Euroclub – Several sources report, that the DJ at the Euroclub was advised not to play Armenian Eurovision entries anymore. After he played Armenia’s 2010 entry “Apricot Stone” by Eva Rivas, the authorities apparently intervened and prohibited any Armenian music. Azerbaijan and Armenia are in a quasi state of war, which is also why [...]
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Armenia – The national broadcaster for Armenia, AMPTV, has been given a fine by the EBU. This is in response to their late withdrawal from the 2012 contest. Armenia claimed that the safety of their delegation could not be assured by Azerbaijan. The fine will be the normal participation fee plus 50%. AMPTV must also [...]
Armenia – Sadly Armenian Public Television today informed the EBU that Armenia has decided to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.”We are truly disappointed by the broadcaster’s decision to withdraw from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest,” said the Contest Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand on behalf of the EBU. “Despite the efforts of the EBU [...]
Armenia – After all the rumors surrounding Armenia’s participation in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, once the country has diplomatic issues with the host country Azerbaijan, ARMTV, the Armenian national broadcaster, revealed that no national selection will be held.They will choose their contestant internally with the help of a special jury, which includes
Armenia – After the to and fro about a possible Armenian participation even continued after the official list of participants was revealed, we know have signs that the Caucasian nation is actually going to participate in Baku. The Armenian selection process is in preparation. Armenia’s head of delegation Gohar Gasparian, told the newspaper Novosti [...]
Armenia – The organization of Armenians in the Netherlands called “Dear Angels” launched a campaign for the singer Lucia Moon (stage name Babayants Lucina, who is born in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh) to become the Armenian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The Armenian broadcaster had appeared on the official participants list of [...]
What Could Armenia’s Participation in Baku Entail?
Posted: January 17, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, AzerbaijanArmenia/Azerbaijan – Today the EBU published the official participants list for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Among the 43 participating countries is Armenia. Even though the Armenian Head of delegation has put the participation in question again today, a participation of the Caucasian country is most likely. First of all we have to say [...]
Armenia: Application Does Not Necessarily Mean Participation in Eurovision
Posted: January 17, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in ArmeniaArmenia – And it continues… Despite the fact that the EBU published the official list of participants for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, the Head of the Armenian delegation Gohar Gasparyan told epress.am that Armenia appearing on the list does not mean the country will necessarily send an entry to arch rival Azerbaijan. “We [...]
Armenia – In an interview with mediamax.am, Sietse Bakker, the supervisor of the Eurovision event, claimed that Armenia has not requested any specific security measures for its participation in the 2012 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Nevertheless, he can only confirm the country’s presence at or withdrawal from the festival when the official [...]
Armenia vs. Azerbaijan: The Feud Part 3
Posted: December 28, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, AzerbaijanArmenia/Azerbaijan – There is nothing new about Armenia and Azerbaijan not liking each other, but leading up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 which will be held in Azerbaijan, tensions are rising again. Armenian media report false accusations against their rival country while Azeri media praise the fast and professional development, not forgetting to [...]
Armenia – Today news.am have stated that there are presently discussions concerning Armenia’s particpation in Baku. Armenian broadcaster, AMPTV also confirmed that the official announcement shall be made before the new year. Armenia may still withdraw owing to bad relations with Azerbaijan and also the security of the Armenian delegation has not yet been confirmed by the [...]
Armenia – Armenia has chosen its Eurovision entry for Düsseldorf: Emmy will perform the song “Boom Boom” at Eurovision. Emmy, the runner-up in last year’s Armenian national final was internally selected to represent the Caucasian country in Germany. Las night, she performed 4 songs by different composers and the Armenian public and a jury of [...]
Armenia – The Armenian national broadcaster has just revealed the full versions of the 4 songs that will compete in the Armenian national final.Originally the show was supposed to be held last Saturday but as Emmy’s father died only days before the broadcast, the national final was moved to in order to give Emmy enough [...]
Armenia – Tragic news from Armenia today: Emmy, who was internally selected to represent Armenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, has lost her father this Monday night . The renowned Armenian sculptor, architect and jazz-pianist Davit Bejanyan has died of a heart attack. In order to allow Emmy to grieve properly, the Armenian national [...]
