"Anna Maria Lena" was the Cypriot

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

Eurovision Song Contest 1984

The Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was the 29th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 5 May 1984 in Luxembourg. The presenter was Désirée Nosbusch. Nosbusch, only 19 years old at the time, hosted the show in a lax manner, which was quite unusual for this show back then...

, performed in Greek

Greek language

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 by Andy Paul

Andy Paul (Cyprus)

Andy Paul is a Cypriot singer and songwriter and represented Cyprus with the song "Anna Maria Elena" in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 in Luxembourg....

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The song was performed seventh on the night (following the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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's Belle & The Devotions

Belle & the Devotions

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 performance of "Love Games

Love Games (Belle and the Devotions song)

"Love Games", written and composed by Paul Curtis and Graham Sacher, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed by the trio Belle and the Devotions, which was headed by Kit Rolfe....

" and preceding Belgium

Belgium

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's Jacques Zegers

Jacques Zegers

Jacques Zegers is a Belgian singer, best known for his participation in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest.- Early career :...

' "Avanti la vie

Avanti La Vie

"Avanti la vie" was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed in French by Jacques Zegers....

"). At the close of voting, it had received 31 points, placing 15th in a field of 19.

The song is a love ballad directed towards the titular character, with Paul singing "your name is all I sing, Anna".

The song was directed by Peter Ware, Matt Aitken & Mike Stock as a Peter Waterman Production - related to the famous British songwriting and record producing trio Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman

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It was succeeded as Cypriot representative

Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest

Cyprus made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981. Cyprus' best result, fifth place, has been achieved on three occasions: in 1982 with Anna Vissi, 1997 with Hara & Andreas Constantinou, and 2004 with Lisa Andreas....

 at the 1985 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1985

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 by Lia Vissi

Lia Vissi

Olympia Vissi is a Greek Cypriot singer, songwriter, composer and politician, most notable for her two participations in the Eurovision Song Contest and being older sister of Greek Cypriot singer Anna Vissi.-Career:...

 with "To Katalava Arga

To Katalava Arga

"To Katalava Arga" was the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed in Greek by Lia Vissi....

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