Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Cyprus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which took place on 26 November 2017, in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Nicole Nicolaou was internally selected to represent Cyprus with the song "I Wanna Be a Star". In Tbilisi she ended last.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Country Cyprus
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)
  • Artist: 15 September 2017
  • Song: 6 October 2017
Selected entrantNicole Nicolaou
Selected song"I Wanna Be a Star"
Selected songwriter(s)Constantinos Christoforou
Finals performance
Final result16th (Last), 45 points
Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2017 Contest, Cyprus had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its debut at the inaugural contest in 2003.[1][2] Cyprus were absent from the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2015 contests.[3] They have never won the contest, with their best results being at the 2004 and 2006, represented by Marios Tofi, and the duo Louis Panagiotou and Christina Christofi respectively, achieving eighth place.[3] Cyprus has hosted the contest once in 2008, at the Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center in Limassol.[4]

Before Junior Eurovision

CyBC was the very first broadcaster which announced that they would be present to the next contest in Tbilisi. They selected their entry internally.[5]

Artist and song information
Nicole Nicolaou
Born (2004-06-23) 23 June 2004
Limassol, Cyprus
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer, dancer
InstrumentsVocals, piano

Nicole Nicolaou

Nicole Nicolaou (Greek: Νικόλ Νικολάου; born 23 June 2004) is a Cypriot singer and dancer who represented Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with her song "I Wanna Be a Star".

"I Wanna Be a Star"

"I Wanna Be a Star" is a song by Cypriot singer Nicole Nicolaou. It represented Cyprus during the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The song is composed and written by the famous singer Constantinos Christoforou.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which took place on 20 November 2017, Cyprus was drawn to perform first on 26 November 2017, preceding Poland.

Voting

In 2017, a new voting system was introduced, in which the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.[6]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 24 November 2017 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 26 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs.[7] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.

Detailed voting results
Detailed voting results from Cyprus[8]
Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Awarded
01  Cyprus
02  Poland 11 12 14 4 6 10 1
03  Netherlands 5 7 3 14 7 6 5
04  Armenia 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
05  Belarus 8 5 5 5 5 5 6
06  Portugal 12 10 9 12 14 13
07  Ireland 15 14 15 15 15 15
08  Macedonia 14 15 11 11 12 14
09  Georgia 9 11 12 6 8 8 3
10  Albania 4 3 4 8 4 3 8
11  Ukraine 6 4 7 7 3 4 7
12  Malta 13 9 13 3 9 11
13  Russia 3 2 2 2 2 2 10
14  Serbia 10 13 6 10 13 12
15  Australia 7 6 10 13 11 9 2
16  Italy 2 8 8 9 10 7 4

References
  1. "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 15 November 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. Granger, Anthony (31 August 2014). "JESC history: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. "Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  4. Garciá, Belén (27 September 2015). "#BestOfJESC: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008". esc-plus.com. ESC+. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  5. "Με τραγούδι του Κωνσταντίνου Χριστοφόρου και ερμηνεύτρια τη Νικόλ Νικολάου η Κύπρος στη Junior Eurovision 2017 – InfeGreece". 15 September 2017.
  6. Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
  7. Farren, Neil (10 November 2017). "Voting in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017.
  8. "Results of the Final of Tbilisi 2017". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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