Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th annual Eurovision Song Contest and was won by Eldar & Nigar performing "Running Scared" for Azerbaijan. The event took place in the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, following Germany's win in the previous year...

in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

, Germany

Germany

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. The winner of the talent show Performance, broadcasted by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation

Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation

The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ) or CyBC is Cyprus's public broadcasting service, transmitting island-wide on four radio and two television channels. CyBC is a non-profit organization that utilises its entire income for the promotion of its main mission, which is the objective provision of...

 (CyBC), was the Cypriot entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, which was decided on 10 September 2010.

Performance

CyBC announced in December 2009 that the Cypriot entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 will be selected through the singing competition of the new talent show, Performance. CyBC accepted applications from anyone between 16 and 30 years old. 13 weekly shows were held from 19 March 2010, with 39 contestants being selected by a jury consisting of Lia Vissi

Lia Vissi

Olympia Vissi is a Greek Cypriot singer, songwriter, composer and politician, most notable for her two participations in the Eurovision Song Contest and being older sister of Greek Cypriot singer Anna Vissi.-Career:...

, Costas Kakoyiannis, Neoclis Neocleous and Fotis Nikolaou (60% of the vote) and a public televote (the remaining 40%) to progress to the next stage.

The top nine contestants from the original 39 will go forward to compete in the final of Performance on 10 September. They are:

• Costa Ioannides
• Christos Mylordos
  Christos Mylordos
  Christos Mylordos is a Greek-Cypriot singer. He was born in Nicosia on 30 April 1991.-Eurovision Song Contest 2011:On 10 September 2010, Mylordos won the singing competition of the talent show Performance and, as a result, represented Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany, with the...
  
   - Winner
• Nicole Nikolaidou
• Louis Panagiotou - 2nd place
• Daphne Seisou
• Annita Skoutela - 3rd place
• Stella Stylianou
• Malvina Charalambidi
• Marios Charalambous

On 10 September, Christos Mylordos

Christos Mylordos

Christos Mylordos is a Greek-Cypriot singer. He was born in Nicosia on 30 April 1991.-Eurovision Song Contest 2011:On 10 September 2010, Mylordos won the singing competition of the talent show Performance and, as a result, represented Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany, with the...

 won the Performance talent show, singing "Supreme

Supreme (song)

"Supreme" is a song by Robbie Williams released in 2000 as the third single from his album Sing When You're Winning, and contains an interpolation of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" because, according to Williams, he was in a trip in Switzerland and when it was approaching the new millennium, the...

" by Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams

Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...

.

According to local media, Alex Panayi, who has already represented Cyprus in 1995 and 2000

Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Cyprus and CyBC chose to host a National Selection with the winner being chosen an "expert" jury. Alexandros Panayi & Christina Argyri were chosen with "Nomiza" and placed 21st at Eurovision.-National final:...

, is being considered as an option to join the Cypriot team as a backing vocalist. On December 2010, Alex Panayi denied the rumors, but he is here to help and support if CyBC asks him to.

Song selection

On 26 November, CyBC called for songs for Christos Mylordos. Submissions could be entered until 31 December and then a seven member jury will internally select the song for Mylordos. On 20 January, CyBC announced the song title of the song, "San Aggelos S'agapisa

San Aggelos S'agapisa

"San Aggelos S'agapisa" is a song written by Michalis Antoniou and composed by Andreas Anastasiou and performed by Christos Mylordos. This song will be presented on 28 February....

" (Σαν άγγελος σ'αγάπησα).

At Eurovision

Cyprus competed ninth in the second semi-final of the contest, on 12 May. Cyprus placed eightteenth with 16 points and failed to qualify for the final.