Cyprus

Road to Rotterdam: Cyprus

Cyprus thanked Sandro Nicolas, who would participate in 2020, for services rendered. Instead, they teamed up with Athens-born Elena Tsagrinou.That was not without any struggle. The Orthodox Church protested against the song “El diablo”. A declaration of love to the devil was not done they said, and they even demanded from the Cypriot government that the song had to be withdrawn. They hadn’t listened really well: the song was by no means a song of praise to the devil, but is about a woman who falls for a bad man.

Elena Tsagrinou

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts NameElena Tsagrinou Born16 november 1994 Nationality🇬🇷 Greek National SelectionInternal Selection In Eurovision2021 Rotterdam SongEl Diablo (2021) Biography Greek singer Elena Tsagrinou was born in Athens. She started her career as a member of the band Otherview in 2013. They released their first record “What you want” in january 2014. Otherview released many records and performed with artists like Melisses and Josephine. In 2017, they switched from Record Company Feelgood Records to Panik Records. Elena left the band in 2018 to start a solo career.In july 2018, Elena released her first solo track “Páme ap’ tin arhi”, which was later translated into an English version “Summer romance”. So far, she made four solo tracks and several collaborations. Elena has had numerous television performances.On November 25, 2020, it was announced that Elena Tsagrinou would represent Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest. In february 2021 her Eurovision song “El diablo” was released. She reached the final in the contest. Entries El Diablo Country🇨🇾 Cyprus Year2021 Language🇬🇧 English LyricsJimmy ThornfeldtLaurell BarkerOxaThomas Stengaard MusicJimmy ThornfeldtLaurell BarkerOxaThomas Stengaard BackingsLaurell Barker DancersChali JenningsLiolia KerogliMariia SharafetdinovaPara Karat Results Semi Points: 170Position: 6Running order: 8 Results Finals Points: 94Position: 16Running order: 1 https://youtu.be/MgGc1F_cOE8

Cyprus: Elena Tsagrinou releases “El diablo”.

Photo: Panik Records Elena Tsagrinou, the Cypriot contestant of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, released her song “El diablo”. Her song is about “falling in love with someone as bad as the devil” and was written by Jimmy “Joker” Thornfeldt, Laurell Baker, Oxa and Thomas Stengaard. Elena Tsagrinou was selected internally by Cypriot broadcaster CyBC for the 65th edition of the contest. She will perform in the first semi-final on 18 May. You can watch the video of “El diablo”, shot in Athens, via this link:https://panikmusic.gr/eldiablo-kikloforia-video/

It’s Elena Tsagrinou for Cyprus

photo: Instagram Elena Tsagrinou Today, Cypriot broadcaster CyBC revealed that Cyprus will be represented by Elena Tsagrinou in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. This year’s contestant Sandro was one of the first contestants who announced that he was not available for the 2021 contest. It was said that CyBC and he agreed upon this. So, the search for a new contestant could start. Elena Tsagrinou is a wellknown singer in Cyprus and Greece. Elena, born in 1994, took part in the show Ellada Eheis Talento (Greece Got Talent), where she reached the semifinals. However, she rose to fame with the band Otherview. They scored several hits in the Greek speaking countries. She started a solo career in 2018. She was a co-host of The Voice of Greece. “Amore”, one of Elena’s songs. This is NOT the Eurovision song!! The song is written by Jimmy Thornfeldt, Laurell Barker, Oxa and Thomas Stengaard. Cyprus takes part in Eurovision since 1981. Their best score so far was a 2nd place with Eleni Foureira in 2018.

Allocation draw 2020 will be the same in 2021

As the countries participating in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest will be the same as in 2020, the allocation draw also will be the same. Eurovision.tv just confirmed that the 41 participating countries agreed on that. That means, the countries will perform in the same part of the same semifinal as was planned for the 2020 contest. Of course, the following order will be decided when all the songs are known. The allocation draw was, and is: 1st semifinal, 1st part: North Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Sweden Slovenia Australia Ireland Russia 1st semifinal, 2nd part: Norway Cyprus Croatia Azerbaijan Malta Israel Ukraine Romania Belgium 2nd semifinal, 1st part: Austria Moldova Poland San Marino Serbia Iceland Czech Republic Greece Estonia Germany, Italy and The Netherlands will also be able to vote in this semifinal. 2nd semifinal, 2nd part: Denmark Bulgaria Switzerland Finland Armenia Latvia Georgia Portugal Albania France, Spain and the United Kingdom will also be able to vote in this semifinal.

