Английская Википедия:Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Stronger Every Minute" performed by Lisa Andreas. The song was written by Mike Connaris, who had twice written a runner up in Eurovision selection process for the United Kingdom.

The Cypriot entry for the 2004 contest in Istanbul, Turkey was decided on 17 February 2004, through a 10-song national final organised by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC). To promote the entry, the song was released as a CD single and Andreas performed the song alongside other Eurovision entrants of the year at a show in London.

Cyprus was drawn to compete 14th in the contest's semi-final, held on 12 May 2004 and placed fifth, qualifying for the 15 May final. At the final, the nation's entry was performed 21st on the night and placed fifth out of the 24 competing entries with 170 points.

Background

Шаблон:Main Prior to the 2003 contest, Cyprus had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 21 times since its first entry in 1981,^[1] only missing the 1988 contest when its selected song "Thimame" by Шаблон:Ill was disqualified for being previously released,Шаблон:Sfn and the 2001 contest when it was relegated. By 2003, the country's best placing was fifth, which it achieved twice: in 1982 with the song "Mono i agapi" performed by Anna Vissi and in Шаблон:Escyr with "Mana mou" performed by Hara and Andreas Constantinou. Cyprus' least successful result was in Шаблон:Escyr when it placed last with the song "Tora zo" by Elpida, receiving four points in total. Its worst finish in terms of points received; however, was when it placed second to last in the 1999 contest with "Tha'nai erotas" by Marlain Angelidou, receiving only two points.^[1] The Cypriot national broadcaster, Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), broadcasts the event within Cyprus and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. In years past, the broadcaster has used a variety of methods to select its entry, including internal selections; however, for this year's contest, CyBC opted for a national final.^[2]

Before Eurovision

National final

The Cypriot broadcaster announced on 15 October 2003 that it would hold a national final to select the nation's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster through 2 January 2004; all artists and composers were required to have Cypriot nationality.^[2] At the conclusion of the deadline, 62 entries were received by CyBC and ten entries were then selected by a five-member selection committee and announced on 7 February 2004.^[3]^[4] All competing entries were English-language songs.^[5]

The national final took place on 17 February 2004 at the Pavilion Night Club in Nicosia, hosted by Loukas Hamatsos. 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.^[6] "Stronger Every Minute", a power ballad performed by Lisa Andreas, was selected by a combination of votes from public televoting (60%) and a seven-member jury panel (40%).^[7]^[8] The members of the jury were Dafni Bokota (singer and television presenter), Glykeria Andreou (music producer), Mamas Hatziantonis (RIK Triton), Vaso Komninou (Politis), Artemis Georgiou (Radio Proto), Annita Hatjieftychiou (choreographer) and Stathis Piperidis (director).^[9] Andreas, then 16 years old at the time, was the youngest participant to take part in the 2004 contest. Born in Gillingham in the United Kingdom, her mother hailed from Cyprus.^[10] "Stronger Every Minute" was written by Mike Connaris, who had twice written a runner up in Eurovision selection processes for the United Kingdom.^[11] While the song initially contained lyrics in Greek, it was decided by the Cypriot delegation to have the song performed only in English at Eurovision, thought Connaris noted that might change if the managed to make it to the final.^[11] In addition to the performances of the competing songs, the show featured guest performances by Cyprus's 2003 Eurovision entrant Stelios Constantas, singer Mariada Pieridi and Israel's 2004 entrant David D'Or.^[12]

National final – 17 February 2004^[4]^[13]
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(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

Promotion

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"Stronger Every Minute" was released as a CD single as part of the Cypriot entry's promotional activities.

To promote the entry, the song was released as a CD single and was accompanied by a music video that was filmed in the UK and released on 20 March 2004.^[14] Andreas also performed "Stronger Every Minute" on Popshow for a Eurovision Party at CC club in London on 13 May alongside Eurovision participants of the past and present.^[15]

At Eurovision

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Lisa Andreas in the semi-final

The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 took place at Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, and consisted of a semi-final on 12 May and the final on 15 May 2004.^[16] For the first time, a semi-final round was introduced to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest.^[17] As Cyprus had not finished in the top 11 at the 2003 Contest the previous year, its song had to compete in the semi-final. According to the Eurovision rules, all participating countries, except the host nation and the "Big Four", consisting of Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty and the Шаблон:Esccnty, were required to qualify from the semi-final to compete for the final, although the top 10 countries from the semi-final progress to the final.^[18]^[19] Cyprus was set to compete in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in position 14 in the running order, following Шаблон:Esccnty and preceding Шаблон:Esccnty.^[20]^[21]

The Cypriot performance saw Andreas on stage alone with no backing vocalists or dancers.^[11] Cyprus qualified to the final, placing fifth in the semi-final and scoring 149 points.^[22] In the final, the country performed 21st, following the United Kingdom and preceding Turkey and placed fifth, scoring 170 points.^[23] This placement allowed Cyprus to automatically qualify for the final of the next year's contest.

Voting

Шаблон:See also Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Cyprus in the semi-final and final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, as well as by the nation on both occasions. Voting during the two shows involved each country awarding a set of points from 1–8, 10 and 12 based on results from their respective public televote.^[24] In the semi-final, Cyprus placed fifth with a total of 149 points, including the top 12 points from Greece and Monaco. In the final, the nation's 170 points included 12 points from Greece. Of the 35 other countries competing, all but three awarded points to "Stronger Every Minute".^[8] For both the semi-final and final, Cyprus awarded its 12 points to Greece.^[25]^[26] Additionally, "Stronger Every Minute" won Connaris a Marcel Bezençon Award in the composer category, as determined by a jury of participating composers who identified it as the "most original composition".^[27]

Points awarded to Cyprus

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Points awarded to Cyprus (Semi-final)^[25]
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Points awarded to Cyprus (Final)^[26]
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Points awarded by Cyprus

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Points awarded by Cyprus (Semi-final)^[25]
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Points awarded by Cyprus (Final)^[26]
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