ANDRANKIK ARSENYAN TO REPRESENT UKRAINE DURING EUROVISION 2009 CHILD SONG CONTEST
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15.06.2009 15:57 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Eleven-year-old Amdranik Aleksanyan from
Chmelintsky will represent Ukraine during Eurovision-2009 child
Song Contest. Alexksanyan became winner during the final round
national qualification contest. The winner’s name was announced by
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko, based on jury assessments
and sms-votings, Analitika.at.ua reports. Prime Minister promised
that all 15 participants of qualification contest would spend their
next summer rest in "Artek" children’s centre where the event was
being held. "Eurovision" annual TV child contest has been held since
2003. Eligible candidates are children aged 10-15, from CoE member
states. Each country is allowed to have one participant. Ukraine has
been participating in the contest since 2006. Ukrainian representatives
have twice occupied the 9th horizon. In 2008, they occupied the second
horizon. This year, the contest will be held in Ukraine.