CYPRUS

"Nomiza" - Alexandros Panayi & Christina Argyri

"I thought I could find a way to unite the things that sent us away"

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.

1 Eimai akoma edo I'm still here Marina Solonos 148

3rd

2 Na m'agapas You must love me Annie 131

5th

3 Fones Voices Maria Amman

87

10th
4 Trikymia Tempest Marilia Perikleous & Demetris Mouhtaroudis

93

9th

5 An If Chrysanthos Chrysanthou

78

11th
6 Nomiza I thought Alexandros Panayi & Christina Argyri 225

1st

7 Antio loipon So goodbye Lefki Stylianou

94

8th

8 Sti gi eirini Peace to our earth Antonia Orthanou 100

7th

9 Paradeisos Paradise Marian Georgiou 145

4th

10 Volt Volt Giorgos Gavriel 122

6th

11 Ki'akoma s'agapo I still love you Charoula Pirta 184

2nd

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.

ICELANDIC NATIONAL FINAL 2000

2000 NATIONAL FINALS