{"id":11259,"date":"2016-10-21T11:31:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T09:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/?p=11259"},"modified":"2016-10-28T10:41:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T08:41:24","slug":"cyprus-hovig-demirjian-is-de-eerste-kandidaat-voor-kiev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/landen\/cy\/cyprus-hovig-demirjian-is-de-eerste-kandidaat-voor-kiev\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamlet Demirjian is first candidate for Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #D49D6E; font-weight: bold;\" class=\"post-p-lead\">Unfortunately this article is not available in English and has been automatically translated. Please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/\">homepage<\/a> for all English content or get an overview of all English articles <a href=\"http:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/english\">here<\/a>. You can also request a translation by sending us an <a href=\"mailto:info@songfestival.be\">email<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The news had already been leaked and there were also a lot of rumours, but only now made the broadcaster of Cyprus officially known: they send Demirjian, stage name commonly known as Rhea, Rhea to Kiev. He will sing a song by Thomas G: son. The candidate of Cyprus is the first ever candidate for the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Hamlet Demirjian, a Cypriot singer with Armenian roots, is by broadcasting <strong>CyBC<\/strong> chose to represent Cyprus. So the rumors were right for once. Swedish hitcomponist <strong>Thomas G: son<\/strong> will like last year for the song of Cyprus. That song will only be announced later.<\/p>\n<p>Demirjian responded via instagram: &#8216; I immediately said &#8216; yes &#8216; when asked &#8216; me the CyBC, he begins. &#8216; I&#8217;m going to work hard day and night to give the best performance ever in Kiev. It is a great honour for me to represent my country. What an exciting responsibility &#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BL0l1rvhWGb\/<\/p>\n<p>The young man became known after his participation in <strong> <em>X-Factor<\/em> <\/strong>in Greece. He was seventh. Afterwards he worked further on his musical career and released several songs from and took video clips on. He took all two times in the <strong>Cypriot heat<\/strong> for the Eurovision song contest. In 2010, he was third with <em>Goodbye<\/em> and five years later he reached with <em> <strong>Stone in a River<\/strong> <\/em>the fourth place. Minus One, the candidates last year, were second in the same selection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"Qw8CoMNKQ2I\" data-time=\"0\">\n<div class=\"play-button\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B7-zjeq-CPU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rumors are correct! 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