Armenia will take 8th place in Eurovision Semifinal, forecasts sayMay 12, 2009 - 22:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Readers and members of independent Eurovision Song Contest website have been predicting the outcome of each Semifinal, and the results are grouped geographically and then worked out based on the Eurovision Song Contest scoring Prediction.Over 100,000 predictions have been made by more than 6,000 members of esctoday.com. The 10 countries predicted to qualify from tonight's semi final are: 1. Turkey 2. Bosnia Herzegovina 3. Sweden 4. Iceland 5. Malta 6. Finland 7. Romania 8. Armenia 9. Portugal 10. Switzerland Contest participants from 18 countries, including Inga and Anush with their song, Nor Par, will be competing for passage to the finals of May 16. First contest evening will be hosted by supermodel Natalya Vodyanova and TV presenter Andrey Malakhov. After all songs have been performed, viewers can vote by making a phone call or sending an SMS for their favorite songs. Ten qualified countries will be announced at the end of each Semifinal. 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 | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |