Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

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Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country Flag of Cyprus Cyprus
National preselection
Preselection process National Final
Preselection date(s) January 12, 2008
Selected entrant Evdokia Kadi
Selected song Femme Fatale
Finals performance
Semi-final result Failed to qualify (15th)
Final result N/A


Evdokia Kadi was chosen as the Cypriot representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The song selection took place in the form of a national final organized by CyBC. "Femme Fatale" is a traditional Greek Laïkó song with a French title.


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[edit] National Final

Composers were allowed to submit their songs until 15 November 2007.[1] Following the deadline, a professional seven-member jury selected 10 songs to compete in the national final on 12 January 2008.[2] The winner of the selection was decided through a mixture of a jury (40%) and a televote (60%). The jury consisted of those who selected the 10 competing songs with the addition of two guest jurors. [3]

The National Final took place at RIK's Studio 3 on January 12, 2008. The show was broadcast live on regional and satellite television, as well as online streaming provided by CyBC and the official Eurovision website channel, ESCTV. The final started at 8:15 PM CET, and lasted approximately 2 hours. The host of the show was Andreas Ektoras, while Evridiki along with Dimitris Korgialas performed as the interval act.

Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Eleni Skarpari Moments of madness 16 18 34 7
2 Myria Pampori & Alexis Manison Turning to you 8 48 56 4
3 Mirto Meletiou Rescue me 20 12 32 9
4 Sofia Strati This can't be love 12 42 54 5
5 Evdokia Kadi Femme fatale 32 72 104 1
6 Nikolas Metaksas I can't be 40 60 100 2
7 Marlain Angelidou Rejection 48 36 84 3
8 Nikolas Metaksas Butterfly 24 30 54 6
9 Elizabeth Sugar mountain 4 24 28 10
10 Constantinos Andronikou Calling you 28 6 34 8

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[edit] Eurovision

Cyprus took part in the second semi-final on 22 May 2008 and scored 36 points, of which the maximum 12 points were awarded by the United Kingdom, 8 by Bulgaria, 5 by Hungary, 4 by Turkey, 2 by each of Georgia, Albania and Switzerland, and 1 by Serbia, with the other fourteen voting countries all failing to award the song any points at all. This tally placed the Cypriot entry only 15th out of the 19 competitors in the semi-final, so it comfortably failed to qualify for the final. It did not have the regular European promotional tour as in previous years.[5] Evdokia Kadi was invited as a guest to the Greek national selection where she promoted her entry.[6]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cyprus to hold national final in 2008!. Esctoday (English)
  2. ^ Cyprus: Eurovision 2008 call for songs. Esctoday (English)
  3. ^ Cyprus: 67 entries received. Esctoday (English)
  4. ^ Cyprus: Evdokia Kadi to Belgrade with Femme fatale. ESCToday, January 12, 2008. Retrieved on April 18, 2008
  5. ^ Cyprus: Eurovision 2008 call for songs. Esctoday (English)
  6. ^ The press conference at the Athens Hilton hotel. Oikotimes (English)
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Individual entries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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