ZESC 08

The eight edition took place in Paphos, Cyprus after sofos1975's win with the song "Na Me Pareis Makria" by Tamta, won with 440 points in Astana, Kazakhstan in #07.

Incidents
On the 23rd of February, the participant chosen by ERT withdrew due to an alleged "copy" from another similiar competition, the copied part later proved to be a part from SESCs 06 stage. However on the 27th of February, ERT decided to send a new participant.

Returning artists
The contest, as of 24 February 2019, will feature one returning artist.

The returning artist is MARUV who participated in #07 as Ukraine.