Cyprus was represented at the

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with the song "", written and performed by

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. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the

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(CyBC), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

Competing entries

The

(CyBC) opened a submission period for songs. By the end of the submission period, 74 entries had been submitted. On 19 February 1995, in radio room one in the CyBC buildings, an 8-member jury listened to the received submissions and chose eight songs to compete in the national final. However, "" was withdrawn before the final.

Final

The final was broadcast live at 21:15 (( EET)) on

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on 14 March 1995 in a show titled (). The contest was held at the Monte Caputo Nightclub in

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, and was hosted by

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and

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. The running order was decided by a random draw which was done in the presence of the songwriters of the competing entries on 23 February 1995. The winner was chosen by a 20-member jury, consisting of the same eight members who chose the competing entries and twelve other juries chosen by CyBC. On 7 March 1995, "Mia vrochi", which was set to perform fourth, was withdrawn by its composer Aristos Moschovakis after CyBC refused his request to release the names of the 20-member jury. The names of the eight members of the jury who chose the competing entries were known to Moschovakis at the time, but the additional twelve for the final were not.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final,

performed seventeenth in the running order, following and preceding . At the closing of the voting, "" had received 79 points, placing Cyprus 9th out of 23 competing countries. The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to .

Voting

References

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