Cyprus was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Onira", written and performed by Marios Tofi. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry for the contest through a national final for the first time.

Before Junior Eurovision

National final The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) opened a submission window for the national final on 30 March 2004 and closed it on 30 June 2004. From the submission window, 54 submissions were received. The songs were evaluated by a 6-member jury on 26 July with ten finalists being chosen. The six-member jury consisted of Andri Tsavela, Dimitris Mouktaroudis, Katerina Christofidou, Kyriakos Pastides, Loukas Prastitis and Sofia Mouaimi. On the same day, the finalists were announced.

The final was originally supposed to be held on 13 September 2004 but was moved to 7 September 2004. The show was held in RIK Studio 3 at 20:00 CET and was broadcast on RIK 1 and RIK Sat. The show was hosted by Nikos Bogiatzis. The results were decided by 40% jury and 60% televoting. The jury in the final was the same but also it also consisted of Michalis Maniotis. A guest performance was done by Theodora Rafti opening the show with "Mia efhi" and Hi-5 performing during the interval.

+Final – 7 September 2004 Artist SongSongwriter(s)Jury TelevotePlacePlaceVotes 1Nicole Paparistodemou"Ena Latin se prokali" ("Ένα Λάτιν σε προκαλεί") 41,9945 2Marios Tofi"Onira" ("Όνειρα") 25,4231 3Christodoula Tsaggara"Thelo diakopes" ("Θέλω διακοπές") 1066310 4Andreas Christoforou"Tha se agapo" ("Θα σε αγαπώ") 67509 5Lorena-Kalliopi Konstantinou"Kalimera sto mellon" ("Καλημέρα στο μέλλον") 81,7427 6Luis Panagiotis"Gela Tragouda" ("Γέλα Τραγούδα") 54,5442 7Raphael Georgiou and Anna Loizou"Doste ta cheria" ("Δώστε τα χέρια") 32,6393 8Stella Maria Koukkidi"Afta pou chriazome" ("Αυτά που χρειάζομαι") 71,0568 9Malvina Charalambidi and Kyriaki Athanasiou"Party kalokairino" ("Πάρτυ καλοκαιρινό") 92,5476 10Georgia Panagi "Bla, bla, bla" ("Μπλα, μπλα, μπλα") 11,1934

At Junior Eurovision At the running order draw, Cyprus were drawn to perform ninth on 20 November 2004, following Poland and preceding Belarus.

Voting

+ Points awarded to Cyprus Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

+ Points awarded by Cyprus Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

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