Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

  • Andreas Papapavlou
  • Maria Papapavlou
Finals performanceFinal result7th, 80 pointsCyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1986 • 1987 • 1988►

Cyprus was represented by Alexia, with the song "Aspro mavro", at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, which took place on 9 May in Brussels. The song was chosen after an internal selection organised by broadcaster CyBC.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

CyBC announced it would participate in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest on 4 November 1986, and on the same day opened a submission period for Cypriot artists and composers to submit songs until 10 January 1987.[1] By the end of the submission period, 61 submissions had been received.[2]

The internal selection was held on 26 January 1987 in the CyBC offices in Nicosia.[3][4] The results were decided by an 18-member jury consisting of CyBC employees and people in the music industry.[3][5][6] The selection consisted of several stages and lasted over ten hours, from around 9:00 EET until 19:20 EET. In the last stage, only two songs remained and each jury member had one vote to give to one song.[6] The results of the internal selection were announced immediately after the internal selection in a news broadcast.[2]

Internal selection final stage - 26 January 1987[4][5][6]
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result Place
Alexia "Aspro mavro" (Άσπρο μαύρο) Andreas Papapavlou, Maria Papapavlou 12 1
Dimitris Christodoulidis Dimitris Christodoulidis 6 2

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Alexia performed seventeenth in the running order, following Germany and preceding Finland. At the close of voting "Aspro mavro" had received 80 points, placing Cyprus 7th out of 22 countries. The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Greece.[7]  

Voting

Points awarded to Cyprus[8]
Score Country
12 points  Greece
10 points
8 points  Ireland
7 points
6 points
5 points  France
4 points   Switzerland
3 points  Germany
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by Cyprus[8]
Score Country
12 points  Greece
10 points  Yugoslavia
8 points  Ireland
7 points  Sweden
6 points  Germany
5 points  Belgium
4 points   Switzerland
3 points  Norway
2 points  United Kingdom
1 point  Italy

References

  1. ^ "Ξανά το ΡΙΚ στη Γιουροβίζιον" [RIK in Eurovision again]. ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ. 5 November 1986. p. 14. Retrieved 18 August 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "Δεν Έφτιαξα Τέχνη... Απλώς πέτυχα καλά στη «συνταγή» της Γιουροβίζιον!" [I Didn't Make Art... I Just Succeeded In The Eurovision 'Recipe'!]. ΦΙΛΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΣ. 2 February 1987. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b "59 συνθέσεις στον διαγωνισμό τραγουδιού της «Γιουροβίζιον»" [59 compositions for the Eurovision Song Contest]. ΧΑΡΑΥΓΗ. 25 January 1987. p. 12. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Η επιλογή τραγουδιού για τη Γιουροβίζιον" [The song selection for Eurovision]. ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ. 1 February 1987. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b "Το «Άσπρο - Μαυρο» Θα Εκπροσωπήσει Φέτος Την Κύπρο Στη Γιουροβίζιον" ["White - Black" Will Represent Cyprus This Year At Eurovision]. ΧΑΡΑΥΓΗ. 27 January 1987. p. 10. Retrieved 18 August 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b c "Με το «Άσπρο - Μαύρο» η Κύπρος στη Γιουροβίζιον" [Cyprus in Eurovision with "Black and White".]. ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ. 27 January 1987. p. 14. Retrieved 18 August 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.

 

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