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Cyprus: Watch Ivi Adamou perform “La-La-Love” live at PrePartyES 2023!

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After 11 whole years, Ivi Adamou appears at a Eurovision event! In particular, she sang live in Madrid last night at PrePartyES 2023, one of the promo parties for the Eurovision Song Contest, which take place in various countries on a casual basis.

Ivi Adamou performed “La-La-Love” live, the song that she represented Cyprus with, at Eurovision Song Contest in Baku back in 2012, an entry that all Eurovision die-hard fans have loved throughout the years.

Check out Ivi’s crowd-effect during her “La-La-Love“ly performance below:

PrePartyES goes on tonight, Saturday is the second night of the party, where we will enjoy lots of artists that participate in Eurovision 2023.

Would you like Ivi Adamou to represent once more Cyprus (or Greece) at Eurovision Song Contest? Let us know on the comment section below.

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the latest news regarding the upcoming song contest!

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

You can watch the reaction of the editors of Eurovisionfun, reacting and commenting on the Cypriot entry for Eurovision 2023 below:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the latest news regarding the Cypriot entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou sings Andromache’s “Ela”!

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A while ago, the representative of Cyprus in this year’s Eurovision, Andrew Lambrou, uploaded a short video on his personal Tik Tok account, on which he performs Ela of Andromache! Ela, despite failing to qualify for the Eurovision 2022 Final, seems to remain beloved by the fans.

You can listen to Andrew Lambrou’s beautiful version of Ela below:

https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewlambrou/video/7212590557665774890?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7194079371648304646

Andrew Lambrou will represent Cyprus at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool with the song “Break A Broken Heart”. You can listen to the entry below:

Did you like it? Tell us in the comments!

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Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou’s song will be published in January!

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Andrew Lambrou gave an interview to Melina Karageorgiou, in CyBC’s central newscast. Andrew was really excited for his first time in Cyprus, right after the recording of his song, he continues preparations for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. This year we won’t have to wait a lot, as according to his saying, the Cypriot entry will be published in January!

As it seems, we are going to listen Cyprus’ entry for 2023, much earlier than usual. The song with which Andrew Lambrou will represent the country in Eurovision 2023 will be published in January!

After finishing the recording of his song the previous days in Stockholm and signing with PANIK Records in Athens, Andrew is now in Cyprus, where he is invited on many Cypriot TV shows, while of course preparing for the contest.

Being here in Cyprus makes me feel like home, I’m really close to my legacy… it is amazingrepresenting Cyprus in Eurovision! It’s a dream for me! I love Eurovision, since I was a kid.

Andrew’s goal is to make all Cypriots proud. As for his song, Andrew seems excited and is looking forward to show it to the public:

When I first listened to my song I knew it was unique… And then I was in Sweden, I had an amazing recording session in the studio and I’m really happy with what we did.

In addition to his preparations for the contest, Andrew is also doing intensive Greek lessons!

We remind you that the Cypriot song for Eurovision 2023 is composed by these creators, all of them having a great amount of 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

Are you looking forward to listening to Cyprus’ song for Eurovision 2023? Write us in the comments below!

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Cypriot participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou is in Stockholm for the recording of his Eurovision entry!

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Andrew Lambrou arrived in snowy Stockholm in order to record the song with which he will compete in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

The representative of Cyprus in Eurovision 2023 and RIK, the Cypriot public broadcaster, have really entered into rhythm for Eurovision, since unlike this year when the decisions were made at a fairly advanced stage, this time everyone’s wishes are to have time ahead of them, so that there is also the most appropriate preparation.

Andrew Lambrou left his native Australia, which has summer these months, in order to come to Stockholm, where today snowed for the first time this year.

Delighted, Andrew uploaded a short video from snowy Stockholm, saying that it is his first experience in such cold, but also in snow!

According to what was conveyed to us by the Cypriot delegation, Andrew Lambrou’s trip to Stockholm has to do with the recording of the song, with which he will represent his country in the Eurovision contest. This practically means that the song is already selected. More details about the creators have yet to be announced, but the fact that he is in Stockholm for the recording makes us believe that Swedish musicians will sign the Cypriot entry to Eurovision 2023.

Immediately after the end of the recording, Andrew Lambrou will come for a few days to Athens and then to Cyprus, where he will give interviews and be present in the country’s media.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news!

Evangelia: “I’m sending in a song for Eurovision 2023”!

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As we have already revealed, the Greek artists’ interest in participating in Eurovision 2023 is particularly strong! And while the first rumours have already begun to spread, we already have the first official confirmation from none other than Evangelia, a promising young artist who came into vogue the last couple of years!

Evangelia, whose music fuses Greek folk sounds, with (mostly American) pop elements, has already pulled of hits, such as “Páme Páme”, “Fotiá”, and “Ónira”. Also, the new video clip for her song, “Paradise”, was recently released.

The singer, who grew up in New Jersey, USA, and is originally from Crete, said in an Instagram live on her personal account, talking to Adem Kavaz (a Turkish Cypriot Eurovision fan) that she “wants to represent Greece or Cyprus in ESC” and “she will submit a song for Eurovision 2023”.

 

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The Instagram video is not available, but it will be published soon on Adem Kavaz’s blog and youtube channel .

It is not the first time that Evangelia will seek to take part in ESC, since last year she reportedly submitted three songs, (one of which was “Ónira”), to represent Greece, which, however, did not go through the second stage of evaluation by the selection committee. Evangelia also sought to represent Cyprus in the 2022 ESC.

Would you like to see Evangelia at Eurovision 2023? Stay tuned for any updates!

Cyprus: It’s final | Cyprus’ representative for Eurovision 2023 will not be selected through “All Together Now”!

