Cyprus 2000
February 16th:
Alexandros
Panayi & Christina Argyri (left) will sing "Nozima"
(I thought) at the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm on May 13th,
after winning the Cypriot National selection tonight. Stockholm will
see Panayi's second appearance for Cyprus - the first was
Dublin in 1995 with the highly-regarded "Sti Fotia".
Play
a Real Video G2 clip at this link
There will be more details and clips later, but for now, only the scores & placings have been added to the page.
The contest will be
held February 16th in Limassol at 1900 UK time. The songs will be in
Greek only.
Cybc broadcast the
live final on http://www.cybc.com.cy
London Greek Radio
(LGR - their website: http://www.lgr.co.uk/)
103.3FM should simultaneously broadcast the live final (NB
Only receivable in Greater London, but seems to have a Real Audio feed)
And a big thanks to Tony
Neophytou,
Martinos Perdikis and Mario Andrew who sent me details of
the Cypriot final.
The text below is
more or less entirely from Tony, plus the title in Greek script (now
fixed!) and some translations from Martinos.
This will help
those of us who'll be watching at 1900 GMT on RIK's satellite service
(or Internet feed - see below) on Sirius at 5 deg E.
Hopefully the winning song will fair better in the big final than last year's Cypriot entrant Marlain did last year. The score she got was very disappointing, but the 2000 Cypriot show features Alex Panayi (pictured left), who sang a duet with Marlain in the 1998 Cypriot final, and hopes are high.
Over to Tony:
On Sunday 23
January, Cybc (RIK) publicly announced the 11 finalists that will
appear in a televised final on 16 February at NEA LEOFOROS 115
Night Spot in Limassol (not the Monte Caputo!) owned by Aristos Moschovakis
the composer of 'Mi Stamatas' from 1993.
Cybc received 58 entries.
A draw took place
on Tuesday 25 January, to decide the order of appearance.
The order is as follows:
1. EIMAI
AKOMA EDW
/ Eimai Akoma Edo (I'm Still Here) - 148 points / 3rd
Music & Lyrics:
Marina Solonos
Performer: Marina
Solonos (Website http://www.music.net.cy/solonos-marina)
2. NA
M' AGAPAS
/ Na M'Agapas (Love Me) - 131 points / 5th
Music: Kyriakos Petousis
Lyrics: Kyriakos Pastides
Performer: Annie
(who was in the 1998 Cypriot National Final)
3. FWNES
/ Fones (Voices) - 87 points / 10th
Music & Lyrics:
Thaleia Kounouni
Performer: Maria Amman
4. TRIKUMIA
/ Trikymia (Tempest) - 93 ponts / 9th
Music: Demetris Mouhtaroudis
Lyrics: Kyriakos Pastides
Performer: Marilia
Perikleous & Demetris Mouhtaroudis
5. AN
/ An (If) - 78 points / 11th
Music & Lyrics:
Chrysanthos Chrysanthou
Performer: Chrysanthos
Chrysanthou
6. NOMIZA
/ Nomiza (I Thought) - 225 points / 1st
Music & Lyrics:
Alexandros Panayi
Performer: Alexandros
Panayi & Christina Argyri
7. ANTIO
LOIPON
/ Addio Loipon (Goodbye Then) - 94 points / 8th
Music & Lyrics:
Lefki Stylianou
Performer: Lefki Stylianou
8. STH
GH EIRHNH STI
GI EIRINI
/ Sti Gi Eirini (Peace On Earth) - 100 points / 7th
Music: Demetris Constantinou
Lyrics: Niki Spyropoulou
Performer: Antonia
(Website http://www.music.net.cy/antonia)
9. PARADEISOS
/ Paradeisos (Paradise) - 145 points / 4th
Music & Lyrics:
Marian Georgiou
Performer: Marian
Georgiou (website http://www.music.net.cy/georgiou-marian)
10. BOLT
/
Volt - 122 points - 6th
Music & Lyrics:
Giorgos Gavriil
Performer: Giorgos
Gavriil (Website http://www.music.net.cy/gabriel-giorgos)
11.KAI
AKOMA S' AGAPW
/ Akoma S'Agapo (And I Love You Still) - 184 points / 2nd
Music: Giorgos Adamou
Lyrics: Giorgos Serdaris
Performer: Charoula Pirta
Charlotte Nilson will be guest star in the Final.
Cybc broadcast the live final on http://www.cybc.com.cy
London
Greek Radio (LGR) 103.3FM should simultaneously broadcast the live
final (NB Only receivable in Greater London)
Alexandros Panayi took part in 1995 with the brilliant Sti Fotia, and came second, in the 1998 National Final, in a duet with Marlain known as Fterougisma.
Alexandros was to sing with famous Cypriot singer Stella Georgiadou, who has released several successful albums in recent years, but her record company blocked her participation.
Stella a
popular artist in Cyprus, has had local success with albums De Fovame
and Se Oria Trela. Visit http://www.greekmusicusa.com
to see pictures and hear a sample of a couple of tracks.
Next to SINGER type Stella
Georgiadou once you get there. Visit http://www.bosnet.org/eurobosnia
to listen to the track Tora Mou Milaei (Now he talks to me).
Stella will, however, be part of the interval act, as will BoyBand One (includes Constantinos - pictured right in 1996 - who sang in 1996 for Cyprus, he left a solo career behind and joined forces with the 5-strong band).
(Visit the Eurovision Database page on the 1996 Cypriot final)
NOMIZA, is a ethnic-uptempo tune, reminiscent of Sti Fotia.
Roll on 16 Feb.
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Thanks Tony!
If you have any more news or comments, please e-mail me, Geoff Harrison, at my contact page and I'll credit your contribution.