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Cyprus: Listen to the alternate acoustic version of “Break a Broken Heart” by Andrew Lambrou!

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Last season, the official Eurovision YouTube channel, hosted a series named “Eurovision A Little Bit More”, where this year’s contestants had the chance to sing their songs, different versions of their songs, or even perfrom covers of other songs.

Andrew Lambrou, the representative of Cyprus in 2023, performed an acoustic version of his song “Break a Broken Heart” from the National Theatre of Cyprus, as well as a coover of his favourite Eurovision song, “Molitva” by Marija Šerifović:

https://youtu.be/c4dufv0sCSM

As it seems, Andrew recorded one more, alternate acoustic version of “Break a Broken Heart”, which was until now hidden in the archives of the contest, and was never released.

So today, we will have the chance to listen to Andrew Lambrou perfrorm the song that gave Cyprus its best result since Eleni Foureira, once again, through the official Eurovision YouTube channel (the video premieres in 20:00 CET):

https://youtu.be/jXJxRywqM-E

What do you think of this version of “Break a Broken Heart”? Write us in the comments below!

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Eurovision 2023: Cyprus’ Second Rehearsal!

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The sixth day of rehearsals officialy began and the stage of M&S Liverpool Arena is ready to kick off the first rehearsal of the day!

Next up on the stage is Andrew Lambrou, representing Cyprus with his emotional ballad “Break A Broken Heart”.

Who is Andrew Lambrou?

Andrew Lambrou was born in Sydney, Australia and he is of Greek-Cypriot descent. Although he is just 24 years old his presence on TikTok is spectacular, since his profile on this social platform has gathered more than 700,000 followers.

He started to play music at the age of 5, when he was enrolled at the music school of AMS where he learned how to play the piano. One of his talents was his capabiity of listening to a song and then playing it on his own by heart. Soon he realized that he had to fulfill his musical destiny after having already won the first place in a competition singing the song “Doh A Deer”, still at the age of five. His own parents encouraged his inclination towards music throughout his life, while he attended musical classes at “LaVoce” Music School, where Marc Villagra was his vocal coach.

Andrew Lambrou currently lives in Sydney, Australia where he composes and performs his own songs, while he has also taken part in “The X Factor of Australia”, “Australia’s Got Talent” and “The Voice of Australia”.

The rehearsal

Unfortunately this year, accredited journalists don’t get the chance to watch the first and second rehearsals, so we only get the information and content that the organizers officially release to the public.

As we already know, the performance is inspired by the elements of the earth, from the abyss to the catharic waters of the waterfall, we end up to lava and fire for a rebirth. There are changes in the second rehearsal, he’s now barefoot.

Cyprus Second Rehearsal 1

Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

Break A Broken Heart is a powerful, heartfelt ballad with a marching drumbeat that’s vibrating through the Liverpool Arena floor – Andrew’s vocal is sublime, and there’s something electrifying about the way this song builds from the first big note to an even bigger finish making it extraordinary. The LED backdrop transitions from waterfall to flames, is insane. Cyprus has floor smoke and four banks of flames ready to be everyone gasped.

Cyprus Second Rehearsal 2

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Below you can watch a small clip from the Cypriot second rehearsal, once it’s published on YouTube:

The Dress Rehearsal for Cyprus and the rest of Semi Final 2 will be held on the 10th of May.

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Cyprus: Watch Andrew Lambrou perform the Acoustic Version of his song at the National Theatre of Cyprus!

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In the latest video of the “Eurovision… A Little Bit More” series, the Eurovision TV show that features exclusive performances, remixes and cover songs from the Liverpool 2023 participants, Andrew Lambrou performs his Eurovision song live.

Andrew Lambrou, who is representing Cyprus in this year’s contest, performs an acoustic version of his song Break A Broken Heart at the National Theatre of Cyprus, showing off his excellent vocals.

Enjoy his performance below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72RFijCZoWY

Below you can watch footage from Andrew’s first rehearsal on the Eurovision stage:

@eurovision Red lights, flashes, Andrew Lambrou rises out of the ashes ☄️🇨🇾 #Eurovision2023 #Eurovision @Andrew Lambrou ♬ original sound – Eurovision

Andrew Lambrou is set to perform 6th in the 2nd semi-final which is going to take place on May 11 in Liverpool.

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Eurovision 2023: Cyprus’ First Rehearsal!

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Last but definitely not least for today’s rehearsals is Andrew Lambrou with his song “Break A Broken Heart” representing Cyprus!

But who is Andrew Lambrou ?

Andrew Lambrou was born in Sydney, Australia and he is of Greek-Cypriot descent. Although he is just 24 years old his presence on TikTok is spectacular, since his profile on this social platform has gathered more than 700,000 followers.

