Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985
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Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "To katalava arga", written and performed by Lia Vissi. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
National final
Competing entries
The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) opened a submission period for Cypriot artists and composers to submit cassette tapes of their songs from 14 November 1984 until 12 January 1985. A total of 62 submissions was received, which at the time was the highest number of submissions received by CyBC for a Eurovision selection. However, eighteen of the entries were invalid, with eight of them having arrived after the submission deadline and the other ten disqualified during the initial presentation of the songs when they were found to break the rules of the preselection.
One of the invalid entries was "Allelougia tis eirinis" by Isadoras, and another was written by Stavros Sidas. One of Andy Paul's entries was called "Glukia melodia". Known submitted entries, as well as the results of the first stage of the preselection, are listed below:
Format
The national final was intended to be held on 3 February 1985, as indicated by TV guides, but was instead held on 17 February 1985 at the Filoxenia Hotel in Nicosia and was hosted by Pavlos Pavlou. The results were decided by a 140-member jury consisting of 40 professionals and 100 members of the public. Members of the public who wished to participate in the jury had to be Cypriot nationals over the age of 16 and had between 19 February and 26 February 1985 to apply.
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