If you stay ready you ain’t gotta get ready. And with a September 25th artist reveal, Cyprus is most definitely on it and ready to slay Eurovision 2024 in Malmö.

The island nation that gifted us Eurovision legends like Eleni Foureira and Tamta, has confirmed that rising star Silia Kapsis will sing at Eurovision 2024. Her song has been written by the Greek composer Dimitris Kontopoulos — who you’ll know from countless Eurovision hits (including Stefania’s “Last Dance” and Ani Lorak’s “Shady Lady”). Word has it that Silia’s song is fresh.

Details about her song will be released at a later date. 

For now, please dive into her official biography.

“Silia is a singer of Cypriot and Greek descent, born and raised in Sydney, Australia. She has been performing since the age of 4, and has had extensive training with elite artists at the top of their respective fields.”

“Silia has been awarded numerous accolades, including the Bobby McCloughan Creative Arts Award (130 Anniversary Award) at Claremont College, The St Vincent’s College Madame Christian Scholarship for Singing and more recently, been a recipient of the Village Nation Performing Arts College Scholarship for an all-round triple threat performer.”

“As a Singer. Silia has been the lead singer for the Australian Youth Performing Arts Company (AYPAC) and recurrent lead singer at numerous high-profile events worldwide, including being the solo performer for Hollywood Star, Alex Russell at his exclusive 30th Birthday Event in Los Angeles.”

 
 
 
 
 
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“Performing however, was just the beginning. Her love for music flourished into releasing her debut song, Who Am I?, which she primarily wrote and composed at the age of 12. Silia then went on to release her second song, No Boys Allowed in March 2023 with her latest song, Disco Dancer being released in May 2023. Her next single is set to be released in late 2023.”

“As a Dancer. Silia has danced with world-renowned choreographers, performing in their global dance showcases in Australia and the USA, was selected for the ImmaBeast Dance Company in Los Angeles, danced with Stephen tWitch Boss on the Jennifer Hudson Show and was featured in a dance documentary produced by Taboo from the Black-Eyed Peas. Throughout her dance career, Silia has also been awarded numerous awards and scholarships including the prestigious BuildaBeast 2019 Sydney Scholarship.”

“As an Actor. Silia was cast as the lead role, Zoe, in her debut short film, Pearly Gates, has worked on various television projects for Nickelodeon. More recently, Silia has been one of Nickelodeon’s regular Nick News Hosts, which saw her team get nominated for a Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Award in 2023.”

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Gka
Gka
1 year ago

Many of you who complain about dimitris kontopoulos and his songs not being good enough don’t understand one thing. Kontopoulos writes songs that will have the potential for a powerful staging and a good live performance on the eurovision stage. Kontopoulos doesn’t necessarily write songs that are to be played on replay on spotify. That’s why many times the dream team finishes in the top 10 because they present a well rounded and well calculated live performance.

KyleM
KyleM
1 year ago

Noa Kirel WANNABE… Next!

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Stephan
Stephan
1 year ago

As a Cypriot, I am not only embarrassed by the increasingly generic artist and song selections every year, but by the lack of anger in Cyprus over the fact that the NATIONAL broadcaster doesn’t even consider Cyprus-based singers, and goes shopping for talent in other countries. Cypriot singers regularly win most Greek talent shows, yet apparently, none of them are good enough for CyBC, and there’s no uproar about the fact that local talent is continuously ignored. I’m sure Silia is a lovely person, but on earth would a no-name Australian singer whose biggest performance happened at a college show… Read more »

Tom
Tom
1 year ago

I feel sorry for Cyprus songwriters, it is always the same team which is outdated and old fashioned.

Briekimchi
Briekimchi
1 year ago

I mean, it’s early days and hard to judge before the song is out but yeah, I don’t think either of the artist announcements “helped” at this stage. It’s not like either is Noa Kirel and that level of star power.

I get that as fans, we are a bit starved for news at this point but this is just increased scrutiny on these announced acts. Revealing the dream team is behind the songwriting side is also a complete hype killer, too.

Zanoni
Zanoni
1 year ago
Reply to  Briekimchi

Competitively, Mustii may not be a slam dunk, but I’ve really enjoyed digging into his music during this lean period. He seems like a cinch to be one of my favorite 2024 artists. Cyprus is offering quite a bit less, but I suppose it was a backup plan since the ‘Fame Story’ approach fell through.

