EVA RIVAS TO SHOW ARMENIAN BEAUTY

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April 29 2010

Yerevan, Armenia – Armenia has decided to send a beauty queen and an
equally talented singer, Eva Rivas, to the 2010 edition of Europe’s
favourite TV-show. She’ll sing Apricot Stone in the second Semi-Final
in Oslo.

The Armenian national final this year was opened by Inga and Anush,
who had represented Armenia in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.

Before the competing acts performed, Lys Assia, the winner of the first
ever Eurovision Song Contest, in 1956, took the stage and wished all
the participants the best of luck.

Initially, ten songs had been selected for the final, but the song
Never, performed by Sonya, was withdrawn from the competition, thus
only nine entries remained. The winner was picked by a combined vote
of the public and an expert jury.

Several entries featured elaborate stage performances. Ani Arzumanyan
was supported by a folk choir, while Emmy & Mihran were accompanied
by a modern dance group, whose choreography was a tribute to Michael
Jackson. The stage act to Apricot Stone started with a musician in a
black coat playing ethnic motives on a duduk, a traditional Armenian
flute, and during the song, Eva Rivas was accompanied by the composer
of the song on the piano. The latter was also Armenia’s pick for Oslo.