INGA AND ANUSH ARSHAKIANS WITH 92 POINTS TAKE THE 10TH PLACE IN THE "EUROVISION 2009" INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST
ARMENPRESS
May 18, 2009
YEREVAN, MAY 18, ARMENPRESS: Representatives of Armenia Inga and
Anush Arshakians with 92 points occupied the 10th place in the
"Eurovision 2009" international song contest. Winner was recognized
the representative of Norway Alexander Rybak with 387 points, who
from the very first moment of presentation of the voting results was
on the first place.
On the day before the final of the contest the bookmakers had predicted
that winner would be Norway. Iceland with 218 points took the second
place. The top ten includes Azerbaijan, Great Britain, Turkey, Estonia,
Greece, France and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Armenia got the only highest score from the Czech Republic, 8, 7, 6,
points – from Israel, Belgium, Romania, France, Bulgaria and Turkey.
The winner of "Eurovision 2009" contest got the same crystal-made
microphone which was brought to Moscow from Belgrade last year by the
representative of Russia Dima Bilan. According to the contest rules
the "Eurovision 2010" will be held in the winner country.