Performing during the show in position 14, "Life Looks Better in Spring" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 29 May.

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

[3] Eurovision 2010: Epilogi tis kypriakis symmetochis (Greek: Επιλογή της κυπριακης συμμετοχης; "Selection of the Cypriot participation") was the national final format developed by CyBC in order to select Cyprus' entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.

[10] On 29 January 2010, the song "Nothing Is Real" written by Nasos Lambrianides and Melis Konstantinou was withdrawn and replaced with "Waiting" performed by Andreas Economides.

[11] On 3 February 2010, "Play" performed by Deep Zone was disqualified from the competition as the song was released online before the broadcast of the national final.

[12][13] Nine entries competed and the winner, "Life Looks Better in Spring" performed by Jon Lilygreen and the Islanders, was selected by a 50/50 combination of votes from a five-member jury panel and a public televote.

[6] Lilygreen was the only participant in the final to not already be famous in Cyprus or Greece, hailing instead from Wales in the United Kingdom.

[16] Lilygreen and the Islanders made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Life Looks Better in Spring" as the Cypriot Eurovision entry.

On 12 March 2010, Jon Lilygreen and the Islanders performed "Life Looks Better in Spring" during the Greek Eurovision national final Ellinikós Telikós 2010.

[18] The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 took place at Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway, and consisted of two semi-finals held on 25 and 27 May, respectively, and the final on 29 May 2010.

[19] According to the contest's rules, all participating countries, except the host nation and the "Big Four", consisting of France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, were required to qualify from one of the two semi-finals to compete for the final; the top 10 countries from the respective semi-finals progress to the final.

[21][22] An allocation draw was then held in Oslo on 7 February 2010, that placed each country into one of the two semi-finals and determined which half of the show they would perform in.

This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.