Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country	Cyprus
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	3 October 2009
Selected entrant	Rafaella Kosta
Selected song	"Thalassa, helios, aeras, fotia"
Finals performance
Final result	11th, 32 points
Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Cyprus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 which took place in Kyiv, Ukraine. Rafaella Kosta represented the country with the song "Thalassa, ilios, aeras, fotia".^[1]

Before Junior Eurovision[]

National final[]

The final was held on 3 October 2009, hosted by Grigoriadis Christos and Mary Kanther. The winner was chosen by a 50/50 combination of votes from a professional jury (which included Christina Metaxa who represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009) and public televoting.^[2]^[3]

Final – 3 October 2009
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Jury	Televote		Total	Place
1	Niloleta Chasikou	"Kosmos magikos"	Niloleta Chasikou	10	4,232	5	15	2
2	Veronika Levendi	"Peidia kato apo ton idio ourano"	Veronika Levendi	5	4,482	6	11	4
3	Andria Stylianou	"Zo"	Nikolas Argiou	2	1,433	2	4	7
4	Melissa Kyriakou	"Mia kharoumeni mera"	Melissa Kyriakou	4	2,426	3	7	5
5	Debtra Eleutheriadi, Stefani Neofutou, Nakis Kouriakou	"Mes tin taxi"	Debtra Eleutheriadi	6	5,442	8	14	3
6	Maira Pitsilli, Natali Polubiou, Andrea Riyas, Thea Konstantinou	"Anakiklosi zois"	Maira Pitsilli, Natali Polubiou	1	1,088	1	2	8
7	Rafaella Kosta	"Thalassa, ilios, aeras, fotia"	Martha Paradeisioti, Rafaella Kosta	8	9,791	10	18	1
8	Elina Solomonidou & Dimitris Pahiourtidis	"A Be Pa Blom"	Elina Solomonidou	3	4,166	4	7	5

At Junior Eurovision[]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Cyprus^[4]
Score	Country
12 points^[a]
10 points
8 points
7 points	Sweden
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points	Belarus Russia
2 points	Armenia Belgium
1 point	Georgia Malta Romania

Points awarded by Cyprus^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Armenia
10 points	Russia
8 points	Netherlands
7 points	Georgia
6 points	Belgium
5 points	Ukraine
4 points	Malta
3 points	Serbia
2 points	Sweden
1 point	Belarus

Notes[]

^ All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

References[]

^ "Rafaella Costa for Cyprus!". Junioreurovision.tv. 4 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2020-03-27.
^ "Cyprus 2009". Archived from the original on 2009-10-30.
^ "Eurovision-fr.net - Finale nationale - Eurovision - Junior Chypre 2009". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Kyiv 2009". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[5] All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

[1] "Rafaella Costa for Cyprus!". Junioreurovision.tv. 4 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2020-03-27.

[2] "Cyprus 2009". Archived from the original on 2009-10-30.

[3] "Eurovision-fr.net - Finale nationale - Eurovision - Junior Chypre 2009". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.

[2009detailed-4] "Results of the Final of Kyiv 2009". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

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