Eurovision Song Contest 2020 | ||||
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Country | Cyprus | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 29 November 2019 Song: 11 February 2020 | |||
Selected artist(s) | Sandro | |||
Selected song | "Running" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | Contest cancelled | |||
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Cyprus planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was to be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Greek-American-German singer Sandro was selected by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) to represent the country with the song "Running", written by Sandro, Alfie Arcuri, Sebastian Rickards, Octavian Rasinariu, and Teo DK. To promote the entry, a music video was released and Sandro appeared at Sweden's selection pre-party to perform it live. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the contest was cancelled in mid-March.