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“Arevik Children Band won the honorable second place in Children’s Eurovision contest but it is a victory for us because the foreigners were singing in the Armenian language,” Armen Amiryan, director of public radio, told a news conference today. In his words, the participants, organizers and even the cleaners were singing song “Dream.” “There were hundreds of Armenian flags in the hall but there were not in the hands of Armenians. There were only 20-25 Armenians in the hall,” Amiryan said.

The fact that the children were alarmed during the performance of the song did not deny the participants and the art head of the band Armen Divanyan. Amiryan said that even professional singers cannot get into such stages without slight nervousness. ''Being emotional was natural for all participants since all of them performed better during trials,” Amiryan said.

Speaking about some doubts around the victory of Byelorussia, Diana Mnatsakanyan, foreign relations department head of the public radio said: “It is impossible to fake anything during the Eurovision. All calculations are made by a German company. The Byelorussian representative won the first place and it was fair.” The children were met by their classmates and friends at airport Zvartnots. “It would be better if our pop singers came. Only Arame and Ani Amiryan came. It means our stars do not value our tomorrow. These children represent our future today,” Amiryan said.

Today the chairman of the National Assembly Tigran Torosyan and NA deputy Hranush Hakobyan will receive Arevik Band singers.

Eurovision 2007 took place on December 8 in Rotterdam of Netherlands. Seventeen countries participated in the contest. The Armenian band “Arevik” won the second place in the contest. On December 16, Arevik will perform at the Opera House with the participation of the Georgian representative in Eurovision. The public TV will broadcast the concert live.