Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Armenia
Member station	Public Television company of Armenia (AMPTV)
National selection events	National Final 2007 2009–2011 2013 Depi Evratesil 2017–2019 Internal Selection 2006 2008 2011 2013–2016
Participation summary
Appearances	12 (10 finals)
First appearance	2006
Best result	4th: 2008, 2014
Worst result	15th SF: 2018
External links
AMPTV page
Armenia's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Armenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 12 times since making its debut in 2006, when André became the first participant representing not only Armenia but the entire Transcaucasian region. Armenia has reached the top 10 on seven occasions, with the country's best result in the contest being two fourth-place finishes; achieved by Sirusho with the song "Qélé, Qélé" (2008), and Aram Mp3 with "Not Alone" (2014). 2011 was the first year that Armenia failed to advance from the semi-final round. This was followed by the country withdrawing from the 2012 contest due to security concerns in the organizing city Baku. In 2018, Armenia failed to qualify from the semi-finals for a second time.

History

Armenia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 with the song "Without Your Love" performed by one of Armenia's top artists, André and produced by Anush Hovnanyan. Armenia had never entered the competition before; therefore, it had to compete in the semi-final. André was the first performer of the semi-finals. The song reached the final of the contest on 20 May 2006 and gave Armenia a successful debut coming in 8th position.

Having reached the top ten in the final, Armenia didn't have to compete in the semi-final of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest and automatically reached the final on 12 May performing 23rd of the 24 finalists and came eighth again.

In 2008, Armenia reached the top five for the first time, with Sirusho finishing fourth with the song "Qélé, Qélé", which received the most 12 points in the final, with a total of eight. This result was followed by two more top ten placements in 2009 and 2010, making Armenia one of only three countries that had always placed in the top ten since the introduction of the semi-finals. This record was broken at the 2011 contest, when Emmy and the song "Boom Boom" failed to qualify from the first semi-final by only one point.

On 7 March 2012, Armenia announced that it would be withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, because of security concerns.^[1] Despite their 2012 withdrawal, Armenia confirmed participation in the 2013 contest in Sweden.^[2]

In 2014 Armenia reached the top five for the second time, with Aram Mp3 and the song "Not Alone" placing fourth, matching the country's best-ever showing in the contest. Armenia has now reached the final in 10 out of 12 contests, failing to advance to the final for the second time in 2018, finishing 15th in semifinal one. This is Armenia's worst result in the contest to date.

AMPTV also has program called Eurovision Diary, a program specifically designed for Armenian Eurovision entrants and their experiences. The program begins every year when the artist is chosen and ends with the Eurovision final.

Contestants

Table key

NOTE: If a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. In addition from 2004-2007, the top ten countries who were not members of the big four did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. If, for example, Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the countries who placed 11th and 12th were advanced to the following year's grand final along with the rest of the top ten countries.

Voting history

As of 2018, Armenia's voting history is as follows:

Most points given in the grand finals only Rank Country Points 1  Russia 109 2  Georgia 75  Greece 75 4  Ukraine 70 5  France 60 Most points received in the grand finals only Rank Country Points 1  Georgia 93 2  Russia 91 3  France 86 4  Bulgaria 80 5  Greece 71

Most points given in the semis and finals Rank Country Points 1  Russia 181 2  Greece 146 3  Georgia 141 4  Cyprus 121 5  Ukraine 102 Most points received in the semis and finals Rank Country Points 1  Russia 171 2  Greece 158 3  Georgia 146 4  France 142 5  Netherlands 134

Awards received

Commentators and spokespersons

Photogallery

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  Hayko performing "Anytime You Need" at Helsinki (2007)
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  Sirusho performing "Qélé, Qélé" at Belgrade (2008)
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  Eva Rivas performing "Apricot Stone" at Oslo (2010)
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  Dorians performing "Lonely Planet" at Malmö (2013)
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  Aram Mp3 performing "Not Alone" at Copenhagen (2014)
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  Genealogy performing "Face the Shadow" at Vienna (2015)
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  Iveta Mukuchyan performing "LoveWave" at Stockholm (2016)
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  Artsvik performing "Fly with Me" at Kiev (2017)
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  Sevak Khanagyan performing "Qami" at Lisbon (2018)

See also

• Armenia–Azerbaijan relations in the Eurovision Song Contest

References

Official Social Media Profiles

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External links

• OGAE Armenia Official fan club for supporting Armenian representatives at Eurovision Song Contest
• Points to and from Armenia eurovisioncovers.co.uk