- SOS (Elena Patroklou song)
Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Cyprus SOS
caption =
year = 1991
country = Cyprus
artist = Elena Patroklou
language = Greek
languages =
composer = Kypros Charalambus
lyricist = Andreas Christou
conductor = Alexandros Kyros Zografou
place = 9th
points = 60
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1991cy from Diggiloo Thrush]
prev = Milas Poli
prev_link = Milas Poli
next = Teriazoume
next_link = Teriazoume"SOS" was the Cypriot entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1991 , performed in Greek byElena Patroklou .The song was performed twenty-first on the night (following the
United Kingdom 'sSamantha Janus with "A Message To Your Heart " and precedingItaly 'sPeppino Di Capri with "Comme è ddoce 'o mare "). At the close of voting, it had received 60 points, placing 9th in a field of 22.The song is an environmentally-themed plea to the people of the world. Patroklou sings about the damage humanity has caused to the planet and that the SOS of the title is from the earth itself. While such topics are relatively common in popular music, they had not been raised as frrequently at the Contest.
It was succeeded as Cypriot representative at the 1992 Contest by
Evridiki with "Teriazume ".
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