Ashot Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 @ndamen@ mi qani zham votqs qasheley ha? Aratta? es Zarain moratseles u antseles Yevratesili axchiknerin? Hele mihat shut het veradartsi depi tun!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 @ndamen@ mi qani zham votqs qasheley ha? Aratta? es Zarain moratseles u antseles Yevratesili axchiknerin? Hele mihat shut het veradartsi depi tun!!! lolAshot, hishumesYerjankutyan Mexanikan' yerb Razmik@ eli axchik a uzum tani Rubeni tun u banalinern a uzum? Razmik@ porcum a hamozi asum a 'esi urish harc a', 'suadesa a', 'eteg amen mardu chen @ndunum'... Isk Ruben@ zarmacats-motavorapes qez pes mi ban a asum 'ay tga, arden mijazgayinnin es ance?' katak@ katak, bayc vor Sirushon lav a yergum u mez boloris a nerkayacnum past a. Yes arden cazenneris u mi qani @nkerneri yevropayum asel em vor ira oktin qvyarken. Parzvum a iranq mezanic lav giten es ambogji masin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/10820 http://www.esctoday.com/images/2008_esc/sirushofinal.jpg The Armenian final took place last night in Yerevan and it saw Qele qele, a favourite since it was first aired, win by an astounding 86,5% of the televote. A few minutes after the Armenian final was over, Sirusho spoke to esctoday.com in her first exclusive interview for our readers. Qele qele was composed by Harout Ter-Hovakimyan and penned by Sirusho herself. It was a clear favourite from the very beginning and managed an astounding 86,5% of the televote. Sirusho spoke to Zaven Shegrikyan, reporting for esctoday.com from Yerevan. How does Sirusho feel representing her country in such a high profile contest such as Eurovision? The twenty year old artist is naturally very excited and proud. She considers the contest to be something very important and she is prepared to do her best to represent the Armenian culture to the world : "I am going to give all my love to Europe", Sirusho says, " to Europe, to Armenia and the world. The beginning of my song is in Armenian and it says "I came from my Armenian land to bring the breeze of the mountains, to bring the light of our sun." Did she have a favourite among the four she performed in the Armenian final? "Well, I honestly liked all four of them as I had a part in their creation myself, having written the lyrics for all four. Apart from the lyrics, I also made some changes in the compositions to adapt them to my style" she states. And how has people's attitude changed towards her after she was announced as the next Armenian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest? "I am thankful for all the help,for all the good words and the warm smiles" Sirusho says, "I really appreciate them. This is the most important thing for me!" Nothing has been decided yet upon the staging of the song in Belgrade but Sirusho and her team are already working on it. As far as the promo tour is concerned, ARMTV are planning it and Sirusho will be happy to go. The rest of the songs presented last night in Yerevan were the following: Strong, composed by Vahram Petrosyan, I can't control it,-music by DJ Serjo and I still breathe composed by Martin Mirzoyan. Sirusho wrote the lyrics to all four songs herself but for I can't breathe she collaborated with the Armenian Head of Delegation Diana Mnatsakanyan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/sirusho.jpg (I wanted to post the whole article in case they remove it from their site) Caucasus: Eurovision Song Contest Fever… and Politics It might be considered a little cheesy by most music lovers in Europe and beyond, but countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia take participation in the annual Eurovision song contest very seriously indeed. Not only does the competition represent the South Caucasus moving closer to Europe, but given that this year has proven to be a political turbulent one for all three countries it might also provide people here with a welcome break from rigged votes and post-election unrest. Well, maybe that's hoping a little too much. Spectacular Self-Indulgence, for example, already reports that the venue for yesterday's national final in Armenia had to be changed because of the state of emergency currently in place following clashes between the opposition and security services last weekend. […] The government has imposed a 20 day “State of Emergency” after eight people died in street battles between riot police and citizens who were protesting the result of a presidential election. […] […] There will be a backlash, however. Mark my words. It's one thing to engage in unlawful surveillance of your political enemies. It's quite a different matter to f*** with a pop music contest. With three frozen conflicts threatening to destabilize the entire region as well closed borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan because of one of the ethnic conflicts, politics always interferes with Eurovision. Two years ago, for example, Azerbaijan protested the participation of singer Andre from Armenia, or more precisely from the breakaway self-declared [Armenian] Republic of Nagorno Artsax situated inside its own borders but long since removed from Azerbaijani control. Hackers even took down Andre's official web site, and accusations have already been made that this year's Armenian entry is actually be a “stolen” Azerbaijani folk song which just led to more battles of words on the Internet. [T]he Armenian song “Shorora” by Armenian starlet Sirusho, who is Armenia's top choice for the 2008 Eurovision competition is making a buzz around in the Caucasian corner of the internet. The reason? because Azerbaijan unknowingly or knowingly chose the same song as its debut song in the same competition and now Azeris are going nuts, demanding the song to be changed and calling us thieves. We'll pretend not to remember who stole who's culture in the 11th century. Ironically, such