Cyprus participated since making its debut in 1981. Cyprus’ first entry was the group Island, who finished sixth. The country’s best result in the contest was when they came second in 2018 with ‘Feugo’ performed by Eleni Foureira.

Since 2006, Cyprus failed to qualify from the semi-final round for six out of eight years (2006–2013), before withdrawing from the 2014 contest.

On 14 July 2014, Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) officially confirmed their return to the contest in 2015.