ARMENIA: FIRST INFORMATION ON EUROVISION HOPEFULS

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Feb 12 2009
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Today, Armenian broadcaster ARMTV announced their hopefuls for this
year’s Eurovision Song Contest. 21 acts were presented and the running
order has been decided.

Here’s some information on some of the well known finalists in the
competition.

1. The Beautified Project

The Beautified project was formed in 2004 by Andre Simonian in
London. Its music was designed to portray the dark side of human
spirit, with a kind of melancholic and mellow sound that reminds
us of musicians such as Dido, James Blunt and David Grey, but with
kind of anger and despair in its lyrics and attitude that has more
in common with the likes of Cold Play, Radiohead and even Metallica.

2. Shprot

A successful armenian pop singer, who is famous with her extraordinary
appereance, behaviour and songs. She became famous after few songs
among which "Eghir azat"(Be Free) and excellent appereance on local
show "2 stars" where she made spectacoulous shows.

3. Inga & Anush Arshakyanner sisters

Inga & Anush are known for their singing which they claim as a mix
of modern and traditional armenian music, Inga and Anush remain one
of the most serious contenders along with Shprot and Mher.Their song
is mixed with some rock tunes as well.

4. Mher

Mher is a new star in armenian show biz. he represented Armenia in
New Wave international song contest in 2008 and reached 5th place..he
started singing since he was 4.

5. Tigran Petrosyan

A popular singer, who had chance to be in Eurovision twice, in back
vocals for Sirusho and Hayko.Tigran is mostly known for his beautiful
ballads and duets.

Zaven Shegrikyan reporting from Yerevan for esctoday.com