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Mika (Armenian Singer)
Armenia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. On 11 June 2015 it was confirmed that they would use internal selection. Michael Varosyan (Mika) was selected as the Armenian representative on 14 July with his song "Love", being selected on 6 October. Armenia finished 2nd with 176 points during the final. Before Junior Eurovision Internal selection On 11 June 2015, the Armenian public broadcaster, Public Television of Armenia (ARMTV), announced its plans to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. The broadcaster had opted for an internal selection method, to decide their artist and song to represent them in November. The broadcaster announced on 14 July, that they had selected 12-year-old Michael Varosyan to be their representative in Bulgaria. He was actually part of Compass Band, the representatives in 2012, but he was not allowed to compete since he was only 9. Varosyan has previous taken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the thirteenth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and took place, for the first time, in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian national broadcaster Bulgarian National Television, BNT was the host broadcaster for the event. The final took place on 21 November 2015 and was held at the in Sofia. Poli Genova, a Bulgarian singer and former representative of Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 (and later the Eurovision Song Contest 2016), hosted the show. A total of seventeen countries participated, with and making their debuts. and returned after being absent since the and contests, respectively. and withdrew after returning in the , while withdrew for the first time since 2008. The winner of the contest was Destiny (singer), Destiny Chukunyere, who represented Malta with the song "Not My Soul". and finished in second and third place, respectively. This was Malta's second victory in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar (river), Iskar river and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Known as Serdica in Classical antiquity, antiquity, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe, Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Pannonian Avars, Avars, and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the First Bulgarian Empire by Khan (title), Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantine Empire, Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule until 1194, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the tenth largest within the European Union and the List of European countries by area, sixteenth-largest country in Europe by area. Sofia is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city; other major cities include Burgas, Plovdiv, and Varna, Bulgaria, Varna. One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Karanovo culture (6,500 BC). In the 6th to 3rd century BC, the region was a battleground for ancient Thracians, Persians, Celts and Ancient Macedonians, Macedonians; stability came when the Roman Empire conquered the region in AD 45. After the Roman state splintered, trib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Television Of Armenia
Public Television of Armenia (; 1TV), also known as AMPTV or ARMTV, is an Armenian public broadcasting, public television station that began transmissions in 1956. History Early years Armenia Public Television dates back to September 5, 1955, when the Sovnarkom, USSR Council of Ministers made the decision to construct 27 programme centres and five transmission stations in the Union Republics. On November 29, 1956, the date of Sovietization of Armenia, the first programme of Armenian television was transmitted. Until December 31, the station mostly aired films; on that day, a New Year's special was broadcast, and on January 2, 1957, the first programme for children. In this phase, Armenian television was still a pilot service. The official opening of the Armenian television took place on February 9, 1957, as regular programmes began to air. Initially, the staff believed that television would deliver cultural values to viewers. The station broadcast four days a week, Tuesdays, Thu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the tenth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It took place at the AFAS Live, Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 1 December 2012. Dutch broadcaster AVRO (broadcaster), AVRO was the host broadcaster for the event. For the second time the Netherlands hosted the contest, after hosting the contest in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007, 2007 in Rotterdam. The show was hosted by Kim-Lian, Kim-Lian van der Meij for a second time, this time joined by Ewout Genemans. The motto for the contest was ''"Break The Ice"''. Twelve countries took part in the contest, making it the smallest number of countries participating in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest history, and equalling the number of countries participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, 1970 Eurovision Song Contest held at RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre, RAI Congrescentrum. Albania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Albania and Azerbaijan in the Junior E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the Capital city, capital, largest city and Economy of Armenia, financial center. The Armenian Highlands has been home to the Hayasa-Azzi, Shupria and Nairi. By at least 600 BC, an archaic form of Proto-Armenian language, Proto-Armenian, an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language, had diffused into the Armenian Highlands.Robert Drews (2017). ''Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe''. Routledge. . p. 228: "The vernacular of the Great Kingdom of Biainili was quite certainly Armenian. The Armenian language was obviously the region's vernacular in the fifth century BC, when Persian commanders and Greek writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Armeec
