Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008


was chosen as the Cypriot representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The song selection took place in the form of a national final organized by CyBC. "Femme Fatale" is a traditional Greek Laïkó song with a French title.

Before Eurovision

National final

Composers were allowed to submit their songs until 15 November 2007. At the conclusion of the deadline, 67 entries were received by CyBC. A seven-member selection jury then selected 10 songs to compete in the national final.

Final

The final took place at RIK's Studio 3 on 12 January 2008, hosted by Andreas Ektoras. The show, which lasted approximately 2 hours, was broadcast live on regional and satellite television, as well as online streaming provided by CyBC and the official Eurovision website channel, ESCTV. The winner was selected by a combination of televoting and a nine-member jury. The members of the jury consisted of the seven selection jurors as well as two guest jurors. Evdokia Kadi won with the song "Femme Fatale", winning the televoting and coming third in the jury vote. Cypriot Eurovision 1999 entrant Marlain Angelidou won the jury vote.
Evridiki along with Dimitris Korgialas performed the song "I Zoi Ehei Hroma" as the interval act.

At Eurovision

Cyprus took part in the second semi-final on 22 May 2008 and scored 36 points, of which the maximum 12 points were awarded by the United Kingdom, 8 by Bulgaria, 5 by Hungary, 4 by Turkey, 2 by each of Georgia, Albania and Switzerland, and 1 by Serbia, with the other fourteen voting countries all failing to award the song any points at all. This tally placed the Cypriot entry only 15th out of the 19 competitors in the semi-final, so it comfortably failed to qualify for the final. It did not have the regular European promotional tour as in previous years. Evdokia Kadi was invited as a guest to the Greek national selection where she promoted her entry.

Points Awarded by Cyprus

Semi-Final 2

Final

12 points10 points8 points7 points6 points

  • 5 points4 points3 points2 points1 point