Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song "", written by George Theofanous and performed by Evridiki. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry through a national final.
Originally, Cyprus was relegated from the contest as it finished in the bottom 7 of the 1993 contest; however, after withdrew from the contest, their place was awarded to Cyprus, who ultimately competed.
Before Eurovision
Competing entries On 12 November 1993, after Italy announced their withdrawal, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) announced that they would participate in the 1994 contest. On the same day, a submission period for Cypriot artists and composers to submit songs was opened until 28 January 1994. By the end of the submission period, 93 entries had been submitted. On 20 February 1994, in radio room one in the CyBC buildings, a 12-member jury listened to the received submissions and chose eight songs to compete in the national final. +Competing entry selection jury member Andreas Papakyriakou Marios Skordis Eleni Stavridou Kitsa Kotzanastasi Mamas Chatziantonis Xenios Xenofontos Marinos Mitellas Sozos Charalampidis Poly Rousou Marianna Galidi Antzi Riga Foivos Papadopoulos
Final The final was broadcast live at 21:00 (EET) on RIK 1 on 18 March 1994 in a show titled (). The contest was held at the International Conference Centre in Nicosia and was hosted by Achilleas Grammatikopoulos. The running order was decided by a random draw which was done in the presence of the songwriters of the competing entries. The winning song was chosen by a 12-member professional jury.
+ Final – 18 March 1994 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Evridiki "Eimai anthropos ki ego" () George Theofanous 103 1 2 Marietta Mitsidou "Ela ksana" () Philippe de Castan, Stalo Karkampoulia 89 2 3 Panos Panayi "I agapi nika" () Michalis Papyrou, Charis Koutsavakis 41 6 4 Christina Argyri "Ksafnika" () Christina Argyri, Glafkos Efstathiou 67 3 5 Miranda Zografou "Mia gi" () Alex Zografou 55 4 6 Gregory Kerian "Tora" () Gregory Kerian, Soula Orfanidou 33 8 7 Joseph Christodoulou "Stamata ton chrono" () Kypros Charalambous, Andreas Panteli 34 7 8 Maria Aristofanous "Vradia adiana" () Koralia Schiza, Ilias Antoniadis 46 5
+ Detailed Jury VotesSongJuryTotal123456789101112 1 "Eimai anthropos ki ego"101088105108101068103 2 "Ela ksana"681010810610848189 3 "I agapi nika"24431355521641 4 "Ksafnika"566664336810467 5 "Mia gi"85323686135555 6 "Tora"11144222463333 7 "Stamata ton chrono"432121143121034 8 "Vradia adiana"32555841254246
At Eurovision In the summer of 1993 the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) confirmed that the seven lowest-scoring countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 would be barred from entering the , to make way for seven countries which would participate for the first time. As Cyprus had placed in the bottom seven, the country was unable to compete in the 1994 contest. However later in 1993 RAI, the participating broadcaster from , subsequently announced that it would not participate in the event, leading to Cyprus being readmitted as the relegated country with the best result at the 1993 contest.
On the night of the final, Evridiki performed fourth in the running order, following and preceding . At the closing of the voting, "" had received 51 points, placing Cyprus 11th out of 25 competing countries. The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to .
The contest was broadcast on RIK 2 and on radio station .
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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