  Inga & Anush Arshakyans to represent Armenia at Eurovision 2009February 16, 2009 - 13:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Inga & Anush Arshakyans were elected to represent Armenia at Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with "Nor Par" (Jan, Jan) song. The winners were determined through an SMS-vote on February 14 evening. New Wave (Novaya Volna) participant Mher came second. Bambir and Dorians rock groups took the third and fourth places respectively. "Eurovision is like a dinner. If you serve the guests with a traditional meal, not all will digest it. But if you represent your song with a dance show, it will be more understandable for Europe," Anush Arshakyan told a news conference. The song was composed by Mary Hakobyan, the authors of the lyrics are Avet Barseghyan and Vardan Zadoyan, arrangement was made by Ara Torosyan.   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 |  Related sections 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. |
