Eurovision 2011 Armenian contestant is the 4th to perform on May 10March 15, 2011 - 21:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Eurovision 2011 running order draw took place in the afternoon of March 15 in Dusseldorf, with 43 countries being allocated their places in this year’s song contest. Armenian participant of the contest will be the 4th to perform in the first semi-final of the Eurovision 2011 on May 10. Singers from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Lithuania will be the 18th, 9th and 17th to enter the contest on the same day. Armenian singer Emmy will present Armenia at the Eurovision 2011 with her song Boom-Boom. The song was selected on March 5 on Public Television of Armenia through SMS voting and professional jury decision. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |