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18/May 2009 at 22:46

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Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of voting manipulation

Armenian broadcaster APT accusses the broadcaster of the neighbouring country Azerbaijan to have manipulated the voting during the final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest by obscuring the screen when the Armenian televoting number was shown. Political relations between the two countries have been tense for more than 20 years.

APT launched an official complaint to the EBU claiming a severe violation of the Eurovision Song Contest rules. Like in 2008, Azerbaijan gave no points to Armenia. However, even if Azerbaijan had given 12 points to Armenia, the country would have still finished in tenth place behind Bosnia & Herzegovina. Armenia gave one single point to the representatives from Azerbaijan, AySel & Arash, who finished third.

The EBU has stated that they cannot comment on the story yet as they have no proof of the accusations so far. However, they are investigating and will report about the outcome in the next two days.

Armenia took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the fourth time in 2008 and achieved its fourth top ten placing in a row, although the tenth place for Inga & Anush with Nor par is still the lowest result to date.


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NORO MMMO [45729]
Mon 25 May 2009 22:28:29

Just in the News today.... EBU is going to impose sanctions on Spain and Azerbaijan... Spain failed to view the show on time, and Azerb. failed to show the picture of the act or the number to vote for.... Now all the Azeris here saying it wasnt true, time has finally come for u to SHUT UP!!!!!!!!


Blackeyed Ill-Bred [57275]
Mon 25 May 2009 19:30:24

@ ernst leumann
Whatever everybody will come to Baku EDC2009 soon, envious armenis like you want it or not.
If any Azerbaijanian will accuse Norway you`ll read it English, on ectoday.com, or on eurovision.tv, but not in Russian


Blackeyed Ill-Bred [57275]
Mon 25 May 2009 07:38:45

and I am too, like an user of esctoday.com invite you to listen to the 1st musical comedy in te world "Arshin mal alan" by greatest composer Uzeir bey Hajibeyli
http://arshin.musigi(...)io/az/overture_1.mp3


Blackeyed Ill-Bred [57275]
Mon 25 May 2009 07:14:09

@ ernst leumann
You say that "Azerbaijan accuse Norway of stealing Fairytale"
This is lie. In that article - Azer Kerimoglu, reader of vesti.az, invites to listen similarity in one part of famous comedy. Do you understand, such narrow minded man?


Laura K [57656]
Sun 24 May 2009 21:43:18

Orkhan,Okhran - not difference


Laura K [57656]
Sun 24 May 2009 21:35:06

I see, who is stupid,Okhran.
It's u!
lol!




Laura K [57656]
Sun 24 May 2009 20:18:57

There not about azeri,persian , or armenian musician national instruments/Theme about politician!


Laura K [57656]
Sun 24 May 2009 20:16:11

Orkhan
I understand , how are u like turks, and blah blah blah, so , I say:
This is page about Eurovision, not about Armenian or Azeri history!Ok?UNDERSTAND!?THIS IS PAGE ABOUT EUROVISION ARMENIA, NOT ABOUT HER HISTORY , OR AZERI HISTORY!


Laura K [57656]
Sun 24 May 2009 18:56:05

And Okhran
Read Armenian history, after - Write!
P.S
This is page about Eurovision, not about Armenian history!Ok?Azeris looks like gypsyes , with their behaviour


Laura K [57656]
Sun 24 May 2009 18:54:15

And Okhran
Read Armenian history, after - Write!
P.S
This is page about Eurovision, not about Armenian history!Ok?Azeris looks like gypsys , with their behaviourб руку


Laura K [57656]
Sun 24 May 2009 18:42:02

Orkhan Ibrahimov
Go and learn where?...stupid...Jan is persian word, zurna is persian
and word - jan - use - Armenia,Persia,Azerbaijan , Georgia ,Turkey


Spargapises - [41467]
Sun 24 May 2009 16:52:04

Was Eastern Anatolia The Original Homeland Of The Armenians ?

Even Armenian historians disagree on this question. Let us examine some of their contradictory theories while looking into Anatolian history.

1. The Biblical Noah Theory. According to this idea, the Armenians descended from Hayk, great-great grandson of the Biblical patriarch Noah. Since Noah's Arc is supposed to have come to rest on Mount Ararat, the advocates of this idea conclude that eastern Anatolia must have been the original Armenian homeland, adding that Hayk lived some four hundred years and expanded his dominion as far as Babylon. This claim is based entirely on fables, not on any scientific evidence, and is not worthy of further consideration. The historian Auguste Carriere summarily dismisses it stating that "it depends entirely on information provided by some Armenian historians, most of which was made up."(1)

2. The Urartu Theory. Some Armenians claim that they were the people of Urartu, which existed in eastern Anatolia starting about 3000 B.C. until it was defeated and destroyed by the Medes, with its territory being contested for some time by Lydia and the Medes until it finally fell under the influence of the latter. This claim has no basis in fact. No form of the name Armenian is found in any inscription in Anatolia dating from that period, nor was there any Similarity at all between the Armenian language and that of Urartu, the former being a member of the Satem group oflndo European languages, while the latter was similar to the Ural-Altaic languages. Nor were there any similarities between their cultures. The most recent archaeological finds in the area of Erzurum support these conclusions very clearly. There is, therefore, absolutely no evidence at all to support the claim that the people of Urartu were Armenian.

