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Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country Cyprus
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)9 February 1999
Selected artist(s)Marlen Angelidou
Selected song"Tha 'Ne Erotas"
Finals performance
Final result22nd, 2 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Cyprus was represented by Marlen Angelidou in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Tha 'Ne Erotas".

Before Eurovision

National final

The final took place on 9 February 1999 at the Monte Caputo Nightclub in Limassol, hosted by Loukas Hamatsos. Nine songs competed, with the winning song chosen solely by an "expert" jury, one of whom was Thanos Kalliris, who had represented Greece in 1987 as part of Bang.

Final – 7 February 1999
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Marlen Angelidou "Tha 'ne erotas" Giorgos Kallis, Andreas Karanikolas 225 1
2 Riana Athanasiou "Moni" Gavriel Savva 107 7
3 Elena Tsolaki "Aspro feggari" Marios Takousis, Poly Georgiou Takousi 116 5
4 Christina Saranti "Adeio feggari" Michalis Konstantinidis, Christos Konstantinidis, Kyriakos Pastidis 102 8
5 Stelios Constantas "Methysmeno feggari" Loukas Xenofontos, Tonia Hatzikosti 125 4
6 Giorgos Stamataris "Maria" Giannos Savvidis, Vicky Efstathiou 143 3
7 Lucas Christodolou "An gyriseis" Theos Kallias, Elena Pravitsioti 113 6
8 Giorgos Gavriel "Pios erotas glykos" Michalis Antoniou, Christos Christofi 88 9
9 Dimos Beke "Tha sou edina oli mou ti zoi" Dimos Beke, Zinonas Zindilis 178 2

At Eurovision

Marlain performed 14th on the night of the contest, held in Jerusalem on 29 May 1999. Cyprus followed Iceland's entry, Selma with "All Out Of Luck", and preceded Sweden's entry, Charlotte Nilsson with "Take Me to Your Heaven". Despite being a favourite to win it only received 2 points, all from United Kingdom, placing 22nd in a field of 23, beating only Spain.

Points awarded by Cyprus

Final

12 points  Iceland
10 points  Israel
8 points  Denmark
7 points  Norway
6 points  Sweden
5 points  Lithuania
4 points  United Kingdom
3 points  Malta
2 points  Croatia
1 point  Austria

Points awarded to Cyprus

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

See also

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