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As we previously reported as the most plausible scenario, has now become almost certain; All Together Now will not be used as the method of selection for the artist that will represent Cyprus in Eurovision 2023.

The trailer of the talent show that will be broadcast through Alpha TV (Greek free-to-air channel) and will be presented by Nikos Koklonis, is already on air, without a single reference to Eurovision or the possibility of the winner representing Cyprus in the upcoming competition.

Further to this, according to our exclusive information, “All Together Now” is scheduled to be aired in the second half of the year, since another show (“J2US”), will be broadcast instead in the first half. The preparation required for All Together Now is quite extensive and the production team could not make it in time to have the artist selected for Eurovision. Have in mind that additional time is anyway required for choosing an appropriate song.

However, the plans of Nikos Kokloni’s production company (“Barking Well Media”) for a talent show through which the winner will also get the ticket for the Eurovision Song Contest are not altogether abandoned. So, and if “All Together Now” gets the green light for a second season, we might see it return in the fall of 2023, for the selection of the Cyprus’ representative for Eurovision 2024.

Based on the above and without anything being a foregone conclusion, the most likely scenario is that CYBC will choose both the song and the artist by direct assignment, as in the previous years.

Stay tuned for updates on the matter!

The plans of Greece and Cyprus for Eurovision 2023!

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Even though the Grand Final of Eurovision 2022 was less than a month ago, the Greek and the Cypriot public broadcasters, ERT and RIK, are already thinking ahead for their next representatives, while some decisions have already been made. Let’s see in detail what we know so far.

Cyprus: All Together for…Eurovision!

A few days ago, we wrote about the rumors that the planned for the fall of 2022 show All Together Now of Greek broadcaster Alpha TV, will be used to find the representative of Cyprus for Eurovision 2023. Today, the biggest newspaper of Cyprus, Fileleftheros, published an article on this as well as OGAE Greece, which usually has inside information from the Cypriot public broadcaster. These articles can be seen as a confirmation that Cyprus will choose its representative through All Together Now, produced by BarkingWell Media and in cooperation with Panik Records. It seems that Nikos Koklonis will be the host of the show which is set to premiere in mid-October and be aired every Saturday night on both Alpha TV and RIK, while among the panel of 100 there will be singers, vocal coaches and eurofans. The song will be chosen at a later stage.

Greece: ERT aims for another top10 result

During September there will be official announcements from ERT on the selection process for 2023. After placing 8th in the Grand final and 6th from the juries, which is the best ranking for a Greek entry by the juries since 1992, ERT aims to be for the third time in a row in the top 10, something that is proven to be difficult the recent years since only Greece, Ukraine and Italy have managed to be in the top10 two consecutive times.

ERT will most probably follow the same procedure as the last two years, launching an open invitation for artists to submit a proposal for Eurovision 2023, (including the song, a record label, production team etc.) while a jury of music professionals will decide who will represent Greece next year.

Decisions on the details for the selection process for Eurovision 2023 will be taken after the announcement of the new CEO of ERT, which is not expected before the end of the summer.

Stay tuned on eurovisionfun.com and on our social media platforms, where we post our proposals for the next representative of Greece. Maybe among them, the successor of Amanda Georgiadis Tenfjord has already -or will- be mentioned!

 

Who do you think should represent Greece and Cyprus next year? Tell us in the comments!

Cyprus: Is All Together Now the national selection show for 2023?

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Although Andromachi did not qualify for the final and RIK had the lowest rating of a Eurovision final since 2013,the Cypriot public broadcaster is already planning its selection for Eurovision 2023.

There have been hints since September this year, when the CEO of Panik Records Giorgos Arsenakos revealed in an interview to OK magazine, that Panik was in talks with RIK already for the 2023 contest about a talent show, the winner of which will represent Cyprus in Eurovision 2023.

Even though there is no official announcement yet, Greek online media are reporting that the BBC format All Together Now, which will be aired on Alpha TV the fall of 2022, is going to be the show where the representative of Cyprus for the 2023 contest will be chosen. The format has been successfully adapted by many countries and in each episode, contestants perform in front of 100 judges, aiming to gain their vote. In the Greek version,  it is rumored that the judges will be 50 instead of 100 and it will include singers, songwriters and radio producers among them. The production will be by Barking Well Media, and seems that the host will be the owner of the production company and TV host, Nikos Koklonis.

Below you can see the 2019 UK representative Michael Rise, who rose to fame through the British version of All together Now when he got the vote of all 100 judges.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDkG8abBAzE

What do you think about All Together Now being the potential national selection show of the 2023 Cypriot entry? Tell us in the comments!

Eurovision 2022: Cyprus’ Second Rehearsal!

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Then on the stage of Pala Olimpico, we have Andromache from Cyprus goes up with Ela.

Who is Andromache?

Enthusiastic pop fans will know that Andromache is on the rise throughout Europe in recent years.

Born in Germany and raised in Greece, music has always been a huge part of her upbringing. Her whole family was involved in singing and dancing.

Andromachi became widely known when she competed in The Voice of Greece and later signed a record deal with Panik Records.

Her single, Na Sun Lie, became her biggest hit, both on the radio and on music platforms, consolidating her status as the pop star that everyone should follow.

The rehearsal

Cyprus definitely has one of the biggest props of today rehearsal day. On stage, there is a huge shell-shaped structure that houses Andromachi, the two dancers, but also the graphics. Andromache appears as the goddess Aphrodite, emerging from the waves, bringing elegance and energy. She is barefoot and dressed in a beige ensemble, while low lighting prevails on Andromache, in pink and purple colours. The scenery is beautiful!

Watch an excerpt of the second rehearsal through the cameras:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsx3FjAKUaI

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