Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Country	Cyprus
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	14 March 1995
Selected entrant	Alexandros Panayi
Selected song	"Sti fotia"
Selected songwriter(s)	Alexandros Panayi
Finals performance
Final result	9th, 79 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest

Alexandros Panayi represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Sti fotia". It finished 9th with 79 points.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held on 14 March 1995 at the Monte Caputo Nightclub in Limassol, hosted by Yiorgos Theofanous and Evridiki. The winner was chosen by a 20-member jury.^[1]

Final – 14 March 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Andrea Aravi	"I poli"	Christakis Vlassios, Dimitris Vanezis	78	6
2	Michalis Hatzigiannis	"Filise me"	Andreas Gerolemou	129	3
3	Kyros Lontos	"Taxidi makrino"	Kyros Lontos	80	5
4	Alexandros Panayi	"Sti fotia"	Alexandros Panayi	157	1
5	Maria Kourou	"Kontra ston anemo"	Alexis Meletiou, Maria Kourou	107	4
6	Maria Nicolaidou	"To telefteo fengari"	Koralia Schiza, Ilias Antoniadis	78	7
7	Michalis Hatzigiannis	"Gramma"	Giorgos Kallis, Leonidas Malenis	131	2

At Eurovision

Voting

Points awarded to Cyprus^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Hungary
10 points
8 points	Greece Sweden
7 points
6 points	Israel
5 points	Spain
4 points	Malta Russia Slovenia
3 points	Germany United Kingdom
2 points	Iceland
1 point	Poland

Points awarded by Cyprus^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Greece
10 points	Spain
8 points	Israel
7 points	Norway
6 points	Malta
5 points	Croatia
4 points	Sweden
3 points	Slovenia
2 points	France
1 point	Russia

References

^ "CYPRIOT NATIONAL FINAL 1995".
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1] "CYPRIOT NATIONAL FINAL 1995".

[1995detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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Artists	Ivi Adamou Alexia Haris Anastasiou Lisa Andreas Andromache Annet Artani Constantinos Christoforou Stelios Constantas ~~Yiannis Dimitrou~~ Elpida Evridiki Eleni Foureira Michael Hajiyanni Hovig Island The Islanders Evdokia Kadi Silia Kapsis John Karayiannis Hara and Andreas Konstantinou Andrew Lambrou Jon Lilygreen Marlain Christina Metaxa Minus One Christos Mylordos Despina Olympiou One Alexandros Panayi Elena Patroklou Andy Paul Fani Polymeri ~~Sandro~~ Yiannis Savvidakis Stavros and Constantina Tamta Elena Tsagrinou Anna Vissi Lia Vissi Voice Zymboulakis and Van Beke
Songs	"Alter Ego" "An me thimasai" "Anna Maria Lena" "Apopse as vrethoume" "Aspro mavro" "Break a Broken Heart" "Comme ci, comme ça" "El Diablo" "Ela" "Ela Ela (Come Baby)" "Feeling Alive" "Femme Fatale" "Firefly" "Fuego" "Genesis" "Gimme" "Gravity" "I agapi akoma zi" "Ime anthropos ki ego" "La La Love" "Liar" "Life Looks Better in Spring" "Mana mou" "Mi stamatas" "Milas poli" "Monika" "Mono i agapi" "Mono gia mas" "Nomiza" "One Thing I Should Have Done" "Replay" ~~"Running"~~ "San aggelos s'agapisa" "SOS" "Sti fotia" "Stronger Every Minute" "Teriazoume" "Tha'nai erotas" ~~"Thimame"~~ "To katalava arga" "Tora zo" "Why Angels Cry"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Cyprus did not compete

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Countries	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Denmark France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Malta Norway Poland Portugal Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Anabel Conde Tó Cruz Arzu Ece Frédéric Etherlinck Eddie Friel Bo Halldórsson Jan Johansen Stella Jones Justyna Philipp Kirkorov Elina Konstantopoulou Liora Love City Groove Magazin and Lidija Alexandros Panayi Davor Popović Nathalie Santamaria Secret Garden Mike Spiteri Stone and Stone Darja Švajger Csaba Szigeti Aud Wilken
Songs	"Amen" "Baunilha e chocolate" "Dreamin'" "Dvadeset prvi vijek" "Fra Mols til Skagen" "Il me donne rendez-vous" "Keep Me in Mind" "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana" "Love City Groove" "Nocturne" "Nostalgija" "Núna" "Pia prosefhi" "Prisluhni mi" "Sama" "Se på mig" "Sev!" "Sti fotia" "Új név egy régi ház falán" "Verliebt in Dich" "La Voix est libre" "Vuelve conmigo" "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt"