After years of practice , she was first introduced to the public in 2006 at the age of 17 when she took part in the Cypriot national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song " After You " . Her bid for the final initially started as a joke between herself and her friends Giannis Haralambous and Natasha Tyrimos , who decided to write a song at the last minute to send to Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ( CyBC ) , not expecting it to pass . CyBC ended up accepting the entry and Trifonos performed the song in the final placing fourth . Although Tryfonos received the most votes from the public , she was not declared the winner , as CyBC calculated results in a different manner . This caused complaints to be filed with the broadcaster from multiple participants citing that the rules were not clear , ensuing an investigation . The investigation concluded that the published regulations stated that only televoting would be used , but did not clarify how it would employed in the final decision ; The common perception was that the song that garnered the most votes would win . CyBC however , claimed that the public had been notified of the exact manner that the televotes would be used through television commercials and by the event hosts , thereby maintaining its previously declared winner . Later in 2006 , Tryfonos began attending Queen Mary , University of London , where she studied environmental science . After completing her studies at Queen Mary , she moved to Athens in 2009 where she took vocal lessons at '' Fame Studio '' for approximately four months
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Valando Tryfonos