On February 14, 2010 during the semi- finals of Eurovision Song Contest, this took place in the National Opera Theatre in Yerevan and was broadcast live, it was Armenian's turn to chose a representative. The main focuses were Eva Rivas, and Mihran and Emmy. As the performances were going on, there was SMS text voting, to have the winner chosen by the end of the night. Eva’s victory is contested by some who believe the results were rigged. Nadezhda Sargsyan, the mother of Emmy, has threatened to take the matter to court. Sargsyan claims that soon after the 15-minute SMS voting started, some names were blocked. As Eva received 5,000 votes, where as Mehran and Emmy as a duo got 1,400. During a press conference on Feb. 20, Nadezhda Sargsyan claimed that ARMTV’s chairman, Alexan Harutyunyan, had reassured her that Emmy and Mihran would “definitely” represent Armenia at Eurovision.
As if that wasn't enough controversy for the winner, Eva and the song- writer, Moscow-based Karen Kavaleryan, and music by Armen Martirosyan have other problems heading their way. The Turkish composer Yagoub Mutlu, who was present at Armenia’s national finals, has accused “Apricot Stone” of having a clear political message. He believes that the first line of the song refer to the Armenian Genocide, and believes that the term “motherland” refers to Turkish territories, while the rest of the song is a clear message directed at Turkey. The writer Karen Kavaleryan, an experienced Russian-Armenian lyricist familiar with the Eurovision Contest world and their rules. Rivas’ public relations manager, Hayk Markosyan has told ArmeniaNow that “the song has nothing to do with the Armenian Genocide, and it does not have a political context. The song simply presents the Armenian culture, the Armenian traditions, the apricot, which is just an Armenian fruit and it is the symbol of Armenia, and the thoughts of a young Armenian woman who lived far from the homeland for years.”
After all of these problems who will preform at Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Norway from May 25-29??
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