rumors circulated long before singer Sirusho's entry was actually chosen by television viewers in yesterday's telephone vote. The song in question was not the one Armenia will perform, but the situation is clear. With the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Artsax still unresolved, stakes are high, and not just because the perception of each country by European television viewers will be influenced. It also has a lot to do with national honor and dignity as well as continuing historical conflict on new battlegrounds. The Armenian Observer comments on both aspects of Armenia's entry this year. Firstly, there is the change of venue for the national contest given that not only did Sirusho take part in the prime minister's pre-election election campaign, but also her reported romance with the outgoing president's son. Competition with Azerbaijan will likely be intense as well. I have to say, that Eurovision has become a big deal in Armenia, and this year is also important, because, Azerbaijan will be entering the contest for the first time, and there is this feeling, that we have to at least be better then them […] […] None of the still functional news resources in the web seemed to report anything about Sirusho and Eurovision, probably the news is too political and can’t be published? My journalism students had made some paparazzi photos of Sirusho dating with Robert Kocharyan’s son, perhaps that has something to do with cancellation of the finals in this tense period? I hopes the internal politics is not involved at least in something as simple as the Eurovision song contest! This will be Armenia's third attempt at the crown in Eurovision, and Georgia's second. Azerbaijan will indeed be participating for the first time and each country desperately hopes that they will come out top. If they do, the next Eurovision song contest final will be held in the winning country's capital and likely prove a huge boost to the development of tourism as well as the image of the country outside the country. Blogrel is certainly excited. Every year I have presented my thoughts on Armenia’s Eurovision song contest chances. This song contest whilst a joke in the UK is taken seriously elsewhere and if ( !) Armenia wins would mean the chance to host the event in Yerevan. We have a national final this year, the singer is Sirusho, an excellent vocalist and with four excellent songs. Actually, all three republics have done a pretty good job if the reaction of Eurovision bloggers outside the region is anything to go by. However, try to choose the entry which stands more of a chance of emerging victorious over the others and Armenia's Sirusho appears to take the lead. However, while music productions might have visually improved since the former Soviet Union collapsed, All Kinds Of Everything for Eurovision 2008 says that old habits die hard when it comes to performing. Armenia […] has chosen a good song to send to Belgrade. ‘Qele Qele' is a strong song and Sirusho put on a strong performance of the song in the final . HOWEVER,she was miming and I still have to hear her sing this song live. So, it is a great song and it has the potential to do really well, in my opinion, in Belgrade but I want to hear her sing it LIVE. Does she know she will not be able to mime in Belgrade? Looking at Eurovision 2008… calls the song, Qele Qele, “fresh” and particularly likes the “nice arabic sounds” even if the blog considers the lyrics stupid. Georgia's entry on the other hand doesn't seem to excite many bloggers as much as Armenia's, but is nonetheless considered a decent entry by most blogs. However, some such as Eurovision Chat hopes the fact the singer is visually impaired won't influence voting. Georgia will compete with Diana Gurtskaya and her song Peace will come. The track is pretty good, though nothing spectacular or surprising. What’s more important in this case, however, is that Ms. Gurtskaya is blind and she sings with power that we cannot witness every day on Eurovision. Still, nothing we haven’t seen on the world’s stage, and I do hope that this will not sway people into voting for this song, unless they like it. Azerbaijan's entry, however, doesn't appear to impress cunninglittlefo. Azerbaijan - First ever appearance at Eurovision. They held a national final and the winning team going are Elnur Gusseinov featuring Samir J. The song is called “Day after Day”. The presentation is rather great but the song is sadly rather forgetable and the opera is a little bad IMO. But make your own judgement. Thomas gives 3/10 Eurovision 2008 will take place on in Belgrade at the end of May and if you're really interested, there's even an official blog. Meanwhile, make your own minds up by checking out the videos of all three contestants from the South Caucasus below. Enjoy. EUROVISION armenie 2008 - Sirusho - qele qele Uploaded by jief75 eurovision azerbaijan 2008 Elnur Hüseynov If You Never Back Uploaded by jief75 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Aratta jan - Amerikayum menq hetamnatsenq, havata vor mi ban asumem, vochte 12 zhamov ay 1 u kes tarov!!! Evropayi Hayer@ mezanits ahagin arachen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Who would dare not to agree with you. Nkatel es inch hetaqrqir a modai harc@ ... iranc mot nor ban a durs galis nor mi tari heto menq enq estegh sksum da hagnel. bayc iskakanic, menq irancic shat banov enq het Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted March 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 AYO AYO Aratta jan... yeselem indz het hamamit!