A few nights ago the Armenian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest was held. Nine acts competed and the jury and the SMS voters decided that Eva Rivas will represent the country in Moscow with the song Apricot stone written by A. Martirosyan and Karen Kavaleryan.
During an interview to an Armenian TV channel, Eva and her producer revealed that the song Apricot Stone calls for peace and love all over the world. It is also supposed to symbolise the Armenian diaspora, as Eva lives in Russia but misses Armenia as she lives uproad. Eva’s grandfather is Greek from Thessaloniki and she has stated that she is really proud of her Greek heritage. Lyricist Karen Kavaleryan is already a well-known face to the Eurovision Song Contest community. 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).
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