Zanoni
Zanoni
1 year ago
Reply to  Zanoni

Probably more ‘damage control’ than ‘backup plan,’ actually

Geston
Geston
1 year ago

NEWS: Sweden’s Eurovision commentator has urged the EBU Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl to reconsider the Big Five’s direct access to the Grand Final

Swedes scheming together, uh oh we’re in for big changes now that Sweden hosts!

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago
Reply to  Geston

The constant Swede-phobia around here can be tiring.

Geston
Geston
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonas

Not really Swede-phobia, since it’s just news.

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago
Reply to  Geston

“Scheming Swedes” is a bit of a sinister spin to put on poor Carolina Norén.

Geston
Geston
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonas

Carolina is a Eurovision commentator, and both she and Martin are Swedes.

If EBU Executive Supervisor would be from Azerbaijan and we’d hear years later how that person would’ve had private talks (several times) with the Azeri Eurovision commentator about X change for Y -country/countries it would be scheming Azeris, right?

Devito
Devito
1 year ago
Reply to  Geston

It is actually a rare case when I have to say, Good job, Sweden, good job! Although it is merely an idea and not an official confirmation, it would make the contest much fairer if all but the last winning country (I see what Martin did there with the phrasing “winner and host countries only”, as in, the UK 2023, which would have had to compete although they were the host country and not the winning country) had a direct ticket to the grand final.

Geston
Geston
1 year ago
Reply to  Devito

It’s the financial constribution that gave them this right, there’s no official information all together how much they pay, but you can probably guess that countries like Germany, France, Spain and UK might withdraw due to high costs and low viewing figures considering poor results.

This article is from 2011 and merely from one person’s point of view, but it’s a lot to remember:

https://www.escdaily.com/the-cost-of-not-having-the-big-45/

Devito
Devito
1 year ago
Reply to  Geston

Financial contributions to the EBU is literally the only valid argument that is left out there for… as long as I remember. I mean, DO IT! These sayings, “If I don’t get candy, I’ll make a scene“, are long past due. You cannot send a good song for the competition; why even bother paying for an extra mile then and expect to be treated like a Princess? I do not know how the payment contributions are decided, but I believe it should be on a pro rata basis. If that is not the case, then it should be changed. Having… Read more »

Geston
Geston
1 year ago
Reply to  Devito

It is done in the pro rata principle already, and because of their large payments it was seen as a valid reason to give them this advance in the first place. Having them possibly withdraw means higher costs for others, and while B&H, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Andorra, Slovakia etc. have stated that the current costs are already too high, what would happen with more larger costs?
Smaller ESC, higher ticket prices, more costs to the host country or something else.

Denis
Denis
1 year ago
Reply to  Geston

Its a commentator. How much influence do you think she has?

Geston
Geston
1 year ago
Reply to  Denis

Apparently quite a lot, since she lobbies her personal bias in private conversations.

Denis
Denis
1 year ago
Reply to  Geston

It was a personal wish, when they asked her. She of course know she can’t change anything. Only the reference group as a whole can change things.
She can of course propose It but it still is not her choice

Jimbo
Jimbo
1 year ago

I am probably gonna get a load of hate from this comment however aren’t most of the comments jumping the gun too soon because how do you Dimitris Kontopoulos isn’t planning to write a upbeat pop song? He has written “Hold Me” from Azerbaijan, “Scream” for Russia and “Karma” for Albania. Silia does showcase she can sing slow songs well because check her out on YouTube covering “I have nothing” from Whitney Houston. Even if she does have a bop with a dance break in it. What is wrong supporting her as I am sure she has been working hard… Read more »

Im so fab
Im so fab
1 year ago

Remember when Greece and Cyprus sent ethnic entries? I miss those times.

Karl
Karl
1 year ago
Reply to  Im so fab

Remember when countries sent songs in their own languages? I miss those times.

Antananarivo
Antananarivo
1 year ago
Reply to  Karl

Me too !

