Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Cyprus has entered the Junior Eurovision Song Contest ten times since debuting at the first contest in 2003 with Theodora Rafti and the song "Mia efhi". They were forced to withdraw in 2005, as Rena Kiriakidi's "Tsirko" was said to be too similar to another song. However, the Cypriot viewers were able to watch the show and vote.

Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Cyprus
Participating broadcasterCyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
Participation summary
Appearances9
First appearance2003
Last appearance2017
Highest placement8th: 2004, 2006
Host2008
External links
Cyprus's page at JuniorEurovision.tv Edit this at Wikidata
For the most recent participation see
Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017

In May 2007, CyBC were announced by the EBU to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008.[1] They hosted it at the 'Spyros Kyprianou' Athletic Centre in Lemesos on 22 November 2008.

The country's best result is an eighth place achieved both at the 2004 and 2006 contests with Marios Tofi and the song "Oneira" and Luis Panagiotou and Christina Christofi and the song "Agoria koritsia" respectively.

History

Cyprus withdrew from the competition in 2010 because of unspecified reasons. Although they were in talks with the EBU to return to the contest in 2013, they eventually did not. On 3 July 2014, CyBC announced its return to the competition after a four-year absence,[2] despite withdrawing from the adult contest earlier that year. They were represented by Sophia Patsalides[3] with the song "I pio omorfi mera" which finished in ninth place out of sixteen participating entries, despite being one of the favourites to win the contest that year. Although they withdrew from the contest in 2015 for financial reasons, Cyprus returned in 2016, only to place in the bottom two twice, second-to-last in 2016 with George Michaelides and the song 'Dance Floor' in Valletta, Malta and last in 2017 with Nicole Nicolaou and the song "I Wanna Be a Star" in Tbilisi, Georgia which is the country's worst result in the contest. The following year, on 11 June 2018, CyBC announced that they would again withdraw from the contest in 2018[4] with no reasons of their withdrawal being published.

Participation overview
Table key
◁ Last place
Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2003 Theodora Rafti "Mia efhi" (Μια ευχή) Greek 14 16
2004 Marios Tofi "Oneira" (Όνειρα) Greek 8 61
2005 Rena Kiriakidi "Tsirko" (Τσίρκο) Greek Disqualified[lower-alpha 1] X
2006 Luis Panagiotou and Christina Christofi "Agoria koritsia" (Αγόρια κορίτσια) Greek 8 58
2007 Yiorgos Ioannides "I mousiki dinei ftera" (Η μουσική δίνει φτερά) Greek 14 29
2008 Elena Mannouri and Charis Savva "Gioupi gia!" (Γιούπι για!) Greek 10 46
2009 Rafaella Costa "Thalassa, ilios, aeras, fotia" (Θάλασσα, ήλιος, αέρας, φωτιά) Greek 11 32
2014 Sophia Patsalides[5] "I pio omorfi mera" (Η πιο όμορφη μέρα) Greek, English 9 69
2016 George Michaelides "Dance Floor" Greek, English 16 27
2017 Nicole Nicolaou "I Wanna Be a Star" Greek, English 16 ◁ 45

Commentators and spokespersons

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. 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.[6] The Cypriot broadcaster, CyBC, sent their own commentator to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Greek language and English languages. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Cyprus. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.

Year(s) Commentator Spokesperson
2003 Katerina Karagianni Tina Nikolaou
2004 Neoklis Papas Stella Maria Koukides
2005 Aggelos Stamatos
2006 Kyriakos Pastides George Ioannidies
2007 Natalie Michael
2008 Christina Christofi
2009 George Ioannidies
2010–2013 No broadcast Did not participate
2014 Kyriakos Pastides Paris Nicolaou
2015 No broadcast Did not participate
2016 Kyriakos Pastides Loucas Demetriou
2017 Maria Christophorou
2018–2023 No broadcast Did not participate

Hostings
Year Location Venue Presenters
2008 Limassol Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre Sophia Paraskeva & Alex Michael

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. Although Cyprus did not participate in 2005, their late withdrawal allowed them to retain the right to vote in the contest.

References
  1. "Cyprus to host JESC 2008". esctoday.com. 25 May 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  2. "Cyprus returns to Junior Eurovision!". junioreurovision.tv. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. "Sophia Patsalides to represent Cyprus".
  4. "Cyprus: Withdraws from Junior Eurovision". Eurovoix. 11 June 2018.
  5. "Sophia Patsalides to represent Cyprus".
  6. Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
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