Thursday, February 25, 2010

Armenian Eva Rivas representing Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest






The evening of February 15, 2010 , the Armenian entry for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest was selected in a national final out of nine contenders. Eva Rivas became the winner of the Armenian selection tour and will represent Armenia at Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo with her song Apricot Stone. The selection among 9 candidates was based on SMS-voting and jury decision. The Armenian final was broadcast live from the National Opera Theatre in Yerevan on Sunday evening and featured Another Story Rock -band, Ani Arzumanyan, Meline Beglaryan, Emmy & Mihran, Davit Ashotyan, Nick Egibyan, Maria Kizirian, Razmik Amyan and Eva Rivas. 22 years old Eva Rivas and her song "Apricot stone" got the largest number of TV viewer's votes. After the results of the vote were publicized Eva Rivas got excited and thanked her team and audience. During this year's Eurovision contest, Armenia will be participating in the second semi-final, which will take place on May 27. Also competing on that day are Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Lithuania, Ireland, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Cyprus, Romania and Israel.

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