Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

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Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country Cyprus
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal selection
Song: A Song for Ivi
Selection date(s)Artist: 3 August 2011
Song: 25 January 2012
Selected entrantIvi Adamou
Selected song"La La Love"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (7th, 91 points)
Final result16th, 65 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Cypriot entry was selected through a combination of an internal selection, to select the artist, and a national final, to select the song, both organised by the Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC). Ivi Adamou represented Cyprus with the song "La La Love", which qualified from the first semi-final and went on to place 16th in the final, scoring 65 points, Cyprus' best placing in the Eurovision Song Contest since attaining 5th place in 2004.[1][2]

Background[]

Prior to the 2012 contest, Cyprus had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-nine times since its first entry in 1981.[3] Its best placing was fifth, which it achieved three times: in 1982 with the song "Mono i agapi" performed by Anna Vissi, in 1997 with "Mana mou" performed by Hara and Andreas Constantinou, and 2004 with "Stronger Every Minute" performed by Lisa Andreas. Cyprus's least successful result was in 1986 when it placed last in 1986 with the song "Tora zo" by Elpida, receiving only three points in total. However, its worst finish in terms of points received was when it placed second to last in 1999 with "Tha'nai erotas" by Marlain Angelidou, receiving only two.[4]

The Cypriot national broadcaster, Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) broadcasts the event in Cyprus each year and organizes the selection process for its entry. Selection processes have varied over the years from full national finals, such as in 2008, and 2009, and 2010 where the public chooses both the song and performer, to internal selections such as in 2005 and 2007 where the artist and sometimes song also is chosen by CyBC. For 2012, CyBC chose a hybrid selection process where the artist was chosen internally while the song will be chosen with a national final. This was opposite of the process used in 2011.

Before Eurovision[]

Artist selection[]

On 3 August 2011, CyBC announced that they had internally selected Ivi Adamou to represent Cyprus in Baku.

A Song for Ivi[]

Ivi Adamou's contest song was selected through a national final called A Song for Ivi.[5] Three songs were selected by Adamou's label Sony Music Greece and presented on 6 January 2012 via the broadcaster's website cybc.cy.[6][7]

The final took place on 25 January 2012 at the CyBC studios in Nicosia, hosted by Christos Grigoriades and broadcast on RIK Sat as well as online via cybc.cy. All three competing songs were performed by Ivi Adamou and the winning song, "La La Love", was selected by a 50/50 combination of votes from a seven-member jury panel and public televoting.[8]

Draw Song Songwriter(s) Jury Televote Total Place
1 "Call the Police" Lene Dissing, Jakob Glæsner, Mikko Tamminen 10 8 18 2
2 "La La Love" Alex Papaconstantinou, Björn Djupström, Alexandra Zakka, Viktor Svensson 12 12 24 1
3 "You Don't Belong Here" Niklas Jarl, Alexander Schöld, Sharon Vaughn 8 10 18 2

At Eurovision[]

The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 took place at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 took place at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan. It consisted of two semi-finals held on 22 and 24 May, respectively, and the grand final on 26 May 2012.[9] According to the Eurovision rules, all participating countries, except the host nation and the "Big Five", consisting of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, were required to qualify from one of the two semi-finals to compete for the grand final; the top 10 countries from the respective semi-finals would proceed to the final.[10]

On 25 January 2012, an allocation draw was held at the Buta Palace in Baku that placed each country into one of the two semi-finals; Cyprus was placed into the second half of the first semi-final, to be held on 22 May.[11] Once all the competing songs for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by another draw, which was held on 20 March.[12] The nation was assigned to perform at position 12, following San Marino and preceding Denmark.[12]

Adamou performed "La La Love" in the first semi-final on 22 May 2012, appearing 12th out of the 18 countries.[10] At the end of voting, Cyprus placed seventh with 91 points, thus qualifying for the grand final.[13] The public awarded Cyprus sixth place with 99 points and the jury awarded the nation fourth place with 90 points.[14]

During the winners press conference for the first semi-final qualifiers, Cyprus was drawn to compete eighth in the grand final.[15] This placed the nation after the performance of Denmark and before that of Sweden. In the final, held on 26 May 2012, Cyprus placed 16th out of the 26 participants, scoring 65 points.[16] The public awarded Cyprus 15th place with 63 points and the jury awarded the nation 12th place with 85 points.[14]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Cyprus[]

Points awarded by Cyprus[]

References[]

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