Cyprus was to be represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Tsirko", performed by Rena Kiriakidi. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry for the contest through a national final. On 13 October 2005, it was announced that Cyprus would withdraw from the contest due to the parental pressure on them about plagiarism claims.

Before Junior Eurovision

National final By the deadline, 47 submissions were received. The ten finalists were decided by a 5-member jury. On 16 June 2005, the ten finalists of the national final were revealed.

The final was originally supposed to be held on 9 September 2005 but was rescheduled to a week later.

The final was held on 16 September 2005 at 20:00 CEST in RIK Studios and broadcast on RIK 1 and RIK Sat. The results were decided by only televoting. Guest performers included 4Play and Marios Tofi.

+Final – 16 September 2005 Artist Song Songwriter Votes Place 1Stella-Maria Koukidi"Pera apo ti thalassa" ("Πέρα από τη θάλασσα") 1,17592Popi Christodoulou"Thelo to oniro na zo" ("Θέλω το όνειρο να ζω") 729103Luis Panagiotou"Fantasia" ("Φαντασία") 3,14424Luis Georgiou"Eisai pantou" ("Είσαι παντού") 1,58375Nicole Paparistodemou"Zali ksafniki" ("Ζάλη ξαφνική") 1,29286Christina Christofi"Tha eisai edo" ("Θα είσαι εδώ") 2,35947Rena Kiriakidi"Tsirko" ("Τσίρκο") 4,67918Katerina Tofia"Agapa ti zoi" ("Αγάπα τη ζωή") 1,85559Christos Mylordos"I ora pige mia" ("Η ώρα πήγε μία") 3,005310Christina Averkiou"As ftiaksoume ton kosmo ksana" ("Ας φτιάξουμε τον κόσμο ξανά") 1,6826

Withdrawal The plagiarism accusations of "Tsirko" started when the parents of the participants protested against CyBC claiming the song was a copy of "Tragouda theatrine" by Tolis Voskopoulos. Due to the protests, CyBC examined the case.

During the running order draw on 13 October 2005, it was announced that Cyprus would withdraw due to the pressure under the parental claims about the plagiarism of "Tsirko".

At Junior Eurovision Although, Cyprus withdrew from the contest, they still broadcast the show and voted in the contest.

+ 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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