Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Armenia originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The Armenian broadcaster Public Television company of Armenia (AMPTV) organised a national final in order to select the Armenian entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. However, due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe, the contest was cancelled.

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country Armenia
National selection
Selection processDepi Evratesil 2020
Selection date(s)15 February 2020
Selected entrantAthena Manoukian
Selected song"Chains on You"
Selected songwriter(s)Athena Manoukian
DJ Paco
Finals performance
Semi-final resultCancelled
Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2019 2020

Background

Prior to the 2019 Contest, Armenia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirteen times since its first entry in 2006. 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 three occasions in 2011, 2018 and 2019. The nation briefly withdrew from the contest in 2012 due to long-standing tensions with then host country Azerbaijan.

Before Eurovision

Depi Evratesil

Depi Evratesil (Towards Eurovision) is the national final organised by AMPTV to select the artist and song that will represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

Competing entries

Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster between 5 November 2019 and 31 December 2019.[1] From all 53 songs submitted to AMPTV, a jury panel selected 12 songs for the competition, with the selected entrants being announced on 28 January 2020. The selection jury consisted of Naira Gurjinyan, Anita Hakhverdyan, Lilia Nikoyan, Ruben Babayan, Vardan Hakobyan, Tigran Danielyan, David Tserunyan, Karen Tataryan and Anush Ter-Ghukasyan.[2] The competing songs were released on 5 February 2020.

Artist Song Composer(s)
Agop "Butterflies" Haik Solar, Arni Rock, Dzovinar Melkom Melkomian
Arthur Aleq "Heaven" Arthur Aleq
Athena Manoukian "Chains on You" Athena Manoukian, DJ Paco
ERNA "Life Faces" Zaruhi Petrosyan, Zarine Mkhitaryan
EVA Rida "No Love" EVA Rida
Gabriel Jeeg "It’s Your Turn" Gabriel Jeeg, Tigran Atayan
Hayk Music "What It Is To Be In Love" Hayk Music
Karina EVN "Why?" Edward Meison
Miriam Baghdasaryan "Run Away" Dan Cinelli, Miriam Baghdasaryan
Sergey & Nikolay Harutyunov "Ha, Take a Step" Sergey Harutyunov, Nikolay Harutyunov
TOKIONINE "Save Me" TOKIONINE, George Brainshaker, Vova Baghmanyan, Suzanne Khanzadyan
Vladimir Arzumanyan "What’s Going On Mama" Martin Mirzoyan, Grigor Kyokchyan

Final

The final took place on 15 February 2020. Twelve songs competed with the winner decided upon by the combination of the votes from three voting groups: an international jury, an Armenian jury and televoting.[3]

Final – 15 February 2020[4]
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
International Armenian
1 Agop "Butterflies" 27 33 111 15 75 10
2 Karina EVN "Why?" 30 29 149 25 84 8
3 Hayk Music "What It Is To Be In Love" 27 20 63 10 57 12
4 ERNA "Life Faces" 34 31 1,016 55 120 2
5 EVA Rida "No Love" 40 39 56 5 84 9
6 Athena Manoukian "Chains on You" 60 58 662 50 168 1
7 Gabriel Jeeg "It’s Your Turn" 39 20 490 40 99 5
8 Sergey & Nikolay Harutyunov "Ha, Take a Step" 15 36 619 45 96 7
9 Miriam Baghdasaryan "Run Away" 33 40 440 35 108 4
10 Vladimir Arzumanyan "What’s Going On Mama" 27 31 3,344 60 118 3
11 Arthur Aleq "Heaven" 30 15 135 20 65 11
12 TOKIONINE "Save Me" 28 38 299 30 96 6

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 2020, 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 14 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[5] However, due to 2019-20 Coronavirus pandemic, the contest was cancelled.

In the Eurovision Song Celebration youtube broadcast in place of the heats, it was revealed that the song would have performed 14th, between Finland and Portugal[6]

References

  1. Agam, Åri (5 November 2019). "Armenia: Depi Evratesil 2020 accepting applications and song submissions until December 31". Wiwibloggs.
  2. Jiandani, Sanjay (Sergio) (28 January 2020). "Armenia: AMPTV unveils the Depi Evratesil 2020 candidates". esctoday.
  3. ARMTV (17 February 2020). "«Դեպի Եվրատեսիլ 2020»-ի քվեարկության արդյունքները". eurovision.am. AMPTV. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  4. Granger, Anthony (17 February 2020). "Armenia: Full Results of Depi Evratesil Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  5. Groot, Evert (28 January 2020). "Which country performs in which Eurovision 2020 Semi-Final". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  6. Eurovision Song Contest (14 May 2020). "Part two of Eurovision Song Celebration". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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