Good vibes for Cyprus’ Eurovision entry

AS ROYAL wedding fever subsides, excitement is once again growing for the next big event of the year: the Eurovision Song Contest.

Taking place in Dusseldorf in two weeks’ time, the 56th annual Eurovision contest will bring together 43 countries, including Cyprus, and around 100 million viewers are expected to tune in.

Cyprus entry this year is called San Angelos s’agapisa and is being performed by 19 year old Nicosian Christos Mylordou, who reportedly blew away the competition on CyBC’s Performance talent show, securing 11,000 votes – some 5,000 more than his rival Louis Panagiotou.

Mylordou’s song has already been uploaded to popular video sharing site Youtube.com, and is causing quite a stir.

The song has begins like any slow piano and buzuki led ballad, exploring the pain of loss, before breaking into something more reminiscent of 80s arena rock and Evanescence number, after about a minute.

What it lacks in ‘Bucks-Fizzy’ charm is more than made up for in cultural gravitas – maintaining a distinctively Hellenic style throughout.

The song seems to have won the approval of most commenters on the YouTube site; however the theme of the song may be a bit too weighty for voters who have historically favoured more upbeat and innovative numbers.

Nevertheless, one commenter, Tennisham wrote: “One of the best songs ?in my opinion this year. I just love it and hope Cyprus will get a top five ranking.”

Another wrote: “The music from the beginning, until 0:24 is (some of) the best I have heard in ?my life. I wish (the whole song would) stay with that music and those instruments. The rest of the song is good enough, but it could be a lot better if the music was the same.”

More than 55,000 people have listened to the song online, and out of 291 ratings, 202 “liked” it while 81 “disliked it”.

The Eurovision contest takes place between the May 10 and May 14 and will be broadcast on CyBC.

For more information visit http://www.eurovision.tv/

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