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Cyprus entered the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1981 and has participated 34 times since. By legend the island is the birthplace of the ancient Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite.

As of 2017, Cyprus holds the record for the most times participating in the Eurovision Song Contest without winning. Cyprus has qualified for the last three consecutive Eurovision Song Contest Grand Finals. The best placing for the country, fifth, was achieved in 1982, 1997 and 2004. 
In 2008 Cyprus hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Lemesos. 

Facts

First participation

1981 (Island)

Victories

None

Hosts

None

The basics

Full country name

Republic of Cyprus

Capital

Nicosia

Featured participant

Cyprus

Tel Aviv 2019

Event	Represented by	Song	Points	Rank
Dublin 1981	Island	Monika	69	6
Harrogate 1982	Anna Vishy	Mono I Agapi	85	5
Munich 1983	Stavros and Constantina	I Agapi Akoma Zi	26	16
Luxembourg 1984	Andy Paul	Anna Mari-elena	31	15
Gothenburg 1985	Lia Vishy	To Katalava Arga	15	16
Bergen 1986	Elpida	Tora Zo	4	20
Brussels 1987	Alexia	Aspro Mavro	80	7
Lausanne 1989	Fanny Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis	Apopse As Vrethoume	51	11
Zagreb 1990	Haris Anastasiou	Milas Poli	36	14
Rome 1991	Elena Patroclou	S.o.s.	60	9
Malmö 1992	Evridiki	Teriazoume	57	11
Millstreet 1993	Kyriakos Zymboulakis and Demos Van Beke	Mi Stamatas	17	19
Dublin 1994	Evridiki	Ime Anthropos Ke Ego	51	11
Dublin 1995	Alexandros Panayi	Sti Fotia	79	9
Oslo 1996	Constantinos	Móno Gia Más	72	9
Dublin 1997	Chara and Andreas Konstantinou	Mana Mou	98	5
Birmingham 1998	Michael Hajiyanni	Genesis	37	11
Jerusalem 1999	Marlain Angelidou	Tha'nai Erotas	2	22
Stockholm 2000	Voice	Nomiza	8	21
Tallinn 2002	One	Gimme	85	6
Riga 2003	Stelios Constantas	Feeling Alive	15	20
Istanbul 2004	Lisa Andreas	Stronger Every Minute
Grand Final			170	5
Semi-Final			149	5
Kyiv 2005	Constantinos Christoforou	Ela Ela
Grand Final			46	18
Athens 2006	Annet Artani	Why Angels Cry
Semi-Final			57	15
Helsinki 2007	Evridiki	Comme Ci, Comme ça
Semi-Final			65	15
Belgrade 2008	Evdokia Kadi	Femme Fatale
Second Semi-Final			36	15
Moscow 2009	Christina Metaxa	Firefly
Second Semi-Final			32	14
Oslo 2010	Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders	Life Looks Better In Spring
Grand Final			27	21
Second Semi-Final			67	10
Düsseldorf 2011	Christos Mylordos	San Aggelos S’Agapisa
Second Semi-Final			16	18
Baku 2012	Ivi Adamou	La La Love
First Semi-Final			91	7
Grand Final			65	16
Malmö 2013	Despina Olympiou	An Me Thimasai
First Semi-Final			11	15
Vienna 2015	John Karayiannis	One Thing I Should Have Done
Second Semi-Final			87	6
Grand Final			11	22
Stockholm 2016	Minus One	Alter Ego
Grand Final			96	21
First Semi-Final			164	8
Kyiv 2017	Hovig	Gravity
First Semi-Final			164	5
Grand Final			68	21
Lisbon 2018	Eleni Foureira	Fuego
First Semi-Final			262	2
Grand Final			436	2
Tel Aviv 2019

Cyprus entered the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1981 and has participated 34 times since. By legend the island is the birthplace of the ancient Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite.

As of 2017, Cyprus holds the record for the most times participating in the Eurovision Song Contest without winning. Cyprus has qualified for the last three consecutive Eurovision Song Contest Grand Finals. The best placing for the country, fifth, was achieved in 1982, 1997 and 2004. 
In 2008 Cyprus hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Lemesos. 

