"Break a Broken Heart" is a song by Australian and Cypriot singer

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, released on 2 March 2023. It represented

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in the

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after being internally selected by CyBC, the Cypriot national broadcaster for the

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. It finished in 12th place at the final with 126 points and reached the charts in Australia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Lithuania, Sweden, and UK.

Background and composition

"Break a Broken Heart" was composed by a mix of Danish and Swedish songwriters, namely

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, Jimmy "Joker" Thornfeldt, , and . The song was described as a ballad "about relationships that end with a broken heart but in the end they might very well push us to rise again from the ashes, even stronger."

Release

The music video for the song was released on 2 March 2023 on Panik Records' official

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channel. The release on digital platforms was released on the same day.

Eurovision Song Contest

Selection

The Cypriot broadcaster CyBC continued to internally select the Cypriot entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in conjunction with Panik Records. On 17 October 2022, CyBC announced that they had selected Australian-Cypriot singer Andrew Lambrou to represent Cyprus in

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. Lambrou had previously attempted to represent Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2022, placing seventh in the national final '' Eurovision – Australia Decides 2022'' with the song "Electrify."

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the " Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The

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(EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held, which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, and determined which half of the show they would perform in. Cyprus has been placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 11 May 2023, and has been scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.

Charts

References

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