Steven
Steven
1 year ago
Reply to  Im so fab

Remember when Cyprus sent Singera who actually live and work in Cyprus? hahaha

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago
Reply to  Im so fab

Remember when performers could actually *sing* with “skill*? Ohhh, missing those times …

Bettie
1 year ago
Reply to  UNA SPARKLE

Sam Ryder is a great singer Duncan Laurence as well same goes for Barbara Pravi, but contemporary music is not just about singing it’s the whole shabang, but I’m with you I allso miss those times ??

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago
Reply to  Im so fab

Remember when the event called Eurovision wasn’t the playground of certain “names”? Ohhh, missing those times …

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago
Reply to  Im so fab

Remember when Türkiye was participating and deliverying original stuff? Ohhh ohhhhh …

ThePointsMan
ThePointsMan
1 year ago

I wonder if dance breaks are going to be the new Eurovision trend which lasts for a few years -such as the “Eleni” trend (which overlaps the one I’m talking about). Channel triggered this trend last year, so in the 2023 edition we had Noa and Blanka. Maybe we’ll have more examples next year. It’s interesting, though.

Im so fab
Im so fab
1 year ago
Reply to  ThePointsMan

Don’t forget Brunette from Armenia.

ThePointsMan
ThePointsMan
1 year ago
Reply to  Im so fab

Yes, you’re so right!!!

Purple Mask
Purple Mask
1 year ago

Welcome to Eurovision, Silia. I hope you enjoy the experience, and I look forward to hearing the song.
Evidently, the comments on this post come across as not being the most positive representation of the Eurovision fandom. I think the best way to clear the air this time is to ask everyone: What brought us to this comments section?

Dominic
Dominic
1 year ago
Reply to  Purple Mask

Hi, purple! It’s me, Colin! New username, new email, still me. 😉 Good question. This board has spread through so many topics. Some of us worry that Silia might get an entry not meant for a minor (seeing Cyprus’ track record since 2016 onwards), but then again, it’s probably a futile worry. Some people are debating on so many diaspora performers for Cyprus. It’s not bothering me, but I can see that some people are taking it seriously. Also, some people seem to be bothered by Kontopoulos. The man had some duds, sure, but also some good songs. I just… Read more »

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago
Reply to  Dominic

I have no problem with diaspora, as long as they are selected fairly. An open submission process would be better than whatever this was.

Jawn Beecee
Jawn Beecee
1 year ago

eurovision legends like…Tamta. Right.

Briekimchi
Briekimchi
1 year ago
Reply to  Jawn Beecee

I saw they tried slipping that in without us noticing…

Koula
Koula
1 year ago

”Word has it that Silia’s song is fresh.” ???

123
123
1 year ago

Dimitris wrote like 2 listenable songs for esc. The rest of them were awful. I’m not expecting much, tbh.

Tylos
Tylos
1 year ago
Reply to  123

I’m hearing Greece is thinking of giving it 12 points

Thallo
Thallo
1 year ago

I’m sure this will be yet another basic & bland pop song from the so-called dream team. I expect nothing groundbreaking, unique, or exciting.

Silia seems like a great performer for her age though! I hope her participation at Eurovision launches her career.

jercle
jercle
1 year ago
Reply to  Thallo

I suspect a basic and bland song, heavy reliance on pre-recorded vocals, but also a dance break, so voters will fall for it.

Steven
Steven
1 year ago

What were her merits and the reasons why they chose her? Shes is clearly not a powerhouse vocalist, and she has just started her carieer which means she didn’t show and prove what she can do (if anything). She is not known to Cypriot people (who pay for her participation), so this is clearly a dirty business led by her manager and parents. Stop this nepotism once for all! Stop usimg ESC for selfpromotion only and doing it with others people money! She won’t do anything at ESC by the way.

Eurovision fan
Eurovision fan
1 year ago
Reply to  Steven

She had influential composer behind herself

James
James
1 year ago
Reply to  Steven

It’s in the article.

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 year ago
Reply to  Steven

she is 1/2 Cypriot though, more than last years act Andrew who just had a grandparent from there

her mom is cypriot, her dad is greek

Devito
Devito
1 year ago

I ain’t shocked to find out Cyprus is desperately trying to replicate the success of Foureira’s “Fuego”. However, it’s been 7 years. Do I want too much, asking for a bit of variety? Sadly, I expect the success of 2023 dancebreaks is very much working like an inspiration. It’s the year I started to root for any song, literally, for the victory, which is ready to shake the europop standard of “slaying” radio edition songs.

jercle
jercle
1 year ago
Reply to  Devito

I’m starting to get worried that Eurovision 2024 is going to be the “Eurovision Dancebreak Contest.”