The basics

Full country name

Republic of Cyprus

Capital

Nicosia

Facts

First participation

1981 (Island)

Victories

None

Hosts

None

Featured participant

Cyprus

Tel Aviv 2019

Event	Represented by	Song	Points	Rank
Dublin 1981	Island	Monika	69	6
Harrogate 1982	Anna Vishy	Mono I Agapi	85	5
Munich 1983	Stavros and Constantina	I Agapi Akoma Zi	26	16
Luxembourg 1984	Andy Paul	Anna Mari-elena	31	15
Gothenburg 1985	Lia Vishy	To Katalava Arga	15	16
Bergen 1986	Elpida	Tora Zo	4	20
Brussels 1987	Alexia	Aspro Mavro	80	7
Lausanne 1989	Fanny Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis	Apopse As Vrethoume	51	11
Zagreb 1990	Haris Anastasiou	Milas Poli	36	14
Rome 1991	Elena Patroclou	S.o.s.	60	9
Malmö 1992	Evridiki	Teriazoume	57	11
Millstreet 1993	Kyriakos Zymboulakis and Demos Van Beke	Mi Stamatas	17	19
Dublin 1994	Evridiki	Ime Anthropos Ke Ego	51	11
Dublin 1995	Alexandros Panayi	Sti Fotia	79	9
Oslo 1996	Constantinos	Móno Gia Más	72	9
Dublin 1997	Chara and Andreas Konstantinou	Mana Mou	98	5
Birmingham 1998	Michael Hajiyanni	Genesis	37	11
Jerusalem 1999	Marlain Angelidou	Tha'nai Erotas	2	22
Stockholm 2000	Voice	Nomiza	8	21
Tallinn 2002	One	Gimme	85	6
Riga 2003	Stelios Constantas	Feeling Alive	15	20
Istanbul 2004	Lisa Andreas	Stronger Every Minute
Grand Final			170	5
Semi-Final			149	5
Kyiv 2005	Constantinos Christoforou	Ela Ela
Grand Final			46	18
Athens 2006	Annet Artani	Why Angels Cry
Semi-Final			57	15
Helsinki 2007	Evridiki	Comme Ci, Comme ça
Semi-Final			65	15
Belgrade 2008	Evdokia Kadi	Femme Fatale
Second Semi-Final			36	15
Moscow 2009	Christina Metaxa	Firefly
Second Semi-Final			32	14
Oslo 2010	Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders	Life Looks Better In Spring
Grand Final			27	21
Second Semi-Final			67	10
Düsseldorf 2011	Christos Mylordos	San Aggelos S’Agapisa
Second Semi-Final			16	18
Baku 2012	Ivi Adamou	La La Love
First Semi-Final			91	7
Grand Final			65	16
Malmö 2013	Despina Olympiou	An Me Thimasai
First Semi-Final			11	15
Vienna 2015	John Karayiannis	One Thing I Should Have Done
Second Semi-Final			87	6
Grand Final			11	22
Stockholm 2016	Minus One	Alter Ego
Grand Final			96	21
First Semi-Final			164	8
Kyiv 2017	Hovig	Gravity
First Semi-Final			164	5
Grand Final			68	21
Lisbon 2018	Eleni Foureira	Fuego
First Semi-Final			262	2
Grand Final			436	2
Tel Aviv 2019

The basics

Full country name

Republic of Cyprus

Capital

Nicosia

Facts

First participation

1981 (Island)

Victories

None

Hosts

None

Cyprus entered the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1981 and has participated 34 times since. By legend the island is the birthplace of the ancient Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite.

As of 2017, Cyprus holds the record for the most times participating in the Eurovision Song Contest without winning. Cyprus has qualified for the last three consecutive Eurovision Song Contest Grand Finals. The best placing for the country, fifth, was achieved in 1982, 1997 and 2004. 
In 2008 Cyprus hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Lemesos. 

