Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country	Cyprus
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	9 February 1999
Selected entrant	Marlen Angelidou
Selected song	"Tha 'Ne Erotas"
Finals performance
Final result	22nd, 2 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest

Cyprus and the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) chose to host a national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the winner being chosen an "expert" jury. Marlen Angelidou was chosen with "Tha 'Nai Erotas" and placed 22nd at Eurovision.

National final

The Cypriot national 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.

The winner of the final was Marlen Angelidou with "Tha 'Ne Erotas".

**National final - 7 February 1999**
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Marlen Angelidou	"Tha 'Ne Erotas"	225	1
2	Riana Athanasiou	"Moni"	107	7
3	Elena Tsolaki	"Aspro Feggari"	116	5
4	Christina Saranti	"Adeio Feggari"	102	8
5	Stelios Constantas	"Methysmeno Feggari"	125	4
6	Giorgos Stamataris	"Maria"	143	3
7	Lucas Christodolou	"An Gyriseis"	113	6
8	Giorgos Gavriel	"Pios Erotas Glykos"	88	9
9	Demos Beke	"Tha Sou Edina Oli Mou Ti Zoi"	178	2

At Eurovision

Marlain performed 14th on the night of the contest, held in Jerusalem, Israel 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
			United Kingdom

External links

Cypriot National Final 1999

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.