Arena Sofia (, ) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Sofia, Bulgaria. Opened in July 2011, it has a seating capacity of 12,373. It was formerly called Arena Armeets after the Bulgarian insurance company Armeets purchased the naming rights, until the sponsorship was terminated in October 2022. Designed as a universal hall for cultural events and sports, the arena could host up to 30 types of sports, including basketball, volleyball, handball, futsal, boxing, tennis, weightlifting, fencing and gymnastics competitions, as well as concerts with a maximum capacity of 17,906. There are 887 parking lots, 614 of them placed in a central exterior parking, 231 placed in near streets and 42 designated for disabled people. Major events and notable firsts The first major concert in the arena was held by Jean Michel Jarre, followed by artists Sade and Amorphis. The arena has hosted the 2012 European Taekwon-do ITF championship in May, followed by the 2012 Aerobic Gymnastics World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nul Points
The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest is determined by a positional voting system. The most recent version of the system was implemented in the . Each participating country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points, based on their ten favourite songs from other countries. One set of picks comes from their professional jury, and the other from televoting in their country. Only the set from televoting is used in the semi-finals. Both sets from jury and televoting are used in the final. Overview Small, demographically-balanced juries assembled by each participating broadcaster and made up of ordinary people had been used to rank the entries and award the points from each country. After the widespread use of telephone voting in , the ranking resorts to juries only in the event of a televoting malfunctions. In , for example, Eircom's telephone polling system malfunctioned. Irish broadcaster RTÉ did not receive the polling results from them in time, and used the back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inga Arshakyan
Inga and Anush Ashoti Arshakyan () or the Arshakyan Sisters () are an Armenian folk singing duo. The sisters represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, eventually finishing in 10th place in the final. Early life Anush was born on 24 December 1980 in Yerevan. She graduated from S. Aslamazyan music school, in piano. In 1994, she came first and was awarded the audience prize in the "Sonorous Voices" competition that took place in Omsk. In that period, she started promoting herself as a writer/composer. As soon as she graduated in 2001, she entered and graduated from A. Babajanyan music college, in piano. In 1999, she made her debut as a soloist together with Armenia State Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. From 2001 to 2005, she studied at Yerevan State Conservatory, and graduated in jazz-vocal. Her sister Inga was born on 18 March 1982, in Yerevan. She also graduated from S. Aslamazyan music school and A. Babajanyan music college, as a violinist in 1997. Parallel wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Karapetyan
Erik Valerayi Karapetyan (; born 5 June 1988), better known as simply Erik, is an Armenian singer-songwriter. He represented Armenia in the 2011 New Wave international contest for young performers and achieved fifth place. He also won "Audience's Choice" of that competition. In 2016, he became one of the jury members of the Armenian X-Factor. Life and career Early life Karapetyan was born on 5 June 1988 in Tbilisi. In 2005, he graduated from Tbilisi's Dzabatdze N79 Georgian School, in which he subsequently studied violin, and after the graduation he transferred to Yerevan. There, he started to study in the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan until 2011. Career In 2021, he won the first edition of ''Masquerade'', the Armenian version of the Masked Singer ''Masked Singer'' is an international music reality game show franchise. It originated from the South Korean program '' The King of Mask Singer'', developed by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. Format The format featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alla Levonyan
Alla Zhorayi Levonyan (; born June 26, 1975) is an Armenian singer, who is a recipient of the Honorary Worker of Culture of the Republic of Armenia award, which is an honorary title in Armenia. In 2007, she was appointed the UNICEF Armenia Goodwill Ambassador. Awards and titles *Distinguished Artist of the Republic of Armenia (2011) *"The Best Singer" *"The Best People's Singer" *"Best Song, CD," and more. *The Gold Medal of the RA Ministry of Culture *RA Ministry of Defense "Vazgen Sargsyan" Medal *Best Modern Contemporary Album, Armenian Music Awards Armenian Music Awards was an annual music awards ceremony first held at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California on October 7, 1998. It was created and produced for the first eight years by Peter Bahlawanian who wanted to support Armenian artist ..., 2002 Discography *Hayastan (2000) *Msho Aghchik (2002) *Gnam Hasnem (2003) *The Best (2006) *Maral (2006) Videos *Live Concert (2009) Filmography References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 In Armenia
The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Armenia. Incumbents * President of Armenia, President: Serzh Sargsyan * Prime Minister of Armenia, Prime Minister: Hovik Abrahamyan * President of the National Assembly of Armenia, Speaker: Galust Sahakyan Events January * January 1 – Armenia joins the Eurasian Economic Union. * January 12 – A serviceman stationed at the Russian 102nd Military Base, Valery Permyakov, kills six members of an Armenian family, including a two-year-old child, and, in addition, wounds a six-month-old child, in Gyumri, initiating a manhunt by the Armenian security services. * January 19 – A six-month-old boy dies in hospital of his wounds, becoming the seventh member of an Armenian family dead after a Gyumri massacre, killing spree by a Russian soldier. April * April 24 – The 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide is commemorated. References {{Year in Asia, 2015 2015 in Armenia, 2010s in Armenia Years of the 21st century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
