Its least successful result was in 1986 when it placed last with the song "Tora zo" by Elpida, receiving only four points in total.

[4] For this year, CyBC opted to organise a national final to select both the artist and song for the contest.

[5] The event took place at the CyBC Studio 3 in Nicosia and was hosted by Alex Michael and Christina Marouchou.

[9] Among the competing artists was Marios Tofi (who represented Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004).

The ten remaining entries competed and the winner, "Why Angels Cry" performed by Annet Artani, was selected by a regional televote.

[7][10] Artani was born in New York, had taken part in the Greek reality singing show Fame Story, and had performed as a backing vocalist for Britney Spears in the past.

[13] After an investigation by the Cypriot government, the Commissioner for Administration, Eliana Nikolaou, deemed the complaints valid in January 2007, as a regional televoting system was not possible for the nation due to lack of coverage from the telephone company.

[20] Artani made several appearances across Europe specifically to promote "Why Angels Cry" as the Cypriot Eurovision entry.

[23] Prior to the contest, "Why Angels Cry" was included on Artani's album Mia foni, which was released in early April 2006.

[25] Once in Athens for the contest, a Cypriot welcome party was held on 14 May and was attended by entrants from Albania, Belgium, and Turkey.

[28] All participating nations, with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the ten highest placed finishers in the 2005 contest were required to qualify from the 18 May semi-final to compete for the 20 May final; the top ten countries from the semi-final then progressed to the final.

[30] She was joined on stage by five backing vocalists as gospel singers: Konstantinos Andronikou, Keanna Johnson, Anna Iliadou, Riana Athanasiou, and Giorgos Georgiou.

[35][36] CyBC appointed Constantinos Christoforou (who represented Cyprus in 1996, in 2002, and in 2005)[1] as its spokesperson to announce the Cypriot votes during the final.