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Cyprus at Eurovision

Cyprus first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981 and has entered 42 contests. It has never won; its best result is 2nd place, in 2018.

42
contests: 0
wins: 2nd
best

first song: 1981
contests: 42
wins: none
best result: 2nd — 2018
second place: 1 — 2018
last place: 1 — 1986
in the final: 13 of 21 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
sung in: Greek (24), English (19), Italian (1), French (1)
not in the line-up: 1988, 2001, 2014

Every song

All 43 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.

Year	Artist	Song	Result	Points
2026 Vienna	Antigoni	“Jalla” English, Greek	19th of 25	75
2025 Basel	Theo Evan	“Shh” English	Out in semi-final 1 (11th of 15)	44
2024 Malmö	Silia Kapsis	“Liar” English	15th of 26	78
2023 Liverpool	Andrew Lambrou	“Break a Broken Heart” English	12th of 26	126
2022 Turin	Andromache	“Ela (Έλα)” English, Greek	Out in semi-final 2 (12th of 18)	63
2021 Rotterdam	Elena Tsagrinou	“El Diablo” English	16th of 26	94
2020 Rotterdam	Sandro	“Running” English	Contest cancelled	—
2019 Tel Aviv	Tamta	“Replay” English	13th of 26	109
2018 Lisbon	Eleni Foureira	“Fuego” English	2nd of 26	436
2017 Kyiv	Hovig	“Gravity” English	21st of 26	68
2016 Stockholm	Minus One	“Alter Ego” English	21st of 26	96
2015 Vienna	John Karayiannis	“One Thing I Should Have Done” English	22nd of 27	11
2013 Malmö	Despina Olympiou	“An me thimasai (Aν με θυμάσαι)” Greek	Out in semi-final 1 (15th of 16)	11
2012 Baku	Ivi Adamou	“La La Love” English	16th of 26	65
2011 Düsseldorf	Christos Mylordos	“San aggelos s'agapisa (Σαν άγγελος σ'αγάπησα)” Greek	Out in semi-final 2 (18th of 19)	16
2010 Oslo	Jon Lilygreen and the Islanders	“Life Looks Better in Spring” English	21st of 25	27
2009 Moscow	Christina Metaxa	“Firefly” English	Out in semi-final 2 (14th of 19)	32
2008 Belgrade	Evdokia Kadi	“Femme Fatale” Greek	Out in semi-final 2 (15th of 19)	36
2007 Helsinki	Evridiki	“Comme ci, comme ça” French	Out in the semi-final (15th of 28)	65
2006 Athens	Annet Artani	“Why Angels Cry” English	Out in the semi-final (15th of 23)	57
2005 Kyiv	Constantinos Christoforou	“Ela, ela (Έλα, έλα)” English	18th of 24	46
2004 Istanbul	Lisa Andreas	“Stronger Every Minute” English	5th of 24	170
2003 Riga	Stelios Constantas	“Feeling Alive” English	20th of 26	15
2002 Tallinn	One	“Gimme” English	6th of 24	85
2000 Stockholm	Voice	“Nomiza (Νόμιζα)” Greek, Italian	21st of 24	8
1999 Jerusalem	Marlain	“Tha'ne erotas (Θα'ναι έρωτας)” Greek	22nd of 23	2
1998 Birmingham	Michael Hajiyanni	“Genesis (Γένεσις)” Greek	11th of 25	37
1997 Dublin	Hara and Andreas Konstantinou	“Mana mou (Μάνα μου)” Greek	5th of 25	98
1996 Oslo	Constantinos	“Mono gia mas (Μόνο για μας)” Greek	9th of 23	72
1995 Dublin	Alexandros Panayi	“Sti fotia (Στη φωτιά)” Greek	9th of 23	79
1994 Dublin	Evridiki	“Ime anthropos ki ego (Είμαι άνθρωπος κι εγώ)” Greek	11th of 25	51
1993 Millstreet	Zymboulakis and Van Beke	“Mi stamatas (Μη σταματάς)” Greek	19th of 25	17
1992 Malmö	Evridiki	“Teriazoume (Ταιριάζουμε)” Greek	11th of 23	57
1991 Rome	Elena Patroklou	“S.O.S.” Greek	9th of 22	60
1990 Zagreb	Anastasiou	“Milas poli (Μιλάς πολύ)” Greek	14th of 22	36
1989 Lausanne	Fanny Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis	“Apopse as vrethoume (Απόψε ας βρεθούμε)” Greek	11th of 22	51
1987 Brussels	Alexia	“Aspro mavro (Άσπρο μαύρο)” Greek	7th of 22	80
1986 Bergen	Elpida	“Tora zo (Τώρα ζω)” Greek	20th of 20	4
1985 Gothenburg	Lia Vissi	“To katalava arga (Το κατάλαβα αργά)” Greek	16th of 19	15
1984 Luxembourg City	Andy Paul	“Anna Mari-Elena (Άννα Μαρί-Έλενα)” Greek	15th of 19	31
1983 Munich	Stavros and Constantina	“I agapi akoma zi (Η αγάπη ακόμα ζει)” Greek	16th of 20	26
1982 Harrogate	Anna Vissi	“Mono i agapi (Μόνο η αγάπη)” Greek	5th of 18	85
1981 Dublin	Island	“Monika (Μόνικα)” Greek	6th of 20	69

Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.

