The eight-participant event took place on 30 September 2006 and the winner was chosen by a combination of votes from a professional jury (40%) and public televoting (60%).As there was a tie at the end of the voting with Sotiris Charalampous and "Prosefchi", the results of the televoting took precedence sending "Agoria koritsia" to Bucharest.[6] The next year, a similar eight-participant national final was held, only that instead, the winner was chosen by a 50/50 combination of votes from a professional jury and public televoting.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.On 21 August 2024, CyBC announced it would return to the contest after a six-year absence, having internally selected Maria Pissarides to represent the country.[24][25] The song, titled "Crystal Waters", written by Armin Gilani, 2014–entrant Patsalides and Pissarides herself, was presented to the public on 30 September during the breakfast television show Omorfi mera ("Beautiful day") on RIK 1;[26][27] a special listening session reserved for the press was previously held at the Event Hall of the CyBC Archive in Nicosia on 27 September.In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.