Lisa Andreas or Despina Olympiou for 2008?

from esctoday.com

Lisa Andreas was born in Kent, UK, of a British mother and a Greek Cypriot father. She represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, that took place in Istanbul, Turkey and she is thinking of doing it again if Cyprus’s national television, CyBC , offer her the opportunity to do it.

Lisa Andreas recently declared that if she is asked by the Cypriot broadcaster to represent her country again she would happily do it.

Although there are already rumors that Despoina Olymnpiou will represent Cyprus in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, it remains to see if Lisa’s declaration will be taken in consideration by the Cypriot national television.

Lisa represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest in Turkey in 2004 and she placed 5th with Stronger every minute with 170 points giving this way the opportunity for her country to qualify directly to the finals. Lisa has released her new single, Hypnotised, in May 2007.

You can listen to Hypnotised by clicking here through the Beat Factory Myspace.

Local media claim Despina Olympiou in talks with CyBC

from oikotimes.com

The Cypriot media discuss for days now the potential participant of Cyprus for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest representation. According to the claims, Despina Olympiou is in discussions with CyBC to represent the country in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade.

CyBC has made no official statement on the story and it is not really expected to do so.

Though the name of Despina Olympiou might give an explanation to the previous article on why Michalis Hatzigiannis is not any more gaming with ERT for Greek representation in Belgrade for the 2008 Eurovision edition. Michalis Hatzigiannis and Despina Olympiou are a couple in life and it wouldn't be nice for both of them to represent 'competative' countries in an ESC edition.