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It most definitely was not a good year for Eurovision By Alper Ali Riza What to say about Eurovision 2026 in Vienna other than that Dara won it for Bulgaria with ‘...

Bulgaria won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time on Saturday in a final overshadowed by five countries’ boycott over Gaza, claiming a dramatic victory despite another big public ...

The Eurovision Song Contest’s final takes place in Vienna on Saturday, with the organisers hoping the annual show of glitz and Europop will be a success despite five countries’ ...

Cyprus has qualified for the 70th Eurovision Song Contest final in Vienna. Antigoni Buxton qualified on Thursday night with Jalla. The final will be held on Saturday. The other countries ...

The Eurovision Song Contest began under heightened political tension in Vienna on Tuesday as the first semi-final took place amid controversy over Israel’s participation and broadcaster boycotts linked to ...

This week’s Eurovision Song Contest, already stung by boycotts over Israeli participation, is also facing a test of new public-voting rules introduced to address complaints about Israel’s ability ...

A few days before the Eurovision song contest, we asked people on the streets of Nicosia how they feel about the contest in general, and Cyprus entry ‘Jalla’ in particular.

Cyprus’ Eurovision representative Antigoni Buxton said on Saturday that she is unconcerned by criticism of the video clip for her song Jalla, insisting that her priority was to showcase the ...

CyBC general-director Thanasis Tsokos defended Cyprus’ Eurovision 2026 entry ‘JALLA’ on Thursday, describing it as “a highly professional job” and rejecting claims that the public broadcaster acted improperly in either the ...

Dozens of public figures on Monday called on state broadcasting corporation CyBC to withdraw Cyprus’ entry for the Eurovision song contest, arguing that both the song and its accompanying video ...

CyBC has announced that Cyprus’ entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will be titled JALLA, and will be presented to the public for the first time on Sunday. The song ...

Cyprus “will proceed as planned” with its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest despite the decision to allow Israel’s participation, which saw the withdrawal of several countries, the Cyprus ...

Israel was cleared on Thursday to enter the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest by the organiser, prompting Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia to withdraw over the Gaza war and plunging the ...

Cyprus on Thursday became the first country to reveal who it will send to compete at next year’s Eurovision song contest – the competition’s 70th edition – being represented by ...

Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel’s participation in the competition, following Middle East “developments”, the European Broadcasting Union said on ...

Ireland will not take part in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to participate, Irish broadcaster RTE said on Thursday, arguing that doing so would be “...

Despite high expectations and a visually striking performance by Theo Evan, Cyprus failed to qualify for the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The result came as a shock ...

Cyprus on Monday became the first country to announce the name of its entry into the 2025 Eurovision song contest, with Theo Evan set to represent the island in Basel. Theo ...

Cyprus has successfully qualified for the Eurovision final on Saturday, following Silia Kapsis’ performance of ‘Liar’ during the first semi-final in Malmo, Sweden. The 17-year-old Australian-Cypriot kicked off the event ...

The Eurovision semi-finals will begin on Tuesday night, with Cyprus set to light up the stage with Silia Kapsis opening the show with her upbeat jam ‘Liar’. Kapsis, a 17-year-old ...

Cyprus’ entry for the Eurovision song contest in May in Sweden was on Wednesday revealed to be Liar, which will be sung by Silia Kapsis. Written by Demetris Kontopoulos and ...

Australian Cypriot Silia Kapsis will represent Cyprus at the 2024 Eurovision song contest in Malmo, Sweden, state broadcaster CyBC announced on Tuesday. She will sing a song by Greek lyricist Demetris ...

Top spot at the Eurovision has always eluded Cyprus, so what are we doing wrong? As records go, it’s an unwanted one. Cyprus has now participated 39 times in the ...

Australian Cypriot singer Andrew Lambrou, who will represent the island at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool on May 11, made his debut on the stage of the M&...