Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany. The winner of the talent show Performance, broadcast by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), was the Cypriot entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, which was decided on 10 September 2010.[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country Cyprus
National selection
Selection processArtist: Performance
Song: Internal Selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 10 September 2010
Song: 20 January 2011
Selected entrantChristos Mylordos
Selected song"San aggelos s'agapisa"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (18th, 16 points)
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Performance

Performance was the talent show developed by CyBC in order to select Cyprus' entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.[2] The competition commenced on 19 March 2010 with thirteen shows aired weekly until 11 June 2010. 39 contestants (aged between 16 and 30 years old) from the "Song Interpretation" category competed during the shows, and the top nine contestants progressed to the final on 10 September 2010 through a combination of votes from a four-member judging panel (60%) and public televoting (40%).[3][4] The panel consisted of Lia Vissi (Cypriot Eurovision representative in 1985), Costas Kakoyiannis (musician and music teacher), Neoclis Neocleous (actor) and Fotis Nikolaou (choreographer). The shows were broadcast on RIK 1, RIK Sat as well as online via the broadcaster's website cybc.cy.[5]

Final

The final was broadcast live on 10 September 2010 at the CyBC Studio 3 in Nicosia, hosted by Marina Maleni. The nine contestants selected from the weekly shows competed and the winner, Christos Mylordos, who performed "Supreme" by Robbie Williams, was selected exclusively by public televoting.[6][7][8]

DrawArtistTelevotePlace
1 Marios Charalambous 1,476 6
2 Daphne Seisou 3,232 5
3 Annita Skoutela 4,244 3
4 Costa Ioannides 989 8
5 Louis Panagiotou 5,924 2
6 Malvina Charalambidi 1,338 7
7 Christos Mylordos 11,004 1
8 Stella Stylianou 3,851 4
9 Nicole Nikolaidou 852 9

Song selection

On 26 November 2010, CyBC announced that the Christos Mylordos' contest song would be internally selected.[9] Composers were able to submit their songs to the broadcaster until 31 December 2010, and the entry was selected by a seven-member jury panel.[10] 11 songs were received by CyBC, and the selected song, "San aggelos s'agapisa", was presented to the public on 28 February 2011 during the CyBC evening news broadcast.[11][12]

At Eurovision

According to local media, Alex Panayi, who had already represented Cyprus in 1995 and 2000, was being considered as an option to join the Cypriot team as a backing vocalist.[13] On December 2010, Alex Panayi denied the rumors, but said that he was willing to help and support if CyBC asks him to.[14]

Cyprus competed ninth in the second semi-final of the contest, on 12 May. Cyprus placed eighteenth with 16 points and failed to qualify for the final.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 2 Cyprus came 18th with 16 points: the public awarded Cyprus 18th place with 23 points and the jury awarded 17th place with 24 points.

Points awarded by Cyprus
Points awarded to Cyprus (Semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. Anadioti, Eva (2010-07-19). "Cyprus decides on September 10 (for a singer)". Oikotimes. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  2. Floras, Stella (2009-12-24). "Cyprus: Final running order decided". ESCToday. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  3. "Meet the nine candidates in Cyprus for the Eurovision" (in Greek). TVsoup. 2010-09-07. Archived from the original on July 21, 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  4. "Television "Performance"" (in Greek). CyBC. 2010-06-22. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  5. "Cyprus 2011".
  6. Siim, Jarmo (2010-09-19). "Christos Mylordos to represent Cyprus". EBU. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  7. Floras, Stella (2010-09-19). "Cyprus: Christos Mylordos to Eurovision 2011". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  8. Karageoras, Evangelos (2010-09-19). "Cyprus decided: Christos Mylordos to Germany". Oikotimes.com. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  9. Coronerri, Alenka (2010-11-26). "CYPRUS - CyBC calls for songs". Oikotimes.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  10. Jiandani, Sanjay (2011-01-15). "Cyprus: Internal song selection". EscToday.com. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  11. Schacht, Andreas. "Update: Cyprus selects song!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  12. Jiandani, Sanjay (Sergio) (28 February 2011). "Cyprus: Cypriot entry to be officially presented tonight". Esctoday.
  13. Floras, Stella (2010-11-21). "Cyprus: Plans to reinforce Mylordou on stage". EscToday.com. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  14. Coronerri, Alenka (2010-12-08). "CYPRUS - Alex Panayi denies rumors on 2011 support". Oikotimes.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
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