COPENHAGEN, MAY 2, ARMENPRESS: This year, for the first time, the names of the national jury members in all countries represented in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest are being revealed before the live shows. Each jury includes five music professionals, and their individual rankings will be published right after the Grand Final.

The European Broadcasting Union and the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group have decided to reveal the names of the national jurors who will be voting in the Grand Final and one respective Semi-Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in advance to create more openness.

The Armenian national jurie comprise many well-known and popular artists, Inga & Anush who represented Armenia in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest with Jan Jan, Avet Barseghyan who hosted the 2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, painter, sculptor and designer Aram Davtyan. Musician, producer, Honoured Art Worker of RA Asatur Asatryan is the Chairperson of the Armenian national jurie.

"We believe that presenting the jury members before the contest is an important contribution to more openness and we are very pleased to see that so many music industry professionals came on board to support the Eurovision Song Contest," says Jon Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor of the contest at the EBU, to Eurovision.tv.