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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". [[Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation|Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)]] chose to host a national final to select their entry.
 
== Before Eurovision ==
 
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|url=https://www.esc-history.com/nf-entries.asp?country=Cyprus&year=1997&order=ItemNr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Cyprus1997.html}}</ref>
=== 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_entries.php?country=Cyprus&year=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"
|+ Final – 18 February 1997
|-
! Draw
! Artist
! Song
! Song <small>(''English Translation'')
! Songwriter(s)
! Points
! Place
|-
| 1
| align="left" | Giorgos Polychroniadis
| align="left" | "Apopse den me niazi" <small>(''Tonight I don't care about anything'')
| align="left" | Spyros Kyriakidis, A. Gemenitzis
| 91
| 5
|-
| 2
| align="left" | Dalida Mitzi
| align="left" | "Ta trena" <small>''(The trains)''
| align="left" | Andreas Karanikolas
| 71
| 6
|-
| 3
| align="left" | Charalambos Brountzos
| align="left" | "Mia zografia" <small>(''A picture'')
| align="left" | Adonis Aletras
| 106
| 4
|-
| 4
| align="left" | [[Stelios Constantas]]
| align="left" | "I grammi tis ntropis" <small>(''The line of shame'')
| align="left" | Aristos Moschovakis, Rodoula Papalamprianou
| 145
| 2
|-
| 5
| align="left" | Spiros Spirakos
| align="left" | "Essi" <small>(''You'')
| 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" <small>(''Motherland'')
| align="left" | Constantina Konstantinou
| 170
| 1
|-
| 7
| align="left" | Giorgos Stamataris
| align="left" | "Xechnas" <small>(''You forget'')
| align="left" | Andreas Gerolemou
| 112
| 3
|-
| 8
| align="left" | Christina Lazarou
| align="left" | "Pote" <small>(''Never'')
| align="left" | Nevi Astraiou
| 54
| 8
|}
 
{|class="wikitable collapsible" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center;"
== Voting ==
|-
! 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
|}
 
=== PointsAt awarded to CyprusEurovision ===
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.
 
=== Voting ===
{{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%" | Score
! scope="col" | Country
|-
! scope="row" | 12 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Greece|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Iceland|y=1997}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | 10 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Netherlands|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Spain|y=1997}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | 8 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 7 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Denmark|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Malta|y=1997}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | 6 points
|
|-
!width scope=20%"row" |12 5 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Germany|y=1997}}|{{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1997}}}}
!width=20%|10 points
!width=20%|8 points
!width=20%|7 points
!width=20%|6 points
|-
|! valignscope="toprow" | 4 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Croatia|y=1997}}|{{Esc|France|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Italy|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Slovenia|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Switzerland|y=1997}}}}
*{{Esc|Greece}}
*{{Esc|Iceland}}
| valign="top" |
*{{Esc|Netherlands}}
*{{Esc|Spain}}
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |
*{{Esc|Denmark}}
*{{Esc|Malta}}
| valign="top" |
|-
!width scope=20%"row" |5 3 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Ireland|y=1997}}|{{Esc|Portugal|y=1997}}}}
!width=20%|4 points
!width=20%|3 points
!width=20%|2 points
!width=20%|1 point
|-
|! valignscope="toprow" | 2 points
*| {{Esc|GermanyNorway|y=1997}}
*{{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" | 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}}
[[http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Cyprus1997.html]]
 
{{Cyprus in Eurovision}}
==External links==
* [http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Cyprus1997.html CYPRIOT NATIONAL FINAL 1997]
 
{{Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1997}}
 
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