Australian Artist Will Represent Cyprus In Eurovision 2023

Australian artist Andrew Lambrou will represent Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023. 

The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation made the announcement, "further to the agreement it has entered into with Panik Records of Greece, and in cooperation with City Pop Records of Australia, Cyprus will be represented at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest by the popular singer of Cypriot descent Andrew Lambrou, who is represented by the New York-based Saiko Management.

"More details about the entry will follow at a later stage."

Lambrou comes from a Greek-Cypriot family and is currently based in Sydney. He first gained attention in 2013 with his rendition of the Evanescence classic, My Immortal, on YouTube. He soon made it to the Top 20 of The X-Factor Australia in 2015 at 17 years old. That same year, he scored a record deal with Sony.

Lambrou previously competed at Eurovision: Australia Decides 2022 with a performance of his song Electrify, which finished in seventh place.

Upon participating in the contest, Lambrou revealed his love of Eurovision and said, "I'm so thrilled to be a part of Eurovision: Australia Decides 2022! I've grown up watching Eurovision with my family, admiring all that goes into it and seeing artists show their craft to the world, and to be a part of this show is like a dream come true. I'm so excited to show Australia my artistry, and to potentially represent my country in this amazing song contest is the most encouraging thought for me." 

Cyprus debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981 and has not yet managed to win in any of the 38 times the country has participated. 

Australian artist Sheldon Riley placed 15th at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. On representing Australia, he said, "I was told for such a long time that this was never going to be possible, so I didn't care where I placed, as long as I got here and that I got to the Grand Final. I don't think there are many people in the world that have been told so strongly that weren't able to achieve something and actually went on to do it. I couldn't be more proud of myself."