Dorians qualifies for Eurovision Grand Final
The second semi-final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Malmö, Sweden overnight. Armenian rock band Dorians made a successful performance and entered the Grand Final with other nine participants.
The band's soloist, Gur Sujyan, performed the song Lonely Planet written by the legend of the British music, the Black Sabbath guitar player Tony Iommi, The lyrics are written by Vardan Zadoyan.
Dorians ranked the seventh among the ten participating countries. The other states that won the right to the final round are Hungary, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Malta and Greece.
The Grand Final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place this Saturday in Malmö, Sweden, is as follows;
1. France
2. Lithuania
3. Moldova
4. Finland
5. Spain
6. Belgium
7. Estonia
8. Belarus
9. Malta
10. Russia
11. Germany
12. Armenia
13. The Netherlands
14. Romania
15. United Kingdom
16. Sweden
17. Hungary
18. Denmark
19. Iceland
20. Azerbaijan
21. Greece
22. Ukraine
23. Italy
24. Norway
25. Georgia
26. Ireland
The running order was determined by the producers of show (SVT) and approved by the EBU Executive Supervisor, Jon Ola Sand and the Reference Group.
After the Second Semi-Final, the ten winners gathered at the press conference area next to the Malmö Arena for a joint press conference.
Gor Sujyan was the sixth qualifier to give a statement. On his expectations, he told the press: "Actually we are surprised - of course we had expectations, but in the end the only thing that matters is that we did it!" He was asked if he managed to pass the message of his song, Lonely Planet, to the world: "I think that people miss honest music, and I hope we managed to share this message, and I am happy that we get another chance on Saturday. The message is in our soul."
