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March 7 2012
Armenia withdraws from the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest
Posted 7 March, 2012 - 12:02 by Charlotte Jensen
After days with speculations about what Armenia would do with the 2012
Eurovision Song Contest the official annoucement of the country's
withdrawal came this morning. As Armenia was drawn in the second
semi-final this leaves two semi-finals with 18 each.
As soon as Azerbaijan won the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest held in
Düsseldorf, Germany last year the possibility of a contest without
Armenia became a talked about issue. Though EBU tried to assure the
country of their safety in relation to this year's Eurovision Song
Contest in Baku in May, the Armenian broadcaster waited a long time
with revealing anything about their plans for finding an entry that
fans started speculating about when the withdrawal would come.
This morning EBU officially announced that Armenia has withdrawn from
the contest due to "circumstances beyond our control lead to this
unfortunate decision", as Jon Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor puts it.
As Armenia was drawn in the second semi-final with 19 participants
this leaves two semi-final with 18 each for the 2012 Eurovision Song
Contest. Last year Armenia was represented by Emmy singing Boom Boom,
which for the first time in the country's Eurovision history did not
make it to the final. That song you can see below.
http://www.eurovisionary.com/eurovision-news/armenia-withdraws-2012-eurovision-song-contest
March 7 2012
Armenia withdraws from the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest
Posted 7 March, 2012 - 12:02 by Charlotte Jensen
After days with speculations about what Armenia would do with the 2012
Eurovision Song Contest the official annoucement of the country's
withdrawal came this morning. As Armenia was drawn in the second
semi-final this leaves two semi-finals with 18 each.
As soon as Azerbaijan won the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest held in
Düsseldorf, Germany last year the possibility of a contest without
Armenia became a talked about issue. Though EBU tried to assure the
country of their safety in relation to this year's Eurovision Song
Contest in Baku in May, the Armenian broadcaster waited a long time
with revealing anything about their plans for finding an entry that
fans started speculating about when the withdrawal would come.
This morning EBU officially announced that Armenia has withdrawn from
the contest due to "circumstances beyond our control lead to this
unfortunate decision", as Jon Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor puts it.
As Armenia was drawn in the second semi-final with 19 participants
this leaves two semi-final with 18 each for the 2012 Eurovision Song
Contest. Last year Armenia was represented by Emmy singing Boom Boom,
which for the first time in the country's Eurovision history did not
make it to the final. That song you can see below.
http://www.eurovisionary.com/eurovision-news/armenia-withdraws-2012-eurovision-song-contest