Eurovision: Support Armenia & Sirusho

Unzipped weighs in with its own opinion on whether or not Armenia’s entry to the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest should be supported given Sirusho’s active involvement in the pre-election campaign of the new president, Serge Sargsyan. Some had been considering a boycott of the competition in which Sirusho is expected to do quite well, but although the blog supports the opposition, it concludes that such a move is inappropriate.

Remember that in Eurovision Sirusho does not represent Armenian government or merely Public TV (anyone who reads this blog knows my critical opinion towards them). However, above anything else, Sirusho represents Armenia. I can’t boycott Armenian chess players just because chess federation is lead by Serj Sargsyan. I can’t boycott Armenian footballers just because of persona of FA president.

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I am not Sirusho’s fan, but apparently she is doing quite well among Eurovision fans and in betting agencies. And her song is very Eurovision-like. I would however advise Sirusho to work on her moves: voice is fine, but performance-wise she needs more work to do.

[…] I call everyone to support Armenia’s entry in Eurovision 2008. In any case, that’s exactly what I am going to do.

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