Eva rivas biography
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Eva Rivas
Eva Rivas is a Russian-Armenian singer. She was born Valeria Reshetnikova-Tsatouryan on July 13, 1987, in Rostov-on-Don, hails from a diverse background. Her father, Alexander Reshetnikov, was born in Vladivostok, while her mother, Piruza Tsatouryan, is Armenian from Yerevan. Eva’s stage name honors her Greek great-grandmother.
Eva’s musical career began early in life. She joined the Armenian school choir and, from ages 9 to 17, was the soloist for the Armenian pop ensemble Arevik. The ensemble earned numerous accolades, including the title of People’s ensemble in 1997. Eva herself won the Grand Prix at the Scarlet Flower children’s song contest and two silver medals at the First Russian Youth Delphic Games in 1999.
In addition to her musical pursuits, Eva trained at the Image-Elite beauty and social etiquette school, becoming one of its leading models and twice winning the title Little Beauty of Rostov. She participated in various mode
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Armenia got of to a great start at Eurovision after debuting in 2006. They began with an unbroken run of finishing within the top 10. This success continued through to 2010, when Eva Rivas finished in 7th place with Apricot Stone.
On Valentine’s Day 2010, Armenian Television (ARPTV) staged a National Final, with nine acts competing for the honour of representing Armenia at Eurovision. Eva performed last and came second with the jury. The jury favourite by the following year’s entrant Emmy, in a duet with Mihran, placed third with the public. Eva was the public’s choice and this was enough to send the Armen Martirosyan and Karen Kavaleryan song Apricot Stone to Oslo, Norway.
Apricot Stone – opinions from fans
In beställning to find out what Eurovision fans today think of this Armenian entry from 2010, we asked our Eurovision Fan Panel. It includes team members as well as fans from all over the world.
Michael O. – This is without doubt my
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Armenia cherishing fruit: Eva Rivas to sing “Apricot Stone”
“Apricot Stone”, performed by Eva Rivas and written by Armen Martirosyan with lyrics by Karen Kavaleryan, is Armenia’s 5th entry at the Eurovision Song Contest. The song will be competing in the 2nd Semi-Final on May 27th, at starting position #2.
Read more and check out the Armenian preview clip…
“Apricot Stone”, performed by Eva Rivas and written by Armen Martirosyan with lyrics by Karen Kavaleryan, is Armenia’s 5th entry at the Eurovision Song Contest, since the country made its debut in 2006 with André and “Without Your Love”.
Armenia will be competing in the 2nd Semi-Final on May 27th, at starting position #2.
For more information on Eva Rivas please see below.
Preview video clip:
BIOGRAPHY
Eva Rivas was born on July 13, 1987 in Rostov-na-Donu and will represent Armenia in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
In 1996-2004 she used to be a soloist of o