YEREVAN, AUGUST 8, ARMENPRESS. Popular young singer Lidushik (Lida Arakelyan), who introduced Armenia in "Junior New Wave" contest in 2011, will perform a duet with prominent singer Tamara Gverdtsiteli at Crimea's "Artek" Concert Hall within the framework of "Junior New Wave 2013" song contest. In a conversation with "Armenpress" Lidushik stated that she and Tamara Gverdtsiteli will perform "Mom's Eyes" song. The song received confirmation on August 8.

The nine-year-old Elina Cholakhyan, representing the Republic of Armenia at the international contest of young singers of popular music New Wave Junior 2013, left for Simferopol on August 7 at night with her mother. From there the Armenian delegate will leave for the Crimea, where the final selection of the songs will be held on August 18-20.

“Notwithstanding the fact that Elina is very excited, she is ready to represent Armenia at the contest and is leaving in a good mood”, - said Marina, Elina’s mother, to the Armenpress correspondent.

Aguilera’s song “Hurt” and Niloo’s “Ola-Ola” were selected as an international hit, but Elina prefers the Aguilera’s song.

On the second day of the contest the delegate of our country will perform the song “Return” from the repertoire of Varduhi Vardanyan.

In the New Wave Junior 2012 the Armenian representative Sona Gyulkhasyan took the second prize.

The Armenian delegation will visit the Crimea on August 11. The broadcast right in Armenia belongs to the Armenia TV Company.

In 2008-2009 New Wave Junior was carried in Moscow "Cosmos". In April 2010 a Memorandum of holding the contest under the patronage of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich at the International Children's Center "Artek" was signed. In 2011 the Organizing Committee of the contest decided to change age category of the participants, that is, from 8 to 13 years. In 2012 New Wave Junior celebrated its fifth birthday.

Every year, more than 7,000 children and adults from around the world come to the International Children's Center "Artek" to the contest New Wave Junior. The International contest of young singers of popular music New Wave Junior has an extensive regional program. Selection rounds are held in all the federal districts of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Estonia, Finland, China and many other regions.