No Sandro in Rotterdam next year

Rumours were going on already, but now the Cypriot broadcaster CyBC has confirmed the news: Sandro Nicolas will not represent Cyprus in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Therewith, he is the first 2020 participant who was chosen internally, who will not return in 2021. This is what CyBC stated: “Due to a mutual agreement with Sandro and his management and taken into consideration his schedule of commitments, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation wishes to inform that the said artist will not be representing Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The Cyprus delegation would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Sandro for representing Cyprus at ‘Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light’ and to wholeheartedly wish him all the very best in the future’. Sandro himself did not comment on the subject yet.

This week: Eurostream 2020!!

Of course, we would have loved to keep you updated for the rehearsals of the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. But unfortunately, that is impossible.Thank goodness, this week we can follow Eurostream 2020, a great alternative for the contest.On Tuesday, may 5th, you can watch the first semifinal show. On thurday, may 7th, you can watch the second one. Of course, upcoming saturday we will have the Grand Final!!! You can watch them on the Eurostream Youtube Channel or Facebook Page.And guess what: YOU are able to vote in it. There will be an expert jury ánd televoting in the show, just like in the real Eurovision Song Contest. The first semifinal following order will be:1.Sweden2.Ireland3.Belarus4.Australia5.Lithuania6.Russia7.North Macedonia8.Slovenia9.Azerbaijan10.Norway11.Israel12.Malta13.Croatia14.Belgium15.Romania16.Cyprus17.Ukraine The second semifinal following order will be:1.Czech Republic2.Moldova3.Greece4.Serbia5.Poland6.Estonia7.San Marino8.Iceland9.Austria10.Finland11.Denmark12.Portugal13.Armenia14.Albania15.Switzerland16.Georgia17.Bulgaria18.Latvia So, although there will be no Eurovision Song Contest, there ís an alternative. Hope to see you this week!!

Draw first semifinal Eurostream 2020

Today, our friends of Aussievision did the draw for the first semifinal of Eurostream 2020. This is what the draw looks like: 01 Sweden02 Ireland03 Belarus04 Australia05 Lithuania06 Russia07 North Macedonia08 Slovenia09 Azerbaijan10 Norway11 Israel12 Malta13 Croatia14 Belgium15 Romania16 Cyprus17 Ukraine The first semifinal will be streamed on may 5th. There has also been a draw for Italy (11) and Germany (20) in the grand final.

Iceland wins “Der kleine Song Contest”

In Austria, they had their own song contest this year. Divided over three shows, an expert jury chose three songs to be judged by Austrian televoters. And the winner is…. Iceland! Daði & Gagnamagnið got 48% of the votes with their song “Think about things”, while Austria was the runner up with 33%. Malta became 3rd with 19% of the votes. The full results of the expert jury where: Show 1 Iceland 75 The Netherlands 71 Bulgaria 71 United Kingdom 66 Belgium 63 Poland 61 Romania 61 Israel 60 Spain 55 Cyprus 50 Georgia 49 Armenia 42 San Marino 35 Belarus 17 Show 2 Malta 97 Sweden 86 France 69 Russia 67 Switzerland 64 Lithuania 57 Finland 56 Ireland 55 Azerbaijan 50 Slovenia 50 Croatia 45 Latvia 36 Portugal 30 Moldova 28 Show 3 Austria 76 Denmark 73 Germany 66 Albania 62 Norway 62 Italy 59 Greece 51 Czech Republic 51 Estonia 48 Ukraine 45 North Macedonia 42 Australia 35 Serbia 35

Cyprus presents entry

Today, also Cyprus presented it’s entry. Sandro Nicolas was already chosen to represent the island, but now we know his song “Running”. Alfie Arcuri, Sebastian Rickards, Octavian Rasinariu and Sandro himself wrote and composed the song. Producer Teo DK is also a co-composer.