  Armenia's Srbuk fails to qualify for Eurovision Grand Final (video)  May 17, 2019 - 11:18 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Srbuk opened Eurovision song contest's second leg of semi-finals on Thursday, May 16 but despite a powerful performance failed to make it to the Grand Final. The competition took place in Israel. The Armenian singer even walked off at the end of her performance in a dramatic climax, a nod to the title of her song, "Walking Out." The following countries have reached Saturday's Grand Final: 1. Malta 2. Albania 3. Czech Republic 4. Germany 5. Russia 6. Denmark 7. San Marino 8. North Macedonia 9. Sweden 10. Slovenia 11. Cyprus 12. Netherlands 13. Greece 14. Israel 15. Norway 16. United Kingdom 17. Iceland 18. Estonia 19. Belarus 20. Azerbaijan 21. France 22. Italy 23. Serbia 24. Switzerland 25. Australia 26. Spain   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
