Hara and Andreas Konstantinou represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Mana mou". Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) chose to host a national final to select their entry.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1997 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Cyprus | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 18 February 1997 | |||
| Selected entrant | Hara and Andreas Konstantinou | |||
| Selected song | "Mana mou" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Constantina Konstantinou | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 5th, 98 points | |||
| Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held on 18 February 1997 at the Monte Caputo Nightclub in Limassol, hosted by Marina Maleni-Kyriazi. The winner was chosen by a 21-member jury.[1][2]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giorgos Polychroniadis | "Apopse den me niazi" | Spyros Kyriakidis, A. Gemenitzis | 91 | 5 |
| 2 | Dalida Mitzi | "Ta trena" | Andreas Karanikolas | 71 | 6 |
| 3 | Charalambos Brountzos | "Mia zografia" | Adonis Aletras | 106 | 4 |
| 4 | Stelios Constantas | "I grammi tis ntropis" | Aristos Moschovakis, Rodoula Papalamprianou | 145 | 2 |
| 5 | Spiros Spirakos | "Essi" | Theos Kallias, Michalis Hatzimichael | 70 | 7 |
| 6 | Hara and Andreas Konstantinou | "Mana mou" | Constantina Konstantinou | 170 | 1 |
| 7 | Giorgos Stamataris | "Xechnas" | Andreas Gerolemou | 112 | 3 |
| 8 | Christina Lazarou | "Pote" | Nevi Astraiou | 54 | 8 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Jury 1 | Jury 2 | Jury 3 | Jury 4 | Jury 5 | Jury 6 | Jury 7 | Jury 8 | Jury 9 | Jury 10 | Jury 11 | Jury 12 | Jury 13 | Jury 14 | Jury 15 | Jury 16 | Jury 17 | Jury 18 | Jury 19 | Jury 20 | Jury 21 | Total |
| 1 | "Apopse den me niazi" | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 91 |
| 2 | "Ta trena" | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 71 |
| 3 | "Mia zografia" | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 106 |
| 4 | "I grammi tis ntropis" | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 145 |
| 5 | "Essi" | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 70 |
| 6 | "Mana mou" | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 170 |
| 7 | "Xechnas" | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 112 |
| 8 | "Pote" | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 54 |
At Eurovision
Heading into the final of the contest, RTÉ reported that bookmakers ranked the entry 21st out of the 25 entries.[3] Hara & Andreas opened the contest performing 1st, preceding Turkey. At the end of voting, they received 98 points, placing 5th of 25 competing countries, which was at the time joint-best Cypriot placing at the contest, sharing with 1982 Cypriot entry "Mono i agapi" by Anna Vissi, and would remain so until 2018.[4]
The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Greece.
