22 Armenian singers refuse participation in Baku-hosted Eurovision 2012.

Late on Thursday Armenian singers have addressed Union of European Broadcasters and Armenian Public TV refusing their participation in Baku-hosted “Eurovision 2012” international song contest.

Currently 22 singers have signed under the statement:

1. Artur Grigoryan
2. Nune Yesayan
3. Hayko
4. Artur Ispiryan
5. Emmy
6. Nadezhda Sargsyan
7. Erik
8. Vardan Badalyan
9. Eva Rivas
10. Lilit Hovhannisyan
11. Vahram Petrosyan
12. Arman Hovhannisyan
13. Alla Levonyan
14. Aramo
15. Razmik Amyan
16. Emma Petrosyan
17. Arsen /Mro/
18. Sofy Mkheyan
19. Hasmik Karapetyan
20. Aida Sargsyan
21. Arsen Grigoryan
22. Nara
More singers are supposed to join the statement.

“We refuse to stage in a country famous with mass slaughter of Armenians and massacre, in a country where Armenophobia is a state policy, in a country that bans visits for people of Armenian descent,” reads the statement.