The Cypriot final for the selection of the country's next representative in the Eurovision Song Contest will be held on 7th February when we will get to hear the ten competing songs for the first time.
The Cypriot final will take place on Saturday 7th February at the RIK Studio 3 at 20.15 CET. It will be hosted by actors Charis Kkolos and Maria Michail. It will be broadcast live on RIK1, RIKSAT, Third Radio Program and will also be streamed live here (Real Player required). Sarbel, who represented Greece in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest will be a special guest on the show.
These are the 10 Cypriot finalists in the running order of the night of the final:
- Tefkros Neocleous – Mary (Tefkros Neocleous)
- Christina Metaxas- Firefly (Nikolas Metaxas)
- Marlain and the Diesel sisters- Mr (Do Right) One night stand (Marlain Angelidou)
- Marianne Georgiou- Heartbeat (Dionysis Stamatopoulos, Androula Michail)
- Alexandros Panayi – There is love (Alexandros Panayi)
- Zelis Senol (Mr Zel)*- I'm gonna break up with you (Music Nikos Evangelou, LyricsTefkros Neokleous)
- Pieros Kezos- Βleed for you (Pieros Kezos)
- Christiana Theokli, Kostantina Georgiou and Andreas Christoforou – Moving on (Music Yiorgos Synnos, lyrics Christina Georgiou)
- Katerina (Kat) Neocleous- I believe (Katerina Neocleous)
- Gore Melian- I wanna thank you (Gore Melian)
*Zelis Senol also known as Mr Zel is a young , (lady) singer and actress from a Turkish Cypriot family. She has worked with Grammy Award winner Biily Paul and has performed in concert with Billy Cobham. Zel is a member of ‘Larkos Larkos's' music group ‘Kyprogenia' and she performed during Cyprus' induction ceremony into the European Union.
RIKSAT information:
Ηot bird 8 , 13° East, 11.470 MHz , Vertical, 27.500 Baud, 5/6
Hellas Sat 2, 12606MHz, Horizontal, 30.000 Mbaud/s, 5/6
