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IT'S GOING TO BE AN UPHILL STRUGGLE FOR ARMENIA TO MAKE THE EUROVISION FINAL IN MOSCOW
Manchester Evening News
April 2 2009
UK
SAD to say but Armenia who are represented this year by gorgeous
sisters Anush and Inga Arshakyan are going to seriously struggle to
make a serious impact.
Whatever Will Those Nasty Eurovision Journalists Get Up To Next?
It's Going to Be An Uphill Struggle for Armenia to Make The Eurovision
Final in Moscow.
SAD to say but Armenia who are represented this year by gorgeous
sisters Anush and Inga Arshakyan are going to seriously struggle to
make a serious impact.
Anush and Inga
It's not that this pair don't have the looks or indeed the talent,
but the song is just too ethnic, one thinks, to appeal to the wider
appetite of Eurovision audiences.
In a sense it's partly what British songs in recent years have had to
face, in that many of them were just not up to scratch, but when they
were, the audience tended to vote for the 'wrong' song. I am thinking
of the choice of Scooch over Cyndi two years ago when the French
singer was clearly best choice going forward. But I guess the British
audience like the Armenian one knew what they liked and that was that.
According to eurovision.tv Anush graduated from the piano department
of the S. Aslamazyan music school.
>From 1997 to 2001, she studied piano at Arno Babajanyan Music College
in Yerevan. And from 2001 to 2005 she developed her skills in jazz
vocals at the Komitas State Consevatory in the same city.
Her performances include as a soloist in 1999 when she was accompanied
by the State Philharmonic Orchestra and choir of Armenia.
Her sister Inga followed a similar music path and from 1998 to 2002 she
studied the violin in Arno Babajanyan Music College in Yerevan. Along
with the studies she worked at the G. Atchemyan violinist ensemble.
>From 2002 to 2005 she also studied jazz vocals department of the
Komitas State Consevatory.
As a duo Inga and Anush have perform on the professional stage since
2000. They acted together in the State Song Theatre of Armenia. They
also performed in Armenia and overseas including the USA, Tehran,
London, Paris, Russia and Germany.
On February 14, 2009, Anush and Inga Arshakyans won the Armenian
national final for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.
Lyrics Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Semi-Final (1) (AMPTV)
Performer: Inga & Anush Song title: Jan Jan Song writer(s): Vardan
Zadoyan & Avet Barseghyan Song composer(s): Mane Hakobyan
How can I stay?
When you are away What can I say?
If ya gonna tell me nothing
How can I smile?
When you are alone How can I be without me?
Without me you cannot be Can't you see?
We aren't free Fixed like a tree To the holy ground With my sound I'll
be always around I wanna dance don't you stand Sister, give me hand.
Everybody move your body We are dancing NOR PAR /JAN JAN/ Everybody
must be ready Jumpin up with NOR PAR /JAN JAN/
NOR PAR /JAN JAN/ NOR PAR /JAN JAN/ Let the music make you raise your
hand Sister here we go and
Everybody move your body We are dancing NOR PAR "JAN JAN" Everybody
must be ready Jumpin up with NOR PAR "JAN JAN"
Manchester Evening News
April 2 2009
UK
SAD to say but Armenia who are represented this year by gorgeous
sisters Anush and Inga Arshakyan are going to seriously struggle to
make a serious impact.
Whatever Will Those Nasty Eurovision Journalists Get Up To Next?
It's Going to Be An Uphill Struggle for Armenia to Make The Eurovision
Final in Moscow.
SAD to say but Armenia who are represented this year by gorgeous
sisters Anush and Inga Arshakyan are going to seriously struggle to
make a serious impact.
Anush and Inga
It's not that this pair don't have the looks or indeed the talent,
but the song is just too ethnic, one thinks, to appeal to the wider
appetite of Eurovision audiences.
In a sense it's partly what British songs in recent years have had to
face, in that many of them were just not up to scratch, but when they
were, the audience tended to vote for the 'wrong' song. I am thinking
of the choice of Scooch over Cyndi two years ago when the French
singer was clearly best choice going forward. But I guess the British
audience like the Armenian one knew what they liked and that was that.
According to eurovision.tv Anush graduated from the piano department
of the S. Aslamazyan music school.
>From 1997 to 2001, she studied piano at Arno Babajanyan Music College
in Yerevan. And from 2001 to 2005 she developed her skills in jazz
vocals at the Komitas State Consevatory in the same city.
Her performances include as a soloist in 1999 when she was accompanied
by the State Philharmonic Orchestra and choir of Armenia.
Her sister Inga followed a similar music path and from 1998 to 2002 she
studied the violin in Arno Babajanyan Music College in Yerevan. Along
with the studies she worked at the G. Atchemyan violinist ensemble.
>From 2002 to 2005 she also studied jazz vocals department of the
Komitas State Consevatory.
As a duo Inga and Anush have perform on the professional stage since
2000. They acted together in the State Song Theatre of Armenia. They
also performed in Armenia and overseas including the USA, Tehran,
London, Paris, Russia and Germany.
On February 14, 2009, Anush and Inga Arshakyans won the Armenian
national final for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.
Lyrics Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Semi-Final (1) (AMPTV)
Performer: Inga & Anush Song title: Jan Jan Song writer(s): Vardan
Zadoyan & Avet Barseghyan Song composer(s): Mane Hakobyan
How can I stay?
When you are away What can I say?
If ya gonna tell me nothing
How can I smile?
When you are alone How can I be without me?
Without me you cannot be Can't you see?
We aren't free Fixed like a tree To the holy ground With my sound I'll
be always around I wanna dance don't you stand Sister, give me hand.
Everybody move your body We are dancing NOR PAR /JAN JAN/ Everybody
must be ready Jumpin up with NOR PAR /JAN JAN/
NOR PAR /JAN JAN/ NOR PAR /JAN JAN/ Let the music make you raise your
hand Sister here we go and
Everybody move your body We are dancing NOR PAR "JAN JAN" Everybody
must be ready Jumpin up with NOR PAR "JAN JAN"