  Armenia’s Emmy to participate in first semi-final of Eurovision 2011 May 10 January 18, 2011 - 17:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of the Armenian delegation for Eurovision 2011 Gohar Gasparyan said that Armenia’s Emmy will participate in the first semi-final of the Eurovision 2011 on May 10, according to the Semi-Final Allocation Draw for the song contest. Representatives of Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Finland, Norway, Lithuania, Portugal, Serbia, San Marino and other countries will perform the same day, Gasparyan told a press conference in Yerevan. The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 will be the 56th annual Eurovision Song Contest. It will take place in Dusseldorf, Germany, following Germany's win in the 2010 Contest with Lena Meyer-Landrut’s song “Satellite.” The contest will be held in Düsseldorf's Esprit Arena, which beat out three challenging venue locations across Germany in a bidding phase in late 2010. The dates set for the two semi-finals are 10 May and 12 May 2011, with the final planned for the evening of 14 May 2011. So far, forty-one countries have confirmed their participation in the contest. Returns include Austria which last participated in 2007, Italy which last participated in 1997, and San Marino which last participated in 2008.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
