Jury commends Erik’s performance at New Wave song contest
Armenia's representative Erik advanced to the 8th position at the New Wave 2011 international contest with 227 points. Erik was the fifth to perform on the second day of competition.
As the presenters of the contest said "five" has always brought luck to Erik: he was born in hospital N5, at 5:00, June 5.
The profession jury highly appreciated Erik's performance. Among jury members are Russian celebrities Igor Krutoy, Raymond Pauls, Yuri Antonov, Igor Nikolaev, Valeri Meladze, Layma Vaykule, Philip Kirkorov, Leonid Agutin, Valeria, Konstantin Meladze and Max Fadeev.
Only Raymond Pauls and Konstantin Meladze put Eik 10 (the highest point is 11).
Erik performed "Your traces" by Arno Babajanyan.
U.S. Jayden Felder leads the contest with 237 points, followed by Ukraine's Masha Sobko (234 points) and Russia's NAOMI band (231 points).
A total of 16 participants from 13 countries are attending the song contest which will continue till July 31.
