#sirusho

[grangvr]

✨𝐇𝐞𝐫✨ 𝐒𝐈𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐇𝐎

[willknightauthor]

Yesterday I shared some neo-traditional/folk revival music from Kazakhstan. Today it's Armenian ethno-pop. Armenians have gotten really good lately at incorporating their musical traditions into their pop music, and Sirusho is at the forefront. Going down the rabbit hole, I learned that, aside from the large diaspora in LA, a major reason for that is that an Armenian priest helped found ethnomusicology. He's the reason why so many of their traditional songs survived the genocide. (He's referenced in another song, that's how I learned about him.) Sirusho is also fighting against genocide denial, trying to reconnect the homeland to the diaspora, and trying to revive ancient Armenian jewelry.

Plus, her stuff slaps.

[omgthatdress]

Armenia Taraz

Aguletsi Museum

Armenia dress & tunic, 19th century, Armenian Museum of France

Russian Museum of Ethnography

Sirusho- "PreGomesh"

[aijamisespava]

A Quick Reveal

As you all know by now, I'm on a venture to rank all the Eurovision years in bits and pieces that I call goals. My first goal is to get to 2002 as that was the year I was born. And depending on how my schedule looks this winter, I may try to get a few years taken care of as well.

This past weekend, I ranked the 2006 songs, which means that I have listened to 1 entry from Monaco, and have listened to all of the entries from Armenia. The latter achievement is what I would like to discuss.

Armenia has had an illustrious run through Eurovision. In 16 editions (missing the 2012 and 2021 contests and the cancelled 2020 contest), they reached the top 10 EIGHT times. Which if you do the math, that's an impressive half. The first top 10 was their very first entry "Without Your Love" by André and the most recent being this year's "Jako" by Ladaniva, both scoring 8th place finishes. Their best finish is a pair of 4th place finishes coming in 2008 ("Qélé, Qélé" by Sirusho) and 2014 ("Not Alone" by Aram Mp3). Aside from that, they've made the Grand Final on all but 3 editions.

Now, with that infodump out of the way, my 3 favorite entries from Armenia have to be 2023 ("Future Lover" by Brunette), 2022 ("Snap" by Rosa Linn), and 2007 ("Anytime You Need" by Hayko).

[gaymer-hag-stan]

So, I have a list of Eurovision songs from 2004 onwards ranking which entries did the best based on average score.

This year's Loreen, Käärijä, Noa Kirel and Marco Mengoni all made the list

1. Norway - 2009 - Alexander Rybak - Fairytale - 78.6%

2. Sweden - 2015 - Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes - 77.9%

3. Portugal - 2017 - Salvador Sobral - Amar pelos dois - 77%

4. Sweden - 2012 - Loreen - Euphoria - 75.6%

5. Ukraine - 2022 - Kalush Orchestra - Stefania - 67.4%

6. Austria - 2014 - Conchita Wurst - Rise Like a Phoenix - 67.1%

7. Ukraine - 2004 - Ruslana - Wild Dances - 66.6%

8. Sweden – 2023 – Loreen – Tattoo – 66.5%

9. Finland - 2006 - Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah - 65.7%

10. Russia - 2015 - Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices - 64.7%

11. Serbia and Montenegro - 2004 - Željko Joksimović and Ad-Hoc Orchestra - Lane Moje - 62.6%

12. Bulgaria - 2017 - Kristian Kostov - Beautiful Mess - 62.5%

13. Italy - 2015 - Il Volo - Grande amore - 62.3%

14. Denmark - 2013 - Emmelie de Forest - Only Teradrops - 61.6%

15. Finland – 2023 – Käärijä – Cha Cha Cha – 60%

16. Greece - 2004 - Sakis Rouvas - Shake It - 60%

17. Italy - 2021 - Måneskin - Zitti e Buoni - 57.4%

18. Russia - 2006 - Dima Bilan - Never Let You Go - 55.8%

19. Netherlands - 2014 - The Common Linnets - Calm After the Storm - 55%

20. France - 2021 - Barbara Pravi - Voilà - 54.7%

21. Serbia - 2007 - Marija Šerifović - Molitva - 54.4%

22. Ukraine - 2016 - Jamala - 1944 - 54.2%

23. Russia - 2008 - Dima Bilan - Believe - 53.9%

24. Germany - 2010 - Lena - Satellite - 53.9%

25. Russia - 2012 - Buranovskiye Babushki - Party for Everybody - 52.6%

26. Israel - 2018 - Netta - Toy - 52.4%

27. Australia - 2016 - Dami Im - Sound of Silence - 51.9%

28. Netherlands - 2019 - Duncan Laurence - Arcade - 51.8%

29. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2006 - Hari Mata Hari - Lejla - 51.5%

