Video: Armeniens første prøve (dag 3)
Esctoday.com
“Armenia is represented by Eva Rivas. She sings about Apricot stone, that is a reference to the Armenian national fruit. The stage is coloured in shades of apricot and we also get a big apricot stone prop in the middle of the stage. Some lengths of fabric hang at the back of the stage. A flutist is on the left sitting on a rock playing duduk and there are three backing singers on the right, at first involved in getting water from a well and symbolically watering the stone, before taking their positions behind Eva. A male dancer is doing some routines on the stage. Eventually a tree grows out of the stone.
Eva has a very long dark hair and sings this ode to her motherland with passion, backed by ethnic sounds and rhythms and professional backing singers. The stage clothes will be in apricot colours too.”
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PETE:
“Her hair is so long, it’s almost down to her knees! ( I’m just jealous, of course lol). I was curious how Eva’s vocals would be and they were excellent.
This really is impressive on stage, the camera shots are excellent, One of the best 1st rehearsals so far this year.
Armenia shoulod be delighted with this”
KEITH:
“…This was exactly what I hoped it could be. Very ethnic staging framed by drapes and some lovely camerawork for the warm stage. Eva sings well but overdoes it at times and is just a bit too forceful. The backing singers add a real depth to the sound and there is no question, this is instantly appealing and sailing into the final.”
ANDREW:
“This is an instantly catchy song and I was concerned by Eva’s potential live vocals.
But I had no need to fret as she is pretty faultless throughout. Some pyros at some key moments
of lovelyness just add to the overall impact along with the apricot stone opening up to reveal
a sprouting tree.”
Oikotimes.com
FOTIS
“Eva is accompanied by 3 backing vocals and a dancer. A sweet intro music makes you wanna smile and also think. Vocally Eva is very good but not sure if the backing vocals are heard properly. The orange lights in the refrain change into blue during the couple. Eva is dressed in gym forms and the composer is along with her on stage to guide the performance and stage presentation.”
EVA
“I cannot see what exactly many people love in this song… This girl is too tall and we saw a recent example (Montenegro 2009) which also didn’t do much. OK, diaspora will boost Armenia in the televoting but I am not sure the juries will support this entry, this year. The vocals are not bad at all but there is so much Armenian melancholy in the song, which brings us back to the same style we are used to since 2006. The same and the same again… why?”