The Cypriot Final was held on February 16th at the Nea Leoforos Nightclub in Limassol, hosted by Loukas Hamatsos. The winning song was chosen by an „expert“ jury which included ESC 1999 winner Charlotte Nilsson and Lina Kawar who was a backing singer for Cyprus in 1997 & 1999.


1Eimai akoma edoI’m still hereMarina Solonos1483rd
2Na m’agapasYou must love meAnnie1315th
3FonesVoicesMaria Amman8710th
4TrikymiaTempestMarilia Perikleous & Demetris Mouhtaroudis939th
5AnIfChrysanthos Chrysanthou7811th
6NomizaI thoughtAlexandros Panayi & Christina Argyri2251st
7Antio loiponSo goodbyeLefki Stylianou948th
8Sti gi eiriniPeace to our earthAntonia Orthanou1007th
9ParadeisosParadiseMarian Georgiou1454th
10VoltVoltGiorgos Gavriel1226th
11Ki’akoma s’agapoI still love youCharoula Pirta1842nd

Alex Panayi previously represented Cyprus in ESC 1995, and was also a backing singer for Cyprus in 1989 and 1991. He also participated in the Cypriot Finals of 1990 (3rd), 1993 (3rd) and 1998 (2nd). Christina Argyri was a backing singer for Marietta Mitsidou in the 1993 Cypriot Final, came 3rd in the 1994 Cypriot Final and was a backing singer for Cyprus in the 1995 ESC. Alex and Christina called themselves ‚Voice‘ at the ESC where they performed the song in a mixture of Greek and Italian and came 21st. Amongst their backing singers were Giorgos Gavriel and Lina Kawar.