| Year: | 1997 |
| Broadcaster: | Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) |
| Country: | Cyprus |
| Flag Variant: | 1960 |
| Preselection: | National final |
| Preselection Date: | 18 February 1997 |
| Entrant: | Hara and Andreas Konstantinou |
| Song: | Mana mou |
| Final Result: | 5th, 98 points |
Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Greek, Modern (1453-);: Mana mou|i=no", written by Constantina Konstantinou, and performed by Hara and Andreas Konstantinou. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry through a national final.
The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) opened a submission period for Cypriot artists and composers to submit songs until 10 January 1997.[1] By the end of the submission period, 50 entries had been submitted.[2] On 26 January 1997, in radio room one of the CyBC studios, a 9-member jury listened to the received submissions and chose eight songs to compete in the national final.
The final was broadcast live at 21:15 EET on RIK 1 on 18 February 1997 in a show titled Greek, Modern (1453-);: Diagonismós Tragoudioú Giourovízion 1997 .[3] [4] The contest was held at the Monte Caputo Nightclub in Limassol, and was hosted by Marina Maleni.[5] The running order was decided by a random draw which was done in the presence of the songwriters of the competing entries on 29 January 1997.[6] The winner was decided by a 21-member jury who each gave out 10 points to their favourite song, 8 to their second favourite, and 6 through to 1 points for their third to eighth placing songs.[7]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giorgos Polychroniadis | "Apopse den me noiazei" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Απόψε δεν με νοιάζει) | Spyros Kyriakidis, A. Gemenitzis | 91 | 5 | |
| 2 | Dalida Mitzi | "Ta trena" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Τα τρένα) | Andreas Karanikolas | 71 | 6 | |
| 3 | Charalambos Brountzos | "Mia zografia" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μια ζωγραφιά) | Adonis Aletras | 106 | 4 | |
| 4 | Stelios Constantas | "I grammi tis ntropis" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Η γραμμή της ντροπής) | Aristos Moschovakis, Rodoula Papalamprianou | 145 | 2 | |
| 5 | Spiros Spirakos | "Esy" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Εσύ) | Theos Kallias, Michalis Hatzimichael | 70 | 7 | |
| 6 | Hara and Andreas Konstantinou | "Mana mou" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μάνα μου) | Constantina Konstantinou | 170 | 1 | |
| 7 | Giorgos Stamataris | "Xechnas" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ξεχνάς) | Andreas Gerolemou | 112 | 3 | |
| 8 | Christina Lazarou | "Pote" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ποτέ) | Nevi Astraiou | 54 | 8 |
| + Detailed Jury Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draw | Song | Jury | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ||||
| 1 | "Apopse den me noiazei" | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 91 | |
| 2 | "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 | "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 | "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 | "Esy" | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 70 | |
| 6 | "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 | "Xechnas" | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 112 | |
| 8 | "Pote" | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 54 | |
Heading into the final of the contest, RTÉ reported that bookmakers ranked the entry 21st out of the 25 entries.[8] Hara & Andreas opened the contest performing first, 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.[9]
The Cypriot jury awarded its 12 points to Greece.