Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) opened a submission period for Cypriot artists and composers to submit songs until 23 January 1982.

[1] By the end of the submission period, CyBC had received 29 entries, of which four were invalid.

[3] The competition consisted of multiple stages and in the final stage of the internal selection, five songs remained and "Mono i agapi" by Anna Vissi was declared the winner.

[2][4] On the night of the final Anna Vissi performed eighth in the running order, following Switzerland and preceding Sweden.

At the close of voting Mono i agapi had received 85 points, placing Cyprus in 5th of the 18 participating countries.