Monika
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'''Monika''' ([[Greek Alphabet|Greek script]]: '''Μόνικα''') was the debut entry for [[Cyprus]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]], performed in [[Greek Language|Greek]] at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1981]] by [[Island (music group)]].
The song was performed eighteenth on the night (following [[Greece]]'s [[Yiannis Dimitras]] with [[Fegari Kalokerino]] and preceding [[Switzerland]]'s [[Peter, Sue & Marc]] with [[Io Senza Te]]). At the close of voting, it had received 69 points, placing 6th in a field of 20.
The song is a love ballad directed toward the titular Monica (generally [[transliteration|transliterated]] Monika). The chorus also features the repetition of the word "Moni", which is Greek for "alone" (female), as well as being part of the girl's name.
It was succeeded as [[Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest|Cypriot representative]] at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1982|1982 Contest]] by [[Anna Vissi]] with [[Mono I Agapi]].
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[[Category:Cypriot Eurovision Songs]]
[[Category:Eurovision songs of 1981]]
monika is a girl that is good