Now let's talk about one of the most controversial entries of this year. It's impossible to not relate this choice from Armenia to the 100 years of the armenian genocide. The selection was made inetrnally by the national broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV). It was cretaed a group purposely for the contest called 'Genealogy'. The idea was to celebrate the armenian presence in the world, invinting armenian singers living in different places of the world: a singer from each continent - Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Australia and, to complete this idea, a armenian singer living in Armenia ( the singer Inga Arshakyan that already represented Armenia in the Eurovision in 2009).
The controverse started right in the beginning when the armenian delegation was forced to change de name of the song: originally the name was "Don't Deny" but after Azerbaijan had accused this song for having a strong political connotation and for being a message for Turkey and Azerbaijan for not recognize the armenian genocide, the song's name was changed to "Face the shadow".
As for the song, the lyrics is very interesting and the video is amazing. Apart from the political connotation, the idea of joining armenians all over the world is a good idea. The voices in the videoclip work well together. However, this is the kind of song very difficult to make a good performane on stage, especially in this kind of events like Eurovision. And of course many people only will listen and watch this song for the first time in teh semifinal I and so, will not understand all the idea behind this entry.
Even the simple fact that all the caracthers are dress like the people were dressed in 1915 is another proof of the message behind this song.
Armenia will qualify for the final, also because of the help from Russia, Belgium, Georgia and The Netherlands (countries that usally give many points to Armenia), and let's hope will finish at least in TOP 15.
France - Lisa Angell with "N'oubliez pas"
France hasn't being very lucky in the recent years: actually these have being among the years with the worst results in the french past on this year. For the firs time, they finished in last place laste year.
This year France changes totally the style and follows the trend: ballads. This ballad is a typical french ballad and Lisa has a decent vocal capacity that can perform it well. However, in a year full of ballads, it will be very difficut for the french entry to stand out. However, a result similar to Patrica Kaas in 2009 is very possible. The lyrics and the message are strong and Lisa don't need to make much effort to bring out all the emotions this song needs. France will be already in the Final. It will be very possible for France to not finish in the bottom 5, thanks to the juries. In a year with less quantity of ballads, the prediction could be better.
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