Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "La La Love" written by Alex Papaconstantinou, Björn Djupström, Alexandra Zakka and Viktor Svensson. The song was performed by Ivi Adamou, who was selected by the Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) in August 2011 to represent Cyprus at the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. CyBC organised the national final A Song for Ivi on 25 January 2012 to select the Cypriot song. The national final featured three songs and resulted in the selection of "La La Love" as the winning song.
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 | ||||
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Country | Cyprus | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: A Song for Ivi | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 5 August 2011 Song: 25 January 2012 | |||
Selected entrant | Ivi Adamou | |||
Selected song | "La La Love" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (7th, 91 points) | |||
Final result | 16th, 65 points | |||
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Cyprus was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 22 May 2012. Performing during the show in position 12, "La La Love" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 23 May. It was later revealed that Cyprus placed seventh out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 91 points. In the final, Cyprus performed in position 8 and placed sixteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 65 points.