He started to play music at the age of 5, when he was enrolled at the music school of AMS where he learned how to play the piano. One of his talents was his capabiity of listening to a song and then playing it on his own by heart. Soon he realized that he had to fulfill his musical destiny after having already won the first place in a competition singing the song “Doh A Deer”, still at the age of five. His own parents encouraged his inclination towards music throughout his life, while he attended musical classes at “LaVoce” Music School, where Marc Villagra was his vocal coach.

Andrew Lambrou currently lives in Sydney, Australia where he composes and performs his own songs, while he has also taken part in “The X Fctor of Australia”, “Australia’s Got Talent” and “The Voice of Australia”.

The rehearsal

Inspired by the elements of the earth, from the abyss to the catharic waters of the waterfall, we end up to lava and fire for a rebirth.

This is a great way to end what has been a brilliant second day of rehearsals. Break A Broken Heart is a powerful, heartfelt ballad with a marching drumbeat that’s vibrating through the Liverpool Arena floor – Andrew’s vocal is sublime, and there’s something electrifying about the way this song builds from the first big note to an even bigger finish. The LED backdrop transitions from waterfall to flames, and the whole thing is a massive Monday afternoon MOOD. Surely there’s some pyro incoming?

Cyprus has floor smoke AND four banks of flames – the first real flames of the contest!

@eurovision Red lights, flashes, Andrew Lambrou rises out of the ashes ☄️🇨🇾 #Eurovision2023 #Eurovision @Andrew Lambrou ♬ original sound – Eurovision

Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

Sarah Louise

Cyprus’ second rehearsal is going to take place on Friday 5/5; so it is then when the audience can get a full picture of Andrew Lambrou’s performance on stage.

Source: https://eurovision.tv/

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Estonia: Cyprus wins the sixth episode of Eurovisiooni laulud 2023 show!

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Cyprus was the favourite of the jury in the sixth episode of Eurovisiooni laulud 2023, the Estonian show for the Eurovision Song Contest.

The sixth episode of Eurovisiooni laulud 2023 was broadcast last night where a four-member jury reviewed some of the entries in this year’s competition. The panel consisted of Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets, as well as the two guests for this week, Kristel Aaslaid and Jüri Pootsman.

The jury reviewed the following entries:

  • San Marino – Piqued Jacks – “Like an Animal”
  • Serbia – Luke Black – “Samo mi se spava”
  • Albania – Albina & Familija Kelmendi – “Duje”
  • Croatia – Let 3 – “Mama ŠČ!”
  • Cyprus – Andrew Lambrou – “Break a Broken Heart”
  • Iceland – Diljá – “Power”

At the end of the night Cyprus was the big winner of last night’s episode, with Andrew Lambrou and “Break a broken heart” receiving very good reviews. Eurovisiooni laulud 2023 continues next Thursday night 4/05 on ETV.

Source: Εurovoix.com

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Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou performs Mama ŠČ! & Heart of Steel!

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The representative of Cyprus in this year’s Eurovision, Andrew Lambrou , continues to upload covers on his social media accounts. This time he made two posts on Instagram stories.

After Blood And Glitter by Blood Of The Lost, he uploaded two short videos on Instagram, where he performs Mama ŠČ! of Let 3  and Heart of Steel by TVORCHI .

You can listen the performances of Mama ŠČ!  and  Heart of Steel  by Andrew Lambrou below:

Andrew Lambrou competes in 6th position of the Second Semi-Final, with the song  Break a Broken Heart, hoping to be in the grand final.

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Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou has filmed his postcard for Eurovision 2023!

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The filming of the postcards of the 37 participants of Eurovision 2023 are now taking place throughout Europe. The next representative to film his postacard is no other than, Andrew Lambrou, representative of Cyprus!

Andrew Lambrou shot his postcard wearing the Milwaukee Bucks jersey of Giannis Antetokounmpo with the No. 34, in a custom made basketball court right next to the wonderful coastline of Cyprus.

 

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The following acts have confirmed the filming of their postcards:

  • Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou – “Break A Broken Heart”
  • Albania: Albina & Familja Kelmendi – “Duje”
  • Austria: Teya & Salena – “Who The Hell Is Edgar”
  • Croatia: Let 3 – “Mama ŠČ”
  • Germany: Lord of the Lost – “Blood and Glitter”
  • Lithuania: Monika Linkytė – “Stay”
  • Moldova: Pasha Parfeni –“Soarele și Luna”
  • Poland: Blanka – “Solo”
  • Slovenia: Joker Out – “Carpe Diem”

Andrew Lambrou and Cyprus is set to perform 6th in the 2nd semi-final which is going to take place on May 11 in Liverpool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrFUKqTy4zI

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Andrew Lambrou: “The staging in Liverpool is gonna be epic!” | Exclusive Interview |

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This year’s representative of Cyprus, Andrew Lambrou, spoke exclusively to Apostolis Matamis and Eurovisionfun about his participation in Eurovision 2023 with the song “Break A Broken Heart“.

