Armenia were absent from the 2012 Eurovision due to political issues with Azerbaijan, and due to a rare flop in 2011 with the tacky ‘Boom Boom‘, they haven’t made a finals appearance since the well-endowed Eva Rivas finished 7th with Apricot Stone in 2010. So it’s understandable that they might want to pull out the stops for their 2013 comeback, and strong rumours indicate that popular singer Sirusho – who gave the nation their best ever placing when she came 4th in 2008 with Qele Qele – is being lined up for a comeback.
Nothing has been confirmed yet, but the speculation is that her current hit PreGomesh is likely to act as her entry. It’s a high-energy dance song with a distinctly traditional vibe. It’s the kind of thing you’d only ever really hear at Eurovision if you live in the west, which is one of my favourite things about the contest.
At four minutes it would need editing, and the vocal effects may be difficult to replicate live, which leads me to suspect that if she is coming back at all, it might actually be with a song more tailored to live performance. But if it was nominated, it would absolutely be one of the strongest submissions so far – and it’s well worth a listen in any event.
As for Sirusho, young, talented, pretty and highly ambitious, whether she comes back with this or something else, she seems almost certain to be among the front runners. This could be one to watch – and how interesting if the contest went to Yerevan so soon after Baku.
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Tim Morality says:
Jan 20, 2013
Remixed version of Sirusho’s PreGomesh major clubhit!
Dutch electronic dance music dj: – Deejay Nelson –
Who’s remixed version of PreGomesh “recently appeared out of nowhere” is suddenly popping up on dancefloors all over Europe! It seems that the DJ from the Netherlands has succeeded in introducing Sirusho’s PreGomesh to an entirely new and even wider audience by bringing it to the European nightclubs and disco’s.
His so called “Rise of the Buffalo Remix” has add up to the already vibrant Armenian euro-pop-dance track from the Armenian pop singer Sirusho, making it more suitable for dancefloors and clubs across Europe. Deejay Nelson’s recently made remix does the original justice by capturing the spirit of the original version whilst incorporating dance music elements of the year 2013.
Sirusho and her management have responded enthusiastically to the club mix which was spontaneously delivered to her by the internet. “Although the remix isn’t officially ours, we think it is very interesting!” she mentioned in the media.
It is not un-likely that, if according to the rumors, Armenian pop singer and superstar Sirusho is going to be representing Armenia again, like she did in 2008, she’s going to perform her new song PreGomesh, maybe in the original version or the remixed one, nothing has been fully decided yet and a lot of rumours still circulating Sirusho possible comeback at the Eurovision stage.
One thing for sure is that, if Sirusho is going to team up with the DJ from Holland to use the full remixed version she might be in for an even bigger success.
The Rise of the Buffalo Remix is not only a hit in the clubs.
Also on YouTube the videoclip accompanying the remix received alsmost 20.000 views in one week.
The remix can be watched here:
http://youtu.be/MW3T6ywKJXA
And is available for pre-listening and downloading here:
https://soundcloud.com/deejaynelson/sirusho-pregomesh-remix
Artwork can be found here:
http://goo.gl/4T97r