Armenia: Eurovision Hopefuls

Although considered by most viewers in Europe as somewhat of a joke, there is no doubt that the Eurovision international song contest is taken very seriously indeed in the South Caucasus. Seen as a perfect opportunity to showcase national culture and identity, many in Armenia are already impatient to discover who will represent them at the contest to be held in Moscow in May.

One possibility is that local singers Inga and Anush will represent the country and they already have a Facebook group set up to support their bid. However, The Armenian Observer is not impressed.

As I can’t stand these girls whining and barking, pretending to be singing, I kept postponing posting about this, however, having received an invitation to join a Facebook group supporting the girls at Eurovision, I came to understand, that like it or not, they will be representing Armenia and I’ll be supporting Armenia - despite this obviously poor choice. After all - Eurovision is strangely enough, a really big thing in Armenia, and there aren’t very many alternatives to them either. […]

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