Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 and selected their entry through a national final, organised by Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC). After an open call to performers to submit proposals, ten entries were shortlisted for the 7 February national final. Deep Zone and their song "Play" were disqualified after the song was found to have been unofficially released before the final, breaching the contest's rules and leaving nine to compete in the final. Welsh singer Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders were chosen as the Cypriot entry on 7 February with their song "Life Looks Better in Spring" and competed in the second half of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country Cyprus
National selection
Selection processEurovision 2010: Epilogi tis Kipriakis Simmetohis
Selection date(s)7 February 2010
Selected entrantJon Lilygreen and
The Islanders
Selected song"Life Looks Better in Spring"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (10th, 67 points)
Final result21st, 27 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2009 • 2010 • 2011►

Before Eurovision

Eurovision 2010: Epilogi tis Kipriakis Simmetohis

CyBC launched its Eurovision selection process on 5 October 2009 when they released details on the televised national final titled Epilogi tis Kipriakis Simmetohis to be held in early 2010.[1]

Competing entries

Until 27 November 2009, Cypriots and European citizens living in Cyprus for more than two years were permitted to submit candidate entries to CyBC for the competition. At the conclusion of the deadline, 70 entries were received by CyBC.[1] A seven-member selection jury then shortlisted twenty songs, with ten progressing to the national final.[2][3] The selected entries were announced on 12 December 2009.[1] The running order was announced on 24 December 2008.[4]

According to the seven-member selection jury, the quality of the submitted music was high for this year's contest. Among the songwriters of the selected entries included Constantinos Christoforou(Cypriot Eurovision representative in 1996, 2002 as a member of One and 2005) and Mike Connaris (writer of Cyprus' 2004 entry "Stronger Every Minute").[5] Their compositions will be performed respectively by Christoforou himself and 18-year-old Nicole Paparistodemou.[5][6][7] Further confirmed artists were Armenian Cypriot singer Hovig Demirjian (2010 X Factor Greece participant), Constantinos Kountouzis and Anthi Pashi.[8][9]

On 29 January 2010, it was announced that Nasos Lambrianides and Melis Konstantinou withdrew one of their two songs "Nothing Is Real" in order to avoid splitting votes between it and their other song, "Life Looks Better in Spring". The withdrawn song was later replaced by "Waiting", written by Christodoulos Charalambides and Andreas Economides.[10] On 3 February 2010, "Play", composed by Milena Staneva and performed by Deep Zone, the Bulgarian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, was disqualified after the song was found on file sharing websites and video website YouTube, breaching the rules of the national final. The song was not replaced, leaving just nine songs in the contest.[11]

Final

The final took place on 7 February 2010.[1] Nine acts performed and the winner was selected by a combination of televoting (50%) and a five-member jury (50%). Jon Lilygreen and The Islanders took first place with their song "Life Looks Better In Spring".

Final – 7 February 2010
DrawArtistSong Songwriter(s)Jury TelevoteTotalPlace
1 Constantinos Christoforou "Angel" Constantinos Christoforou, Zinon Zompilis 10 4,109 7 17 2
2 Evagoras Evagorou "I'm Gonna Be" Marios Melekis, Christos Filippou, Anthi Pashi 3 2,191 4 7 8
3 Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders "Life Looks Better in Spring" Nasos Lambrianides, Melis Konstantinou 12 8,358 12 24 1
4 Hovig Demirjian "Goodbye" Valeria Partali 5 6,203 10 15 3
5 Vivian Daglas "Rhapsody" Leanna Varnavidou, Helena Antoniou 2 1,070 2 4 9
6 Anthi Pashi "You Gotta Go" Anthi Pashi 8 3,746 5 13 5
7 Constantinos Kountouzis & Soul Throw "Island of Love" Constantinos Kountouzis 7 4,256 8 15 3
8 Andreas Economides "Waiting" Christodoulos Charalambides, Andreas Economides 6 2,008 3 9 7
9 Nicole Paparistodemou "Like A Woman" Mike Connaris, Matheson Bayley 4 4,008 6 10 6

At Eurovision

Jon Lilygreen and The Islanders performed "Life Looks Better in Spring" in the second semi-final on 27 May. Cyprus was amongst the ten qualifiers in the semi-final evening proceeding to the final on 29 May, making it the first appearance of Cyprus in the final since 2005.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 2 Cyprus came 10th with 67 points: the public awarded Cyprus 10th place with 53 points and the jury awarded 9th place with 79 points.
  • In the Final Cyprus came 21st with 27 points: the public awarded Cyprus 23rd place with 16 points and the jury awarded 18th place with 57 points.

Points awarded by Cyprus
Points received by Cyprus (Semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points received by Cyprus (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. Floras, Stella (8 December 2009). "Cyprus: Finalists decided 12th December". ESCToday. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  2. Floras, Stella (6 October 2009). "Cyprus calls for songs". ESCToday. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  3. Siim, Jarmo (6 October 2009). "Cyprus waits for submissions". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  4. Floras, Stella (24 December 2009). "Cyprus: Final running order decided". Esctoday. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  5. Floras, Stella (13 December 2009). "Cyprus announces songs for local Eurovision final". ESCToday. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  6. Eva, Anadioti (13 December 2009). "Constantinos Christoforou & Evagoras Evagorou confirmed performers". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  7. Klier, Marcus (21 December 2009). "Nicole Paparistodemou to compete in Cypriot national final". ESCToday. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  8. Al Kaziri, Ghassan (21 December 2009). "Cypriot Armenian participant added in the line up". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  9. Al Kaziri, Ghassan (22 December 2009). "Line up revelations continue". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  10. Floras, Stella (29 January 2010). "Cyprus: Changes in the final lineup". ESCToday. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  11. Floras, Stella (3 February 2010). "Cyprus: Deep Zone disqualified". ESC Today. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
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