Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "", written and performed by Alexandros Panayi. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
Competing entries The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (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 However, "" was withdrawn before the final.
+Chosen competing entries Artist Song Songwriter(s) Alexandros Panayi "Sti fotia" () Alexandros Panayi Andrea Aravi "I poli" () Christakis Vlassios, Dimitris VanezisBessy Argyraki"Mia vrochi" ()Rodoulas Papalamprianou, Aristos Moschovakis Kyros Lontos"Taxidi makrino" () Kyros Lontos Maria Kourou "Kontra ston anemo" () Alexis Meletiou, Maria Kourou Maria Nicolaidou "To telefteo fengari" () Koralia Schiza, Ilias Antoniadis Michalis Hatzigiannis "Filise me" () Andreas Gerolemou "Gramma" () Giorgos Kallis, Leonidas Malenis
Final The final was broadcast live at 21:15 ((EET)) on RIK 1 on 14 March 1995 in a show titled (). The contest was held at the Monte Caputo Nightclub in Limassol, and was hosted by Giorgos Theofanous and Evridiki. 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On 7 March 1995, "Mia vrochi", which was set to perform fourth, was withdrawn by its composer Aristos Moschovakis after CyBC refused his request to release the names of the 20-member jury.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.
+ Final – 14 March 1995 Artist Song Points Place 1 Andrea Aravi "I poli" () 78 6 2 Michalis Hatzigiannis "Filise me" () 129 3 3 Kyros Lontos"Taxidi makrino" () 80 5 4Bessy Argyraki"Mia vrochi" () colspan="2" 5 Alexandros Panayi "Sti fotia" () 157 1 6 Maria Kourou "Kontra ston anemo" () 107 4 7 Maria Nicolaidou "To telefteo fengari" () 78 7 8 Michalis Hatzigiannis "Gramma" () 131 2
At Eurovision
On the night of the final, Alexandros Panayi 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 .
The contest was broadcast on RIK 1, with commentary by Neofytos Taliotis.
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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