Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Cyprus was represented by Marlen Angelidou in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Tha 'Ne Erotas".

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country Cyprus
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)9 February 1999
Selected entrantMarlen Angelidou
Selected song"Tha 'Ne Erotas"
Finals performance
Final result22nd, 2 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1998 • 1999 • 2000►

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
1Marlen Angelidou"Tha 'ne erotas" Giorgos Kallis, Andreas Karanikolas2251
2Riana Athanasiou"Moni" Gavriel Savva 1077
3Elena Tsolaki"Aspro feggari" Marios Takousis, Poly Georgiou Takousi 1165
4Christina Saranti"Adeio feggari" Michalis Konstantinidis, Christos Konstantinidis, Kyriakos Pastidis 1028
5Stelios Constantas"Methysmeno feggari" Loukas Xenofontos, Tonia Hatzikosti 1254
6Giorgos Stamataris"Maria" Giannos Savvidis, Vicky Efstathiou 1433
7Lucas Christodolou"An gyriseis" Theos Kallias, Elena Pravitsioti 1136
8Giorgos Gavriel"Pios erotas glykos" Michalis Antoniou, Christos Christofi 889
9Dimos Beke"Tha sou edina oli mou ti zoi" Dimos Beke, Zinonas Zindilis 1782

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

See also
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