Draft:Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024
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| Country |  Cyprus | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) |
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| Selected entrant | Maria Pissarides | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Cyprus is set to take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Madrid, Spain. The Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) internally selected the country's entry for the contest. The selected entrant was Maria Pissarides.
Background
[edit]Prior to the 2024 contest, Cyprus had participated in the contest nine times since its first entry in the inaugural 2003 contest. Cyprus has never won the contest, with their best results being in 2004, when Marios Tofi represented the country with "Oneira", and in 2006, when Luis Panagiotou and Christina Christofi represented it with "Agoria koritsia", both placing 8th.[1] The nation opted not to take part in the contest in 2005 (due to an "internal issue" with the selected song, presumably stemming from allegations of plagiarism made against it),[2] between 2010 and 2013, in 2015, and then again between 2018 and 2023. In 2017, Nicole Nicolaou competed for Cyprus with the song "I Wanna Be a Star", which ended up in 16th (last) place with 45 points; this marked the first last place result for Cyprus.[3]
Before Junior Eurovision
[edit]On 21 August 2024, CyBC announced it would return to the contest after a six-year absence, having internally selected Maria Pissarides – an eleven-year-old student of a performing arts school in the United Kingdom – to represent the country with a song written by Sophia Patsalides, who represented Cyprus in the 2014 contest, and Armin Gilani.[4][5] Pissarides was selected following an evaluation of a proposal made by the production company Chandal Entertainment Ltd, which also subsequently announced auditions to select dancers who would join the singer on stage, and the spokesperson for the Cypriot jury at the final.[6][7]
At Junior Eurovision
[edit]The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain on 16 November 2024.
Pissarides' performance at the contest will be staged by Layla Ellison.[8] She will be accompanied on stage by four dancers, namely Adriana Markich, Andriana Polemiti, Ciara Economopoulos and Danae Petrou.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cyprus". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Bakker, Sietse (14 October 2005). "Stockselius satisfied with preparations". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Final of Tbilisi 2017". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Maria Pissarides will represent Cyprus on its return to Junior Eurovision". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Η Κύπρος στην Junior Eurovision 2024" [Cyprus in Junior Eurovision 2024]. corporate.rik.cy (in Cypriot Greek). CyBC. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Farren, Neil (21 August 2024). "🇨🇾 Cyprus: Maria Pissarides to Junior Eurovision 2024". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Polewski, Kamil (21 August 2024). "Eurowizja Junior 2024: Cypr powraca! 11-latka z Londynu reprezentantką" [Junior Eurovision 2024: Cyprus returns! An 11-year-old from London is the representative]. Eurowizja.org (in Polish). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ Prakas, Nikolaos (21 August 2024). "Eleven-year-old chosen for Junior Eurovision". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (8 September 2024). "🇨🇾 Cyprus: Maria Pissarides' Dancers for Junior Eurovision Announced". Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 September 2024.