3. The Thracian-Phrygian Theory. The theory most favored by Armenian historians claims that they descended from a Thracian-Phrygian group, that originated in the Balkan Peninsula and by the pressure oflllyrians migrated to eastern Anatolia in the sixth century B.C. This theory is based on the fact that the name Armenian was mentioned for the first time in the Behistan inscription of the Mede (Persian) Emperor Darius from the year 521 B.C., "l defeated the Armenians." If accepted, of course, this view effectively contradicts and disproves the Noah and Urartu theories.

4. The Southern Caucasus Theory. This idea claims that the Armenians are related racially and culturally to the peoples of the Southern Caucasus and that, therefore, they originated there. it is, however, supported only by the fact that Darius defeated the Armenians in the Caucasus. The Armenians are in no way related to any of the Caucasian races.

5. The Turanian Theory. Some Armenians have adduced similarities of certain elements of the Armenian language and culture with those of some Turkish and Azeri tribes of the Caucasus to document a relationship, but this remains to be proved.

Whichever, if any, of these theories is correct, it is very certain that the Armenians did not originate in Anatolia, nor did they live there for three to four thousand years, as claimed. They have put forward these ideas merely to support their claims that the Turks drove them out of a homeland in which they have lived for thousands of years, but they can not stand up to the facts.


Blackeyed Ill-Bred [57275]
Sun 24 May 2009 16:15:04

@ ernst leumann
Friends :) sometimes may lie ;) , this is not a reason to call nation bad. Or maybe you are thick nationalist too. Becouse you speak like armeni :) , sorry.
Sting :) , Iran :) , to harm the spirit of ESC :P - YOU ARE REALLY RIDICULOUS :)


Blackeyed Ill-Bred [57275]
Sun 24 May 2009 10:29:40

It`s not necessary to answer to you, but I write becouse you are need in help and more armeni think like you

1. There was not Christianity in 3000 years ago. Does it means that you are not armenis and you lie?!

2. We are proud of to be, as you say, Tatars, Turks, or Mongols, to seem like Ozbeks, Kazaks, Turkmens, but not like armenis.
We love all nations, but not nationalist armenis. You must know that it will kill you

3. We love Asia as Europe. And modern Azerbaijan is in Europe, but more than 40 million of us live in Iran

4. You cannot find any Italy, Germany, Frans or Russia on the walls of Rome. But there is Atropaten, as you call it Aturpatakan.
And Karagoyunlu, Akgoyunlu, Shirvanshah, Kizilbashlar and ect..


Laura K [57656]
Sun 24 May 2009 09:46:44

Orkhan
jan is persian word, and azerbaijan is persia


Laura K [57656]
Sun 24 May 2009 09:45:41

Ozi
Nice joke!


Ozi :-) [42913]
Sat 23 May 2009 20:14:41

Dolma is TURKISH everybody knows that :P


Manushak Prazyan [59923]
Sat 23 May 2009 12:44:12

I only can tell that 200 years ago there was no such concept as azerbadjan, and some still say, that dolma is azeri's, or musical instruments tar, kamancha, knar are azeri's... It simply is so ridiculous, that I will not be speak about of other deliriumс. The Armenian nation is more than 3000 years old. It seems to me enough that create OUR national, and "not steal" from KIDS.


Janice Shed [56082]
Fri 22 May 2009 18:59:24

well, i wouldn't have given Armenia even the last place, that was awful


KHOCHALY GENOCIDE DO NOT FORGET YOUR HISTORY [59914]
Fri 22 May 2009 18:12:20

ernst leumann you are either stupid or silly !! No words to say. Instead of blaming Azerbaijan just read and learn about my motherland!!! Azerbaijan deserved 3rd place.


Elnara Elnara [59918]
Fri 22 May 2009 10:02:26

Armenia stop anti Azerbaican propaganda! You won't achieve anything in this way. People all over the world knows how are armenians and how are azerbaijanians. So don't be tired with your harms. You concoct the lie and yourself beleive these lies, you are so ridiculous :)
I'm calling out to azeris here. Please dont reply them, dont fall to their level.


Dino Mil Jovanni [58964]
Thu 21 May 2009 21:07:19

I am member here for 5 years. My number changed cause I had to change my MSN account etc etc......................At least I am not spreading and hate at this site. It is your compatriots that do this among Armenians, go and fight somewhere else you are not welcome here.


ogae eurovision [47532]
Thu 21 May 2009 21:02:18

And me too under 50000


ogae eurovision [47532]
Thu 21 May 2009 21:01:14

EBU cannot find anwer. lool
Stoned music, stoned dress, stoned dances, stoned worlds, stoned clip, stoned land, stoned monument

[bAnd after this all
they say that Azerbaijanians have stoned points from them


anar garagezov [47360]
Thu 21 May 2009 20:52:16

@ Dino Mil
your number is under 5000, and mine is older. What is it means?

All the world know ARMENIAN TERROR and you speak about culture


Dino Mil Jovanni [58964]
Thu 21 May 2009 19:59:42

You are totally wrong for as far as I now UN have never accepted any massacre in Nagorno. Beside I have seen all videos posted here by Azerbaijanis and I have the slight impression that those deceased are more like puppets than human beings.
It is pitty to see that your account number is 5900 and your are registered here inly to spread propaganda and direct hat against a nation.

ESCTODAY EDITORS PLEASE TAKE AN ACTION AGAINST THOSE PEOPLE. FOR GOD SAKE THIS IS THE THIRD DAY, THIS ARTICLE LOOKS LIKE A REPEAT OF THE NAGORNO WAR!!!!


Dino Mil Jovanni [58964]
Thu 21 May 2009 19:20:20

I am Cypriot and I have the quite impression that Armenia reacts because of double jealousy (Azerbaijan's third place and Turkey's forth place).


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