Sunday, May 1, 2011

ARMENIA 2011 - Boom Boom

Another of my favorite countries! I wonder if it's noticeable that almost all of the countries I have a particular interest in have one important thing in common ... ? ;-)

The Armenian entry has been one of my top favorites for the past three years, so I was really excited to see what they would come up with this time around. I'm sort of always hoping that I will like their song. And ... I do! In fact I almost kind of dig it. Armenia is a rather exotic country to me - I don't think I'm alone in that - so it's fascinating to see what their culture produces by the way of lightweight pop fare. It tends to be a little on the unusual side.

I really love the beat of this song. It's just an instant earworm. OK, I can see that for some it may be annoying. And I do agree that the lyrics are beyond atrocious from a grammatical point of view. Which I normally care about, a lot. But I don't care in this case, the rhythm has got hold of me! :-D This song just has such a fantastically fun beat, the singer is so sweet and the whole thing is just so much fun. I love this entry, I can't help it. I hope the audience does too and doesn't just think it's annoying. Go Armenia! again! :-D

I can't vote for them in the semi, because they're in the same one as us (boo-hoo!) but if they get to the final, which I'm pretty sure they will, I will definitely be sending a few votes their way. As commenter Ilona reminds me, I can in fact vote for them, and I will! :-D One day the contest will find its way to Yerevan ... !! :-D

This is Emmy (a stage name, yes, but a pretty normal one :-) performing Boom Boom by Hayk Hovhannisyan, Hayk Harutyunyan and Sosi Khanikyan. They will be competing for Armenia on Tuesday, May 10th.



Widescreen here.

Lyrics here.
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2 comments:

  1. IlonaMay 1, 2011 at 9:32 PM

    You CAN vote for them in the semi because they're in the same one as Norway; cannot vote for the entries in the other semi.

    Armenia has rosen among my favourite ESC countries during the past years, too, but for me this song was a huge disappointment from them. Still the small Armenian fangirl inside me hopes some success for Emmy, too. :)

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  2. Leisha CamdenMay 1, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    OMG you're right!! :-o How can I have gotten that mixed up? I must have written too many blog entries today ... ! :-D Thank you for reminding me. I got confused - I think I need an ESC break. ;-) Sorry to hear you don't like the song! But that's what's so wonderful about the ESC - there's always next year ... !! :-D

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