Tonight, the Cypriot national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 will be held under the name Eurovision 2010: Epilogi tis kupriakis summetohis. Nine acts will compete to become Cyprus' 28th representative in the competition.

The show

The show to be broadcast on RIK1 and RIKSAT will start at 20:15 CET (21:15 local time). It will be hosted by Andreas Georgiou. Nine acts will perform one song each and the winner will be chosen by a mixture of televoting (50%) and jury voting (50%).

How to watch?

A webcast is provided for international viewers here (requires Real Player). The show will also be broadcast live on RIKSAT and ERT1.

Participants

Composer/Lyricist in brackets.

1. Constantinos Christoforou – Angel
   (Constantinos Christoforou/Zinon Zompilis)
2. Evagoras Evagorou – I'm gonna be
   (Marios Melekis, Christos Filippou/Anthi Pashi)
3. Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders – Life looks better in spring
   (Nasos Lambrianides, Melis Konstantinou/Nasos Lambrianides)
4. Hovig Demirgian – Goodbye
   (Valeria Partali)
5. Vivian Daglas – Rhapsody
   (Leanna Varnavidou/Leanna Varnavidou, Helena Antoniou)
6. Anthi Pashi – You gotta go
   (Anthi Pashi)
7. Constantinos Kontozis & Soul Throw – Island of love
   (Constantinos Kountouzis)
8. Andreas Economides – Waiting
   (Christodoulos Charalambides, Andreas Economides)
9. Nicole Paparistodemou – Like a woman
   (Mike Connaris)

In 2009, Greece was represented by Christina Metaxa. She finished 14th in the second semi final thus not making it to the final. It was the fourth year in a row that Cyprus did not qualify for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.