Armenia 2010: Eva Rivas

Posted 6 May, 2010 - 20:22 by Ian Fowell

Artist name:

Eva Rivas

Song title:

Apricot Stone

Song writer(s):

Armen Martirosyan & Karen Kavaleryan

Year:

2010

Language:

English

Country:

Armenia

Starting position semi-final 2:

Points in semi-final 2:

Rank in semi-final 2:

Starting position final :

Points in final:

141

Rank in final:

About the participant:

Eva Rivas was born in 1987 in Rostov-na-Donu.

Eva was a member of the famous Armenian youth ensemble, Arevik (they actually participated for Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 after Eva had left). She sang in different styles including pop, classical and ethnic.

In 2005 Eva began her solo career and has gone on to win many prizes including the Golden Voice Of Rostov; Miss Pearl Of Don; Vice-Miss Of The Caucasus and Armenian Song Of The Year and the 5 Stars festival in Sochi, Russia.

In 2009 Eva recorded a video clip for the song Tamam Ashkarh. The video was recorded in Armenia, Afghanistan, Algeria and Uzbekistan and has received worldwide acclaim.

Eva is currently recording an album for release soon.

About the selection:

The Armenian national selection was held on Sunday 14 February 2010 at the Opera Theatre in Yerevan.

9 acts participated in the final. The favourites prior to the show were popular dance act, Emmy & Mihran, with the song Hey (Let Me Hear You Say).

Apricot Stone by Eva Rivas was selected by a combination of 50% SMS voting and 50% expert jury voting.

The guests at the final included Hayko (Armenia ESC 2007) and Luara Hayrapetyan (Armenia JESC 2009).

About the song:

Apricot Stone is about learning about the realities and problems of the world and coping with them.

With the apricot (traditional to Armenia) this reminds the singer of her homeland and all the good things in life.

She hopes for a return to her motherland.

Lyrics:

Many, many years ago, when I was a little child

Mama told me you should know our world is cruel and wild

But to make your way through cold and heat

Love is all that you need

I believed her every word, more than anything I heard

But I was too scared to lose my fun

I began to cry a lot and she gave me apricots

Kisses of the earth, fruits of the sun

Apricot stone, hidden in my hand

Given back to me from the motherland

Apricot stone, I will drop it down in the frozen ground

I'll just let it make its round

Apricot stone, hidden in my hand

Given back to me from the motherland

Apricot stone

Now I see the northern stars shining brightly in the storm

And I've got an avatar of my love to keep me warm

Now I'm not afraid of violent winds

They may blow – they can't win

May the winter stay away from my harvest night and day

May God bless and keep my cherished fruit

Grow my tree up to the sky, once I waved my home goodbye

I just wanna go back to my roots

Apricot stone, hidden in my hand

Given back to me from the motherland

Apricot stone, I will drop it down in the frozen ground

I'll just let it make its round

Apricot stone, hidden in my hand

Given back to me from the motherland

Apricot stone, hidden in my hand

Given back to me from the motherland

Apricot stone

Video:

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