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OikoTimes.com, Greece
Dec 4 2011
GOODBYE YEREVAN HELLO ROTTERDAM
Posted by TEAM on Dec 4, 2011 in GALLERY, YEREVAN 2011 LIVE
Personally I am not impressed of what I see in the Armenian capital,
Yerevan. I expected more from the country that fights badly every year
to win the senior Eurovision edition.
First I start with the stage: It looks like a morning show on a trash
TV. The stage design is not working in the videos I have seen. The
stage lights seem weird and mostly towards the cameras instead of the
singers.
The official Junior Eurovision website had very limited coverage, the
photos were too dark and the delay of the rehearsal videos for at
least 1 hour per country didn't help me personally.
On the other hand, our team in Yerevan report the positive things of
the 2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest edition:
About stage - I haven't seen any difference with Minsk (all
comparisons with adults' Eurovision, IMHO, aren't rightful because
they are absolutely different events). Hall is a bit smaller - because
Minsk-Arena is usually used for hockey matches of KHL while Karen
Demirchyan center is ordinary soviet building (yes, with interesting
architecture, but `on soul' it's soviet House of Culture)
Press-center has very smaller size. In Minsk, there were near 50
computers - there are only 22 and 2 tables for laptops.
Internet access is permanent while at 2010 sometimes it stopped,
that's why for our radio in Minsk we had to use cable.
Assortiment of food in catering (in Demirchyan center) is larger - you
can eat even hamburgers, hot-dogs, but also hachapuri, shaurma and
normal dishes (spaghetti, rice with meat). Prices of food are very
cheap - for example, 05 l of Pepsi costs near 70 eurocents. Taxi from
Demirchyan Center to center of Yerevan costs 2 euro - like public
transport in European Union!
All Armenians are well-wishing to foreigners. But, unfortunately, only
the one foreign language they speak is Russian. But it's normal
situation for Asian countries of former USSR. Security sometimes don't
speak even Russian - but their main quality is that they're really
unnoticeable. Not like in Minsk where they really enjoyed to search
you near the entrance from the first day.
At this point oikotimes.com would like to thank everyone who worked
for the website during the Junior Eurovision. Special thanks to Anton
and Ivan for their great work from the press center, Moshe Melman who
gave the first Hebrew impressions for JESC on the net and the Greek
team in Athens although forced to cancel the trip they managed to co
ordinate things in the best maximum way. Thank you all and we may see
you in Rotterdam for the 2012 Junior Eurovision Song Contest edition.
http://www.oikotimes.com/eurovision/2011/12/04/jesc-2011-yerevan-could-make-it-better/
Dec 4 2011
GOODBYE YEREVAN HELLO ROTTERDAM
Posted by TEAM on Dec 4, 2011 in GALLERY, YEREVAN 2011 LIVE
Personally I am not impressed of what I see in the Armenian capital,
Yerevan. I expected more from the country that fights badly every year
to win the senior Eurovision edition.
First I start with the stage: It looks like a morning show on a trash
TV. The stage design is not working in the videos I have seen. The
stage lights seem weird and mostly towards the cameras instead of the
singers.
The official Junior Eurovision website had very limited coverage, the
photos were too dark and the delay of the rehearsal videos for at
least 1 hour per country didn't help me personally.
On the other hand, our team in Yerevan report the positive things of
the 2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest edition:
About stage - I haven't seen any difference with Minsk (all
comparisons with adults' Eurovision, IMHO, aren't rightful because
they are absolutely different events). Hall is a bit smaller - because
Minsk-Arena is usually used for hockey matches of KHL while Karen
Demirchyan center is ordinary soviet building (yes, with interesting
architecture, but `on soul' it's soviet House of Culture)
Press-center has very smaller size. In Minsk, there were near 50
computers - there are only 22 and 2 tables for laptops.
Internet access is permanent while at 2010 sometimes it stopped,
that's why for our radio in Minsk we had to use cable.
Assortiment of food in catering (in Demirchyan center) is larger - you
can eat even hamburgers, hot-dogs, but also hachapuri, shaurma and
normal dishes (spaghetti, rice with meat). Prices of food are very
cheap - for example, 05 l of Pepsi costs near 70 eurocents. Taxi from
Demirchyan Center to center of Yerevan costs 2 euro - like public
transport in European Union!
All Armenians are well-wishing to foreigners. But, unfortunately, only
the one foreign language they speak is Russian. But it's normal
situation for Asian countries of former USSR. Security sometimes don't
speak even Russian - but their main quality is that they're really
unnoticeable. Not like in Minsk where they really enjoyed to search
you near the entrance from the first day.
At this point oikotimes.com would like to thank everyone who worked
for the website during the Junior Eurovision. Special thanks to Anton
and Ivan for their great work from the press center, Moshe Melman who
gave the first Hebrew impressions for JESC on the net and the Greek
team in Athens although forced to cancel the trip they managed to co
ordinate things in the best maximum way. Thank you all and we may see
you in Rotterdam for the 2012 Junior Eurovision Song Contest edition.
http://www.oikotimes.com/eurovision/2011/12/04/jesc-2011-yerevan-could-make-it-better/