Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Evridiki was chosen to represent the country with the song "Comme ci, comme ça", an electro-pop dance song composed by Dimitris Korgialas and written by Posidonas Giannopoulos.[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country Cyprus
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 26 January 2007
Song: 23 February 2007
Selected entrantEvridiki
Selected song"Comme ci, comme ça"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (15th, 65 points)
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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"Comme ci, comme ça" is the first Cypriot entry performed entirely in the French language. The song was also recorded in Greek and English.[2]

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 26 January 2007, CyBC announced that they had internally selected Evridiki to represent Cyprus in Helsinki. Evridiki previously represented Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992 and 1994, both placing eleventh.[3][4] Her contest song, "Comme ci, comme ça", was presented on 23 February 2007 during the show Cyprus 12 Points, Chypre 12 Points, broadcast on RIK 1, RIK Sat as well as online via the broadcaster's website cybc.cy. In addition to the presentation of the song, the show featured guest performances by 2007 Belarusian Eurovision entrant Dmitry Koldun, 2007 Maltese Eurovision entrant Olivia Lewis and 2007 Polish Eurovision entrants The Jet Set.[5]

At Eurovision

Because Cyprus failed to qualify in 2006 Evridiki were forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final. The Cypriot entry was performed 3rd, following Israel and preceding the Belarus They came 15th with 65 points failing to qualify to the Grand Final.

Points awarded by 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

See also

References
  1. "Ευρυδίκη 4 Eurovision!". MAD TV. 2007-01-27. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
  2. Floras, Stella (2007-01-30). "Cyprus: The press conference". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
  3. Kasapoglou, Yiorgos (26 January 2007). "Cyprus decided: Evridiki again". Esctoday.
  4. "Information on Evridiki and Dimitris Korgialas being selected". Ellinikos FM (in Greek)
  5. Kasapoglou, Yiorgos (2007-02-08). "Cyprus: Song presentation and guests". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
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