For the premiere day of his participation, he stated that he was quite excited as the preparation time was long and he was very happy that many people were there to watch the premiere of the song. Regarding the participation of “Break A Broken Heart”, Andrew said:

“The song refers to the pain of the past and the empowerment through it! Relationships can be difficult and affect us mentally, but in the end, you can become stronger through it.”

“It’s an epic song! Of course, I had many other options and it was a difficult process! But then ‘Break A Broken Heart’ came along and it stood out straight away!”

About his stage appearance on the Liverpool stage, he revealed to us:

“We are in discussions and trying to put things in order. I think that the stage appearance will particularly flatter the song. If I could describe it in one word, my appearance will be epic!”

Andrew then revealed to us as his favourite Eurovision entries Eleni Foureira (2018), Elena Paparizou (2005), Lordi (2006) and Moldova 2010.

Also, he  referred to the reaction video of his participation by the Eurovisionfun team, which he and his family watched and loved!

Watch the full interview below:

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Cyprus: “Break A Broken Heart” by Andrew Lambrou for Eurovision 2023 has been released!

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Through the morning show of RIK1, “A Beautiful Day” with Elpida Iakovidou, Cyprus‘ entry for Eurovision 2023, entitled Break A Broken Heart, was aired for the first time a while ago, with the multi-talented Andrew Lambrou as a performer.

In the first broadcast through the show, we had the opportunity to listen for the first time to the song that Andrew Lambrou will sing at the upcoming Eurovision, while immediately after and precisely at 9:00 CET the song was uploaded to PANIK’s YouTube channel and is of course available at all digital platforms (You can find the pre-purchase link here).

You can listen to Andrew Lambrou‘s “Break A Broken Heart” at the link below:

Creators

The Cypriot participation in Eurovision 2023 is signed by the following creators, all of them with extensive experience in the contest:

  • Thomas Stengaard : Denmark 2013, Germany 2018, Germany 2019, San Marino 2021, Cyprus 2021, Azerbaijan 2022
  • Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt : Sweden 2021, San Marino 2021, Cyprus 2021
  • Jimmy Jansson : Denmark 2020
  • Marcus Winther-John : Andorra 2009

The video clip of the song was directed by Giorgos Benioudakis, as you read exclusively through our website, while Marvin Dietmann and Ross Nicholson will be responsible for Andrew Lambrou‘s stage presentation in Liverpool.

Break A Broken a Heart lyrics can be found in our related article.

Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest

This is Cyprus‘ 39th appearance in the contest, which is now the country with the most appearances without a win. The debut came in 1981 with Monika and an impressive sixth place. Until the end of the 90s, Cyprus very often managed to be in the top ten of the final standings. However, since 2004, when the semi-final system began, and until 2014, it managed to pass the semi-final stage, only on three occasions!

The above has changed drastically since 2015 and since then, with little Cyprus counting only appearances in the grand final of our favorite competition. The highlight, of course, was the second place in 2018 with Eleni Foureira and Fuego.

Last year, Cyprus was represented by Andromache, with the song Ela, without making it to the Final.

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Cyprus: Watch a teaser of the “Break A Broken Heart” video clip!

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Only a few days remain until the reveal of this year’s Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. Break a Broken Heart will premiere on March 2, and until then you can enjoy the short sample that has already been released.

A short while ago, Aphrodite’s Island representative, Andrew Lambrou, posted a teaser from the Break A Broken Heart video clip via his personal TikTok account.

You can watch the teaser below:

@andrewlambrou 2 days to go! My entry for Cyprus at Eurovision. Song and music video out March 2nd. Pre save link in my bio! ❤️❤️ #eurovision #breakabrokenheart #cyprus #foryou ♬ original sound – Andrew Lambrou

What time and where will we hear “Break A Broken Heart” on March 2?

Break A Broken Heart will be broadcasted for the first time on the morning show of RIK1. According to our information, the presentation will take place at 10.55 CET just before the end of the show, of course through the frequency of the Cypriot public television.

Right afterwards, at 11.00 CET, it will be uploaded on PANIK’s YouTube channel and will be available on all digital platforms, where you can already pre-order it by clicking here.

Andrew Lambrou’s surprise for the eurofans!

Andrew Lambrou’s big surprise for all of us eurofans will take place earlier though. Before the premiere of the video clip on the PANIK channel, which will take place as we said above at 11.00 am on March 2, Andrew Lambrou will be live on YouTube answering to all our questions.

We remind you that the Cypriot entry for Eurovision 2023 is signed by the following creators, all of them with extensive experience in the contest:

  • Thomas Stengaard : Denmark 2013, Germany 2018, Germany 2019, San Marino 2021, Cyprus 2021, Azerbaijan 2022
  • Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt : Sweden 2021, San Marino 2021, Cyprus 2021
  • Jimmy Jansson : Denmark 2020
  • Marcus Winther-John : Andorra 2009

The video clip of the song was directed by Giorgos Benioudakis, while Marvin Dietmann and Ross Nicholson will be responsible for Andrew Lambrou’s stage presentation in Liverpool.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the latest updates regarding the Cypriot participation!