Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Armenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 13 times since making its debut in 2006, when André became the first participant representing Armenia and was the first singer from the Caucasus region to compete at Eurovision. 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 host city, Baku. In 2018 and 2019, Armenia consecutively failed to qualify from the semi-finals for the second and third time respectively.

Armenia
Member stationPublic Television company of Armenia (AMPTV)
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances13 (10 finals)
First appearance2006
Best result4th: 2008, 2014
External links
AMPTV page
Armenia's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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-final. 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 13 contests, failing to advance to the final for the second time in 2018, finishing 15th in the first semi-final. In 2019, they failed to qualify for a third time, placing 16th in the second semi-final. 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
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 Second place
X
 Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Title Language Final Points Semi Points
2006
 André "Without Your Love" English 8 129 6 150
2007
 Hayko "Anytime You Need" English, Armenian 8 138 Top 10 previous year[lower-alpha 1]
2008
 Sirusho "Qélé, Qélé" (Քելե, Քելե) English, Armenian 4 199 2 139
2009
 Inga and Anush "Jan Jan" (Ջան Ջան) English, Armenian 10 92 5 99
2010
 Eva Rivas "Apricot Stone" English 7 141 6 83
2011
 Emmy "Boom Boom" English Failed to qualify 12 54
2013
 Dorians "Lonely Planet" English 18 41 7 69
2014
 Aram Mp3 "Not Alone" English 4 174 4 121
2015
 Genealogy "Face the Shadow" English 16 34 7 77
2016
 Iveta Mukuchyan "LoveWave" English 7 249 2 243
2017
 Artsvik "Fly with Me" English 18 79 7 152
2018
 Sevak Khanagyan "Qami" (Քամի) Armenian Failed to qualify 15 79
2019
 Srbuk "Walking Out" English 16 49
2020
 Athena Manoukian "Chains on You" English Contest cancelled[lower-alpha 2] X

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards
Further information: Marcel Bezençon Awards
Year Host city Category Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Final Points Ref.
2008 Belgrade Fan Award "Qélé, Qélé" Sirusho H.A. Der-Hovagimian, Sirusho 4 199
[3]

Heads of delegation
Year Head of delegation Ref.
2006–2010 Diana Mnatsakanyan
[4][5]
2011–2018 Gohar Gasparyan
[6][7][8]
2019– David Tserunyan and Anush Ter-Ghukasyan
[9][10]

Commentators and spokespersons
Year Commentator Dual commentator Spokesperson Ref.
2006 Gohar GasparyanFelix KhachatryanGohar Gasparyan
[11]
2007 N/ASirusho
[12]
2008 Felix KhachatryanHrachuhi UtmazyanHrachuhi Utmazyan
[13]
2009 Khoren LevonyanN/ASirusho
[14]
2010 Hrachuhi UtmazyanNazeni Hovhannisyan
[14][15]
2011 Artak VardanyanN/ALusine Tovmasyan
[16]
2012 Gohar GasparyanArtur GrigoryanDid not participate
[17]
2013 André (semi-finals),
Erik Antaranyan (final)		Arevik Udumyan (semi-finals),
Anna Avanesyan (final)		André
[18]
2014 Erik Antaranyan (semi-finals),
Tigran Danielyan (final)		Anna Avanesyan (semi-finals),
Arevik Udumyan (final)		Anna Avanesyan
[19]
2015 Erik Antaranyan (semi-final 1),
Vahe Khanamiryan (semi-final 2),
Avet Barseghyan (final)		Aram Mp3 (semi-final 1),
Hermine Stepanyan (semi-final 2),
Arevik Udumyan (final)		Lilit Muradyan
[20]
2016 Avet BarseghyanN/AArman Margaryan
[21]
2017 Gohar GasparyanIveta Mukuchyan
[22]
2018 Felix KhachatryanArsen Grigoryan
[23][24]
2019 Aram Mp3Aram Mp3
[25][26]

Photogallery

See also

Notes
  1. According to the then-Eurovision rules, the top ten non-Big Four countries from the previous year along with the Big Four automatically qualified for the Grand Final without having to compete in semi-finals. For example, if Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the 11th and 12th spots were advanced to next year's Grand Final along with all countries ranked in the top ten.
  2. The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References
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