Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Cyprus in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Participating broadcasterCyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
Country Cyprus
Selection processInternal selection
Announcement dateArtist: 4 November 2015
Song: 22 February 2016
Competing entry
Song"Alter Ego"
ArtistMinus One
Songwriters
Placement
Semi-final resultQualified (8th, 164 points)
Final result21st, 96 points
Participation chronology
◄2015 2016 2017►

Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Alter Ego" written by Minus One and Thomas G:son. The song was performed by the band Minus One, which was selected by the Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) in November 2015 to represent Cyprus at the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. The Cypriot song, "Alter Ego", was presented to the public on 22 February 2016.

Cyprus was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2016. Performing 11th during the show, "Alter Ego" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Cyprus placed eighth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 164 points. In the final, Cyprus performed 14th and placed 21st out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 96 points.