"Stronger Every Minute" 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 2004

Eurovision Song Contest 2004

The Eurovision Song Contest 2004, was the 49th Contest and it was held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first occasion in which the contest was held in Turkey after they had won the competition in 2003 with Sertab Erener singing "Everyway That I Can"...

, performed in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 by Lisa Andreas

Lisa Andreas

Lisa Andreas is an English singer of Cypriot descent. At age 16, she represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 and came fifth with her performance of "Stronger Every Minute". Andreas was the youngest singer taking part in the competition that year.-2001 - 2003:Andreas won a...

. The song was finished 5th in the final.

As Cyprus had not finished in the top ten at the 2003 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2003

The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the forty-eighth Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Skonto Hall in Riga, Latvia on 24 May 2003. The hosts were Marie N and Renārs Kaupers. Sertab Erener, the Turkish entrant, won the contest with "Everyway That I Can", scoring 167 points. The winning...

, the song was performed for the first time in the semi-final. Here, it was performed fourteenth (following Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

's Anjeza Shahini

Anjeza Shahini

Anjeza Shahini is an Albanian singer. She represented Albania at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "The Image of You" in the country's debut year in the ESC.-Eurovision 2004:...

 with "The Image Of You

The Image Of You

"The Image of You" was the debut entry for Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest, being performed in English by Anjeza Shahini in the semi-final of the 2004 Contest....

" and preceding Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

's Toše Proeski

Toše Proeski

Todor Toše Proeski was a Macedonian multi-genre singer, songwriter and actor. He was popular across the entire Balkan area and all around Eastern Europe, and locally he was considered a top act of the Macedonian music scene...

 with "Life

Life (Eurovision song)

"Life" was the Macedonia's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by Toše Proeski...

"). It received 149 points to place 5th in the 22-song semi-final and qualify for the final.

In the final, it was performed twenty-first (following the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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's James Fox

James Fox (singer)

James Fox, real name . is a pop music singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist. He represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul...

 with "Hold On To Our Love

Hold On to Our Love

"Hold On to Our Love" was the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 entry for the United Kingdom. It was sung by James Fox best known for his appearance as a contestant on the talent show Fame Academy...

" and preceding Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

's Athena

Athena (band)

Athena is a ska punk band from Istanbul, Turkey. Its current line-up is composed of Hakan Özoğuz , Gökhan Özoğuz, Umut Arabacı , Emre Ataker and Alican Tezer .- Band history :...

 with "For Real

For Real (song)

"For Real" was the Turkish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by the band Athena. The song is in the punk rock genre....

"). At the close of voting, it had received 170 points, also placing equal 5th (this time in a field of 24) and qualifying Cyprus for the final in the next Contest.

The song is a love ballad, in contrast to the pyrotechnics and dance routines typical of the Contest at the time of its performance. Andreas performed it on stage unaccompanied by any other singers or musicians, earning a comparison to Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...

 by one broadcaster.

Lyrically, it is a confession to her lover that "my love grows stronger every minute".

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 2005 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2005

The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...

 by Constantinos Christoforou

Constantinos Christoforou

Constantinos Christoforou, Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Χριστοφόρου , is a very famous Cypriot singer. He has sung for Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest on three occasions, in 1996, 2002 and 2005.-The Years In Cyprus:...

 with "Ela Ela (Come Baby)

Ela Ela (Come Baby)

"Ela Ela " was the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in English by Constantinos Christoforou....

".