Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991

Cyprus was represented by Elena Patroklou at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "S.O.S.", composed by Kypros Charalambous, with lyrics by Andreas Christou, and performed by Elena Patroklou. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry through a national final.

Eurovision Song Contest 1991
Participating broadcaster	Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
Country	Cyprus
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	2 March 1991
Selected artist(s)	Elena Patroklou
Selected song	"S.O.S."
Selected songwriter(s)	Kypros Charalambous Andreas Christou
Finals performance
Final result	9th, 60 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1990 • 1991 • 1992►

Before Eurovision

Epilogí Tragoudioú Giourovízion

Competing entries

The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) announced its intention to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 on 25 September 1990.^[1] The CyBC then opened a submission period for Cypriot artists and composers to submit songs from 22 November 1990 until 10 January 1991.^[2] By the end of the submission period, 72 entries had been submitted.^[3] On 10 February 1991, a 15-member jury panel, along with a chairman and four non-voting members, listened to the submitted songs and decided the eight competing entries.^[3][4]

Competing entries^[3][5][6]

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
3	Andri Kyriazi	"Mitera Gi" (Μητέρα Γη)	Giannakis Varnavas
6	Panikos Charalambous	"Eleftheria" (Ελευθερία)	Petros Giannakis
14	Antonis Saralis	"E, kai ti egine" (Ε, και τι έγινε)	Savvas Savva, Tonia Kyriakou
18	Elena Patroklou	"S.O.S."	Kypros Charalambous, Andreas Christou
55	Evridiki	"O epomenos aionas" (Ο επόμενος αιώνας)	Giorgos Theofanous, Leonidas Malenis
56	Yiannis Dimitriou	"Mila mou, mila mou" (Μίλα μου, μίλα μου)	Giorgos Anastasiou Stavrou, Giorgos Karavokyris
59	Kostas Violaris	"En i mana mou pou ftaiei" (Εν η μάνα μου που φταίει)	Kostas Violaris
62	Yianna Panayidou and Savvas Savva	"Psachno gia elpida" (Ψάχνω για ελπίδα)	Savvas Savva, Maria Kourou

Competing entry selection jury members^[3][4]

Non-voting	Tasos Georgios – chief television operator at CyBC (chairman) Panos Ionaddis – head of television programmes at CyBC Michalis Stylianou – CyBC chief accountant Stavros Panagidis – CyBC first accounting officer Christakis Ioannou – checked validity of entered submissions
Voting	Themis Christodoulou Marinos Mitelas Christodoulos Achilleovdis Michalis Stavridis Antonis Christoforidis Maro Skordi Giorgos Siecherlis Mike Sarridis Sempouch Apkarian Giannis Adeilinis Takis Thomas Lysandros Avrasmidis Giorgos Kotsonis Lygia Konstantinidou Marios Skordis

Final

The final was broadcast live at 21:10 EET on RIK on 2 March 1991 in a show named Epilogí Tragoudioú Giourovízion (Επιλογή Τραγουδιού Γιουροβίζιον).^[3][7] The final was held in the International Convention Centre in Nicosia, and was hosted by Evi Papamichail.^[3][6] The results were decided by a 24-member jury.^[6] The running order was drawn at random.^[3]

Final - 2 March 1991^[5][6]

Draw	Artist	Song	Result	Place
1	Yiannis Dimitriou	"Mila mou, mila mou" (Μίλα μου, μίλα μου)	103	6
2	Antonis Saralis	"E, kai ti egine" (Ε, και τι έγινε)	124	4
3	Andri Kyriazi	"Mitera Gi" (Μητέρα Γη)	116	5
4	Evridiki	"O epomenos aionas" (Ο επόμενος αιώνας)	153	2
5	Elena Patroklou	"S.O.S."	196	1
6	Yianna Panayidou and Savvas Savva	"Psachno gia elpida" (Ψάχνω για ελπίδα)	62	7
7	Kostas Violaris	"En i mana mou pou ftaiei" (Εν η μάνα μου που φταίει)	32	8
8	Panikos Charalambous	"Eleftheria" (Ελευθερία)	150	3

At Eurovision

On the night of the final, Elena Patroklou performed 21st in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Italy. At the close of voting "S.O.S." had received 60 points, placing Cyprus ninth out of 22 countries. The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Spain.^[8]  

Voting

Points awarded to Cyprus[9] Score Country 12 points  France  Greece  Malta 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points  Israel 5 points  Ireland 4 points  Luxembourg 3 points  Iceland  Portugal 2 points  Yugoslavia 1 point  Germany

Points awarded by Cyprus[9] Score Country 12 points  Spain 10 points  Greece 8 points   Switzerland 7 points  France 6 points  Sweden 5 points  Israel 4 points  Portugal 3 points  Germany 2 points  Luxembourg 1 point  United Kingdom

References

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