  Armenia finishes 16th in Eurovision grand final (video)  May 25, 2015 - 08:46 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has finished 16th in Eurovision following Saturday May 24 night’s performance by the six-piece band, Genealogy, in the 27-nation grand finale of Europe’s biggest pop music contest in Vienna, Austria, Armenia Now reports. Sweden’s Mans Zelmerlow with his song “Heroes” scored 365 points to win the contest, with representatives of Russia and Italy coming second and third, respectively. The contest’s most international act representing five continents and Armenia (Essaï Altounian from Europe, Tamar Kaprelian from America, Stephanie Topalian from Asia, Vahe Tilbian from Africa, Mary-Jean O’Doherty Vasmatzian from Australia, and Inga Arshakyan from Armenia) sang a song in English entitled “Face the Shadow” that scored 34 points in a combined TV viewer and professional jury vote. Armenia’s highest points, 12, came from Georgia. Russia provided 6 points to Armenia, with Belarus giving a 4. Belgium, France and Macedonia gave Armenia three points each, with the Czech Republic and Greece contributing one point each. Meanwhile, Armenia gave its highest points to Russia (12), Georgia (10), and Montenegro (8). Armenia has participated in Eurovision song contests since 2006 (skipping the 2012 show for security reasons as it was hosted by Baku, Azerbaijan). So far Sirusho and Aram Mp3 have provided the best finishes for Armenia by coming fourth in the 2008 and 2014 competitions, respectively.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
