Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Mana mou", written by Constantina Konstantinou, and performed by Hara and Andreas Konstantinou. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry through a national final.

Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Participating broadcaster	Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
Country	Cyprus
Selection process	National final
Selection date	18 February 1997
Competing entry
Song	"Mana mou"
Artist	Hara and Andreas Konstantinou
Songwriter	Constantina Konstantinou
Placement
Final result	5th, 98 points
Participation chronology
◄1996 • 1997 • 1998►

Before Eurovision

Diagonismós Tragoudioú Giourovízion 1997

Competing entries

The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) opened a submission period for Cypriot artists and composers to submit songs until 10 January 1997.^[1] By the end of the submission period, 50 entries had been submitted.^[2] On 26 January 1997, in radio room one of the CyBC studios, a 9-member jury listened to the received submissions and chose eight songs to compete in the national final.^[2]

Final

The final was broadcast live at 21:15 (EET) on RIK 1 on 18 February 1997 in a show titled Diagonismós Tragoudioú Giourovízion 1997 (Greek: Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Γιουροβίζιον 1997).^[3][4] The contest was held at the Monte Caputo Nightclub in Limassol, and was hosted by Marina Maleni.^[4] The running order was decided by a random draw which was done in the presence of the songwriters of the competing entries on 29 January 1997.^[5] The winner was decided by a 21-member jury who each gave out 10 points to their favourite song, 8 to their second favourite, and 6 through to 1 points for their third to eighth placing songs.^[6]

Final – 18 February 1997^[5][6]

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Giorgos Polychroniadis	"Apopse den me noiazei" (Απόψε δεν με νοιάζει)	Spyros Kyriakidis, A. Gemenitzis	91	5
2	Dalida Mitzi	"Ta trena" (Τα τρένα)	Andreas Karanikolas	71	6
3	Charalambos Brountzos	"Mia zografia" (Μια ζωγραφιά)[a]	Adonis Aletras	106	4
4	Stelios Constantas	"I grammi tis ntropis" (Η γραμμή της ντροπής)	Aristos Moschovakis, Rodoula Papalamprianou	145	2
5	Spiros Spirakos	"Esi" (Εσύ)	Theos Kallias, Michalis Hatzimichael	70	7
6	Hara and Andreas Konstantinou	"Mana mou" (Μάνα μου)	Constantina Konstantinou	170	1
7	Giorgos Stamataris	"Xechnas" (Ξεχνάς)	Andreas Gerolemou	112	3
8	Christina Lazarou	"Pote" (Ποτέ)	Nevi Astraiou	54	8

1. Titled "Kypros" (Κύπρος) in news articles following the selection of the competing entries, but later changed to "Mia zografia" (Μια ζωγραφιά) closer to the final^[2][4][5]

Detailed Jury Votes^[6]

Draw	Song	Jury																					Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1	"Apopse den me noiazei"	5	4	2	6	3	10	10	3	2	3	4	2	6	6	2	3	2	6	3	8	1	91
2	"Ta trena"	3	3	3	2	10	3	2	6	1	1	1	3	4	5	10	2	1	4	1	3	3	71
3	"Mia zografia"	4	1	8	8	5	4	5	4	5	4	8	6	3	3	4	6	5	5	8	4	6	106
4	"I grammi tis ntropis"	8	10	5	5	6	5	6	5	3	10	3	8	8	10	6	8	3	8	10	10	8	145
5	"Esi"	1	6	1	1	4	2	1	2	6	8	6	1	5	2	3	1	6	3	4	2	5	70
6	"Mana mou"	10	8	10	10	1	8	8	10	10	6	10	10	10	8	5	10	10	10	6	6	4	170
7	"Xechnas"	6	5	4	4	8	6	3	8	8	5	5	5	2	4	8	5	4	2	5	5	10	112
8	"Pote"	2	2	6	3	2	1	4	1	4	2	2	4	1	1	1	4	8	1	2	1	2	54

At Eurovision

Hara and Andreas opened the contest performing first, preceding Turkey. At the end of voting, they received 98 points, placing 5th of 25 competing countries,^[7] which was at the time joint-best Cypriot placing at the contest, sharing with 1982 Cypriot entry "Mono i agapi" by Anna Vissi, and would remain so until 2018.^{[citation needed]} The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Greece.^[8]

Voting

Points awarded to Cyprus[8] Score Country 12 points  Greece  Iceland 10 points  Netherlands  Spain 8 points 7 points  Denmark  Malta 6 points 5 points  Germany  United Kingdom 4 points  Croatia  France  Italy  Slovenia   Switzerland 3 points  Ireland  Portugal 2 points  Norway 1 point  Estonia  Russia

Points awarded by Cyprus[8] Score Country 12 points  Greece 10 points  Spain 8 points  Ireland 7 points  United Kingdom 6 points  Italy 5 points  Malta 4 points  Croatia 3 points  France 2 points  Slovenia 1 point  Estonia