Thursday, December 15, 2005

Armenia bids to join Eurovision in 2006

15 December, 2005
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Source: Public TV Company of Armenia Date Posted

The Republic of Armenia hopes to make its debut at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest.

Yesterday during the annual Armenian Music Awards, it was announced that the country has applied to be included in the 51st contest.

[...]Diana Mnatsakanyan, the Head of International Relations at the Public TV Company of Armenia [...] commented, "We do have plans to participate, but it is not yet confirmed by EBU."

Bjørn Erichsen, the Director of the EBU Television Department has previously voiced his support for their bid [...].

The EBU has not published a provisional list of participants this year, preferring to keep the line up under wraps until after 23 December, when the deadline passes for broadcasters to withdraw without facing any financial penalty. Broadcasters will learn tomorrow about how much it will cost to take part in 2006 when the EBU notifies provisional participation fees.

Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.

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