Cyprus: Silia Kapsis' Eurovision 2024 entry 'Liar' goes public

• The Cypriot Eurovision 2024 entry, 'Liar' that Silia Kapsis will be performing in Malmo, Sweden is out! 

  The Cyprus' national broadcaster, CyBC, and their Eurovision 2024 hopeful, Silia Kapsis' has released her song, 'Liar', for Malmo. 

  Over the last weeks the Cypriot delegation has been full steaming preaparing Silia's Eurovision journey by completing the filming of the music video and meeting in Cyprus with International and Greek media. Silia was at the beginning of this month in LA making the last touches on her choreography and after that flew to Athens to finalise the recording of 'Liar'. 

  The song was written by Dimitris Kontopoulos and Elke Tiel while the official music video directed by Kostas Karydas and filmed in Cyprus, at the casino, City of Dreams Mediterranean, and at the Limassol Marina.

  The song talks about people that live in a fake world with Silia moving us out of this bubble to a real world without lying. 

   

  A few words for Silia

  Silia was internally selected to rerpesent Cyprus at Eurovision 2024 with the song 'Liar'. Silia will be delivering a song the behind the productiion of which is the well known to the Eurovision family composer, Dimitris Kontopoulos. 

  Silia is a 16-year-old act born on December 5, 2006, in Sydney, Australia, while he family background has roots both in Cyprus and Greece. Her father hails from Cyprus, while her mother comes from Thessaloniki, Greece. Silia has already made a name for herself in the entertainment industry, excelling as a singer, dancer, actress, and presenter. Her talents have graced television productions in Australia, including a short film titled ‘Pearly Gates’ and the TV series ‘Welcome to Our Lockdown.’ She has also served as a news presenter on Nickelodeon Australia.

  Silia's debut single, “Who Am I?” was released in 2022, which she wrote and composed at the age of 12. Subsequently, she dropped singles “No Boys Allowed” and “Disco Dancer” in March and May 2023 repspectively.

   

  Cyprus in Eurovision

  Cyprus debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981 with the group Island, achieving an honorable 6th placing in Dublin. Aphrodite’s island has been represented by some of the biggest names in the Greek and Cypriot music industry: Anna Vissi (1982), Michalis Hatzigiannis (1998), Evridiki (1992,1994,2007), Ivi Adamou (2012), Despina Olympiou (2013), etc.

  The country achieved its best Eurovision result in 2018 when it placed 2nd with Eleni Foureira’s Fuego. In 2022 in Turin  Andromache represented the country with her song 'Ela' in Turin competing in the second semi-final where she finished 12th with 63 points ( 9th in thr televoting last in the jury voting) and didn't reach the Grand final. 

  Last year Andrew Lambrou represented Cyprus at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool with his entry ‘Break A Broken A Heart’  finishing 12th with a score of 124 points. 

   

  News Source/Image : CyBC

   

  You can always listen to all the Cypriot Eurovision entries of the pas by tuning in www.eurofansradio.com or by downloading our official app for android and ios devices. 

   

   

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Angelos D.
Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.