Lucky
Lucky
1 year ago
Reply to  jercle

I thought I’m the only one who’s afraid of this. I like Israel last year, but I don’t like how it’s going to kickstart a trend of turning a “song contest” into a “dance contest”.

BadWoolfGirl
BadWoolfGirl
1 year ago
Reply to  Devito

but if you have too many songs of a similar genre at Eurovision, they’re all gonna cancel each other out, and that could lead to some more unique and entries reaching for the top, because their votes won’t be as cannibalized.

Don’t forget in 2021, we had a bunch of dance bops in the final and other than Malta in Greece in the top 10, most of them flopped, even the most well liked ones by the fandom like Cyprus, Serbia, and San Marino because the votes for those songs were split all over the place.

Devito
Devito
1 year ago
Reply to  BadWoolfGirl

That is not what I am worrying about. While the national selections’ season is my favourite part of Eurovision, I hope for more variety in the event as well. Enough is enough with safe choices. I do not want to wait for a year to witness songs that are no different from the regular radio songs I hear for the remaining 300 days in a year. Sure, outstanding songs may pop up at the top, but that alone does not increase the quality of the contest overall.

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago
Reply to  Devito

At some point, the people in charge stopped seeing the contest as an annual music event. To them, it became a light entertainment reality show. The more commercial the better. Appeal to the masses, popularity is what counts, not quality. A union of public broadcasters somehow became a Simon Cowellesque for-profit production company. Sad, very sad.

jercle
jercle
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonas

It’s not been a music competition for about 20 years I’m afraid. The rules were explicitly changed sometime in the mid-2000s to make it clear Eurovision was a TV show first, the songs comes second.

Briekimchi
Briekimchi
1 year ago
Reply to  BadWoolfGirl

You say flopped and yet that was a pretty average result for Serbia and one of San Marino’s best ever placings…

jercle
jercle
1 year ago

“Cyprus is most definitely on it and ready to slay Eurovision 2024 in Malmö.”

Why are young female singers expected to “slay” at Eurovision, why can’t they just perform?

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 year ago
Reply to  jercle

because all young female singers slay at eurovision, females are always better at everything

Bettie
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous91

Like Duncan Laurence, Sam Ryder and Kaja ?

Yeshoney
Yeshoney
1 year ago
Reply to  jercle

Because the writer is gay.

jercle
jercle
1 year ago
Reply to  Yeshoney

I’m gay, and I don’t need young female artists to “slay.” I just want them to sing.

Antananarivo
Antananarivo
1 year ago

Sorry, so far I didn´t like the ESC songs written by Kontopoulos and I doubt in the singing skills of Silia ….

Denis
Denis
1 year ago

I dont see the issue. So they are giving diaspora a chance? Arent diaspora Cypriot too? Or should only natives represent?
Ar least she and Andy have more connection to Cyprus then Eleni who had none.
The song might not be a winner, we have to see, but she is there to represent and I wish her the best.

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago
Reply to  Denis

Latvian, Lithuanian, Moldovan or Romanian diaspora throwing in a vote or two for their acts – good grief!! How dare they?? Pearls clutching everywhere!!

Armenian, Cypriot and Greek diaspora – sseexxyyyyyyyy!!

Denis
Denis
1 year ago
Reply to  UNA SPARKLE

Ok? So they shouldnt choose diaspora acts cause other diaspora might vote for them?
You cant really stop people to vote for whoever they want.

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago
Reply to  Denis

Noooo. That’s not the point. Point is in the different way “diasporas” of Europe are viewed, some heavily criticized, some heavily praised.

Yeah, most people vote the way they want. If it wasn’t for the juries …

Dominic
Dominic
1 year ago
Reply to  UNA SPARKLE

Personally, I take every 8-12 point from a neighboring country with a grain of salt. Of course, if everyone votes for Norway, Sweden doing so isn’t as alarming, but if their only 10 points come from Sweden, while others hardly give them anything, it’s a sign that most likely, these points are somewhat biased. However, as we can’t ever be 100% sure, for legal purposes, all of these points are equally valid. Sadly, I can’t think of an actually fair system when it comes to neighbors and diaspora voting.

