Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987
| Eurovision Song Contest 1987 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) | |||
| Country |  Cyprus | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | 26 January 1987 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Alexia | |||
| Selected song | "Aspro mavro" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 7th, 80 points | |||
| Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with the song "Aspro mavro" (Άσπρο μαύρο), written by Andreas Papapavlou, with lyrics by Maria Papapavlou, and performed by Alexia. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), internally selected its entry for the contest.
Before Eurovision
[edit]Internal selection
[edit]The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) announced it would participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 on 4 November 1986, and on the same day opened a submission period for Cypriot artists and composers to submit songs until 10 January 1987.[1] By the end of the submission period, 61 submissions had been received.[2]
The internal selection was held on 26 January 1987 in the CyBC offices in Nicosia.[3][4] The results were decided by an 18-member jury consisting of CyBC employees and people in the music industry.[3][5][6] The selection consisted of several stages and lasted over ten hours, from around 9:00 EET until 19:20 EET. In the last stage, only two songs remained and each jury member had one vote to give to one song.[6] The results of the internal selection were announced immediately after the internal selection in a news broadcast.[2]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result | Place |
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| Alexia | "Aspro mavro" (Άσπρο μαύρο) | Andreas Papapavlou, Maria Papapavlou | 12 | 1 |
| Dimitris Christodoulidis | Dimitris Christodoulidis | 6 | 2 |
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At Eurovision
[edit]On the night of the final Alexia performed seventeenth in the running order, following Germany and preceding Finland. At the close of voting "Aspro mavro" had received 80 points, placing Cyprus 7th out of 22 countries. The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Greece.[7]
Voting
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References
[edit]- ^ "Ξανά το ΡΙΚ στη Γιουροβίζιον" [RIK in Eurovision again]. ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ. 5 November 1986. p. 14. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Δεν Έφτιαξα Τέχνη... Απλώς πέτυχα καλά στη «συνταγή» της Γιουροβίζιον!" [I Didn't Make Art... I Just Succeeded In The Eurovision 'Recipe'!]. ΦΙΛΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΣ. 2 February 1987. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ a b "59 συνθέσεις στον διαγωνισμό τραγουδιού της «Γιουροβίζιον»" [59 compositions for the Eurovision Song Contest]. ΧΑΡΑΥΓΗ. 25 January 1987. p. 12. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Η επιλογή τραγουδιού για τη Γιουροβίζιον" [The song selection for Eurovision]. ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ. 1 February 1987. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "Το «Άσπρο - Μαυρο» Θα Εκπροσωπήσει Φέτος Την Κύπρο Στη Γιουροβίζιον" ["White - Black" Will Represent Cyprus This Year At Eurovision]. ΧΑΡΑΥΓΗ. 27 January 1987. p. 10. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "Με το «Άσπρο - Μαύρο» η Κύπρος στη Γιουροβίζιον" [Cyprus in Eurovision with "Black and White".]. ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ. 27 January 1987. p. 14. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.