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    Alexan Harutyunyan: Teamwork won at Eurovision

    ArmRadio.am
    26.05.2006 18:20

    These days many publications in the media include views, general
    wording of which is as follows: `It was not Andre that won at the
    Eurovision but Alexan Harutyunyan through his ties and means. Just the
    way Lusine Tovmasyan acquired the title of `Vice Miss Europe.'

    In his interview to `Radiolur' correspondent Alexan Harutyunyan,
    President of the Council of Public Radio and Television of Armenia,
    did not agree with the idea, saying that he merely headed the team
    that participated in the contest. `The most important here are the
    singer, the song, the team, the instrumentation. We would not succeed
    if these were not good, no matter how hard I would try to promote.'

    Generally, the diverse views and evaluations do not surprise Alexan
    Harutyunyan, He considers it is natural. Mr. Harutyunyan was surprised
    only with the atmosphere over the song and the singer in Armenia
    before the contest, which was exerted as pressure on the part of
    specialists and political figures.

    `Doing such things is merely impermissible, such phenomena do not
    exist in any other country. But it's good that these negative
    evaluations perished after the results were issued and everyone saw
    that what we did was not incorrect, ' Alexan Harutyunyan said. His
    personal evaluation of Armenia's performance at Eurovision is
    positive. This is a show watched not only in Europe but also all over
    the world, and only participation here is of great importance
    already. This is show business, which has its own rules, which we
    should follow.

    `I think that what we did was not bad for our first entry, it was even
    good, since many countries participating for the 40th ` 45th time did
    not even enter the top ten. Our next representative will go directly
    to the final. This was also a good opportunity to make whole Europe
    and the world speak about Armenia. It was a chance to speak about
    Karabakh, since the singer was coming from there. It was important
    also for the unification of Armenia and the Diaspora,' President of
    the Council of Public Radio and Television considers.

    Alexan Harutyunyan does not share the views that the voting was
    politicized.

    `The votes were cast in most part by young people, who are not that
    politicized. Of course, the factor of being neighbors or speaking the
    same language sometimes plays its role here; however, the opposite can
    be noticed as well. In the semi-final we received points from Spain,
    Belgium, Moldova, where there are no large Armenian communities.'

    It has not been decided so far who will represent Armenia at
    Eurovision next year. This time, however, different from our first
    entry we have more time to work and correct the faults.

    `Considerable resources were spent, which were unprecedented for
    Armenia but yielded their results. It was worth doing only for the
    inspiration the Armenians and Diaspora experienced,' Alexan
    Harutyunyan said.
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