Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country	Armenia
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 30 November 2018; Song: 10 March 2019
Selected entrant	Srbuk
Selected song	"Walking Out"
Selected songwriter(s)	Lost Capital; tokionine; Garik Papoyan
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (16th, 49 points)
Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Srbuk was internally selected by the Armenia broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) on 30 November 2018 to sing the entry that represented the nation at the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Background

Prior to the 2019 Contest, Armenia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twelve times since its first entry in 2006.[1] Armenia's highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been fourth place, which the nation achieved on two occasions: in 2008 with the song "Qélé, Qélé" performed by Sirusho and in 2014 with the song "Not Alone" performed by Aram Mp3. Armenia had, to this point, failed to qualify to the final on one occasion in 2011 and 2018. The nation briefly withdrew from the contest in 2012 due to long-standing tensions with then host country Azerbaijan.[2]

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 30 November 2018, AMPTV announced Srbuk as the Armenian entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.[3] AMPTV also opened the song submission period for composers to send their entries until 10 January 2019.[4]

Promotion

Srbuk made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Walking Out" as the Armenian Eurovision entry. On 6 April, she performed during the Eurovision in Concert event at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam, hosted by Cornald Maas and Marlayne, to over 4500 spectators.[5] Srbuk also performed at the Eurovision Pre-Party Madrid on 20 April. She also released a piano cover of "Walking Out" with acclaimed Armenian jazz musician Vahagn Hayrapetyan.

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2019, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Armenia was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 16 May 2019, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[6]

Once all the competing songs for the 2019 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Armenia was set to perform in position 1, preceding the entry from Ireland.[7]

Semi-final

Armenia opened the second semi-final, preceding Ireland. At the end of the show, Armenia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Armenia placed sixteenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 49 points: 23 points from the televoting and 26 points from the juries. With the old voting system, Armenia would have ranked 15th with 23 points.

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results will be released shortly after the grand final.[8]

Points awarded to Armenia

Points awarded to Armenia (Semi-final 2)
Televote
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Russia			North Macedonia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Netherlands			Moldova
Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
				Malta Russia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Moldova		Ireland Latvia Netherlands North Macedonia	Austria Croatia

Points awarded by Armenia

Semi-final 2
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Russia	Sweden
10 points	Netherlands	Malta
8 points	Switzerland	North Macedonia
7 points	Malta	Russia
6 points	North Macedonia	Switzerland
5 points	Norway	Moldova
4 points	Sweden	Netherlands
3 points	Moldova	Latvia
2 points	Croatia	Romania
1 point	Denmark	Norway

Final
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Russia	Sweden
10 points	Netherlands	North Macedonia
8 points	Switzerland	Italy
7 points	Italy	Switzerland
6 points	Malta	Netherlands
5 points	Norway	Russia
4 points	France	Malta
3 points	Iceland	Czech Republic
2 points	Sweden	United Kingdom
1 point	Australia	Belarus

Split voting results

The following five members comprised the Armenian jury:[8]

Ruben Shahinyan – Chairperson – music producer
Erik Karapetyan – singer, songwriter
Sona Rubenyan – singer, songwriter
Lilit Navasardyan - film composer
Amaliya Margaryan - singer

Split voting results from Armenia (Semi-final 2)
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	E. Karapetyan	R. Shahinyan	S. Rubenyan	L. Navasardyan	A. Margaryan	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Armenia
02	Ireland	16	10	11	14	11	11		16
03	Moldova	5	9	4	5	4	6	5	8	3
04	Switzerland	4	6	5	6	3	5	6	3	8
05	Latvia	9	7	9	8	5	8	3	12
06	Romania	7	8	6	10	8	9	2	17
07	Denmark	13	13	12	12	13	14		10	1
08	Sweden	3	3	1	1	1	1	12	7	4
09	Austria	10	12	10	16	15	13		15
10	Croatia	12	14	13	9	14	12		9	2
11	Malta	2	1	8	2	7	2	10	4	7
12	Lithuania	15	15	15	13	12	15		13
13	Russia	1	2	3	7	9	4	7	1	12
14	Albania	14	16	16	11	16	16		14
15	Norway	11	11	14	15	10	10	1	6	5
16	Netherlands	6	5	7	4	6	7	4	2	10
17	North Macedonia	8	4	2	3	2	3	8	5	6
18	Azerbaijan	17	17	17	17	17	17		11

Split voting results from Armenia (final)
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	E. Karapetyan	R. Shahinyan	S. Rubenyan	L. Navasardyan	A. Margaryan	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Malta	9	5	5	8	5	7	4	5	6
02	Albania	25	24	24	20	24	25		24
03	Czech Republic	22	8	11	16	1	8	3	19
04	Germany	17	12	17	14	18	17		22
05	Russia	1	7	4	10	17	6	5	1	12
06	Denmark	21	11	16	21	20	19		14
07	San Marino	12	16	23	22	23	22		23
08	North Macedonia	7	1	3	2	4	2	10	11
09	Sweden	2	2	2	1	2	1	12	9	2
10	Slovenia	23	14	9	7	10	11		12
11	Cyprus	8	21	14	24	6	14		16
12	Netherlands	4	4	6	3	12	5	6	2	10
13	Greece	18	22	18	25	25	24		15
14	Israel	10	13	10	17	9	15		26
15	Norway	24	6	21	12	8	12		6	5
16	United Kingdom	16	3	12	9	15	9	2	25
17	Iceland	11	25	25	18	21	21		8	3
18	Estonia	15	20	20	19	22	23		17
19	Belarus	6	9	13	15	16	10	1	20
20	Azerbaijan	26	26	26	26	26	26		18
21	France	14	18	8	6	19	13		7	4
22	Italy	5	17	1	4	7	3	8	4	7
23	Serbia	20	19	15	11	11	16		21
24	Switzerland	3	10	7	5	3	4	7	3	8
25	Australia	19	15	22	13	14	18		10	1
26	Spain	13	23	19	23	13	20		13

References

"Armenia Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
Kramer, Andrew E. (7 March 2012). "Armenians Are Shunning Song Contest in Azerbaijan". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
García, Belén (30 November 2018). "Srbuk to represent Armenia at Eurovision 2019". esc-plus.com.
"Armenia opens song submissions for Srbuk's Eurovision 2019 adventure". 30 November 2018.
"This was Eurovision in Concert 2019 in Amsterdam". Eurovision.tv. 6 April 2019.
Jordan, Paul (28 January 2019). "Eurovision 2019: Which country takes part in which Semi-Final?". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
"Exclusive: This is the Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final running order!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
Groot, Evert (30 April 2019). "Exclusive: They are the judges who will vote in Eurovision 2019!". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

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[1] "Armenia Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

[2] Kramer, Andrew E. (7 March 2012). "Armenians Are Shunning Song Contest in Azerbaijan". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

[3] García, Belén (30 November 2018). "Srbuk to represent Armenia at Eurovision 2019". esc-plus.com.

[4] "Armenia opens song submissions for Srbuk's Eurovision 2019 adventure". 30 November 2018.

[5] "This was Eurovision in Concert 2019 in Amsterdam". Eurovision.tv. 6 April 2019.

[allocation-6] Jordan, Paul (28 January 2019). "Eurovision 2019: Which country takes part in which Semi-Final?". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 January 2019.

[Draw-7] "Exclusive: This is the Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final running order!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

[judges-8] Groot, Evert (30 April 2019). "Exclusive: They are the judges who will vote in Eurovision 2019!". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 30 April 2019.