Denis
Denis
1 year ago
Reply to  Dominic

You cant really stop people from voting on neighbours though. And why would you?
With Europe chances are likely one of your neighbours have the best song. So should you not vote for it just because ?

Dominic
Dominic
1 year ago
Reply to  Denis

You indeed can’t, and that’s why I say that the perfect system of voting does not exist. In some years, I have voted for my neighbors, if I thought that they had one of the best songs. I don’t vote for them by default. Sometimes, I have my neighboring countries as NQs, and wouldn’t ever vote for those songs. Some people, however, vote for their neighbors / country of birth every time regardless of the song. It’s impossible to have a fair system that differentiates between motivations, thus, this imperfect system is still the best one.

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago
Reply to  Dominic

Professional “juries” do show bi-a-s all the time. When it comes to the public vote people’s hearts and choices belong to themselves.

Dominic
Dominic
1 year ago
Reply to  UNA SPARKLE

I agree. The juries should be held accountable for each vote, and ”neigborvision” should be held under a bigger loop for them. You can’t control who the public votes for, not you should. I’m just saying that I’m underwhelmed that some people vote entries based on country alone. For me, it should be primarily about the song, but not everyone agrees, which is okay. Every reason is valid.

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago
Reply to  Dominic

I don’t think every reason is valid. It’s silly to vote for Finland instead of Sweden because Sweden has already won six times and Finland has only hosted once. For example. Or “I’ve already been to Stockholm, I’d like to try Tampere this time” to use another example. Etc.

Iván el Conquistador
Iván el Conquistador
1 year ago

I wonder how Cypriot musicians feel about being snubbed and how the common folk of Cyprus feels about his country being represented by diaspora foreigners. They should be mad.

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago

It’s maddeding and undignified and sad.

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 year ago
Reply to  UNA SPARKLE

So what, we don’t care about cypriot musicians

Nikita Zhukov
Nikita Zhukov
1 year ago

An Aussie representing Cyprus 2 years in a row, interesting choice
Good luck to them, hopefully they give us a worthy contender for the crown

Y’all wanted Cyprus to stop buying Swedish song, y’all got your wish granted lol
Is this the first time ever that Cyprus has the Dream Team working on their entry?

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 year ago

amazing choice, many tiktoks to come then

top 3 confirmed (although not winning because i feel confident for Belgium with King of Dark Pop Mustii)

Bettie
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous91

I like Mustii but his voice isn’t very strong live, so I won’t call him a winner just jet, let’s wait for the song first.

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 year ago
Reply to  Bettie

there is still time to work on your live vocal skills though, but he has talent

Jake
Jake
1 year ago

I miss the days when the Greeks and Cypriots would send something modern yet ethnic. Nowadays both are just giving us generic anglo-fied songs. I always worry about sending super young contestants without the benefit of having been put through at least the grind of a reality talent show with audiences and cameras. I felt awful for that poor Greek kid this year. He gave his all but it felt the Greek broadcaster had little support for him.

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 year ago
Reply to  Jake

not exactly literal poor greek kid though, we all know why he got selected, super rich shipping billionaire family

and btw i thought Victor gave it a good go for 16 yrs old, and he doesn’t let his flop bring him down but continues to make more music, his follow up song The 968 Paradox is nice either, a greek lewis capaldi and nothing wrong about that, but maybe it just wasn’t something for eurovision

Iván el Conquistador
Iván el Conquistador
1 year ago
Reply to  Jake

This is why the victories of Salvador Sobral and Maneskin are so important. No Dream Team, no Swedes involved, no cookie cutter pop.

Antananarivo
Antananarivo
1 year ago

I absolutely agree with you. But don´t forget to mention Kalush Orchestra.

Iván el Conquistador
Iván el Conquistador
1 year ago
Reply to  Antananarivo

Stefania is not a bad song but I’m afraid that Kalush Orchestra’s victory will always be questioned because of the pity televote, just like Jamala in 2016.

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago

Support to and solidarity with Ukraine by the public do not equate to pity vote.

Jo.
Jo.
1 year ago

i’m ok with another bop from cyprus, but the “dream team”??? i’m not feeling it

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 year ago
Reply to  Jo.

