Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024
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| Country |  Cyprus | |||
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| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
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| Selected artist(s) | Maria Pissarides | |||
| Selected song | "Crystal Waters" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Cyprus is set to take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Madrid, Spain, with "Crystal Waters" performed by Maria Pissarides. The Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) internally selected the country's entry for the contest.
Background
[edit]Prior to the 2024 contest, Cyprus had participated in the contest nine times since its first entry in the inaugural 2003 contest. Cyprus has never won the contest, with their best results being in 2004, when Marios Tofi represented the country with "Oneira", and in 2006, when Luis Panagiotou and Christina Christofi represented it with "Agoria koritsia", both placing 8th.[1] The nation opted not to take part in the contest in 2005 (due to an "internal issue" with the selected song, presumably stemming from allegations of plagiarism made against it),[2] between 2010 and 2013, in 2015, and then again between 2018 and 2023. In 2017, Nicole Nicolaou competed for Cyprus with the song "I Wanna Be a Star", which ended up in 16th (last) place with 45 points; this marked the first last place result for Cyprus.[3]
Before Junior Eurovision
[edit]On 21 August 2024, CyBC announced it would return to the contest after a six-year absence, having internally selected Maria Pissarides – an eleven-year-old student of a performing arts school in the United Kingdom – to represent the country with a song written by Sophia Patsalides, who represented Cyprus in the 2014 contest, and Armin Gilani.[4][5] Pissarides was selected following an evaluation of a proposal made by the production company Chandal Entertainment Ltd, which also subsequently announced auditions to select dancers who would join the singer on stage, and the spokesperson for the Cypriot jury at the final.[6][7] The song, titled "Crystal Waters", was previewed during a special event for representatives of local media on 27 September, after which it was anticipated to be a "danceable, rhythmic and happy song, in Greek and English",[8] and eventually presented to the public on 30 September during the breakfast television show Omorfi mera ("Beautiful day") on RIK 1 alongside an accompanying music video.[9][10]
At Junior Eurovision
[edit]The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain on 16 November 2024. Cyprus will perform 5th, following Armenia and preceding France.[11]
Pissarides' performance at the contest will be staged by Layla Ellison.[12] She will be accompanied on stage by four dancers, namely Adriana Markich, Andriana Polemiti, Ciara Economopoulos and Danae Petrou.[13]
Voting
[edit]The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition will be used, where the results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country has a national jury that consists of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. The rankings of those jurors are combined to make an overall top ten.[14]
The online voting consists of two phases. The first phase of the online voting will begin on 15 November 2024 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances is shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters will also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting will end on 16 November at 17:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and begin right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers will be able vote for three songs.[15] They will also be able to vote for their own country's song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 10% of the votes, it will receive 10% of the available points.
References
[edit]- ^ "Cyprus". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Bakker, Sietse (14 October 2005). "Stockselius satisfied with preparations". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Final of Tbilisi 2017". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Maria Pissarides will represent Cyprus on its return to Junior Eurovision". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Η Κύπρος στην Junior Eurovision 2024" [Cyprus in Junior Eurovision 2024]. corporate.rik.cy (in Cypriot Greek). CyBC. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Farren, Neil (21 August 2024). "🇨🇾 Cyprus: Maria Pissarides to Junior Eurovision 2024". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Polewski, Kamil (21 August 2024). "Eurowizja Junior 2024: Cypr powraca! 11-latka z Londynu reprezentantką" [Junior Eurovision 2024: Cyprus returns! An 11-year-old from London is the representative]. Eurowizja.org (in Polish). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision 2024 - Κύπρος: Η πρώτη προβολή του 'Crystal Waters'!" [Junior Eurovision 2024 - Cyprus: The first screening of "Crystal Waters"!]. Cretalive (in Greek). 28 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Cyprus 2024: Maria Pissarides premieres 'Crystal Waters'". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ Farren, Neil (30 September 2024). "🇨🇾 Cyprus: Maria Pissarides Releases "Crystal Waters"". Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision 2024 Running Order revealed". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ Prakas, Nikolaos (21 August 2024). "Eleven-year-old chosen for Junior Eurovision". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (8 September 2024). "🇨🇾 Cyprus: Maria Pissarides' Dancers for Junior Eurovision Announced". Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
- ^ "How to vote". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union.
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