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Armenia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Armenia originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song " Chains on You" written by Athena Manoukian and DJ Paco. The song was performed by Athena Manoukian. The Armenian entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands was selected through the national final , organised by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV). The national final took place on 15 February 2020 where twelve entries competed. "Chains on You" performed by Athena Manoukian was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from an international jury, an Armenian jury and a public televote. Armenia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2020. However, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Background Prior to the 2020 Contest, Armenia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirteen times since its first entry in 2006. Its highest placing in the cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Depi Evratesil
''Depi Evratesil'' ( arm, Դեպի Եվրատեսիլ; "Towards Eurovision"; ) is an Armenian music entertainment show created by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television company of Armenia, AMPTV. It was used as the Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest, Armenian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in , and . Its Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, first season concluded on 24 December 2016 with the selection of Artsvik as Armenia's Eurovision representative. The Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, second season took place in 2018, and selected Sevak Khanagyan with the song Qami. In , the show was not renewed for a third season, and the Walking Out (song), Armenian entry for the contest was Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, selected internally. The show returned for a third season in . Summary Season 1 (2016-17) Season 1 of ''Depi Evratesil'' was announced on 1July 2016. It was later confirmed that former Armenian Eurovision en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Boom Boom" written by Hayk Hovhannisyan, Hayk Harutyunyan and Sosi Khanikyan. The song was performed by Emmy, who was selected internally by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) to represent Armenia in the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany. Emmy's selection as the Armenian artist was announced on 11 December 2010, while the song was selected through a national final, which took place on 5 March 2011 where four songs competed. "Boom Boom" was selected as the winning song following the combination of votes from a professional jury and a public televote. Armenia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2011. Performing during the show in position 4, "Boom Boom" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. This marked the first time that Armenia fail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armen Margaryan
Armen Margaryan (Armenian: Արմեն Մարգարյան; born 11 December 1971, in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian actor. He is an Honored Artist of Armenia since 2017. Early life He was born on December 11, 1971 in Yerevan, Armenia. From 1979-1989 he studied at N 158 secondary school. In 1981 he studied at the theater-studio of Yerevan Children's Aesthetics Center (small theater). He has already been playing and filming at the cinema, television and radio at a young age. From 1989 to 1993 he attended and graduated from Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinematography acting as a dramatic theater and film actor in the classroom of the USSR National Actor Kh. Abramyan. Career Theater In 1992 he received an invitation from Abrahamyan and went to work at the National Academic Theater after G. Sundukyan as an actor. From the first days of entering the theater, Armen Margaryan was quickly included in the playlist, appearing in the main artistic composition of the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country, as its primate city. It has been the Historical capitals of Armenia, capital since 1918, the Historical capitals of Armenia, fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese, which is the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world. The history of Yerevan dates back to the 8th century BCE, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni Fortress, Erebuni in 782 BCE by King Argishti I of Urartu, Argishti I of Urartu at the western extreme of the Ararat Plain. Erebuni was "designed as a great administrative an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Fly with Me" written by Lilith Navasardyan, Levon Navasardyan, Avet Barseghyan and David Tserunyan. The song was performed by Artsvik, who was selected through the national final ''Depi Evratesil'' organised by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) to represent Armenia in the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. The national final involved 75 contestants and took place over three months. Two contestants ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 24 December 2016 where a jury panel and a public televote selected Artsvik as the winner. The song "Fly with Me" was selected internally and later presented to the public on 18 March 2017. Armenia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 16, "Fly with Me" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "LoveWave" written by Lilith Navasardyan, Levon Navasardyan, Iveta Mukuchyan and Stephanie Crutchfield. The song was performed by Iveta Mukuchyan, who was selected internally by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) to represent Armenia in the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. Mukuchyan's selection as the Armenian artist was announced on 13 October 2015, while the song "LoveWave" was later presented to the public on 2 March 2016. Armenia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2016. Performing during the show in position 7, "LoveWave" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Armenia placed second out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 243 points. In the final, Armenia was the closing performance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918 and became the first secular democratic Muslim-majority state. In 1920, the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan SSR. The modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the same year. In September 1991, the ethnic Armenian majority of the Nagorno-Karabakh region formed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia–Azerbaijan Relations
There are no diplomatic relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, largely due to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The two neighboring states had formal governmental relations between 1918 and 1921, during their brief independence from the collapsed Russian Empire, as the First Republic of Armenia and the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan; these relations existed from the period after the Russian Revolution until they were occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union, becoming the constituent republics of Soviet Armenia and Soviet Azerbaijan. Due to the two wars waged by the countries in the past century—one from 1918 to 1921 and another from 1988 to 1994—the two have had strained relations. In the wake of ongoing hostilities, social memory of Soviet-era cohabitation is widely repressed (censored and stigmatized). History Relations between 1918 and 1921 Upon the disintegration of the Transcaucasian Federation with the proclamation of the independent Democratic Republic of Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2012
The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the with the song " Running Scared" by the duo Ell & Nikki. It was the first time Azerbaijan hosted the contestonly four years after the country made its debut. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV), the contest was held at the Baku Crystal Hall, and consisted of two semi-finals on 22 and 24 May, and a final on 26 May 2012. The three live shows were presented by Azerbaijani television presenter Leyla Aliyeva, newsreader Nargiz Birk-Petersen and singer Eldar Gasimov who was one of the previous edition's winners. Forty-two countries participated in the contest. returned to the contest for the first time since . Meanwhile, withdrew due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. also did not participate due to financi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srbuk
Srbuhi Sargsyan ( hy, Սրբուհի Սարգսյան ; born 3 April 1994), professionally known as Srbuk, is an Armenian singer. She first came to prominence after competing in season one of the X-Factor (Armenian TV series), Armenian version of ''The X Factor'', where she placed as the runner-up. In 2018, she competed in season eight of ''The Voice of Ukraine'', placing fourth. Srbuk Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel, with the song "Walking Out (song), Walking Out". Early life Sargsyan was born on April 3, 1994 in Yerevan. She studied at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, where she learned to play the Qanun (instrument), qanun. Career 2010–2018: ''X Factor'' and ''The Voice'' In 2010, Srbuk auditioned for the first season of the X-Factor (Armenian TV series), Armenian version of ''The X Factor'', where she sang "Soon We'll Be Found" by Sia. She joined Garik Papoyan's team and ended u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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