Kontopoulos is an absolute legend, show some respect pls

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous91

The battle of the legends. Could it be Ralph Siegel for Deutschland, please?

Bettie
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous91

tbh I never heard of him, ?????

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
1 year ago

Another child for the adult Eurovision. Ugh.

Lucille
1 year ago
Reply to  Anna Karenina

No way you are calling her a child…
She litch gonna be 17 by the time the contest happens and a 17 year old is both physically and mentally an adult.

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago
Reply to  Lucille

She’s 16 now. A child when she agreed to this. Legally needing a parent’s permission. Also our brains don’t stop developing until we are in our 20s.

Bettie
1 year ago
Reply to  Lucille

17 is a teenager 18 is an adult imo

Dominic
Dominic
1 year ago
Reply to  Anna Karenina

I am always wary when a kid under 18 participates at ESC. Why can’t 18, an age of legal adulthood, be a bar for ”an adult ESC”? I hope that she gets an age appropriate entry. That said, still, as it is so, welcome to the ESC family, Silia, and all the best.

James
James
1 year ago
Reply to  Anna Karenina

They fall within the minimum age requirements for participants taking part in Eurovision.

Bettie
1 year ago
Reply to  James

that’s true and I remember j’aime la vie

Polegend Godnova
1 year ago

hopefully she isn’t going to serve superg!rl, that one was BAD and this is my fear considering her young age

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago

There is no “age appropriate” stuff in Eurovision no more. Just look at the “act” that the two Romanians seemed to convey on the Liverpool stage in 2023 at the age of 19 or so. Part of the cortex (brains) still develops at that age.

Dominic
Dominic
1 year ago
Reply to  UNA SPARKLE

Even if there’s only a small age difference, it’s a key one. At 19, Theodor is legally an adult, able to enlist in the army, serve a full jail sentence in the adult jail if he’d ever commit a crime, run for the Mayor of some town, and own businesses and properties, among other things. Even if he is really young, at this point, legally he answers for his own actions, and saying he can or cannot appear half-dressed on stage can be seen as condescending and infantilizing. Especially since contests like Miss Universe and such have young women of… Read more »

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago
Reply to  Dominic

True.

Alo
Alo
1 year ago

Not the dream team again…

Eurovision fan
Eurovision fan
1 year ago

She could come with well-produced dance track that would sail to the final, but I highly doubt she’s gonna be contender for win. Let’s be real Cyprus is not winning Eurovision 2024.

Vivian
Vivian
1 year ago

We kinda knew this three weeks ago already, but hey, confirmation! Wishing her luck, and hope her song is good. If not, well, she’ll at least go down as another Australian repping Cyprus at ESC lol

Sigh
Sigh
1 year ago

All of this is as fresh as fax machine, nothing new under the Austr.. Cypriot sun

Karl
Karl
1 year ago

It’s getting annoying how Cyprus and Greece keep sourcing diasporans for Eurovision. It’s insulting to the local talent.

Polegend Godnova
1 year ago
Reply to  Karl

fun fact: there hasn’t been an actual cypriot on eurovision stage since 2017. not even the dancers are from there.

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago

At least they managed to get someone to represent them quite fast. As read elsewhere, Ireland seems to struggle and they extended the submission period close to end of October.

James
James
1 year ago

Nor songwriter.

James
James
1 year ago
Reply to  Karl

A member of the Greek diaspora won ESC for Greece. Another won it for Luxembourg.

There’s really no rule that explicitly states that broadcasters must source their representatives from strictly within their country’s borders. That alone evens out for all participants.

Amigo
Amigo
1 year ago

Whenever someone mentions Cyprus in Eurovision, my first association is suprisingly not Eleni. For all great reasons I remember their 2000 entry “Nomiza” by Voice. It only finished 21 out of 24. But their voices, the song in a native language, the misterious looking performance, everything screamed TOP 5 for me. They were one of the best (in my opinion) in one of the worst Eurovision Years. That year Eurovision was held in Sweden too. I hope they give this young lady an opportunity to perform in the native language. I miss hearing more native languages in the competition. Just… Read more »

Denis
Denis
1 year ago
Reply to  Amigo

I think English is her native language so yes they are giving her the opportunity:)

Zanoni
Zanoni
1 year ago

Based on what she’s released so far (looks like all of three songs), I’m not feeling it so far.

