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The island nation of Cyprus made its debut in 1981 and had a very good first showing, finishing in 6th place. Since then, it has participated in every contest except 1988 (due to its entry that year being ineligible), 2001 (relegation) and 2014 (financial problems).

In the semi-final era, it managed to participate in the final 4 times: 3 via qualification and once via placing in the top 12 the year prior. Most of their entries have been sung in the Greek language, however, there have also been entries sung in English and French as well. After a year away, Cyprus announced they would be returning to participate in the 2015 contest in Vienna. In 2018, they reached their best result when Eleni Foureira finished second.

They are most known for habitually swapping 12s with Greece.

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Participants[]

Year Artist Song Language Place Points Semi Points
1981 Island Monika Greek 6 69 No Semi Finals
1982 Anna Vissi Mono i agapi 5 85
1983 Stavros & Constantina I agapi akoma zi 16 26
1984 Andy Paul Anna Maria Lena 15 31
1985 Lia Vissi To Katalava Arga 16 15
1986 Elpida Tora Zo 20 4
1987 Alexia Vassiliou Aspro Mavro 7 80
1988 Yiannis Demetriou Thimame (San to rock 'n' roll) Entry ineligible
1989 Yiannis Savvidakis & Fani Polymeri Apopse as vrethoume 11 51 No Semi Finals
1990 Haris Anastazio Milas Poli 14 36
1991 Elena Patroklou SOS 9 60
1992 Evridiki Teriazoume 11 57
1993 Zympoulakis & Van Beke Mi stamatas 19 17 Participated in 1992
1994 Evridiki Ime Anthropos Ki Ego 11 51 No Semi Finals
1995 Alex Panayi Sti Fotia 9 79
1996 Konstantinos Mono Gia Mas 9 72 15 42
1997 Hara & Andreas Constantinou Mana mou 5 98 No Semi Finals
1998 Michalis Hatzigiannis Genesis 11 37
1999 Marlen Angelidou Tha 'ne erotas 22 2
2000 Voice Nomiza Greek, Italian 21 8
2001 Relegated from participation
2002 One Gimme English 6 85 No Semi Finals
2003 Stelios Constantas Feeling Alive 20 15
2004 Lisa Andreas Stronger Every Minute 5 170 5 149
2005 Constantinos Christoforou Ela Ela 18 46 Top 12 in 2004
2006 Annette Artani Why Angels Cry -- -- 15 57
2007 Evridiki Comme ci, comme ça French -- -- 15 65
2008 Kadí Evdokia Femme Fatale Greek -- -- 15 36
2009 Christina Metaxa Firefly English -- -- 14 32
2010 Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders Life Looks Better in Spring 21 27 10 67
2011 Christos Mylordos San Aggelos S'agapisa Greek -- -- 18 16
2012 Ivi Adamou La La Love English 16 65 7 91
2013 Despina Olympiou An me thimase Greek -- -- 15 11
2014 Did not participate
2015 John Karayiannis One Thing I Should Have Done English 22 11 6 87
2016 Minus One Alter Ego 21 96 8 164
2017 Hovig Gravity 21 68 5 164
2018 Eleni Foureira Fuego 2 436 2 262
2019 Tamta Replay 13 109 9 149
2020 Sandro Running Contest cancelled
2021 Elena Tsagrinou El Diablo 16 94 6 170
2022 Andromache Ela English, Greek -- -- 12 63
2023 Andrew Lambrou Break a Broken Heart English 12 126 7 94
2024 Silia Kapsis Liar
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