EuroMusic Song Contest 3

The EuroMusic Song Contest 3 was the third edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The host country was Cyprus, that won the last edition, with the song Thalassa, ilios, aeras, fotia. It was the first time that Cyprus hosted the contest.

The United Kingdom won this edition with the song: "Tears". Israel became second and Cyprus, the hostcountry, became third.

Location
Afther the victory of Cyprus in the previous edition, the CyBC announced that they would try to host the third edition. It was a long time unclear if this member station would have enough resources to host this edition in Cyprus. Later on the CyBC announced that they will be the host nation.

The Cypriotic broadcaster announced that Nicosia was chosen as host city. The Eleftheria Athletic Center will be the venue of this edition.

Format
Each country sends one song to the contest. Every country have to sing in their own national language. The song can't be longer than five minutes.

After that all the participating countries have sang their song, each single country awards a set of points. The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more countries receive the same number of points, the country that got the highest point will rank higher.

Voting
https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/226765/euromusic-song-contest-03

Debuting countries

 * Ireland.jpg Ireland
 * Portugal.jpg Portugal

withdrawing countries

 * Denmark.jpg Denmark: due the language rule, the Danish broadcastser estimate their opportunities low, to end in the top.