30. Azerbaijan - 2013 - Farid Mammadov - Hold Me - 51.3%

31. Greece - 2005 - Helena Paparizou - My Number One - 50.4%

32. Sweden - 2014 - Sanna Nielsen - Undo - 50.4%

33. Russia - 2016 - Sergey Lazarev - You Are the Only One - 49.8%

34. United Kingdom - 2022 - Sam Ryder - Space Man - 49.7%

35. Italy - 2019 - Mahmood - Soldi - 49.1%

36. Spain - 2022 - Chanel - SloMo - 49%

37. Azerbaijan - 2011 - Ell and Nikki - Running Scared - 48.4%

38. Ukraine - 2007 - Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai - 47.7%

39. Switzerland - 2021 - Gjon's Tears - Tout l'univers - 47.3%

40. Ukraine - 2013 - Zlata Ognevich - Gravity - 46.9%

41. Sweden - 2022 - Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer - 46.7%

42. Turkey - 2004 - Athena - For Real - 46.4%

43. Belgium - 2015 - Loïc Nottet - Rhythm Inside - 46.3%

44. Ukraine - 2008 - Ani Lorak - Shady Lady - 45.6%

45. Iceland - 2009 - Yohanna - Is It True? - 44.3%

46. Serbia - 2012 - Željko Joksimović - Nije ljubav stvar - 43.4%

47. Cyprus - 2018 - Eleni Foureira - Fuego - 43.2%

48. Greece - 2008 - Kalomira - Secret Combination - 43.2%

49. Malta - 2005 - Chiara - Angel - 42.1%

50. Russia - 2007 - Serebro - Song #1 - 42%

51. Azerbaijan - 2009 - AySel and Arash - Always - 42%

52. Norway - 2013 - Margaret Berger - I Feed You My Love - 41.8%

53. Australia - 2015 - Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again - 41.8%

54. Italy - 2011 - Raphael Gualazzi - Madness of Love - 41.4%

55. Iceland - 2021 - Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years - 41.4%

56. Israel – 2023 – Noa Kirel – Unicorn – 41.3%

57. Sweden - 2011 - Eric Saade - Popular - 40.5%

58. Cyprus - 2004 - Lisa Andreas - Stronger Every Minute - 40.4%

59. Sweden - 2004 - Lena Philipsson - It Hurts - 40.4%

60. Armenia - 2014 - Aram Mp3 - Not Alone - 40.3%

61. Italy – 2023 – Marco Mengoni – Due vite – 39.9%

62. Ukraine - 2021 - Go_A - Shum - 39.9%

63. Latvia - 2015 - Aminata - Love Injected - 39.7%

64. Armenia - 2008 - Sirusho - Qélé, Qélé - 39.4%

65. Romania - 2006 - Mihai Trăistariu - Tornerò - 38.7%

66. Russia - 2019 - Sergey Lazarev - Scream - 38.5%

67. Sweden - 2006 - Carola - Invincible - 38.2%

68. Russia - 2013 - Dina Garipova - What If - 38.1%

69. Moldova - 2017 - SunStroke Project - Hey Mamma - 38%

70. Switzerland - 2019 - Luca Hänni - She Got Me - 37.9%

71. Turkey - 2010 - Manga - We Could Be the Same - 37.2%

72. Belgium - 2017 - Blanche - City Lights - 36.8%

73. Lithuania - 2006 - LT United - We Are the Winners - 36.4%

74. Norway - 2008 - Maria - Hold On Be Strong - 36.1%

75. Turkey - 2009 - Hadise - Düm Tek Tek - 35.9%

76. Romania - 2010 - Paula Seling and Ovi - Playing with Fire - 35.5%

77. United Kingdom - 2009 - Jade Ewen - It's My Time - 35.1%

78. Sweden - 2017 - Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On - 34.9%

79. Ukraine - 2011 - Mika Newton - Angel - 34.8%

80. Sweden - 2019 - John Lundvik - Too Late for Love - 34.7%

81. Romania - 2005 - Luminița Anghel and Sistem - Let Me Try - 34.6%

82. Norway - 2019 - Keiino - Spirit in the Sky - 34.4%

83. Austria - 2018 - Cesár Sampson - Nobody but You - 33.9%

84. Italy - 2017 - Francesco Gabbanni - Occidentali's Karma - 33.9%

85. Germany - 2018 - Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone - 33.7%

86. Israel - 2005 - Shiri Maimon - HaSheket SheNish'ar - 33.7%

87. Latvia - 2005 - Walters and Khaza - The War Is Not Over - 33.5%

88. Serbia - 2022 - Konstrakta - In corpore sano - 33.3%

89. Greece - 2013 - Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis - Alcohol Is Free - 33.3%

90. Turkey - 2007 - Kenan Doğulu - Shake It Up Şekerim - 33.1%

91. Hungary - 2014 - András Kállay-Saunders - Running - 33.1%

92. Finland - 2021 - Blind Channel - Dark Side - 33%

93. Denmark - 2010 - Chanée and N'evergreen - In a Moment like This - 32.6%

94. Ukraine - 2006 - Tina Karol - Show Me Your Love - 32.6%

95. Moldova - 2005 - Zdob și Zdub - Boonika bate toba - 32.4%

96. Bulgaria - 2007 - Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov - Water - 31.7%

97. Azerbaijan - 2010 - Safura - Drip Drop - 31.7%

98. Serbia - 2008 - Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugić - Oro - 31.7%

99. North Macedonia - 2019 - Tamara Todevska - Proud - 31.7%

100. Azerbaijan - 2019 - Chingiz - Truth - 31.4%

Full YouTube playlist

Semi Full Spotify Playlist because some songs are just not on Spotify 😭😔😞

[demi-eurovision]

I was tagged by @yhtvialla and @t4tpaidatonriehuja thank youuu 💚

Shuffle your music and post the first five tracks, then tag your moots:

(yes continued to click seven tracks, sue me)

I make a new playlist every year for a fresh start, so this is from the 2023 playlist.

This time I'm just gonna tag anyone who wants to from the käärijä tag because you're all wonderful and I can't practically tag all of you 😄

[feeshies]

69 for your spotify wrapped because I still have the humour of a middle school boy

As someone who also has the humor of a middle school boy, I respect your choice

Mher by Sirusho

[straazdas]

My 50 most listened songs on Spotify this month!

