Cyprus has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 36 times since making its debut in 1981. Cyprus’ first entry was the group Island, who finished sixth. The country’s best result in the contest is a second-place finish with Eleni Foureira in 2018. Cyprus failed to qualify from the semi-final round for six out of eight years (2006–2013), before not returning for the 2014 contest. On 14 July 2014, CyBC officially confirmed Cyprus’ return to the contest for 2015, with the country then reaching the final five times in a row between 2015 and 2019.