Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Milas poli", composed by John Vickers, with lyrics by Haris Anastasiou, and performed by Anastasiou himself. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry through a national final.
The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) opened a submission period for Cypriot artists and composers to submit songs until 20 January 1990.[1] By the end of the submission period, over 85 entries had been submitted.[2][3] On 15 February 1990, in radio room 1 at CyBC, a 17-member jury panel listened to the songs and selected the competing entries.[4][5] The selection was done in three stages: first the songs were listened to and the invalid entries were taken out of the contest; then the jury voted and selected 20 entries; and from those 20 entries, the ten competing entries for the national final were selected.[5]
The final was broadcast live at 21:00 (EET) on RIK on 13 March 1990 in a show called Diagonismós Tragoudioú Giourovízion 1990 (Greek: Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Γιουροβίζιον 1990).[6] The final was held in the Convention Centre in Nicosia, and was hosted by Stavros Louras.[8] The results were decided by a 23-member jury, consisting of 14 of the jurors who chose the competing entries (indicated above with a dagger; ‡) plus 9 random members of the audience.[7][8] Each jury member awarded songs in the same way as in the Eurovision Song Contest: from 12 to 1.[4][9]
On the night of the final, Haris Anastasiou - performing mononymously as Anastasiou - performed 21st in the running order, following Austria and preceding Finland. At the close of voting "Milas poli" had received 35 points, placing Cyprus 14th out of 22 countries.[10] The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Italy.[11]
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