Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Cyprus' least successful result was in the 1986 contest when it placed last with the song "Tora zo" by Elpida, receiving only four points in total.However, CyBC opted to organised a national final to select the Cypriot entry for the 2008 contest.[4] The competition took place on 12 January 2008 at the CyBC Studio 3 in Nicosia, hosted by Andreas Ektoras and broadcast on RIK 1, RIK Sat, Trito Programma, London Greek Radio as well as online via the broadcaster's website cybc.cy and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.Ten entries competed and the winner, "Femme Fatale" performed by Evdokia Kadi, was selected by a combination of votes from a public televote (60%) and a nine-member jury panel (40%).[12] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top nine songs from each semi-final as determined by televoting progress to the final, and a tenth was determined by back-up juries.[17] The backing vocalists that joined Kadi on stage were Andreas Vanezis, Christos Shakallis, Polys Kourousides and Tefkros Neokleous.[19] At the end of the show, Cyprus was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final.
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