Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Evdokia Kadi was chosen as the Cypriot representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The song selection took place in the form of a national final organized by CyBC. "Femme Fatale" is a traditional Greek Laïkó song with a French title.

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country Cyprus
National selection
Selection processNational Final
Selection date(s)January 12, 2008
Selected entrantEvdokia Kadi
Selected song"Femme Fatale"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (15th, 36 points)
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

National final

Composers were allowed to submit their songs until 15 November 2007.[1] At the conclusion of the deadline, 67 entries were received by CyBC. A seven-member selection jury then selected 10 songs to compete in the national final.[2][3]

Final

The final took place at RIK's Studio 3 on 12 January 2008 (20:15 CET), hosted by Andreas Ektoras. The show, which lasted approximately 2 hours, was broadcast live on regional and satellite television, as well as online streaming provided by CyBC and the official Eurovision website channel, ESCTV. The winner was selected by a combination of televoting (60%) and a nine-member jury (40%). The members of the jury consisted of the seven selection jurors as well as two guest jurors. Evdokia Kadi won with the song "Femme Fatale", winning the televoting and coming third in the jury vote. Cypriot Eurovision 1999 entrant Marlain Angelidou won the jury vote.[4]

Evridiki along with Dimitris Korgialas performed the song "I Zoi Ehei Hroma" as the interval act.[5]

Final – 12 January 2008
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Eleni Skarpari "Moments of Madness" Mike Connaris 16 1,644 18 34 7
2 Myria Pampori & Alexis Manison "Turning to You" Minas Pamporis 8 2,850 48 56 4
3 Mirto Meletiou "Rescue Me" Christodoulos Haralampides, Andreas Ikonomidi 20 1,374 12 32 9
4 Sofia Strati "This Can't Be Love" Giorgos Pellapashiotis 12 2,285 42 54 5
5 Evdokia Kadi "Femme Fatale" Nikos Evagelou, Vangelis Evangelou 32 6,279 72 104 1
6 Nikolas Metaxas "I Can't Be" Nikolas Metaxas 40 3,994 60 100 2
7 Marlain Angelidou "Rejection" Marlain Angelidou 48 2,119 36 84 3
8 Nikolas Metaxas "Butterfly" Nikolas Metaxas 24 2,076 30 54 6
9 Elizabeth Anastasiou "Sugar Mountain" Michael Neophytou, Sotira Hadjipanagi 4 2,048 24 28 10
10 Constantinos Andronikou "Calling You" Constantinos Andronikou 28 1,342 6 34 8

At Eurovision

Cyprus took part in the second semi-final on 22 May 2008 and scored 36 points, of which the maximum 12 points were awarded by the United Kingdom, 8 by Bulgaria, 5 by Hungary, 4 by Turkey, 2 by each of Georgia, Albania and Switzerland, and 1 by Serbia, with the other fourteen voting countries all failing to award the song any points at all. This tally placed the Cypriot entry only 15th out of the 19 competitors in the semi-final, so it comfortably failed to qualify for the final. It did not have the regular European promotional tour as in previous years.[2] Evdokia Kadi was invited as a guest to the Greek national selection where she promoted her entry.[6]

Points Awarded by Cyprus
Points Awarded to Cyprus (Semi-Final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. "Cyprus to hold national final in 2008!". Esctoday (in English)
  2. "Cyprus: Eurovision 2008 call for songs". Esctoday (in English)
  3. "Cyprus: 67 entries received". Esctoday (in English)
  4. "Cyprus: Evdokia Kadi to Belgrade with Femme fatale". ESCToday, January 12, 2008. Retrieved on April 18, 2008
  5. "Live: Cyprus decides for Belgrade". ESCToday. Retrieved on April 8, 2008.
  6. "The press conference at the Athens Hilton hotel". Archived from the original on 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2008-01-19. Oikotimes (in English)
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