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Cyprus: Tamta's song for Eurovision 2019 "Replay" released

You need my love on replay! Tonight, the Cypriot broadcaster released Tamta's song for Eurovision: "Replay". Listen to the song here

Back in December 2018, the Georgian-Greek singer Tamta was announced as the Cypriot artist at Eurovision Song Contest 2019. A few weeks ago a demo of her song "Replay" was leaked online, forcing the broadcaster to release a short snippet of "Replay" for all the fans exited about Eleni Foureira's succeeder.

Tonight the final version of Replay was officially released, as part of the CyBC evening news.

Cyprus 2019: Tamta – "Replay"

Tamta's song Replay is written by a hit team of composers:

Tamta

Tamta Goduadze (თამთა გოდუაძე / Τάμτα Γκοντουάτζε) was born and raised in Tbilisi, Georgia, and the last 15 years she and her family have been living in Athens, Greece.

She has been singing since she was only 5 year's old, and participated in children's music groups while taking classes in piano and ballet.

In 2004 she participated in the Greek TV show Super Idol, where she finished 2nd. After Super Idol she achieved major success and became an established name in the Greek music industry.

Cyprus 2019 Tamta and Czech Republic 2018 Mikolas Josef
MAD awards 2018: Tamta on stage with Mikolas Josef

In 2006 she released her first album, titled "Tamta", with huge success and later that same year she appeared at the Mad Video Music Awards together with Mihai Traistariu where they sang Mihai's Eurovision hit Tornero. Since then she had lots of performances both on TV and at concerts, and has released several albums and singles.

Tamta is not completely new to Eurovision Song Contest. In 2007 Tamta tried to represent Greece, but finished 3rd in the Greek final with the song "With love".

Tamta was a judge in the Georgian X Factor in 2014, 2015 and 2018, and in the Greek X Factor in 2016 and 2017.

Cyprus in Eurovison Song Contest

Eurovision 2018 Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - "Fuego"

Since Cyprus debuted in Eurovision Song Contest in 1981, the country has not yet managed to win in any of the 35 times the country has participated.

Cyprus came close to win in 2018 when Eleni Foureira finished 2nd with Fuego, the best result so far.

Eurovision 2018 Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - "Fuego"

Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Cyprus has qualified for 8 out of 14 Grand Finals.




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