Shushan Petrosyan slams Emmy's criticisers May 12, 2011 - 12:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian singer Shushan Petrosyan labeled those slamming Emmy and her Eurovision 2011 performance as traitors. As the singer stressed at a news conference in Yerevan, Eurovision is “not a place for serious artists.” Petrosyan characterized criticism against Emmy launched in social networks as unacceptable. “How can people be so cruel, seeing how many ordeals Emmy had to undergo over the past year.” As Petrosyan noted, she believes Emmy’s contest performance to be very good. She, however, was less than happy with the back-vocal which was not up to the mark. Armenia’s Emmy was knocked out of Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the May 10 seminal, although her performance of Boom Boom song was met warmly by the audience at Arena stadium in Dusseldorf, Germany. 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 | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |