Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

participated in the

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, United Kingdom, having internally selected

Andrew Lambrou Andrew Lambrou ( ; el, Άντριου Λάμπρου; born 25 May 1998) is an Australian singer. He represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Early life Andrew Lambrou was born in 1998 to a Greek Cypriot family. One of his g ...

to represent the country with the song " Break a Broken Heart". In the second semi-final, Cyprus qualified for the final on 13 May.

Background

Prior to the 2023 contest, Cyprus has participated in the

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38 times since the island country made its debut in the . Its best placing was at the where Eleni Foureira placed second with "". Before that, Cyprus's best result was fifth, which it achieved three times: in the with the song "" performed by

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, in the with "" performed by Hara and Andreas Constantinou, and the with "

Stronger Every Minute Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Stronger Every Minute" performed by Lisa Andreas. The song was written by Mike Connaris, who had twice written a runner up in Eurovision selection process for the United Kingd ...

" performed by Lisa Andreas. Cyprus' least successful result was in the when it placed last with the song "" by Elpida, receiving only four points in total. However, its worst finish in terms of points received was when it placed second to last in the with "" by

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, receiving only two points. After returning to the contest in following their absence in due to the

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and the broadcaster's budget restrictions, Cyprus has qualified for the final of all the contests until , when "" performed by Andromache failed to advance from the semi-finals. The Cypriot national broadcaster, CyBC, broadcasts the contest within Cyprus and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Cyprus has used various methods to select its entry in the past, such as internal selections and televised national finals to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. In 2015, the broadcaster organised the national final ''Eurovision Song Project'', which featured 54 songs competing in a nine-week-long process resulting in the selection of the Cypriot entry through the combination of public televoting and the votes from an expert jury. Since 2016, however, the broadcaster has opted to select the entry internally without input from the public. On 28 May 2022, it was reported by OGAE Greece that the label Panik Records had signed an agreement with CyBC in order to select the Cypriot artist for 2023 through a Greek-Cypriot talent show based on the British reality television music competition '' All Together Now''. However, such plans were pushed back to 2024, with the broadcaster reverting to an internal selection.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

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

to represent Cyprus in Liverpool. 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". His entry, " Break a Broken Heart", was released on 2 March 2023.

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. Once all the competing songs for the 2023 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Cyprus was set to perform in position 6, following the entry from and before the entry from . At the end of the show, Cyprus was announced as a qualifier for the final. All three shows were broadcast live on RIK 1 and RIK Sat with commentary by Melina Karageorgiou and Alexandros Taramountas. The grand final broadcast on RIK 1 on 13 May reached over 139,000 viewers, which represents a 61.6% market share.

Voting

Points awarded to Cyprus

Points awarded by Cyprus

Detailed voting results

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