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Line 1: {{Short description\|none}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=October 2019}} {{More citations needed\|date=October 2021}} Line 18 ⟶ 19: === 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~~nf_entries.~~asp~~php?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" \|+ Final – 18 February 1997 Line 317 ⟶ 318: == 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.