Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Cyprus was represented by Lisa Andreas and the song "Stronger Every Minute", with music and English lyric by Mike Connaris, and Greek lyric by Matheson Bayley and Andrew Adams. The Cypriot National Final was held on February 17, 2004, hosted by Loukas Hamatsos who participated in the 1990 and 1993 Cypriot finals,with the winner being chosen by an "expert" jury (40%) and televoting (60%).On January 25, an internal jury selected 10 songs that made it to the final.

Lisa Andreas

At Eurovision, Lisa Andreas came in 5th place in the semi-final,behind Serbia & Montenegro, Ukraine, Greece and Albania. Andreas repeated this success in the final, coming in equal 5th with Sweden, behind Ukraine, Serbia & Montenegro, Greece and Turkey, its equal highest placing ever to date in the Eurovision Song Contest (the other times being in 1982 with Anna Vissi and 1997 with Hara&Andreas Constantinou). Cyprus also received its most ever points in one contest (170 points from 32 countries).

Cyprus also won a Marcel Bezençon Award. Mike Connaris (lyricist and composer) walked away with the first ever Composer Award for his composition of Cyprus' entry.

Points Awarded by Cyprus

Semi final

12 points	Greece
10 points	Serbia and Montenegro
8 points	Ukraine
7 points	Lithuania
6 points	Finland
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	Monaco
3 points	Denmark
2 points	Israel
1 point	Albania

Final

12 points	Greece
10 points	Serbia and Montenegro
8 points	Ukraine
7 points	Spain
6 points	Russia
5 points	Sweden
4 points	Turkey
3 points	Romania
2 points	Poland
1 point	Belgium

Points Awarded to Cyprus

Points Awarded to Cyprus (Semi-Final 1)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Greece Monaco	Netherlands United Kingdom	Iceland Ireland	Finland Ukraine	Austria Belarus Belgium Estonia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Denmark Malta Turkey	Germany Lithuania Norway	Israel Latvia Portugal Slovenia Sweden	Andorra Croatia Serbia and Montenegro	Romania Spain Switzerland

Points Awarded to Cyprus (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Greece	Iceland Ireland United Kingdom	Belarus Germany Netherlands	Estonia Finland Malta	Austria Denmark Russia Sweden
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
France Lithuania	Andorra Belgium Croatia Latvia Norway Poland Ukraine	Israel Portugal Romania Serbia and Montenegro Spain	Monaco Switzerland	Slovenia Turkey

Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 ~~1988~~ 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 ~~2001~~ 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ~~2014~~ 2015 2016

Artists

1980s	~~1980~~ Island Anna Vissi Stavros & Constantina Andy Paul Lia Vissi Elpida Alexia ~~1988~~ Yiannis Savvidakis & Fani Polymeri

1990s	Haris Anastazio Elena Patroklou Evridiki Kyriakos Zympoulakis & Dimos Van Beke Evridiki Alex Panayi Constantinos Hara & Andreas Constantinou Michalis Hatzigiannis Marlain

2000s	Voice ~~2001~~ One Stelios Constantas Lisa Andreas Constantinos Christoforou Annet Artani Evridiki Theokleous Evdokia Kadí Christina Metaxa

2010s	Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders Christos Mylordos Ivi Adamou Despina Olympiou ~~2014~~ Giannis Karagiannis Minus One

Songs

1980s	~~1980~~ "Monika" "Mono I Agapi" "I Agapi Akoma Zi" "Anna Maria Lena" "To Katalava Arga" "Tora Zo" "Aspro Mavro" ~~1988~~ "Apopse As Vrethume"

1990s	"Milas Poli" "SOS" "Teriazoume" "Mi Stamatas" "Ime Anthropos Ki Ego" "Sti Fotia" "Mono Yia Mas" "Mana Mou" "Genesis" "Tha 'Ne Erotas"

2000s	"Nomiza" ~~2001~~ "Gimme" "Feeling Alive" "Stronger Every Minute" "Ela Ela (Come Baby)" "Why Angels Cry" "Comme ci, comme ça" "Femme Fatale" "Firefly"

2010s	"Life Looks Better in Spring" "San Aggelos S'agapisa" "La La Love" "An me thimasai" ~~2014~~ "One Thing I Should Have Done" "Alter Ego"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Cyprus did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Countries

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Artists

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Songs

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

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