Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Cyprus in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Cyprus in the; Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Participating broadcaster	Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
Country	Cyprus
Selection process	Artist: Internal selection; Song: A Song for Ivi
Selection date	Artist: 5 August 2011; Song: 25 January 2012
Competing entry
Song	"La La Love"
Artist	Ivi Adamou
Songwriters	Alex Papaconstantinou; Björn Djupström; Alexandra Zakka; Viktor Svensson;
Placement
Semi-final result	Qualified (7th, 91 points)
Final result	16th, 65 points
Participation chronology

Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "La La Love" written by Alex Papaconstantinou, Björn Djupström, Alexandra Zakka and Viktor Svensson. The song was performed by Ivi Adamou, who was selected by the Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) in August 2011 to represent Cyprus at the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. CyBC organised the national final A Song for Ivi on 25 January 2012 to select the Cypriot song. The national final featured three songs and resulted in the selection of "La La Love" as the winning song.

Cyprus was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 22 May 2012. Performing during the show in position 12, "La La Love" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 23 May. It was later revealed that Cyprus placed seventh out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 91 points. In the final, Cyprus performed in position 8 and placed sixteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 65 points.