Armenia

It's now time for the 2nd semi-final 2nd rehearsal. Srbuk, the Armenian entrant, who will open this semi, hets on stage. She has changed her outfit and hair; she has now silver shoulder pads, which give a sense of movement when she dances. She also wears braids. At the c part climax, there's a graphic of glass breaking. At one point she finds it hard to find her place on stage but recovered quickly. This song will suffer from being first in the running order and will struggle to qualify in my opinion.

Srbuk looks good, wearing a sexy black outfit and high boots. She's alone on stage, with dramatic video art of glass, breaking in the c part. The video art gives a cold and sharp feeling, which goes together with the slick production this song has. Srbuk sounds great on the high notes, but still needs to work on the transitioning parts from high to low notes. The backing vocalists sound very good. Visually I got France 2013 vibes, which is unfortunate, cause I need this banger in the final!

Azerbaijan
Russia
The Netherlands
Hungary
Croatia
Austria
Armenia
Czech Republic (Congratulations on first time)
Cyprus
Malta

Very confident performance for the rock band from Armenia, which stand on their own genre in this competition.

As you see, the stage of JESC is almost ready, so tomorrow we will be able to enjoy first rehearsals there. See more at
http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/blog?id=68403&_t=junior_2012_stage_…

Another guests of our interview sessions are Compass Band from Armenia.
Be sure that English subtitles are turned on.

We have also talked to head of delegation of Armenia - Gohar Gasparyan. She has ensured that Armenian broadcaster is fully supporting JESC and will continue always taking part in it. The only change she would like to bring is to do 100% televoting.