Orange Celebrated Eurovision at Swan Lake in Yerevan

Eurovision 2010 is already in the past, but the impressions from Eurovision-dedicated open air events will long stay with the residents of Yerevan and Gyumri.

Being the official partner of Eurovision 2010 broadcast, Orange turned Eurovision into a real city holiday this year. The 29th of May became the focal point of different events that took place throughout a month.

Starting from 3 pm many games, contests, creative events, dedicated mainly for children were taking place around Swan Lake, but the adults also were full of enthusiasm and wish to become the participants of these events. Later from 9 pm Swan Lake – beautifully decorated and full of lights and colors – firstly ever in Armenia hosted the exclusive Eurovision concert with performances of former participants of Eurovision song contest both Armenian and foreign.

But the main occasion of the day was the live broadcast of Eurovision 2010 which started at midnight and lasted until 3:30 am. The audience, watching the concert on the big screen, didn’t leave their places until that late hour as they were first provided the chance to support and encourage the representative of Armenia together.

Also, this year Armenia for the first time joined all-European dance FlashMob, which took place during the open air concert and united many young people under “together we can do more” motto of the company.

Within the frames of Hello Oslo initiative an open air music event full of surprises took place in the Central Square of Gyumri with participation of well-known DJ Smile and DJ Vakcina.

The four winners of Hello Oslo SMS contest, who flied to Norway before the second semi-final of Eurovision to participate in the two concerts, will arrive in Yerevan with fresh impressions.