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"Monika"Country Artist(s) Alexia Vassiliou ,
Areti Kassapi Haralabidou,
Aristos Moskovakis,
Roger Lee,
Doros Georgiadis
As Language Composer(s) Doros Georgiadis
Lyricist(s) Stavros Sideras
Final result 6th
Final points 69
"Mono I Agapi" (1982) ►
"Monika" (Greek script : "Μόνικα" ) was the debut entry for Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest , performed in Greek at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 by Island (music group) .
The song was performed eighteenth on the night, following Greece 's Yiannis Dimitras with "Fegari Kalokerino " and preceding Switzerland 's Peter, Sue & Marc with "Io senza te ". At the close of voting, it had received 69 points, placing it sixth in a field of 20.
The song is a love ballad directed toward the titular Monica (generally transliterated Monika). The chorus also features the repetition of the word "Moni", which is Greek for "alone" (female), as well as being part of the girl's name.
It was succeeded as Cypriot representative at the 1982 Contest by Anna Vissi with "Mono I Agapi ".
Participation Artists 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
Countries Artists Songs
"Aldri i livet "
"C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique "
"Dönme Dolap "
"Fångad i en dröm "
"Feggari kalokerino "
"Halayla "
"Het is een wonder "
"Horoscopes"
"Humanahum"
"Io senza te "
"Johnny Blue"
"Krøller eller ej "
"Lejla"
"Making Your Mind Up "
"Monika"
"Playback"
"Reggae OK"
"Samson"
"Wenn du da bist "
"Y sólo tú "