50. 🇺🇦 Svitanok - ONUKA

49. 🇬🇪 Keep The Faith - Tamara Gachechiladze

48. 🇳🇴🇮🇪 Sleepsong - Secret Garden

47. 🇫🇷 Pas grandir - Barbara Pravi

46. 🇱🇻 Line - Triana Park

45. 🇺🇦 1944 - Jamala

44. 🇫🇷 Voilà - Barbara Pravi

43. 🇬🇷 Horepse - Marianna Zorba

42. 🇦🇲 Ankanon - Sirusho

41. 🇲🇰 Telepatija - Andrea Koevska

40. 🇺🇦 Рано-раненько - Go_A

39. 🇬🇪 Mzeo - Mariam Mamadashvili

38. 🇬🇪 Shine - Sopho Nizharadze

37. 🇺🇦 Жальменiна - Go_A

36. 🇦🇲 Qami - Sevak

35. 🇩🇪🇹🇷 Reise nach Jerusalem - Sürpriz

34. 🇫🇮 Syntymistään sureva - Vilma Jää

33. 🇨🇭 Tout l’univers - Gjon’s Tears

32. 🇮🇹 Insieme: 1992 - Toto Cutugno

31. 🇱🇻 Love Injected - Aminata

30. 🇦🇹 Say It - PÆNDA

29. 🇦🇲 Dino - Inga & Anush

28. 🇭🇷 Zaljuljali Smo Svijet - Nina Kraljić

27. 🇵🇱 Superhero - Viki Gabor

26. 🇺🇦 Solovey - Go_A

25. 🇸🇪 When Spirits Are Calling My Name - Roger Pontare

24. 🇦🇲 Colours Of Your Dream - Karina Ignatyan

23. 🇮🇱 Yachilvi Veyachali - Ofra Haza

22. 🇺🇦 Ой, тужу - OY Sound System

21. 🇸🇪 Paper Light Revisited - Loreen

20. 🇦🇲 Hayastani Axjikner - Iveta Mukuchyan

19. 🇫🇷 Le Malamour - Barbara Pravi

18. 🇺🇦 Sevdim Seni - Jamala

17. 🇦🇲 Tamzara - Inga & Anush

16. 🇦🇱 Dashuria Ime - Arilena Ara

15. 🇳🇴 Attention - Ulrikke

14. 🇳🇴 Honestly - Ulrikke

13. 🇧🇪 Rollercoaster - The Starlings

12. 🇪🇪 Plan€t B - Elina Nechayeva

11. 🇮🇪 Wild - Leila Jane

10. 🇦🇲 Shoushiki Par - Inga & Anush

09. 🇩🇪 Black Smoke - Ann Sophie

08. 🇮🇱 Chai - Ofra Haza

07. 🇺🇦 Потайки - Jamala

06. 🇱🇻 Hush - Patrisha

05. 🇫🇮 Hullu yö - Kaija Kärkinen

04. 🇭🇷 Rijeka - Nina Kraljić

03. 🇦🇲 Ruri - Inga & Anush

02. 🇳🇴 Freya - Maria Celin

01. 🇫🇷🇩🇪 Prière pour l'espoir - Barbara Pravi, Victor Solf

🌐 Countries:

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Originally posted on Twitter.

[freddelshad]

Harout Pamboukjian & Sirusho - Tariner // Հարութ Փամբուկչյան և Սիրուշո -...

[4lle4rs]

Sirusho - Der Zor

[the-red-thread-70-w-blog]

Sirusho - Huh-Hah

[jcink-resource]

Archie Renaux requested as the ghost of a witch brother played by Matthew McNulty. Not forgotten and not gone, family secrets and too much pride lead to his death.  The question is, what now? 

Jade Tailor witch requested for a fellow witch friend Mamoudou Athie.  Something in her life drove her into attempting to make a Deal with a demon, abandoning the magical path he believes they both share.  Sometimes a betrayal is necessary to survive.

Sirusho witch requested as a member of a family plot.  Come along with the mother and sisters to make right a curse put on the family.  After years of being forcibly apart how can everything come together again?

