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Eurovision Song Contest: Introducing 2013: Armenia
ESC Today - Eurovision Song Contest
March 29 2013
Written by: Edward Montebello
Thirty-nine countries are competing with the aim to lift the trophy
in Malmo. The fourth country to be introduced is Armenia. The country
is returning in the Eurovision Song Contest and this year Dorians
will fly the Armenian flag in Sweden.
Basic information
Performers: Dorians Song: Lonely planet Language: English Music:
Tony Iommi Lyrics: Vardan Zadoyan
The song
The rocky Armenian entry promotes the message of peace and tolerance
as our world faces crises in every aspect of life.
Who's the one that starts a war?
Who's dictating what is less and more?
Who can change the night and day?
Who's the one with clever face?
That can tell us what is in the space?
Playing games that none can play.
Maybe someday we'll break the wall.
Maybe the light will touch us all.
Lonely planet!
Who has done it?
Who can save you?
Who can stop it?
The performers
Gor Sujyan is the lead singer of the band Dorians. The Dorians have
received many awards: Best Rock Group of the Year, Best Video of
the Year, Rock Number One. The band's first concert was held in 2009
and was dedicated to the legendary Led Zeppelin rock band. The world
famous rock band had a big influence on the formation of the Dorians.
In 2008 when the boys gathered together they created a band called Gor
and Friends and they began to perform the songs by Led Zeppelin. Soon
after they decided to perform not only cover songs, but also their own
songs and decided to rename the band from Gor and Friends to Dorians.
At the beginning the band only performed songs in English, but soon
the Dorians made a great revolution in their repertoire presenting
their fans the song Yes kulam which means I'm Crying in Armenian. The
song was loved by everyone, maybe because it's about love, but not
about freshman's love, as Gor said during one of his interviews: It's
about a greater love. The presentation of the bands' first studio
album Fly took place on 22 December 2011
The songwriters
Tony Iommi, guitarist of the legendary rock band Black Sabbath is
the composer of Lonely planet. This isn't the first time the 65 year
old rocker is involved with Armenia. After the devastating earthquake
which hit the country in 1988, he took part in the Rock Aid Armenia
to raise funds for the victims. In 2009, Tony Iommi flew to Armenia
where he took part in the Armenia Grateful two rock celebrations and
received Armenia's Order of Honour.
Later, in 2011, together with Ian Gillan of Deep Purple they recorded
two songs, Holy water and Out of my mind. The proceeds from the sales
of the songs were used to build a music school in Gyumri. Vardan
Zadoyan who penned the lyrics of the song also wrote the 2009
Armenian entry.
The national selection
Gor Sujyan was internally selected to represent Armenia in the
forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest. Together with his band, he
performed four songs and Lonely planet was selected for Malmo.
Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Armenia debuted in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. They missed last
year's edition held in Azerbaijan. Since its debut the Caucasian
country always received a top ten place with the exception of the
2011 edition when the country got a shocking result of a 12th place
in the semi-final.
Statistics
This will be Armenia's 7th participation in the Eurovision Song
Contest. This is the first time that the country is represented by
a group. The Armenian entry will be performed entirely in English.
Armenian vote in Eurovision
Armenia and Russia exchanged most of the points in the Eurovision
Song Contest. In total Armenia gave 102 points to Russia while the
Russians awarded 83 points to Armenia.
The betting odds
According to oddschecker.com, Armenia is currently standing at number
15 to win the Eurovision Song Contest. According to the odds, Armenia
is the 5th favourite to qualify from the second semi-final.
http://www.esctoday.com/49255/introducing-2013-armenia/
From: Baghdasarian
ESC Today - Eurovision Song Contest
March 29 2013
Written by: Edward Montebello
Thirty-nine countries are competing with the aim to lift the trophy
in Malmo. The fourth country to be introduced is Armenia. The country
is returning in the Eurovision Song Contest and this year Dorians
will fly the Armenian flag in Sweden.
Basic information
Performers: Dorians Song: Lonely planet Language: English Music:
Tony Iommi Lyrics: Vardan Zadoyan
The song
The rocky Armenian entry promotes the message of peace and tolerance
as our world faces crises in every aspect of life.
Who's the one that starts a war?
Who's dictating what is less and more?
Who can change the night and day?
Who's the one with clever face?
That can tell us what is in the space?
Playing games that none can play.
Maybe someday we'll break the wall.
Maybe the light will touch us all.
Lonely planet!
Who has done it?
Who can save you?
Who can stop it?
The performers
Gor Sujyan is the lead singer of the band Dorians. The Dorians have
received many awards: Best Rock Group of the Year, Best Video of
the Year, Rock Number One. The band's first concert was held in 2009
and was dedicated to the legendary Led Zeppelin rock band. The world
famous rock band had a big influence on the formation of the Dorians.
In 2008 when the boys gathered together they created a band called Gor
and Friends and they began to perform the songs by Led Zeppelin. Soon
after they decided to perform not only cover songs, but also their own
songs and decided to rename the band from Gor and Friends to Dorians.
At the beginning the band only performed songs in English, but soon
the Dorians made a great revolution in their repertoire presenting
their fans the song Yes kulam which means I'm Crying in Armenian. The
song was loved by everyone, maybe because it's about love, but not
about freshman's love, as Gor said during one of his interviews: It's
about a greater love. The presentation of the bands' first studio
album Fly took place on 22 December 2011
The songwriters
Tony Iommi, guitarist of the legendary rock band Black Sabbath is
the composer of Lonely planet. This isn't the first time the 65 year
old rocker is involved with Armenia. After the devastating earthquake
which hit the country in 1988, he took part in the Rock Aid Armenia
to raise funds for the victims. In 2009, Tony Iommi flew to Armenia
where he took part in the Armenia Grateful two rock celebrations and
received Armenia's Order of Honour.
Later, in 2011, together with Ian Gillan of Deep Purple they recorded
two songs, Holy water and Out of my mind. The proceeds from the sales
of the songs were used to build a music school in Gyumri. Vardan
Zadoyan who penned the lyrics of the song also wrote the 2009
Armenian entry.
The national selection
Gor Sujyan was internally selected to represent Armenia in the
forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest. Together with his band, he
performed four songs and Lonely planet was selected for Malmo.
Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Armenia debuted in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. They missed last
year's edition held in Azerbaijan. Since its debut the Caucasian
country always received a top ten place with the exception of the
2011 edition when the country got a shocking result of a 12th place
in the semi-final.
Statistics
This will be Armenia's 7th participation in the Eurovision Song
Contest. This is the first time that the country is represented by
a group. The Armenian entry will be performed entirely in English.
Armenian vote in Eurovision
Armenia and Russia exchanged most of the points in the Eurovision
Song Contest. In total Armenia gave 102 points to Russia while the
Russians awarded 83 points to Armenia.
The betting odds
According to oddschecker.com, Armenia is currently standing at number
15 to win the Eurovision Song Contest. According to the odds, Armenia
is the 5th favourite to qualify from the second semi-final.
http://www.esctoday.com/49255/introducing-2013-armenia/
From: Baghdasarian