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Singer blames Public TV for Emmy's failure in Eurovision
16:45 - 15.05.11
Armenian singer Leila Saribekyan blames the state-run Public TV for
the failure of Armenia's representative to the Eurovision Song Contest
2011.
`The Public TV should include professionals [in that process], instead
of dealing with caprices,' she told Tert.am.
`Generally, if we represent a nation, if we decide to take part in
that contest, if we go for that, then we should take it
professionally,' Saribekyan added.
It comes after Emmy, Armenia's representative to the Eurovision 2011,
failed in the first semi-final with her Boom-Boom.
Azerbaijan's Ell and Nikki duo won this year's Eurovision with their
Running Scared.
Leila Saribekyan further said that all the songs Armenia has so far
represented to that contest have been what she billed `fictitious,
artificial and written with a goal'.
`And the songs written with a goal always fail,' she explained.
`Emmy has far grater vocal, technical capabilities,' Saribekyan said,
adding that Emmy would have been more successful if she performed
another song.
Further, Saribekyan said she likes Emmy as a singer. `I like Emka
[meaning Emmy], and I regret that we failed to represent her abilities
and efforts decently in abroad,' she said.
`It's shameful, when the word `Armenia' is pronounced and we present
such a simplistic song,' Saribekyan noted, adding that the promotion
of Boom-Boom in was not properly organized either.
Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian
16:45 - 15.05.11
Armenian singer Leila Saribekyan blames the state-run Public TV for
the failure of Armenia's representative to the Eurovision Song Contest
2011.
`The Public TV should include professionals [in that process], instead
of dealing with caprices,' she told Tert.am.
`Generally, if we represent a nation, if we decide to take part in
that contest, if we go for that, then we should take it
professionally,' Saribekyan added.
It comes after Emmy, Armenia's representative to the Eurovision 2011,
failed in the first semi-final with her Boom-Boom.
Azerbaijan's Ell and Nikki duo won this year's Eurovision with their
Running Scared.
Leila Saribekyan further said that all the songs Armenia has so far
represented to that contest have been what she billed `fictitious,
artificial and written with a goal'.
`And the songs written with a goal always fail,' she explained.
`Emmy has far grater vocal, technical capabilities,' Saribekyan said,
adding that Emmy would have been more successful if she performed
another song.
Further, Saribekyan said she likes Emmy as a singer. `I like Emka
[meaning Emmy], and I regret that we failed to represent her abilities
and efforts decently in abroad,' she said.
`It's shameful, when the word `Armenia' is pronounced and we present
such a simplistic song,' Saribekyan noted, adding that the promotion
of Boom-Boom in was not properly organized either.
Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian