Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Then they were two..... the looooong Armenian selection Depi Evratesil is nearing its final this Saturday, Christmas Eve for most of us but in Armenia business as usual it seems. Two ladies made it to the final: Marta from Anush's team and Artsvik from Essai's team.  Marta Kirakosyan teaches as State Song Theatre of Armenia and Artsvik Harutyunyan is a Russian-Armenian artist and has in the past participated in the Russian Voice back in 2013.  As said the final battle between the two ladies takes place this Saturday but it's yet unknown if they will perform their eventual entries or will they look for a song for the winner later. Like shopping it abr...eh.. Sweden... 1. Artsvik (jury 35 + televote 27 = 62) 2. Marta (jury 21 + televote 40 = 61) 3. Suyzanna (jury 30 + televote 24 = 54) 4. Egine (jury 24 + televote 19 = 43)

Armenia decided to be the complicated one this year with their  Depi Evratesil marathon that started months ago. It's prettty much like any The Voice/X Factor/Idols type reality show with the exception the winner goes to Eurovision and the judges/coaches/team leaders are all ex-Eurovision artists: Anush (2009, 2015), Hayko (2007), Iveta Mukuckyan (2016), Aram Mp3 (2015), Inga (2009) and Essai (2015). After endless auditions and second round eliminations each coach had their team of four ready for the next rounds: Aram MP3 — Lucy, Saro Gevorgyan, Jujo and Lilit Harutyunyan Inga — Suzanna Melkonyan, Gevorg Harutyunyan, Karina Harutyunyan and Narine Jinanyan Essaï — Opera Viva, Artsvik, Only Girls and Marissa Iveta — Christina Mangasaryan, Vahe Aleksanyan, Hasmik Siroyan and Sona Dunoyan Hayko — Egine, Anna Danielyan, Eva Kans and Amalya Margaryan Anush — Stepan Hovhannisyan, Marta, Alexander Plato and Anna Седракјан Then we had some duels and the losers wa...

Essaï Altounian, the French and European link in the Armenian supergroup Genealogy was kind enough to send this exclusive message to my readers. Enjoy!

Today finally Armenia released their song Don't deny and the sixth artist in the line up. And yes, it's all very political between the lines. And very clever - you can't really finger point anything but it's all there. Let's see if this storm in a glass will become a hurricane. Turkey isn't participating anyways, so....  I find the song a huge let down. A standard Disney ballad with only gimmick being the singers. Six4One anyone? It isn't any better than that I'm afraid. I take no sides nor think about the politics when saying that. But the message could easily turn against them depending how the various commentators and media pick on it. But that won't stop the diaspora all over Europe to vote for it as usual.  The sixth member is Inga Arshakyan as rumoured from the beginning and this is a return to the Eurovision stage she already shared with her sister in 2009. The other members are French Armenian Essai Altounian (Europe), Tamar Kaprelian (...

Armenia has dusted the not so succesful idea of Six4One and has built a singing group of five singers, representing five continents: They are rumoured to be Tamar Kaprelian (America), Inga Arshakyan (Armenia, Asia), Athena Manoukian (Australia), Essai Altounian (France, Europe) and Vahe Tilbian (Ethiopia, Africa). All are Armenians working and living all over the world as you can see. Their song is titled Don't deny and will be presented later. Updates : It seems it's going to be six artists after all and they will be revealed one by one. Essai Altounian , Tamar Kaprelian and Vahe Tilbian confirmed so far. Stephanie Topalian flies to Asian flag as the fourth confirmed name and the first one not on the rumoured list. Neither is the next one, Mary Jean O'Doherty Vasmatzian as the Australian link. Who will be the last one?