Armenian selection round of young singers for the New Wave 2012 and New Wave Junior 2012 song contests, aiming to reveal new talented people, has launched, the organizers told the journalists on Thursday.

They said 2-5 participants will leave for Moscow after the selection to take part in the semi-final. It will be held on Apr. 20-21 for the New Wave 2012, while the junior contest semi-final will take place in Moscow on Apr. 18-19.

Armenian famous singers Lilit Hovhannisyan, Hripsime Hakobyan, Lusine Aghabekyan and Suren Arustamyan have appeared in the final.

Despite there are many famous singers this year, it would not influence the jury, director of the contest Alexander Rumyantsev said. If the Armenians won once, it does not mean they cannot win again, the director believes.

Sona Shahgeldyan and ‘Razmik and his friends’ group won the contests New Wave and New Wave Junior respectively in 2010.