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Who will represent Cyprus at Eurovision 2013 in Malmo? We can reveal that at present it will be “Despina Olympiou”. As we had told you last month the island nation would be represented by the beautiful Despina Olympiou performing the song “An Me Thimase”.

The song is a ballad and was premiered today on Cypriot television

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The song is a ballad and one of the  composers is Andreas YIorgallis who also composed the Cypriot entry in 1996 with Konstantinos which came 9th in the contest.

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That is not the only Eurovision connection there is with Despina, as she is good friends with Mixalis Xangiyiannis. For all you Eurovision fans out there you will know that Mixalis Xangiyiannis is also known as Michalis Hadjiyiannis and that he represented Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham in 1998 with the song “Genesis” where…