Featured participant

Cyprus

Tel Aviv 2019

Event	Represented by	Song	Points	Rank
Dublin 1981	Island	Monika	69	6
Harrogate 1982	Anna Vishy	Mono I Agapi	85	5
Munich 1983	Stavros and Constantina	I Agapi Akoma Zi	26	16
Luxembourg 1984	Andy Paul	Anna Mari-elena	31	15
Gothenburg 1985	Lia Vishy	To Katalava Arga	15	16
Bergen 1986	Elpida	Tora Zo	4	20
Brussels 1987	Alexia	Aspro Mavro	80	7
Lausanne 1989	Fanny Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis	Apopse As Vrethoume	51	11
Zagreb 1990	Haris Anastasiou	Milas Poli	36	14
Rome 1991	Elena Patroclou	S.o.s.	60	9
Malmö 1992	Evridiki	Teriazoume	57	11
Millstreet 1993	Kyriakos Zymboulakis and Demos Van Beke	Mi Stamatas	17	19
Dublin 1994	Evridiki	Ime Anthropos Ke Ego	51	11
Dublin 1995	Alexandros Panayi	Sti Fotia	79	9
Oslo 1996	Constantinos	Móno Gia Más	72	9
Dublin 1997	Chara and Andreas Konstantinou	Mana Mou	98	5
Birmingham 1998	Michael Hajiyanni	Genesis	37	11
Jerusalem 1999	Marlain Angelidou	Tha'nai Erotas	2	22
Stockholm 2000	Voice	Nomiza	8	21
Tallinn 2002	One	Gimme	85	6
Riga 2003	Stelios Constantas	Feeling Alive	15	20
Istanbul 2004	Lisa Andreas	Stronger Every Minute
Grand Final			170	5
Semi-Final			149	5
Kyiv 2005	Constantinos Christoforou	Ela Ela
Grand Final			46	18
Athens 2006	Annet Artani	Why Angels Cry
Semi-Final			57	15
Helsinki 2007	Evridiki	Comme Ci, Comme ça
Semi-Final			65	15
Belgrade 2008	Evdokia Kadi	Femme Fatale
Second Semi-Final			36	15
Moscow 2009	Christina Metaxa	Firefly
Second Semi-Final			32	14
Oslo 2010	Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders	Life Looks Better In Spring
Grand Final			27	21
Second Semi-Final			67	10
Düsseldorf 2011	Christos Mylordos	San Aggelos S’Agapisa
Second Semi-Final			16	18
Baku 2012	Ivi Adamou	La La Love
First Semi-Final			91	7
Grand Final			65	16
Malmö 2013	Despina Olympiou	An Me Thimasai
First Semi-Final			11	15
Vienna 2015	John Karayiannis	One Thing I Should Have Done
Second Semi-Final			87	6
Grand Final			11	22
Stockholm 2016	Minus One	Alter Ego
Grand Final			96	21
First Semi-Final			164	8
Kyiv 2017	Hovig	Gravity
First Semi-Final			164	5
Grand Final			68	21
Lisbon 2018	Eleni Foureira	Fuego
First Semi-Final			262	2
Grand Final			436	2
Tel Aviv 2019

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10 August 2018 at 15:00

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The exciting televoting results sequence of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest!

After an exciting televoting sequence Israel won the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest! If you want to know more about the Eurovision Song Contest, visit https://eurovision.tv

12 May 2018 at 23:09

Eleni Foureira - Fuego - Cyprus - LIVE - Grand Final - Eurovision 2018

Eleni Foureira represented Cyprus at the Grand Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Fuego [...]

12 May 2018 at 21:14

REACTION: Qualifiers get emotional after the first Semi-Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest

Ten countries have qualified for the Grand Final, which takes places this Saturday, 12th of May [...]

8 May 2018 at 22:30

The qualifiers announcement of the first Semi-Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest

The tension rose when the qualifiers of the first Semi-Final were announced [...]

8 May 2018 at 21:21

The 10 qualifiers from the first Semi-Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest

The following ten countries have qualified for the Grand Final (in order of announcement): Austria: Nobody But You by Cesár Sampson Estonia: La Forza by Elina Nechayeva Cyprus: Fuego by Eleni F [...]

8 May 2018 at 21:16

Eleni Foureira - Fuego - Cyprus - LIVE - First Semi-Final - Eurovision 2018

Eleni Foureira represented Cyprus at the first Semi-Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Fuego [...]

8 May 2018 at 20:32

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