15 July, Vitebsk /Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. Participants of the international pop song performers contest "Vitebsk-2012" consider the Vitebsk audience their good luck charm, as admitted to BELTA correspondent by one of the two leaders of the first contest day, Samanta Tina from Latvia. "Here in Vitebsk, my good luck charm is the audience. The most important thing is not the jury's scores or winning. The most important thing is how the audience reacts to my song. And I am pleased that the energy I try to convey to the viewers returns to me from them. We complement each other. The audience understands the feelings I want to convey with the song," said Samanta. The young performer enthusiastically noted that an atmosphere of mutual understanding and friendship prevails at the contest. "I have the best impressions of the contest, of my fellow contestants. I really like it here," she added. Another contestant, Sasha Song from Lithuania, who was delegated by his country to Eurovision in 2009 and reached the final, said that he liked the Vitebsk contest more than the European one. "There is a homely atmosphere here, the organisers treat the contestants very warmly, and the audience is simply extraordinary," he did not hide his emotions. As for 19-year-old Iva, the first representative of Montenegro at the contest, she compared herself to... Belarusian potatoes and explained why: "I am the centre of attention, and everyone loves me!".-0-

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