Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Cyprus was represented by Lisa Andreas and the song "Stronger Every Minute", with music and English lyric by Mike Connaris, and Greek lyrics by Matheson Bayley and Andrew Adams.

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country Cyprus
National selection
Selection processNational Final
Selection date(s)17 February 2004
Selected entrantLisa Andreas
Selected song"Stronger Every Minute"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (5th, 149 points)
Final result5th, 170 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2003 • 2004 • 2005►

Before Eurovision

National final

The Cypriot national final in order to select Cyprus' entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 took place on 17 February 2004 at the Pavilion Night Club in Nicosia, hosted by Loukas Hamatsos.

Competing entries

Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster between 15 October 2003 and 2 January 2004. All artists and composers were required to have Cypriot nationality. At the conclusion of the deadline, 62 entries were received by CyBC. Ten entries were selected by a five-member selection committee and announced on 7 February 2004.[1][2]

Final

The final took place on 17 February 2004. Ten entries competed and the winner, "Stronger Every Minute" performed by Lisa Andreas, was selected by a combination of votes from public televoting (60%) and a jury panel (40%).[3]

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show featured guest performances by 2004 Israeli Eurovision entrant David D'Or and 2004 Lithuanian Eurovision entrants Linas and Simona.[4]

Draw Artist Song Composer(s) Points Place
1 Mary Harki "Burning Fire" Michalis Rousos 58 6
2 Mirto Meletiou "I Need Love" Paris Meletiou, Chrisanthos Chrisanthou 90 3
3 George Platon "Millionaire" George Platon 10 10
4 Eleni Skarpari "Come To Me" Michalis Pittas, Eleni Skarpari, Andreas Skarpari 68 5
5 Scorpion "Tell Me" Lia Ioannidi 26 9
6 Lefki Stilianou "Vision of Dreams" Lefki Stylianou, Andreas Paraskeva 28 8
7 Stefanos Georgiadis "Cold" Konstantinos Kountouros 36 7
8 United "Me" Aristos Moschovakis, Peter Andre 76 4
9 Georgia Panayiotou "Analyze Your Love" Nikos Evangelou, Vangelis Evangelou 92 2
10 Lisa Andreas "Stronger Every Minute" Mike Connaris 96 1

At Eurovision
Lisa Andreas in the semi-final

For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest. Because Cyprus placed 20th at the 2003 contest, Lisa was forced to compete in the first Eurovision semi-final, held on 12 May 2004. She performed 14th, following Albania and preceding Macedonia Cyprus qualified to the final, placing 5th in the semi-final and scoring 149 points. In the final, the country performed 21st, following UK and preceding Turkey and placed 5th in the final, scoring 170 points, meaning that Cyprus automatically qualified for the final in the 2005 contest.

Points awarded by Cyprus

Points awarded to Cyprus
Points awarded to Cyprus (semi-final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Cyprus (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

References
  1. Christodoulides, Louis (January 26, 2004). "Cyprus announces national final candidates". Esctoday.
  2. Grech, Deo (February 7, 2004). "Cyprus announces names of performers". Esctoday.
  3. "CYPRIOT NATIONAL FINAL 2004".
  4. Barak, Itamar (17 February 2004). "Lisa Andreas will represent Cyprus in Turkey". Esctoday.
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