Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Cyprus
Member station	CyBC
National selection events	National Selection[show] Internal Selection[show]
Participation summary
Appearances	8
First appearance	2003
Best result	8th: 2004, 2006
Worst result	16th: 2016
External links
	Cyprus’s page at Eurovision.tv
	For the most recent participation see; Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Cyprus has entered the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eight times. They were forced to withdraw in 2005, as Rena Kiriakidi’s ‘Tsirko’ was said to be too similar to another song. However, the Cypriot viewers were able to watch the show and vote.

In May 2007, CyBC were announced by the EBU to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008.^[1]

On 3 July 2014, CyBC announced its return to the competition after a 4 year absence.^[2]

Participation[edit]

Table key

1st place 2nd place 3rd place Last place Withdrew/Disqualified

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
2003	Theodora Rafti	“Mia efhi” (Μια ευχή)	Greek	14	16
2004	Marios Tofi	“Oneira” (Όνειρα)	Greek	8	61
2005	Rena Kiriakidi	“Tsirko” (Τσίρκο)	Greek	Withdrawn
2006	Louis Panagiotou and Christina Christofi	“Agoria koritsia” (Αγόρια Κορίτσια)	Greek	8	58
2007	Yiorgos Ioannides	“I mousiki dinei ftera” (Η μουσική δίνει φτερά)	Greek	14	29
2008	Elena Mannouri and Charis Savva	“Gioupi gia!” (Γιούπι για!)	Greek	10	46
2009	Rafaella Kosta	“Thalassa, ilios, aeras, fotia” (Θάλασσα, Ήλιος, Αέρας, Φωτιά)	Greek	11	32
Did not participate between 2010 and 2013
2014	Sophia Patsalides^[3]	“I pio omorfi mera” (Η πιο όμορφη μέρα)	Greek, English	9	69
2015	Did not participate
2016	George Michaelides	“Dance Floor“	Greek, English	16	27

Broadcasts and voting[edit]

Commentators and spokespersons[edit]

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.^[4] The Cypriot broadcaster, CyBC, sent their own commentator to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Greek language and English languages. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Cyprus. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.

Year(s)	Commentator	Spokesperson
2003	TBC	TBC
2004	TBC	TBC
2005	TBC	Stella Maria
2006	Kyriakos Pastides	George Ioannidies
2007	Kyriakos Pastides	Natalie Michael
2008	Kyriakos Pastides	TBC
2009	Kyriakos Pastides	George Ioannidies
Did not participate between 2010 and 2013
2014	Kyriakos Pastides	Paris Nicolaou
Did not participate in 2015
2016	Kyriakos Pastides	Loucas Demetriou