Cyprus: Melina Karageorgiou and Hovig the Eurovision 2024 for CyBC

• Melina Karageorgiou and Hovig will have the honor to be the Eurovision 2024 commentators for the Cypriot national broadcaster, CyBC.

  CyBC through their social media confirmed that Melina Karageorgiou and Hovig will be the ones to guide the audience during the CyBC's broadcast of the three live Eurovision shows on May 7,9 and 11. 

  Both are no strangers to the Eurovision audience as Melina is a RIK journalist who has already served as a commentator for the Cypriot broadcaster at Eurovision from 2008 to 2016  and the last closer years

  Hovig Demirjian, aka Hovig, is a Greek-Cypriot singer who represented Cyprus back at Eurovision 2017 with his song 'Gravity' which qualified to the finals and finished 21th in the Grand final. 

   

  Cyprus in Eurovision

  Cyprus debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981 with the group Island, achieving an honorable 6th placing in Dublin. Aphrodite’s island has been represented by some of the biggest names in the Greek and Cypriot music industry: Anna Vissi (1982), Michalis Hatzigiannis (1998), Evridiki (1992,1994,2007), Ivi Adamou (2012), Despina Olympiou (2013), etc.

  The country achieved its best Eurovision result in 2018 when it placed 2nd with Eleni Foureira’s Fuego. In 2022 in Turin  Andromache represented the country with her song 'Ela' in Turin competing in the second semi-final where she finished 12th with 63 points ( 9th in thr televoting last in the jury voting) and didn't reach the Grand final. 

  Last year Andrew Lambrou represented Cyprus at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool with his entry ‘Break A Broken A Heart’  finishing 12th with a score of 124 points. 

  This year Silia Kapsis has deen internally selected to represent the country with the song 'Liar'. Silia will be performing at #1 in the first semi-final on May 7, 2024 in Malmo Arena. 

   

  News Source/Image: CyBC Instagram

   

  Apart from the latest news you can enjoy all the past and recent songs in Eurovision history along with the national selection ones on www.eurofansradio.com or by downloading our offcial Eurofans Radio Application.

   

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Angelos D.
Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.