Cyprus through to Eurovision final

Cyprus, and its song ‘Gravity’ performed by Hovig, was one of ten countries to make it through to the Eurovision Song Contest final in Kiev on Tuesday night

Cyprus’ entry Gravity is written by a former Euro-vision winner. Thomas G:son co-wrote Loreen’s Euphoria that won for Sweden in 2012; he’s won the Swedish final as a songwriter several times and written entries for several other countries.
Hovig, 28, was born in Nicosia and first rose to prominence on the music scene after taking seventh place in Greece’s X Factor in 2009.
The countries to qualify were Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Ukraine.
It was heartbreak for Finland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Albania, Georgia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Iceland, whose suitcases arrived just in time to head home.
Greece managed to defy huge odds including problems with their sound and camera work – and having to repeat their jury performance – but still booked their place in the final.
Like Greece, Belgium suffered some initial problems in rehearsals, leaving one of the pre-rehearsal favourites plummeting with the bookies from 8/1 to 80/1.
 

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