In this new rubric at ESC Daily, we will take a look at next years Eurovision Song Contest. What can we expect from each participating country? In today’s preview we will feature the plans in The Netherlands.
What do we know so far:
Cyprus was absent from the contest for one year for financial reasons but on the 16th of July, 2014, CYBC announced their come back in Eurovision in 2015. CYBC is planning to air a total of 10 live televised shows (starting from December 7th) as part of its 2015 Eurovision national selection, with the grand final scheduled to be held on the 1st of February, 2015. Former Eurovision representatives Elena Patroklou (Cyprus 1991), Alex Panayi (Cyprus 1995, 2000), Despina Olympiou (Cyprus 2013) as well as Christer Björkman (Melodifestivalen executive producer) will be members of the special jury panel who will select the acts competing in the national final.
Possible names:
This is the list of candidates for Cyprus:
- Victorious sung by Yuri Melikov
- Unicorn sung by Anastasia Liberi
- Lonely sung by Lucy Sofroniou
- Miracle sung by Olivia Sofocli
- Run Run Run sung by Nelena Paparisva
- Scared sung by Valence (Chrisovalantis Nikolaou)
- Let Your Mind Free sung by Flirt
- Chlomi Selini (Pale moon) sung by Nikolas Leventis
- One Thing I Should Have Done sung by Giannis Karagiannis
- Rainbow sung by Kostas Karaiskos
- Shine sung by Minus One
- Stone In A River sung by Hovig
- Come And Fight For Freedom sung by Eva Diva
- Don’t Give Up On Me (Just Yet) sung by ApolloNia
- Shake Dat sung by Georgiou Kyriakos
- You Can’t Stop Love sung by Christina Papaioannou
- Right In sung by Aimily Charalampous
- Ena Kafe Mazi (A coffee together) sung by Nikolas Mavromichalis
- Without Your Love sung by Panagiotis Koufogiannis
- Magic sung by Doody
- Find Me sung by Maria Pampori
- No Money No Honey sung by Elena Panayi
- Steko Akoma (Still hanging on) sung by Kostas Archontous
- Still sung by Maria Evangelou
- Play Me Like A Pop Song sung by Maria Evangelou
- My Aura Is Bright sung by Chrystalla Patsia feat. DJ performer Cyprus Karavioti
- Said It All Before sung by Pieros Kezou
- Live Your Myth sung by Adrenaline by Kristis Koupatos
- Call On Love sung by Stefanos Tsiitsios (Stephano Prunabelli)
- March To Doubt sung by Stefanos Tsiitsios (Stephano Prunabelli)
- Beat Of My Heart sung by Ioanna Protopapa
- World One sung by Stella Esmeralda Konstantinou
- Dawn sung by Eleni Iracleus
- Chorevo Mambo (Dancing mambo) sung by Evagoras Evagorou
- Tha Sou Tragoudiso (I’ll sing for you) sung by Maria Pavlou
- Until The End Of Time sung by Lady Ava
- Eimai Edo (I am here) sung by Nikos Trikki
- Your Love sung by Gore Melian
- Stand Up sung by Konstantinos Michailoudi
- Meine (Stay) sung by Christos Rialas
- Deila Den Agapo (I don’t love timidly) sung by Charis Savva, Nearchos Evaggelou
- The Key Is Love sung by Lady Ava
- Real You sung by Eleni Savva
- Heaven On Earth sung by Eleonora
- Alone In Love sung by Lefki Stilianou
- Thelo Na Gino Oranos (I want to become the sky) sung by Stella Stilianou
- Thelo Na Chatho (I want to disappear) – Stella Stilianou
- Kori Tis Messogeiou (Daughter of the Mediterranean sea) – Christodoula Tsaggara
- Lonely Nights sung by Lefki Stilianou
- I Didn’t Know sung by Christina Matsa
- When I Look At You sung by Dimitris Iakovou
- Call For Me sung by Iosif Charalampous
- I Wanna Dance (I Say Tempo) sung by Iosif Charalampous
- #Is This Real Life sung by Groove Therapy
- Sailing Ships Pirates And Dragons sung by Giorgos Moisi, Maria Moskofian, Christiana Chatziiordanous
- In This Arms sung by Christina Tselepou
- When We Used To Be sung by Georgiou Konstantina
- Remember My Love sung by Ifigenia Loukaidou featuring Lyrical Eye
- Just Another Guy sung by Marios Liasidos
- Rebound sung by Neofitos Stratis
Chances at Eurovision:
Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 31 times since making its debut in 1981. Since 2006, Cyprus only managed to qualify for the Grand Final on two occasions, before withdrawing from the 2014 contest.