JUNIOR EUROVISION - 2007 GOES OFF IN EXCLUSIVELY UNBIASSED
CONDITIONS
12-12-2007 16:20:00 | Armenia | Culture
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The Junior Eurovision -
2007 international song contest went off in exclusively
unbiassed conditions, and it was impossible to change or to
falsify any vote there. Diana Mnatsakanian, the Head of the
Foreign Relations Department of the Public TV and Radio Company,
said at the December 12 press conference. In her words, the
Gigame German specialized organization calculating votes and
points accurately registered all votes sent to
country-participants of the contest, then they were sent by fax
to the contest commission.
According to Armen Amirian, the Director of Public Radio,
the song "Dream" of Arevik ensemble "warmed the hearts of
Europeans and European coldness" in the Junior Eurovision - 2007
contest held on December 8 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
According to him, the opinion about the song had been formed
before the contest, as according to studies of two bookmaking
companies, either Armenia or the Ukraine was to take the first
place among 17 countries.
The Director of Public Radio is convinced that in this case
Armenia's taking the first place was not so significant, as the
song received a warm welcome. The song "Dream" had become
everybody's favorite song. This time it gained 12 points for
seven times and the Armenian flag waved in the concert hall for
seven times.
A. Amirian surely said that in all following years Armenia
will return from Junior Eurovision with a victory, as the first
participation surpassed all expectations and they have no right
to retreat any longer.
In response to journalists' question of whether agitation
hampered the children to perform the song, Marianna Javakhian, the
author and performer of the "Dream" answered: "All performers were
agitated. The hall was incredibly crowded, there were Armenian
flags everywhere, it was impossible not to be agitated."
It should be mentioned that the Public TV and Radio Company
starts preparing for the Junior Eurovision - 2008 contest, which will
be held in Cyprus.