Lucille
1 year ago

She is my winner already omg

Colono
Colono
1 year ago

This sounds really really boring.

Prove me wrong Silia…

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago

How did this come to be? I don’t understand the process. What’s the deal with Australians using Cyprus as a backdoor to the contest?

James
James
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonas

Before 2018, Cyrpus’ best result came from a diaspora member from the UK and had lived in Cyprus for a time.

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago
Reply to  James

I have no problem with diaspora representing any country.

Nina
Nina
1 year ago

Her appearances are cheap and childish.

Antananarivo
Antananarivo
1 year ago
Reply to  Nina

I think that you could have right with this opinion.

James
James
1 year ago
Reply to  Nina

Because insulting Eurovision artists is so cool to do, isn’t it?

MartyMcCu
MartyMcCu
1 year ago

She has a modern contemporary sound. Cypriot diaspora is global. A new artist, she is most certainly welcome to Eurovision next year. I hope she can sing well live. All her videos so far are very autotune evident. Good luck and I hope you send a great song.

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago
Reply to  MartyMcCu

Worry not. Recorded backing vocals and “clever” camera shots can make anyone sound good. It happened elsewhere, why would SWEurovision be any different? I’m of course not talking about the subject matter of the article.

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago
Reply to  UNA SPARKLE

Andrew Lambrou didn’t use recorded “backing” vocals in Liverpool, he used recorded primary vocals. Even worse.

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonas

Much worse.

jercle
jercle
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonas

He really made a mockery of the pre-recorded vocal rules.

But thirsty Europeans saw his muscular arms and fell over themselves to vote for him. Sigh.

Sav001
Sav001
1 year ago
Reply to  jercle

His song was good, vocals were good and staging was very good. I had no problem with where he ended up on the scoreboard.

Not every song has to be edgy and daring in order to do well

jercle
jercle
1 year ago
Reply to  Sav001

“Vocals were good.”

Yes, partly because no one took advantage of the pre-recorded vocal rule in 2023 as much as Andrew. Friends of mine were close to the stage in the jury final and they said it was clear he wasn’t doing a huge amount of heavy lifting vocally.

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago

The likelihood of Swedish chreo and staging and dancing in SWEurovision … like it never happened before hahahah! Borinnnnnnnng.

NoMoreEscAddicted
NoMoreEscAddicted
1 year ago

Ok! Perfect profile to become the f a n w a n k of the next season, I can see it already….
And always the same songwriters again and again in this Esc world it’s so tiring.

Nikki
Nikki
1 year ago

Look, i have a soft spot for Cyprus, but…can’t they find someone based in Cyprus? I mean, I know it’s a small island, and half of it is kinda ineligible, but there has to be someone.

Lucille
1 year ago
Reply to  Nikki

Silia father is Cypriot so idk why u complaining

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 year ago
Reply to  Nikki

Hatzigiannis is still very much active in the industry, had summer hits recently too

you know from his ESC entry ”Yenesis”

Antananarivo
Antananarivo
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous91

It´s one of my favourite ESC songs from Cyprus.

The Voice of Reason
The Voice of Reason
1 year ago

Another singer from Australia it seems. But I still have a lot of confidence in Cyprus. They know what they’re doing. If they won’t do well this year, then there’s always next year to incorporate a super cool national final. It’s a shame this year’s one didn’t work out and I highly expected it to produce good talent for Eurovision, but at least Cyprus are killing it with their internal selections! Silia’s song being written by the same person who wrote Shady Lady and Last Dance is a sign that the song will either be super catchy and/or well written.… Read more »

The Voice of Reason
The Voice of Reason
1 year ago

Also, just found out she’s only 16, so her talent will be very fresh, that’s for sure!

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago

Then could the jesc 2021 winner be on the cards too??

UNA SPARKLE
UNA SPARKLE
1 year ago

Dude … mate … so funny and so “unexpected”!!

Azuro
Azuro
1 year ago

Who???

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago
Reply to  Azuro

Silia Kapsis. Si.. li…a Kap… sis.

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 year ago
Reply to  Azuro

look up ”Disco Dancer” or ”No Boys Allowed”