Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995
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| Member station | CyBC |
| National selection events |
National Final
Internal Selection
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| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 34 (28 finals) |
| First appearance | 1981 |
| Best result | 5th: 1982, 1997, 2004 |
| Worst result | Last: 1986 18th (SF): 2011 |
| External links | |
| CyBC page | |
| Cyprus's page at Eurovision.tv | |
 For the most recent participation seeCyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 |
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Cyprus has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 34 times since making its debut in 1981. Cyprus' first entry was the group Island, who finished sixth. The country's best result in the contest is three fifth-place finishes; for Anna Vissi in 1982, Hara & Andreas Constantinou in 1997 and Lisa Andreas in 2004.
Since 2006, Cyprus failed to qualify from the semi-final round for six out of eight years (2006–2013), before withdrawing from the 2014 contest. On 14 July 2014, CyBC officially confirmed Cyprus' return to the contest, with the country reaching the final in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Since its first entry, Cyprus has participated every year except 1988, 2001 and 2014. In 1988, Cyprus withdrew its entry after broadcaster CyBC determined that the intended entry was ineligible; the song had been entered (but not selected) in the 1984 national selection process, which was a violation of the Cypriot selection rules. In 2001, the country did not qualify for the contest due to insufficiently high average scores in previous contests, according to the qualification process at the time. In 2014, the broadcaster decided to withdraw from the contest and cited public indifference and the economic difficulties for not taking part. As of 2017, Cyprus now holds the record for the most times competing in the Eurovision Song Contest without a single win with 34 entries into the contest.
Most of the Cypriot entries have been sung in Greek or English; the exceptions are in 2000, in which the song "Nomiza" included both Greek and Italian, and in the 2007 contest, in which Evridiki performed "Comme Ci, Comme Ça" entirely in French.
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