Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Country Cyprus
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)9 March 2022
Selected artist(s)Andromache
Selected song"Ela"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (12th)
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, having internally selected Andromache to represent the country with the song "Ela", which was written by Alex Papaconstantinou, Arash, Eyelar Mirzazadeh, Fatjon Miftaraj, Filloreta "Fifi" Raçi, Geraldo Sandell, Giorgos Papadopoulos, Robert Uhlmann, Viktor Svensson and Yll Limani.

Cyprus was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2022. Performing during the show in position 9, "Ela" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Cyprus placed 12th out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 63 points.

Background

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Main article: Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2022 contest, Cyprus has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-seven times since the island country made its debut in the 1981 contest.[1] Its best placing was at the 2018 contest where Eleni Foureira placed second with "Fuego". Before that, Cyprus's best result was fifth, which it achieved three times: in the 1982 competition with the song "Mono i agapi" performed by Anna Vissi, in the 1997 edition with "Mana mou" performed by Hara and Andreas Constantinou, and the 2004 contest with "Stronger Every Minute" performed by Lisa Andreas. Cyprus' least successful result was in the 1986 contest when it placed last with the song "Tora zo" by Elpida, receiving only four points in total. However, its worst finish in terms of points received was when it placed second to last in the 1999 contest with "Tha 'nai erotas" by Marlain Angelidou, receiving only two points.[2] After returning to the contest in 2015 following their one-year absence from the 2014 due to the 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis and the broadcaster's budget restrictions,[3] Cyprus has qualified for the final of all the contests in which it has participated. This includes its latest participation in 2021, when Elena Tsagrinou with "El Diablo" ended 16th in the final with 94 points.[2]

The Cypriot national broadcaster, CyBC, broadcasts the contest within Cyprus and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Cyprus has used various methods to select its entry in the past, such as internal selections and televised national finals to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. In 2015, the broadcaster organised the national final Eurovision Song Project, which featured 54 songs competing in a nine-week-long process resulting in the selection of the Cypriot entry through the combination of public televoting and the votes from an expert jury. Since 2016, however, the broadcaster has opted to select the entry internally without input from the public.[4]

Before Eurovision

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Internal selection

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In September 2021, CEO of Panik Records George Arsenakos claimed that the label had signed an agreement with CyBC to establish a national final in order to select the Cypriot entrant for 2023.[5] In January 2022, it was announced an agreement between the two parties is already in place for the 2022 selection and that the performance of the chosen act will be staged by Marvin Dietmann and Dan Shipton, both having previous experience at Eurovision.[6]

Greek singer Andromachi Dimitropoulou, former contestant of The Voice of Greece, was rumoured to be the selected representative for Cyprus. The Cypriot radio programme Good Morning Show reported that the name of their national representative ended with -machi, and in addition to this, Dimitropoulou is signed with Panik Records.[7] Dimitropoulou was officially announced as the Cypriot entrant with the song "Ela" on 9 March 2022 during the RIK 1 programme Ola ston Aera, where the music video, shot on 5 March in Athens, was also premiered.[8][9][10][11][12]

At Eurovision

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According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2022, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Cyprus has been placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2022, and has been scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[13]

Once all the competing songs for the 2022 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Cyprus was set to perform in position 9, following the entry from Australia and before the entry from Ireland.[14] They were not announced as one of the ten qualifiers, marking the first time Cyprus has failed to qualify since 2013. It was later announced that Cyprus placed twelfth in the semi-final with 63 points.[15]

Voting

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Points awarded to Cyprus

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Points awarded to Cyprus (Semi-final 2)[16]
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Azerbaijan
10 points  Serbia
8 points  Montenegro
7 points  Romania
6 points
5 points  North Macedonia
4 points  San Marino  Ireland
3 points  Poland  Finland
2 points  Sweden
1 point

Points awarded by Cyprus

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Detailed voting results

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Detailed voting results from Cyprus (Semi-final 2)[16]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Finland 7 11 12 11 7 9 2 9 2
02  Israel 13 9 8 9 16 11 11
03  Serbia 4 2 14 12 5 6 5 1 12
04  Azerbaijan 17 12 1 1 10 5 6 13
05  Georgia 11 7 15 14 14 14 16
06  Malta 16 13 10 6 13 12 10 1
07  San Marino 15 14 11 8 15 15 12
08  Australia 3 4 3 2 3 2 10 7 4
09  Cyprus
10  Ireland 12 10 6 10 11 10 1 14
11  North Macedonia 9 16 17 17 17 17 15
12  Estonia 5 5 4 7 4 4 7 8 3
13  Romania 14 17 13 13 12 16 2 10
14  Poland 2 3 9 4 2 3 8 3 8
15  Montenegro 10 8 16 15 9 13 17
16  Belgium 8 15 5 5 8 8 3 5 6
17  Sweden 1 1 2 3 1 1 12 4 7
18  Czech Republic 6 6 7 16 6 7 4 6 5
Detailed voting results from Cyprus (Final)[17]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Czech Republic 11 19 9 20 6 13 24
02  Romania 25 18 16 12 14 21 7 4
03  Portugal 21 24 22 23 21 25 21
04  Finland 7 17 21 15 7 14 14
05   Switzerland 20 13 20 6 18 17 23
06  France 19 23 4 22 12 15 20
07  Norway 18 9 6 9 16 11 13
08  Armenia 17 14 23 18 17 22 10 1
09  Italy 9 16 5 10 22 10 1 6 5
10  Spain 16 12 1 2 8 5 6 3 8
11  Netherlands 13 22 10 21 23 20 18
12  Ukraine 2 5 14 24 1 4 7 1 12
13  Germany 14 21 24 14 9 18 15
14  Lithuania 23 20 17 13 24 23 9 2
15  Azerbaijan 4 4 2 1 11 2 10 22
16  Belgium 10 6 13 8 10 9 2 19
17  Greece 1 2 3 4 5 1 12 2 10
18  Iceland 15 25 25 25 25 24 25
19  Moldova 24 15 18 11 15 19 11
20  Sweden 6 11 7 7 3 6 5 12
21  Australia 3 3 11 3 2 3 8 16
22  United Kingdom 12 8 8 5 13 8 3 5 6
23  Poland 5 7 19 16 19 12 8 3
24  Serbia 22 1 15 19 4 7 4 4 7
25  Estonia 8 10 12 17 20 16 17

References

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