OUR SINGERS ARE THE LAST IN ARMENIA, THE FIRST IN THE WORLD

Lragir, Armenia
Dec 14 2006

Silva Hakobyan, 18, won the BBC World Service’s Next Big Thing
competition. Earlier in April she took the last (23rd place) in a
song contest held in Armenia. The judges of the contest were Armenian
pop singers, including Shushan Petrosyan, Haiko, Arminka. "I could
not overcome the stress for two or three months," Silva Hakobyan
says. However, she did not wait long for success, and Silva Hakobyan
won the BBC competition. The singer took part in the competition
thanks to her producer Aram Avagyan, who is a singer too and lives
in the United States.

2000 singers from different countries participated in the song contest,
20 were chosen by online voting, then 6. Silva was chosen ahead of 6
in the final. The singer from England was the second, Brazil was the
third. Silva Hakobyan sang "I Like" composed by her sister. There is
no video yet but it will have soon. The judges of the music contest
were famous musicians, including Peter Gabriel, one of Madonna’s
producers. Silva’s sponsors are two Armenian American businessmen,
the Performers to Children and MIO Musical companies.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress