"Tora Zo" 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 1986

Eurovision Song Contest 1986

The Eurovision Song Contest 1986 was the 31st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 3 May 1986 in the Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway. It was the first occasion on which Norway played host to the contest...

, performed in Greek

Greek language

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 by Elpida

Elpida

Elpida Karayiannopoulou , is a Greek singer who was one of the most successful singers in Greece and the Greek diaspora in the 1970s and 1980s....

.

The song was performed fifteenth on the night (following Germany

Germany

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's Ingrid Peters

Ingrid Peters

Ingrid Peters is a German singer.She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held in Bergen. Her song, Über die Brücke geh'n was placed eight. Peters had made previous attempts to represent Germany. In 1979 she performed a song called Du bist nicht frei and in 1983 was runner-up in...

 with "Über Die Brücke Geh'n

Über Die Brücke Geh'n

Über Die Brücke Geh'n was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, performed in German by Ingrid Peters....

" and preceding Austria

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's Timna Brauer

Timna Brauer

Timna Brauer is an Austrian singer-songwriter, and the daughter of painter, writer and singer Arik Brauer. She is married to Israeli pianist Elias Meiri with whom she collaborates...

 with "Die Zeit ist einsam

Die Zeit Ist Einsam

"Die Zeit ist einsam" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, performed in German by Timna Brauer....

"). At the close of voting, it had received 4 points, placing 20th (last) in a field of 20.

The song is a dramatic ballad, with Elpida singing that she is now living an experience she had previously only dreamed about.

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 1987 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1987

The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1987 in Brussels, Belgium after Sandra Kim's win the previous year. The presenter was Viktor Lazlo. Johnny Logan was the winner for Ireland with the song "Hold Me Now"...

 by Alexia with "Aspro Mavro

Aspro Mavro

"Aspro Mavro" was the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, performed in Greek by Alexia....

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