VOTE FOR SIRUSHO TONIGHT!

armradio.am
20.05.2008 18:22

There are only few hours left till the first Semi-Final of the 2008
Eurovision Song Contest and 19 delegations are getting more and
more nervous as they all are hoping to qualify for the grand final
on Saturday. The second Semi Final is expected on May 22, the Final
will take place on May 24. Ten participants from each Semi Final will
qualify for the Final.

The Armenian entrant at Eurovision 2008 – Sirusho – will perform 14th
in today’s Semi Final. Sirusho’s "Qele-Qele" enjoys glorious reception
all over Europe and does not leave the top 5 of the favorites in many
charts and predictions. Moreover, she is leading in some pre-charts.

Thus, according to the results of voting at ,
Armenia is leading with 19% of the votes. Georgia and Turkey follow
with 13% each.

According to the data of a Belarusian website – –
Sirusho is in the lead with 32% of the votes. Russia comes second
with 28%.

The third is Azerbaijan with 26%.

Bookmaking offices predict a different thing. According to their
forecasts, Armenia, Russia, Serbia, Sweden and Ukraine will make the
top 5.

Yesterday Sirusho participated in the first general rehearsal at the
Belgrade Arena. According to the official website of the Eurovision,
Sirusho looked fantastic on stage with her short white, grey and
black dress while singing her entry "Qele-Qele." Pyrotechnics were
used at the end of this uptempo and entertaining performance.

Supporting Sirusho on the stage tonight will be Razmik Amyan and
Tigran Petrosyan and three dancers. The show has been staged by famous
Russian choreographer Sergey Mandrik.

The first Semi-Final will be shown live in all the 19 participating
countries. Lots of other countries will broadcast as well.

Televoters from the 19 participating countries will be able to vote
for their favorite songs as well. The local televoting numbers will
be displayed on screen during the show and will also be available. We
call on Armenian of Europe not to forget to charge their phones and
vote for Sirusho tonight, since every vote can be decisive.

However, let’ remember that experience shows that Eurovision is
unpredictable. We can only wish success to our representative and
hope that "the sunlight taken from Armenian land" will help to win the
hearts of Europeans and will bring a long-expected victory to Armenia.

Good luck to Sirusho! Good luck to Armenia!