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{{Infobox song contest national year
| Year = 1997
| Country = Cyprus
| Flag variant = 1960
| Preselection = National final
| Preselection date = 18 February 1997
| Entrant = Hara &and Andreas ConstantinouKonstantinou
| Song = [[Mana mou]]
| Writer = Constantina Konstantinou
| Final result = 5th, 98 points
}}
 
Hara &and Andreas ConstantinouKonstantinou represented [[Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest|Cyprus]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1997]] with the song "[[Mana Mou|Mana mou]]". [[Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation|Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)]] chose to host a national final to select their entry.
 
== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Final: Cyprus 1997 |url=https://www.esc-history.com/nf-entriesnf_entries.aspphp?country=Cyprus&year=1997&order=ItemNr |title=National Final: Cyprus 1997 |website=esc-history.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Cyprus1997.html |title=CYPRIOT NATIONAL FINAL 1997 |website=natfinals.50webs.com}}</ref>
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center"
!|+ colspan="6" |Final – 18 February 1997
|-
! Draw
! Artist
! Song
! Song <small>''(English translation)''</small>
! Songwriter(s)
! Points
! Place
|-
| 1
| align="left" | Giorgos Polychroniadis
| align="left" | "Apopse den me niazi" <small>''(Tonight I don't care about anything)''</small>
| align="left" | Spyros Kyriakidis, A. Gemenitzis
| 91
| 5
|-
| 2
| align="left" | Dalida Mitzi
| align="left" | "Ta trena" <small>''(The trains)''</small>
| align="left" | Andreas Karanikolas
| 71
| 6
|-
| 3
| align="left" | Charalambos Brountzos
| align="left" | "Mia zografia" <small>''(A picture)''</small>
| align="left" | Adonis Aletras
| 106
| 4
|-
| 4
| align="left" | [[Stelios Constantas]]
| align="left" | "I grammi tis ntropis" <small>''(The line of shame)''</small>
| align="left" | Aristos Moschovakis, Rodoula Papalamprianou
| 145
| 2
|-
| 5
| align="left" | Spiros Spirakos
| align="left" | "Essi" <small>''(You)''</small>
| align="left" | Theos Kallias, Michalis Hatzimichael
| 70
| 7
|- style="font-weight:bold;background:gold;"
| 6
| align="left" | Hara &and Andreas ConstantinouKonstantinou
| align="left" | "[[Mana Mou|Mana mou]]" <small>''(Motherland)''</small>
| align="left" | Constantina Konstantinou
| 170
| 1
|-
| 7
| align="left" | Giorgos Stamataris
| align="left" | "Xechnas" <small>''(You forget)''</small>
| align="left" | Andreas Gerolemou
| 112
| 3
|-
| 8
| align="left" | Christina Lazarou
| align="left" | "Pote" <small>''(Never)''</small>
| align="left" | Nevi Astraiou
| 54
| 8
|}
 
{|class="wikitable collapsible" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center;"
== Voting ==
|-
Hara & Andreas opened the contest performing 1st, preceding Turkey. At the end of voting, they received 98 points (including maximum 12 points from Greece and Iceland), 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.
! colspan="24" | Detailed Jury Votes
|-
!Draw
!Song
!Jury<br>1
!Jury<br>2
!Jury<br>3
!Jury<br>4
!Jury<br>5
!Jury<br>6
!Jury<br>7
!Jury<br>8
!Jury<br>9
!Jury<br>10
!Jury<br>11
!Jury<br>12
!Jury<br>13
!Jury<br>14
!Jury<br>15
!Jury<br>16
!Jury<br>17
!Jury<br>18
!Jury<br>19
!Jury<br>20
!Jury<br>21
!Total
|-
| 1
| align="left" | "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
| align="left" | "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
| align="left" | "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
| align="left" | "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
| align="left" | "Essi"
| 1
| 6
| 1
|1
|4
|2
|1
|2
|6
|8
|6
|1
|5
|2
|3
|1
|6
|3
|4
|2
|5
| 70
|-
| 6
| align="left" | "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
| align="left" | "Xechnas"
| 6
| 5
| 4
|4
|8
|6
|3
|8
|8
|5
|5
|5
|2
|4
|8
|5
|4
|2
|5
|5
|'''10'''
| 112
|-
| 8
| align="left" | "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.<ref>{{cite web |title=What are the Odds? |url=http://events.rte.ie/eurovision97/odds.html |publisher=Radio Telefís Éireann |access-date=20 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990224192111/http://events.rte.ie/eurovision97/odds.html |archive-date=24 February 1999 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Final of Dublin 1997 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1997/final |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414084557/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1997/final |archive-date=14 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Greece.
 