Open-faced demon requested by the Blanca Suarez ghost they made a Deal with.  Not even death ends the deal and they are allies still.  The question is will they succeed in their endgame and will both parties be satisfied if they do?

[iimr3]

zoma zoma by sirusho my beloved

[aijamisespava]

Visiting Eurovision 2008

To do a very brief "long story short" testimonial of my Eurovision journey, I got interested and listened to all the songs in the 2021 contest. Shortly after, during my school's winter break, I speedran the rest of the years down to 2009. I had contemplated picking the project back up, but hadn't for the longest time (that was 2021, and here we are in 2023).

So, almost 2 years and 2 contests later, here I am again. I added another year to my growing Eurofan Resume with 2008. I'm not going to do a full out ranking because I've done a LOT of long posts, and with 43 songs, that would be enough for a book. I'll bring up a few key entries (winner, host, personal winner) and maybe bring up some other thoughts.

The winner in 2008 was Russia with Dima Bilan's "Believe" and while I got chills when I heard it, it was also the first song I heard of the set, it kind of got pushed down by other entries I liked a little more, ranking 19th.

After winning in 2007, Serbia took up hosting duties with "Oro" by Jelena Tomasevic. And this one was on my playlist before the song was even done. Serbia did such a good job hosting with this song, and in my opinion, should be kind of what future host entries should look up to (I also partly say it as a joke).

Now for my winner....it was tough to choose between 2 countries as both songs were really good and were rather quick additions to my playlist when they appeared in the playlist. My 2nd place was Turkiyë's "Deli" by Mor Ve Ötesi. And my winner was..."Qélé Qélé" by Sirusho from Armenia! The song was just so infectious and is so easy to get stuck in my head (and not be annoying!).

Some entries that surprised me (as we wrap up), were Belgium, Croatia, and Moldova. I didn't realize I would find these entries good after seeing some low (I know that 2008 wasn't exactly a good year in the fandom's eyes). And with that, that's my Eurovision 2008 briefing!

If you want to know my thoughts about a country I didn't mention (or even expand on my opinions), don't be shy and comment or use the ask function and I'll do my best to get back to you!

That was so much fun, and I may do it again with another year sometime in the future, who knows!

[sintigal]

Sirusho (Armenia) : Huh-Hah

[shantadam]

Broken #dreams lives in my blood🩸I carry the #history. The #world doesn’t care. #Armenia #Artsakh 🇦🇲 #Sirusho / Կոտրված #երազներ են ապրում իմ արյան մեջ🩸Ես եմ կրում #պատմություն-ը. #Աշխարհ չի հետաքրքրում. #Հայաստան #Արցախ 🇦🇲 #Սիրուշո