A song presentation for Cyprus’ Junior Eurovision entry was held yesterday in Nicosia.
Yesterday the Cypriot broadcaster, CyBC, held a presentation for their Junior Eurovision song “Crystal Waters”, which will be released on Monday morning. The presentation was held at the RIK Archives Hall in Nicosia, where numerous people attended and showed their support for their 2024 entrant, Maria Pissarides.
“Crystal Waters” will premiere on Monday 30 September, during the morning show ‘Omorfi Mera’ on RIK 1 at 08:30 CEST. The song was composed by Sophia Patsalidou and Armin Gilani. Sophia represented Cyprus in Junior Eurovision 2014 with “I pio omorfi mera”. Armin is a Swedish producer and composer.
Who is Maria Pissarides?
Maria Pissarides will represent Cyprus at Junior Eurovision 2024. Maria is 11 years old and comes from Nicosia. She currently studies at a at a performing arts school in the United Kingdom. She was selected to represent Cyprus at Junior Eurovision 2024 after an evaluation of a proposal by the production company Chandal Entertainment Ltd to CyBC, the Cypriot national broadcaster.
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Cyprus participated in the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 where they were represented by Theodora Rafti. She finished 14 with just 16 points. The country’s best result came in 2004 when Marios Tofi finished 8th with the song “Oniera” scoring a total of 61 points. In 2008, Cyprus hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. On home soil they were represented by Elena Mannouri & Charis Saava they finished 10th with 46 points. Cyprus will return to Junior Eurovision in 2024.