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Simon87

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Re: ???????? - Armenia 2010 - Eva Rivas - Apricot Stone

When will Eva come to Serbia :)
 

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Simon87 , I don't know exactly
after Greece Eva to go to Cyprus , then probably will be back to Yerevan where she takes vocal lessons with Armenian opera singer Anna Mayilyan, then on 18 Tashir in Moscow and probably after these events she will visit Balkans and especially Serbia ,one of my favourite countries :p

Happy Easter to everyone!!! ;)
 

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Re: ???????? - Armenia 2010 - Eva Rivas - Apricot Stone

Thanks. Happy Easter to you as well :D
 

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Re: ???????? - Armenia 2010 - Eva Rivas - Apricot Stone

Introducing 2010: Armenia

Part nine of the series is dedicated to the Armenian entry.
Basic information

Performer: Eva Rivas (??? ?????)

Song: Apricot stone
Language: English

Music: Armen Martirosyan (????? ???????????)

Lyrics: Karen Kavaleryan (????? ??????????)
Draw: 2nd in the second semi final ;)

The song

Apricot stone is a mid-tempo/up-tempo pop song with ethnic influences in the arrangement. Through the lyrics, the singer tells that she is longing for her home, when she realises how cruel the world can be. Her motherland is symbolised by an apricot stone, which was given to her be her mother, as the fruit is believed to be native in Armenia and has therefore become a symbol of the country.

May God bless and keep my cherished fruit
Grow my tree up to the sky
Once I waved my home goodbye
I just wanna go back to my roots

Apricot stone
Hidden in my hand
Given back to me
From the motherland
Apricot stone
I will drop it down
In the frozen ground
I'll just let it make its round


The performer

Eva Rivas has Russian and Armenian roots and she grew up in Rostov-on-Don. She has been singing since her childhood joining the music group Arevik at the age of only nine. The ensemble was very successful and won various awards in Russia. Soon, the singer also started working as a model and competed in beauty contests on homeground. In 2005, she won the first prize in the annual Armenian Song of the Year gala.

Since 2008, she has been working with an Armenian production team and she is currently recording her first album. Her song Tamam Ashkhar, whose video clip was directed by Bookhadir Yuldeshev, was released last year and it was received well.

In 2010, Eva Rivas entered the Armenian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. She won the national selection with her song Apricot stone and will therefore be the country's fifth representative in the competition.

The songwriters

The Armenian entry was written by Armen Martirosyan (music) and Karen Kaveleryan (lyrics), who both have Eurovision Song Contest experience. Armen Martirosyan composed Armenia's debut entry in 2006. Without your love finished sixth in the semi final and eighth in the final performed by André. Karen Kaveleryan keeps the record in having written songs for the most different countries. He co-wrote the lyrics for the Russian entries in 2002 (Northern girl, 10th place) and 2006 (Never let you go, 2nd place) and wrote the Belarusian lyrics in 2007 (Work your magic, 6th place), the Armenian lyrics in 2007 (Anytime you need, 8th place), the Georgian lyrics in 2008 (Peace will come, 11th place) and the Ukranian lyrics in 2008 as well (Shady lady, 2nd place).


The national final

The Armenian national final was held with nine acts competing. Eva Rivas won the televoting by a landslide and finished second in the jury voting and was therefore chosen as Armenian representative for Oslo. The jury favourites were Emmy & Mihran with Hey (Let me hear you say).

Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Armenia took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 2006 and has become one of the most successful countries since finishing in the top ten on every occassion. Their best result was a fourth place in 2008, achieved by Sirusho with the song Qele qele.

??? ??????? ????????? ??? ????????????, ??? ?????? ? ??? ???????? O??????? :D

http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/15482 ... #reactions
 

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Re: ???????? - Armenia 2010 - Eva Rivas - Apricot Stone

Acoustic version of Apricot Stone
Jacob Porpossian,Toronto,Canada


[youtube:1uss1pai]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgpm2Pao-N8[/youtube:1uss1pai]
 

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Re: ???????? - Armenia 2010 - Eva Rivas - Apricot Stone

Eva - Apricot Stone live in Greece

[youtube:37ht2yks]uIccMPJJ8f0[/youtube:37ht2yks]

[youtube:37ht2yks]aLsdBpK8hOE[/youtube:37ht2yks]
 

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Re: ???????? - Armenia 2010 - Eva Rivas - Apricot Stone

FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN TO THE ISLAND OF APHRODITE
EVA RIVAS IN CYPRUS
:p

The 1.96 ex-model of Armenian and Greek descent will be singing live at the Zoo nightclub on Friday evening, as well as with Hamazkayin's SIPAN Dance Ensemble on Saturday at 7:30 pm. Together with Mayor of Nicosia Eleni Mavrou, she will hold a press conference and plant an apricot tree in the Municipal Gardens on Saturday at 11:00am.

Nicosia – Wednesday 7 April, 2010 - Gibrahayer - Armenia’s representative to this year’s Eurovision song contest arrives in Cyprus tomorrow (Thursday). She has scheduled appearances on Friday morning TV shows with RIK (Epta-Deka between 8:00-8:30am) and SIGMA (Kalimera between 9:00-10:00am).

On Saturday morning at 11:00am, she will hold a press conference at the Municipal Gardens, where together with Mayor of Nicosia Eleni Mavrou, they will plant an apricot tree.
As a worthy Ambassador of Armenia’s Eurovision 2010 hopes, Eva is currently touring Europe, promoting “Apricot Stone” (lyrics Karen Kavaleryan, music Armen Martirosyan).

During Easter she visited Greece with successful appearances in Thessaloniki and Athens. Audiences in Cyprus are anxiously waiting for her arrival.

The tour of Eva Rivas and her entourage to Cyprus has been made possible by the invitation and efforts of the Armenian MP in the Cyprus Parliament Vartkes Mahdessian.

http://www.gibrahayer.com//index.php5?page_id=1
 

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Re: ???????? - Armenia 2010 - Eva Rivas - Apricot Stone

Damn! I didn't know she would be in Thessaloniki! I could go to see her! :|
 

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Re: ???????? - Armenia 2010 - Eva Rivas - Apricot Stone

Eva in Cyprus
part1

[youtube:eek:56i1r83]mJG4h1VaV-M[/youtube:eek:56i1r83]

part 2

[youtube:eek:56i1r83]SmgbuO3imOk[/youtube:eek:56i1r83]
 

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Re: ???????? - Armenia 2010 - Eva Rivas - Apricot Stone

Qele_Armenia,

Is there also a Eastern Armenian translation of what that man says? :D I have to listen carefully to understand him. Very irritating language, Western Armenian :p
 

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Re: ???????? - Armenia 2010 - Eva Rivas - Apricot Stone

Hayq
no , there is no so far .don't you understand Martirosyan's Armenian as well ? he speaks very clearly :shock:

later we may get some video/photos with Eva ,today she gonna plant apricots in Nicosia ;)
 

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Re: ???????? - Armenia 2010 - Eva Rivas - Apricot Stone

Wow! Blue colour fits her! I will say it again, she is exotic beauty! :D
 
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