limassol, hosted by Loukas Hamatsos. 11 songs competed with the winning song chosen solely by an "expert" jury, which included Eurovision 1999 winner Charlotte Nilsson and Lina Kawar who was a backing singer for Cyprus in Eurovision 1997 and 1999.[1][2]
| Final – 16 February 2000 | |||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
| 1 | Marina Solonos | "Eimai akoma edo" | Marina Solonos | 148 | 3 |
| 2 | Annie | "Na m'agapas" | Kyriakos Petousis | 131 | 5 |
| 3 | Maria Amman | "Fones" | Thalia Kounouni | 87 | 10 |
| 4 | Marilia Perikleous & Demetris Mouhtaroudis | "Trikymia" | Demetris Mouhtaroudis, Kyriakos Pastidis | 93 | 9 |
| 5 | Chrysanthos Chrysanthou | "An" | Chrysanthos Chrysanthou | 125 | 7 |
| 6 | Alexandros Panayi & Christina Argyri | "Nomiza" | Alexandros Panayi | 225 | 1 |
| 7 | Lefki Stylianou | "Antio loipon" | Lefki Stylianou | 94 | 8 |
| 8 | Antonia Orthanou | "Sti gi eirini" | Dimitris Konstantinou, Niki Spyropoulou | 100 | 7 |
| 9 | Marian Georgiou | "Paradeisos" | Marian Georgiou | 145 | 4 |
| 10 | Giorgos Gavriel | "Volt" | Giorgos Gavriel | 122 | 6 |
| 11 | Haroula Pirta | "Ki'akoma s'agapo" | Giorgos Adamou, Giorgos Serdaris | 184 | 2 |
At Eurovision
"Nomiza" was performed eleventh on the night (following Belgium's Nathalie Sorce with "Envie de vivre" and preceding Iceland's August & Telma with "Tell Me!"). At the close of voting, it had received 8 points, placing 21st in a field of 24.
Due to poor results, Cyprus was not permitted to take part in the 2001 Contest; however, they were re-admitted for the following year. Thus, the song was succeeded as Cypriot representative at the 2002 Contest by One with "Gimme".
Points awarded by Cyprus
| 12 points |  Russia |
| 10 points |  Spain |
| 8 points |  Malta |
| 7 points |  Ireland |
| 6 points |  Estonia |
| 5 points |  Netherlands |
| 4 points |  Denmark |
| 3 points |  United Kingdom |
| 2 points |  Macedonia |
| 1 point |  Latvia |
References
- Mantzilas, Dimitrios (26 December 2018). "Κύπρος 2000: πανωλεθρία με τους Voice και οδυνηρός αποκλεισμός". INFE Greece.
- "CYPRIOT NATIONAL FINAL 2000".
See also
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