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted March 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 “KELE-KELE” IN EUROVISION In “Eurovision-2008” held in May Sirusho is going to present “Kele-Kele” song in Belgrad. On 8 March public TV organized life broadcast show and 86.5% of the audience voted for this current song. The composer of the song is Arthur Ter-Hovakimyan. Note that the TV audience was given a chance to select from four different songs, the author of which is Sirusho herself. Sirusho was recognized as year’s best singer in NAtional Award Ceremony. The singer studies in Yerevan State University International Relations Department. Sirusho was born in January 7, 1987. She was 7 when stood on stage in Canada for the first time, she held concerts in Belgium, USA, Greece, Netherlands, Iran, Russia, Georgia, Hordanan, and other countries. Sirusho’s first song album called “Sirusho” was published in 1999, and the second one “Sheram” published in 2005. This is the third times Armenia takes part in this international competition. In 2006 Andre presented Armenia with the song “Without Your Love” and gained the eighth place. Last year another Armenian singer Hayko presented Armenia in Eurovision with the song “Anytime You Need” and gained the eighth place. The other day it was announced that Russian singer Dima Bilan will present Russia. This singer took part in Eurovision in 2006 and gained the second place. Source: Panorama.am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Isk ay d aghjik@ Kele pa ch a i i masin e yergoum? Yev kam Araberen Kele Kele Drkele? Ortegh. e Komitasi "Qele Qele Qelqid Mernem@"? Thank you, Arpa, for reminding us what "Qele Qele" is supposed to sound like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Sirusho...we French Armenians will vote for you and Hayastan !!! Guetse Hayastan !!! I think it's time we took a stand and stopped supporting crap from Armenia. One way of doing so is to stop voting for Armenia until Armenia starts sending candidates that deserve to be voted for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted March 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Nairi jan, that was such a turn off speech!!! How about we support them more and demand for more cooperation between Armenian-Americans and Armenian-Armenians!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ani Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 I do support her...But...The song kind of did not make sense to me...The first part "Yes im mayr hoghi....., hov@ sareri, etc" and "you should be riching me, you wanna be with me..." ...does it sound good/...maybe its just me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted March 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Ani jan, patkeratsru, da siro xosqer chen, da verabervuma mez, diasporayi zhoghovrtin!!! you should be riching me, you wanna be with me, here where the mother land is and the winds of the mountains!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVO Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 (edited) Bravo Ashot!!!! Kavelatsnem nayev vor Mayr Hayastan@ nuyn tariqin e inch Sirushon. Yev yete patkeratsneq vor da Mayr Hayastann e yergum yev voch te Sirusho lriv urish yerg kdarna. Mi hat el lseq Edited March 12, 2008 by AVO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armenak Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 I think it's time we took a stand and stopped supporting crap from Armenia. One way of doing so is to stop voting for Armenia until Armenia starts sending candidates that deserve to be voted for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 I think it's time we took a stand and stopped supporting crap from Armenia. One way of doing so is to stop voting for Armenia until Armenia starts sending candidates that deserve to be voted for. I second that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Every entertainer has her audience and Sirusho is no different. She's not the entertainer for me so I won't critique her music in general. But I do want to comment about her song for the Eurovision Contest. The other day I happened to watch all four of her songs on TV (I still don't know which one she'll perform in the contest) but all four sounded like typical pop music. If I were an audience of the Eurovision contest I'd expect to listen for originality, especially since so many countries are participating. Just like last year, Armenia is sending a singer to sing a typical pop music. Who'd vote for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 I think you are all forgetting that Eurovision is a pop culture event, it's all about who has the beat to get the viewers rolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 I think you are all forgetting that Eurovision is a pop culture event, it's all about who has the beat to get the viewers rolling. Yes, but there is typical teeny pop and then there is a bit more inspired pop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Yes, but there is typical teeny pop and then there is a bit more inspired pop. Pop is a pop what is the difference? Coke, Pepsi or Canada Dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 (edited) Pop is a pop what is the difference? Coke, Pepsi or Canada Dry. I prefer Pepsi Edit: PS, what is Canada Dry?? Edited March 13, 2008 by Anoushik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 I prefer Pepsi Edit: PS, what is Canada Dry?? Canada Dry is a company that makes the best Ginger Ale Soda and Club Soda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 (edited) Canada Dry is a company that makes the best Ginger Ale Soda and Club Soda. I just looked it up and read that Canada Dry is pretty popular in the US! Edited March 13, 2008 by Anoushik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 I just looked it up and read that Canada Dry is pretty popular in the US! Just like the Canadian Polar Bear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Just like the Canadian Polar Bear. Oh yes, who can resist the Canadian Polar Bear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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