Diana Mnatsakanyan speaks about high TV ratings and more

source:oikotimes.com

When Armenia joined the Eurovision family in 2006 very few people would have expected them to have done so well in their first pair of participations. Two years on, and the Caucasian country has made the final twice, finishing 8th both times, and scoring huge totals in the process. But behind every success is a hard-working Head of Delegation- oikotimes.com spoke to Armenia's Diana Mnatsakanyan:

1) What made AMPTV decide to enter Eurovision in the first place?

We have been broadcasting the shows live from Turkey and Ukraine and our viewers have been very insisting to take part in ESC whatever it takes. I have received thousands of e-mails and telephone calls with the same request and question ''why don't WE take part if we broadcast it?'' We became an active member of EBU, then asked for a favor to participate in the contest and luckily became a small part of the show twice already.

2) Armenia has now entered Eurovision twice, was in the final both times, had a top ten finish twice, and both of the entries have scored over 120 points- did you ever think that something like this would happen?

To tell the truth - never :) Can you imagine how happy I am to state that we are twice in the final from the first attempt? .... Read more....