Eurovision 2011: small protest action of Boom-Boom song opponents held in YerevanMarch 11, 2011 - 19:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On March 11, near the building of the Armenian Public TV, fans of Eurovision song contest held a protest action against the selection of song Boom-Boom to be performed by Armenia’s Emmy at the contest in 2011. 51 people participated in the protest action. The administration of hateboom-boom.do.am website said in its statement that “all this is done so that Armenia is represented at the contest to the best advantage.” The statement also says that “fans of the contest consider song AYO to be better.” According to them, the song AYO has more chances to win the contest than the song Boom-Boom. “The decision to hold a rally against the selection of the song Boom-Boom for Eurovision 2011 is purposeless, as the song has already been selected,” head of the Armenian delegation to Eurovision 2011 Gohar Gasparyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. According to her, the song selection is fair and is not liable to variation. “If someone does not like this song, it does not mean that it will not be presented at Eurovision,” said Gasparyan. At the same time she praised the fact that many Eurovision fans are fervent about the song selection in Armenia. Earlier Gasparyan reported that 7,715 SMS messages were sent during the song selection contest in Armenia. The song Boom-Boom was supported by 3,219 votes (41.7%), the song AYO - 2,422 (31.39%), the song Hay – 1,535 (19.90%), and the song Goodbye – 539 (6.99%). 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |