Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992

Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "Teriazoume" (Ταιριάζουμε), written by George Theofanous, and performed by Evridiki. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry through a national final.

Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Participating broadcaster	Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
Country	Cyprus
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	13 March 1992
Selected artist(s)	Evridiki
Selected song	"Teriazoume"
Selected songwriter(s)	George Theofanous
Finals performance
Final result	11th, 57 points
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Epilogí Kypriakís Symmetochís Gia To Diagonismó Tragoudioú Tis Giourovízion 1992

Competing entries

The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) opened a submission period for Cypriot artists and composers to submit songs until 10 January 1992.^[1] By the end of the submission period, 65 entries had been submitted.^[2][3] On 16 February 1992, in the CyBC studios, a 16-member jury listened to the received submissions and chose eight songs to compete in the national final.^[2][3] The selection was done in three stages: first the songs were listened to and the invalid entries were taken out of the contest; then the jury voted and selected 20 entries; and from those 20 entries, the eight competing entries for the national final were selected.^[4]

Final

The final was broadcast live at 21:00 EET on RIK on 13 March in a show titled Epilogí Kypriakís Symmetochís Gia To Diagonismó Tragoudioú Tis Giourovízion 1992 (Επιλογή Κυπριακής Συμμετοχής Για Το Διαγωνισμό Τραγουδιού Της Γιουροβίζιον 1992).^[5] The contest was held at the International Conference Centre in Nicosia, and was hosted by Eirini Charalambidou.^[5][6] The winner was decided by a 24-member jury who each gave out 10 points to their favourite song, 8 to their second favourite, and 6 through to 1 points for their third to eighth placing songs.^[6] The jury was intended to have 26 members, consisting of the 16 jury members who chose the competing entries and ten members of the public, however the jury panel ended up only having 24 juries.^[4][6][7]

Final – 13 March 1992^[6][7][8]

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Argyro Kaparou and Vasilis Hadjiloukas	"Niotho na me kitas" (Νιώθω να με κοιτάς)	Vasilis Hadjiloukas	53	8
2	Andri Kyriazi	"San" (Σαν)	Stavros Sideras	151	2
3	Alexis	"Si ifesi, la diesi" (Σι ύφεση, λα δίεση)	Vasos Vasileiou, Michalis Chatzimichail	85	5
4	Maria Charalambous	"Neos kosmos" (Νέος Κόσμος)	Michalis Papyrou	123	4
5	Andri Kyriazi	"Anatoli" (Ανατολή)	Andri Kyriazi	85	5
6	Katerina Logotheti	"San mia skia" (Σαν μια σκιά)	Andreas Giorgallis, Podoula Papalamprianou	151	2
7	Andrea Aravi	"Se thimame" (Σε θυμάμαι)	Marios Oikonomidis	60	7
8	Evridiki	"Teriazoume" (Ταιριάζουμε)	Giorgos Theofanous	228	1

Detailed Jury Votes^[7]

Draw	Song	Jury																								Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1	"Niotho na me kitas"	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	1	4	1	6	4	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	8	2	2	53
2	"San"	6	6	8	5	5	8	8	5	10	6	10	4	6	5	4	6	5	8	4	8	6	3	5	10	151
3	"Si ifesi, la diesi"	3	3	5	6	6	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	5	3	4	6	5	85
4	"Neos kosmos"	10	5	3	3	4	3	5	1	3	3	3	5	3	8	8	8	6	5	8	4	10	5	4	6	123
5	"Anatoli"	5	4	4	4	3	5	1	3	4	1	4	1	1	3	5	3	4	4	5	3	5	6	3	4	85
6	"San mia skia"	4	8	6	10	8	6	6	8	6	8	5	8	8	6	6	5	8	6	6	6	4	2	8	3	151
7	"Se thimame"	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	5	5	6	2	5	4	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	60
8	"Teriazoume"	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	8	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	8	228

At Eurovision

On the night of the final, Evridiki performed ninth in the running order, following Portugal and preceding Malta. At the closing of the voting, "Teriazoume" received 57 points, placing Cyprus 11th out of 23 competing countries. The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Greece.^[9]

Voting

Points awarded to Cyprus[10] Score Country 12 points 10 points  Greece 8 points  Finland  Netherlands Yugoslavia 7 points 6 points  Ireland 5 points 4 points  Italy 3 points  Israel  Norway 2 points  France  Portugal   Switzerland 1 point  Malta

Points awarded by Cyprus[10] Score Country 12 points  Greece 10 points  Italy 8 points  Austria 7 points  Netherlands 6 points  United Kingdom 5 points  Ireland 4 points  Israel 3 points  France 2 points Yugoslavia 1 point  Malta

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