Cypriot broadcaster CyBC have announced they have internally selected Rafaella Panteli and Christos Georgiou with the entry, ‘Away’ for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 taking place in Tbilisi, Georgia on December 13.
🇨🇾 Rafaella Panteli & Christos Georgiou to sing ‘Away’ at JESC 2025
From a total of 70 applications, CyBC have chosen the duo of Rafaella Panteli and Christos Georgiou to represent the Mediterranean island in Tbilisi this December. At just 14-years of age Rafaella is well seasoned on the musical stage having performed in Annie and Hairspray. Meanwhile Christos is 12-years-old and has learned his craft through playing the drums.
As yet, no song has been released. However, CyBC have confirmed that the internally selected song was chosen independently of the artists. 20 songs were submitted to the broadcaster. Of these entries, ‘Away’ was the favoured choice. The song is written and composed by, Christopher Wortley, Hannah Brine, Peter Barringer, Greig Watts, Paul Drew, and Andy Lys.
Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Back in 2003, Cyprus made their debut in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. After a difficult debut, placing 14th with Theodora Rafti’s ‘Mia efhi‘, the Mediterranean island remained undeterred and achieved three top 10 placements over the next six years. Their best result came in 2004 with Marios Tofi’s ‘Oneira‘ which placed in eighth and earned 61 points.
Following an extended break, Cyprus returned to the contest for three more years, before withdrawing once again on the back of poor results for the broadcaster. This included their one and only last place result for Nicole Nicolaou’s ‘I Wanna Be A Star‘ in 2017. Last year Cyprus returned after seven years with Maria Pissarides and her entry, ‘Crystal Waters’ which placed 13th and earned a total of 61 points.
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