Eurovision Recap (26): Eastern Perestroika
Posted: February 13, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Moldova, UkraineRecap – This Eurovision season it seems to turn into a certainty that Eastern European countries love to change dates, selection formats and even line-ups they announced before.Here some examples (and also some national final line-ups) :
Eurovision recap (25)
Posted: February 3, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Finland, FYR Macedonia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, SloveniaToday with news from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Slovenia, Macedonia, Finland, the Netherlands and Portugal Netherlands – The 3Js, the Dutch representatives at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will probably sing their entry “Je vecht nooit alleen” (I don’t fight alone”) in its English version. Armenia – Gohar Gasparyan,the Armenian Head of Delegation has told OGAE [...]
Armenia: Emmy’s song to be chosen on February 19
Posted: January 26, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in ArmeniaArmenia -The Armenian national final to select a song for Emmy will be held on February 19 in Yerevan. The song will be chosen by a mixture of 50% jury and 50% televote. Mihran, who performed with Emmy in last year’s Armenian national final will probably not be on stage with her. The Armenian public [...]
Armenia – Emmy, who has been selected internally to represent Armenia in Düsseldorf has revealed that her good friend Mihran will accompany her on stage at the Eurovision Song Contest. The duo had participated in the Armenian preselection last year and came second to Eva Rivas.Authors and composers may still submit songs. Until now over [...]
Armenia – Emmy, who has been chosen internally to represent Armenia in Düsseldorf, has revealed in a newspaper interview, that the Armenian national broadcaster has already received more than 30 songs for her. The Armenian public will get the chance to choose Emmy’s song for Germany in a song selection show. According to Emmy, the [...]
Eurovision recap (20)
Posted: December 17, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, Belgium, Estonia, NetherlandsThis time with news from Belgium, Estonia, Armenia and the Netherlands! Armenia – Just a few days ago the Armenian national broadcaster ARMTV revealed that Emmy would represent the Caucasian country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Today the channel explained how the song selection will work: Composers can submit entries for Emmy until January [...]
Armenia – In a press conference today in Yerevan, Armenian public television confirmed the rumors that Emmy would represent the Caucasian country next year in Düsseldorf. The song Emmy will represent Armenia with, is to be chosen in a televised song selection. Songs may already be submitted to Armenian television. Emmy just closely failed to [...]
. Armenia – The Armenian newspaper ArmeniaToday reports that the singer Emmy has been chosen to represent the Caucasian country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf. Neither the singer herself nor the chairman of Armenian public television, Alexan Arutyunyan, have confirmed this yet. Armenia will choose its Eurovision entrant internally, but the public [...]
Armenia’s Vladimir Arzumanyan wins Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Posted: November 20, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, Junior Eurovision Song ContestMinsk – In the closest voting in the history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Armenia has won with just one point ahead of Russia. The last jury from the FYR Macedonia gave leader’s Russia only one point, but 10 to Armenia. That put Armenia in the lead in the very last minute. The winning [...]
Eurovision recap (14)
Posted: October 26, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, Belarus, Romania, SwitzerlandThis time with news from Romania, Belarus, Armenia and Switzerland Romania – The Romanian national broadcaster has announced November 15, 2010 to be the date they will reveal the complete line-up of the Romanian national final, to be held on New Year’s Eve! A week ago they had already announced that the hosts would be [...]
Armenia: Juries hurt our chances
Posted: June 19, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, Eurovision Song Contest 2011Tags: Armenia, Eurovision
Armenia – The Head of the Armenia television Harutyunian has implicitly criticised the jury system of the Eurovision Song Contest: “If the winner of the contest would be chosen through public televote only, Armenia would’ve won or at least achieved another top position”. Armenia’s Eva Rivas reached 7th place in Oslo. Harutyunian also announced that [...]
Azerbaijan accused of cheating
Posted: June 5, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Eurovision Song Contest 2010Azerbaijan – French-Syrian businessman Omar Harfouch accuses Azerbaijan of cheating on the French website jeanmarcmorandini.com. He claims Azerbaijan exerted pressure on jurors of several countries, paying bribes through Azerbaijani embassies
The feud part 2…
Posted: June 2, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Eurovision Song Contest 2010Yerevan,Baku – After the big problems of 2009, new tensions arise between rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan in connection to the Eurovision Song Contest. Last year they fought due to national symbols (Tatik&Papik) shown during the voting by Armenian spokesperson Sirusho as well as blocked voting lines in Azerbaijan.