=== Points awarded to CyprusVoting ===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Points awarded to Cyprus<ref name="1997detailed">{{cite web |title=Results of the Final of Dublin 1997 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1997/final/results/cyprus |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414090436/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1997/final/results/cyprus |archive-date=14 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|+Points awarded to Cyprus
|-
! scope="col" width="20%" |12 pointsScore
! scope="col" | Country
!width=20%|10 points
!width=20%|8 points
!width=20%|7 points
!width=20%|6 points
|-
|! valignscope="toprow" | 12 points
*| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Greece|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Iceland|y=1997}}}}
*{{Esc|Iceland}}
| valign="top" |
*{{Esc|Netherlands}}
*{{Esc|Spain}}
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |
*{{Esc|Denmark}}
*{{Esc|Malta}}
| valign="top" |
|-
!width scope=20%"row" |5 10 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Netherlands|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Spain|y=1997}}}}
!width=20%|4 points
!width=20%|3 points
!width=20%|2 points
!width=20%|1 point
|-
|! valignscope="toprow" | 8 points
|
*{{Esc|Germany}}
*{{Esc|United Kingdom}}
| valign="top" |
*{{Esc|Croatia}}
*{{Esc|France}}
*{{Esc|Italy}}
*{{Esc|Slovenia}}
*{{Esc|Switzerland}}
| valign="top" |
*{{Esc|Ireland}}
*{{Esc|Portugal}}
| valign="top" |
*{{Esc|Norway}}
| valign="top" |
*{{Esc|Estonia}}
*{{Esc|Russia}}
|-
! scope="row" | 7 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Denmark|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Malta|y=1997}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | 6 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 5 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Germany|y=1997}}|{{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1997}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | 4 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Croatia|y=1997}}|{{Esc|France|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Italy|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Slovenia|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Switzerland|y=1997}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | 3 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Ireland|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Portugal|y=1997}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2 points
| {{Esc|Norway|y=1997}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1 point
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Estonia|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Russia|y=1997}}}}
|}
{{col-2}}
 
===Points awarded by Cyprus===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Points awarded by Cyprus<ref name="1997detailed" />
|width=20% bgcolor="gold"|'''12 points'''||{{Esc|Greece}}
|-
! scope="col" width="20%" | Score
|width=20% bgcolor="silver"|'''10 points'''||{{Esc|Spain}}
! scope="col" | Country
|-
! scope="row" style="background:gold" | 12 points
|width=20% bgcolor="#CC9966"|'''8 points'''||{{Esc|Ireland}}
| {{Esc|Greece|y=1997}}
|-
! scope="row" style="background:silver" | 10 points
|width=20%|'''7 points'''||{{Esc|United Kingdom}}
| {{Esc|Spain|y=1997}}
|-
! scope="row" style="background:#CC9966" | 8 points
|width=20%|'''6 points'''||{{Esc|Italy}}
| {{Esc|Ireland|y=1997}}
|-
|width! scope=20%"row" |'''5 7 points'''||{{Esc|Malta}}
| {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1997}}
|-
! scope="row" | 6 points
|width=20%|'''4 points'''||{{Esc|Croatia}}
| {{Esc|Italy|y=1997}}
|-
! scope="row" | 5 points
|width=20%|'''3 points'''||{{Esc|France}}
| {{Esc|Malta|y=1997}}
|-
! scope="row" | 4 points
|width=20%|'''2 points'''||{{Esc|Slovenia}}
| {{Esc|Croatia|y=1997}}
|-
! scope="row" | 3 points
|width=20%|'''1 point'''||{{Esc|Estonia}}
| {{Esc|France|y=1997}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2 points
| {{Esc|Slovenia|y=1997}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1 point
| {{Esc|Estonia|y=1997}}
|}
{{col-end}}
 
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
 
==External links==
* [http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Cyprus1997.html CYPRIOT NATIONAL FINAL 1997]
 
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