| Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1995 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) | |||
| Country |  Cyprus | |||
| Selection process | Epilogí Kypriakís Symmetoxís Sto Diagonismó Tragoudioú Giourovízion | |||
| Selection date | 14 March 1995 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Sti fotia" | |||
| Artist | Alexandros Panayi | |||
| Songwriters | Alexandros Panayi writer_single = y | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 9th, 79 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Cyprus was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Sti fotia", written and performed byAlexandros Panayi. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, theCyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry through a national final.
TheCyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) opened a submission period for songs.[1] By the end of the submission period, 74 entries had been submitted.[2] On 19 February 1995, in radio room one in the CyBC buildings, an 8-member jury listened to the received submissions and chose eight songs to compete in the national final.[2][3] However, "Mia vrochi" was withdrawn before the final.[4]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandros Panayi | "Sti fotia"(Στη φωτιά) | Alexandros Panayi |
| Andrea Aravi | "I poli"(Η πόλη) | Christakis Vlassios, Dimitris Vanezis |
| Bessy Argyraki | "Mia vrochi"(Μια βροχή) | Rodoulas Papalamprianou, Aristos Moschovakis |
| Kyros Lontos | "Taxidi makrino"(Ταξίδι μακρινό) | Kyros Lontos |
| Maria Kourou | "Kontra ston anemo"(Κόντρα στον άνεμο) | Alexis Meletiou, Maria Kourou |
| Maria Nicolaidou | "To telefteo fengari"(Το τελευταίο φεγγάρι) | Koralia Schiza, Ilias Antoniadis |
| Michalis Hatzigiannis | "Filise me"(Φίλησέ με) | Andreas Gerolemou |
| "Gramma"(Γράμμα) | Giorgos Kallis, Leonidas Malenis |
The final was broadcast live at 21:15 ((EET)) onRIK 1 on 14 March 1995 in a show titledEpilogí Kypriakís Symmetoxís Sto Diagonismó Tragoudioú Giourovízion (Greek:Επιλογή Κυπριακής Συμμετοχής Στο Διαγωνισμό Τραγουδιού Γιουροβίζιον).[5] The contest was held at the Monte Caputo Nightclub inLimassol, and was hosted byGiorgos Theofanous andEvridiki.[citation needed] The running order was decided by a random draw which was done in the presence of the songwriters of the competing entries on 23 February 1995.[6] The winner was chosen by a 20-member jury, consisting of the same eight members who chose the competing entries and twelve other juries chosen by CyBC.[citation needed]
On 7 March 1995, "Mia vrochi", which was set to perform fourth, was withdrawn by its composer Aristos Moschovakis after CyBC refused his request to release the names of the 20-member jury.[4][6][7] The names of the eight members of the jury who chose the competing entries were known to Moschovakis at the time, but the additional twelve for the final were not.[7]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Andrea Aravi | "I poli"(Η πόλη) | 78 | 6 |
| 2 | Michalis Hatzigiannis | "Filise me"(Φίλησέ με) | 129 | 3 |
| 3 | Kyros Lontos | "Taxidi makrino"(Ταξίδι μακρινό) | 80 | 5 |
| 4 | Bessy Argyraki | "Mia vrochi"(Μια βροχή) | – | – |
| 5 | Alexandros Panayi | "Sti fotia"(Στη φωτιά) | 157 | 1 |
| 6 | Maria Kourou | "Kontra ston anemo"(Κόντρα στον άνεμο) | 107 | 4 |
| 7 | Maria Nicolaidou | "To telefteo fengari"(Το τελευταίο φεγγάρι) | 78 | 7 |
| 8 | Michalis Hatzigiannis | "Gramma"(Γράμμα) | 131 | 2 |
On the night of the final,Alexandros Panayi performed seventeenth in the running order, followingPortugal and precedingSweden. At the closing of the voting, "Sti fotia" had received 79 points, placing Cyprus 9th out of 23 competing countries.[8] The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points toGreece.[9]
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