Sent more than once

The two acts Cyprus has sent to more than one contest.

Evridiki 1992, 1994, 2007
Constantinos Christoforou 1996, 2005

On air at home

The channels that carried the contest in Cyprus, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.

2026
- RIK 1 Melina Karageorgiou
2025
- RIK 1, RIK Sat Melina Karageorgiou and Alexandros Taramountas
- RIK Trito Melina Karageorgiou and Alexandros Taramountas
2024
- RIK 1, RIK Sat Melina Karageorgiou and Hovig Demirjian
- RIK Trito
2023
- RIK 1, RIK Sat Melina Karageorgiou and Alexandros Taramountas
2022
- RIK 1, RIK HD, RIK Sat Melina Karageorgiou and Alexandros Taramountas
2021
- RIK 1, RIK HD, RIK Sat Louis Patsalides
2019
- CyBC Evridiki and Tasos Tryfonos
2018
- CyBC Costas Constantinou and Vaso Komninou
2017
- CyBC Tasos Tryfonos and Christiana Artemiou
2016
- RIK 1, RIK Sat, RIK HD, RIK Triton Melina Karageorgiou
2015
- RIK 1, RIK Sat, RIK HD, RIK Triton Melina Karageorgiou
2014
- RIK 1 Melina Karageorgiou
2013
- RIK 1, RIK Triton Melina Karageorgiou
2012
- RIK 1 Melina Karageorgiou
2011
- RIK 1 Melina Karageorgiou
2010
- RIK 1 Melina Karageorgiou
- RIK Deftero Nathan Morley
2009
- RIK 1
- RIK Deftero (semi-final 2 and final) Nathan Morley
2008
- RIK 1 Melina Karageorgiou
2004
- RIK Ena
2003
- RIK Ena
2002
- RIK Ena Evi Papamichail
2001
- RIK Dyo Evi Papamichail
2000
- RIK Dyo
1999
- RIK 1
1998
- RIK 1 Evi Papamichail
1997
- RIK 1 Evi Papamichail
1996
- RIK 1 Evi Papamichail
1995
- RIK 1 Neofytos Taliotis
1994
- RIK 2, Trito Programma
1993
- RIK 1 Evi Papamichail
- Radio Frederik
1992
- RIK 1 Evi Papamichail
- A Programma
1991
- RIK, A Programma Evi Papamichail
1990
- RIK Neofytos Taliotis
- A Programma
1989
- RIK, A Programma Neofytos Taliotis
1988
- RIK, A Programma
1987
- RIK, A Programma
1986
- RIK
1985
- RIK, A Programma Themis Themistokleous
1984
- RIK, A Programma
1983
- RIK
1982
- RIK Fryni Papadopoulou and John Vickers
1981
- RIK
1980
- RIK
1978
- RIK
1977
- RIK

In our contest stories

Lines about Cyprus from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.

1975 Nineteen
Turkey had invaded Cyprus the previous summer, and Greece is reported to have pulled out late — possibly rather than share a stage with it.
1976 The Greek song
Greece had stayed away in 1975 because of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
1981 Twenty, nearly twenty-one
Cyprus entered for the first time and finished sixth.
1982 Returning acts
Anna Vissi, who had sung for Greece in 1980, now sang for Cyprus and came fifth.
1988 Cyprus is ruled out
A few weeks before the contest, somebody noticed that the Cypriot song, "Thimame", had been heard before: it had competed in Cyprus's own national selection in 1984, under a different title.
1988 Cyprus is ruled out
Cyprus, drawn to sing second, did not take part.
1989 Other firsts
Cyprus was back after its enforced year out, restoring the field to 22.
1994 Out with seven, in with seven
Italy then withdrew of its own accord — from lack of public interest, it was thought, and from worry about the cost of hosting if it won. Its place went to Cyprus, the best of the relegated seven.
2004 Cyprus and Turkey
Turkey gave points to Cyprus for the first time.
2004 Cyprus and Turkey
Cyprus voted for Turkey for the second year running.
2006 Faster voting, in theory
When Cyprus was called, the screen showed Switzerland.
2014 A smaller contest
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Serbia stayed at home.
2015 Vienna
Cyprus and Serbia were back, and the Czech Republic returned after five years.
2018 The result
Cyprus was second with Eleni Foureira's "Fuego", on 436 — the best result Cyprus has had.

Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Cyprus was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.