ARMENIAN TEEN WINS BBC TALENT CONTEST

Malaysia Sun, Malaysia
Big News Network
Dec 10 2006

A 17-year-old Armenian singer has won the BBC World Service’s Next
Big Thing competition in London with her song, I Like, written by
her siblings.

The BBC reported Saturday that the singer known as Silva beat out
six other acts from around the world at the final competition.

Judges praised the song as fresh and new and they called her
performance second to none. Silva had worked with her brother and her
sister on the fetching song. She later said that the glowing comments
from the judges gave her the confidence to make the step up to the
international level.

Silva told the BBC, It’s terrific; it’s unbelievable to be in first
place.

The competition, part of the BBC’s Generation Next season, featured
performers under 18.