Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "", written by Constantina Konstantinou, and performed by Hara and Andreas Konstantinou. 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 Cypriot artists and composers to submit songs until 10 January 1997. By the end of the submission period, 50 entries had been submitted. On 26 January 1997, in radio room one of the CyBC studios, a 9-member jury listened to the received submissions and chose eight songs to compete in the national final.
Final The final was broadcast live at 21:15 (EET) on RIK 1 on 18 February 1997 in a show titled (). The contest was held at the Monte Caputo Nightclub in Limassol, and was hosted by Marina Maleni. The running order was decided by a random draw which was done in the presence of the songwriters of the competing entries on 29 January 1997. The winner was decided by a 21-member jury who each gave out 10 points to their favourite song, 8 to their second favourite, and 6 through to 1 points for their third to eighth placing songs.
+ Final – 18 February 1997 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Giorgos Polychroniadis "Apopse den me noiazei" () Spyros Kyriakidis, A. Gemenitzis 91 5 2 Dalida Mitzi "Ta trena" () Andreas Karanikolas 71 6 3 Charalambos Brountzos "Mia zografia" () Adonis Aletras 106 4 4 Stelios Constantas "I grammi tis ntropis" () Aristos Moschovakis, Rodoula Papalamprianou 145 2 5 Spiros Spirakos "Esi" () Theos Kallias, Michalis Hatzimichael 70 7 6 Hara and Andreas Konstantinou "Mana mou" () Constantina Konstantinou 170 1 7 Giorgos Stamataris "Xechnas" () Andreas Gerolemou 112 3 8 Christina Lazarou "Pote" () Nevi Astraiou 54 8
+ Detailed Jury Votes Song Jury Total123456789101112131415161718192021 1 "Apopse den me noiazei" 5 4 2 6 3 10 10 3 2 3 4 2 6 6 2 3 2 6 3 8 1 91 2 "Ta trena"3 3 3 2 10 3 2 6 1 1 1 3 4 5 10 2 1 4 1 3 3 71 3 "Mia zografia" 4 1 8 8 5 4 5 4 5 4 8 6 3 3 4 6 5 5 8 4 6 106 4 "I grammi tis ntropis" 8 10 5 5 6 5 6 5 3 10 3 8 8 10 6 8 3 8 10 10 8 145 5 "Esi" 1 6 1 1 4 2 1 2 6 8 6 1 5 2 3 1 6 3 4 2 5 70 6 "Mana mou" 10 8 10 10 1 8 8 10 10 6 10 10 10 8 5 10 10 10 6 6 4 170 7 "Xechnas" 6 5 4 4 8 6 3 8 8 5 5 5 2 4 8 5 4 2 5 5 10 112 8 "Pote" 2 2 6 3 2 1 4 1 4 2 2 4 1 1 1 4 8 1 2 1 2 54
At Eurovision Hara and Andreas opened the contest performing first, preceding Turkey. At the end of voting, they received 98 points, placing 5th of 25 competing countries, which was at the time joint-best Cypriot placing at the contest, sharing with 1982 Cypriot entry "Mono i agapi" by Anna Vissi, and would remain so until 2018. The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Greece.
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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