Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Country	Cyprus
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	18 February 1997
Selected entrant	Hara & Andreas Constantinou
Selected song	"Mana mou"
Finals performance
Final result	5th, 98 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest

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.

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

Points awarded to Cyprus

Points awarded to Cyprus
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Greece Iceland	Netherlands Spain		Denmark Malta
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Germany United Kingdom	Croatia France Italy Slovenia Switzerland	Ireland Portugal	Norway	Estonia Russia

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

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

CYPRIOT NATIONAL FINAL 1997

[1] "National Final: Cyprus 1997". esc-history.com.

[2] "CYPRIOT NATIONAL FINAL 1997". natfinals.50webs.com.

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Artists	Ivi Adamou Alexia Haris Anastasiou Lisa Andreas Andromache Annet Artani Constantinos Christoforou Stelios Constantas ~~Yiannis Dimitrou~~ Elpida Evridiki Eleni Foureira Michael Hajiyanni Hovig Island The Islanders Evdokia Kadi Silia Kapsis John Karayiannis Hara and Andreas Konstantinou Andrew Lambrou Jon Lilygreen Marlain Christina Metaxa Minus One Christos Mylordos Despina Olympiou One Alexandros Panayi Elena Patroklou Andy Paul Fani Polymeri ~~Sandro~~ Yiannis Savvidakis Stavros and Constantina Tamta Elena Tsagrinou Anna Vissi Lia Vissi Voice Zymboulakis and Van Beke
Songs	"Alter Ego" "An me thimasai" "Anna Maria Lena" "Apopse as vrethoume" "Aspro mavro" "Break a Broken Heart" "Comme ci, comme ça" "El Diablo" "Ela" "Ela Ela (Come Baby)" "Feeling Alive" "Femme Fatale" "Firefly" "Fuego" "Genesis" "Gimme" "Gravity" "I agapi akoma zi" "Ime anthropos ki ego" "La La Love" "Liar" "Life Looks Better in Spring" "Mana mou" "Mi stamatas" "Milas poli" "Monika" "Mono i agapi" "Mono gia mas" "Nomiza" "One Thing I Should Have Done" "Replay" ~~"Running"~~ "San aggelos s'agapisa" "SOS" "Sti fotia" "Stronger Every Minute" "Teriazoume" "Tha'nai erotas" ~~"Thimame"~~ "To katalava arga" "Tora zo" "Why Angels Cry"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Cyprus did not compete

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Countries	Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Barbara Berta Blond Alma Čardžić Tor Endresen E.N.I Fanny Jalisse Anna Maria Jopek Katrina and the Waves Kølig Kaj Hara and Andreas Konstantinou Célia Lawson Maarja Marcos Llunas Mrs. Einstein Paul Oscar Şebnem Paker and Grup Ethnic Alla Pugacheva Tanja Ribič Marc Roberts Debbie Scerri Bianca Shomburg Bettina Soriat V.I.P. Marianna Zorba
Songs	"Ale jestem" "Antes do adeus" "Bara hon älskar mig" "Dentro di me" "Dinle" "Fiumi di parole" "Goodbye" "Horepse" "Keelatud maa" "Let Me Fly" "Love Shine a Light" "Mana mou" "Miért kell, hogy elmenj?" "Minn hinsti dans" "Mysterious Woman" "Niemand heeft nog tijd" "One Step" "Primadonna" "Probudi me" "San Francisco" "Sentiments songes" "Sin rencor" "Stemmen i mit liv" "Zbudi se" "Zeit"