Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020
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Background
Prior to the 2020 contest, Cyprus had participated in the
The Cypriot national broadcaster, CyBC, broadcasts the contest within Cyprus and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Cyprus has used various methods to select its entry in the past, such as internal selections and televised national finals to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. In 2015, the broadcaster organised the national final Eurovision Song Project, which featured 54 songs competing in a nine-week-long process resulting in the selection of the Cypriot entry through the combination of public televoting and the votes from an expert jury. Since 2016, however, the broadcaster has opted to select the entry internally without input from the public.[4] In July 2019, CyBC confirmed their intention to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020,[5] and by September it was known that they would once again pursue an internal selection.[4]
Before Eurovision
Internal selection
As part of the selection process, CyBC reportedly received over 120 submissions for consideration.
"Running" was revealed as the name of the selected song for Sandro on 11 February 2020 through a post on Instagram.[13] "Running" was written by Sandro and Australian singer, writer, and composer Alfie Arcuri with a team also consisting of Sebastian Rickards, Octavian Rasinariu, and Teo DK.[10][14] Sandro described the song as "something that comes straight from the heart".[13] The song and its music video premiered on 6 March 2020 during CyBC's show Happy Hour.[15] Robyn Gallagher of Wiwibloggs described it as a "deep-house style electro-pop song, with solid beats underscoring Sandro's vocals".[15]
Promotion
To promote the entry, a music video directed by Alexandros Kostelidis was released at the time of the song's premiere, on 6 March 2020.[15] It was shown during CyBC's Happy Hour show and also became available on record label Panik's YouTube channel.[14] Later that day, Sandro performed "Running" live for the first time at Melfest WKND 20, a pre-party in Stockholm that took place the night before Melodifestivalen 2020, the selection process for Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest.[16]
At Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was originally scheduled to take place at
Alternative song contests
Some of the broadcasters scheduled to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 organised alternative competitions. Austria's ORF aired Der kleine Song Contest in April 2020, which saw every entry being assigned to one of three semi-finals. A jury consisting of ten singers that had represented Austria at Eurovision before was hired to rank each song; the best-placed in each semi-final advanced to the final round.[27] In the first semi-final on 14 April, Cyprus placed tenth in a field of fourteen participants, achieving 50 points.[28] Cyprus' song also participated in Sveriges Television's Sveriges 12:a in May,[29] though it was eliminated in the qualifying round.[30]
References
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- ^ Gallagher, Robyn (29 November 2019). "Confirmed at last! Sandro will represent Cyprus at Eurovision 2020". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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- ^ Agadellis, Stratos (23 November 2019). "Cyprus: Has CyBC internally chosen Sandro Nicolas for Rotterdam?". ESCToday. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b ""Running"! Sandro reveals Eurovision 2020 song title and official artwork". wiwibloggs.com. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b Jiandani, Sanjay (6 March 2020). "Cyprus: Sandro releases his Eurovision entry 'Running'". ESCToday. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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- ^ Muldoon, Padraig (1 June 2020). "Eurovision 2021: CyBC confirms that Sandro will not represent Cyprus again". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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