Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Armenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 15 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 in the Eurovision Song Contest
Armenia
Participating broadcasterPublic Television Company of Armenia (AMPTV)
Participation summary
Appearances15 (12 finals)
First appearance2006
Highest placement4th: 2008, 2014
Related articles
Depi Evratesil
External links
AMPTV page
Armenia's page at Eurovision.tv Edit this at Wikidata
For the most recent participation see
Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

History

In July 2003, private broadcaster Armenia TV claimed to be debuting at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, despite not being a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organises the event.[1] The EBU later denied this claim.[2]

After AMPTV was promoted to active member in July 2005, 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. At the time, only the top 10 countries from the previous edition and the "Big Four" were automatically qualified for the final, Armenia had to compete in the semi-final to qualify. André, who was first to perform in the semi-final, reached the final of the contest on 20 May 2006 and gave Armenia a successful debut coming in eighth position. Having reached the top ten, Armenia did not have to compete in the semi-final in the 2007 contest, where the country achieved another 8th position.

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, at the time, one of only three countries that had always placed in the top ten since the introduction of the semi-finals. This streak was broken in the 2011 contest, when Emmy and the song "Boom Boom" failed to qualify from the first semi-final by a margin of one point.

On 7 March 2012, Armenia announced that it would withdraw from the 2012 contest, because of security concerns in the host city Baku.[3] Despite their 2012 withdrawal, Armenia confirmed participation in the 2013 contest in Sweden.[4]

In 2014, Armenia matched their highest placement from 2008, with Aram Mp3 and the song "Not Alone" reaching fourth place. Armenia has reached the final in 12 out of 15 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. Armenia had originally planned to participate in the 2021 contest, but later withdrew due to social and political crises in the aftermath of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.[5] Armenia returned to the contest in 2022, with Rosa Linn and the song "Snap", qualifying for the first time since 2017.

AMPTV also has a program called Eurovision Diary, which details the experiences of Armenian Eurovision entrants. The program begins every year when the artist is chosen and ends with the Eurovision final.

Participation overview
Table key
2 Second place
X Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Song 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 in 2006 final[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
2022 Rosa Linn "Snap" English 20 61 5 187
2023 Brunette "Future Lover" English, Armenian 14 122 6 99

Awards
Marcel Bezençon Awards won by Armenia
Year Host city Category Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Final Points Ref.
2008 Serbia Belgrade Fan Award "Qélé, Qélé" Sirusho H.A. Der-Hovagimian, Sirusho 4 199 [6]

Heads of delegation
Year Head of delegation Ref.
2006–2010 Diana Mnatsakanyan [7][8]
2011–2018 Gohar Gasparyan [9][10][11]
2019– David Tserunyan and Anush Ter-Ghukasyan [12][13]

Commentators and spokespersons
Year Commentator Dual commentator Spokesperson Ref.
2005 UnknownDid not participate
[14][15]
2006 Gohar GasparyanFelix KhachatryanGohar Gasparyan
[16]
2007 —Sirusho
[17]
2008 Felix KhachatryanHrachuhi UtmazyanHrachuhi Utmazyan
[18]
2009 Khoren Levonyan—Sirusho
[19]
2010 Hrachuhi UtmazyanNazeni Hovhannisyan
[19][20]
2011 Artak Vardanyan—Lusine Tovmasyan
[21]
2012 Gohar GasparyanArtur GrigoryanDid not participate
[22]
2013 André (semi-finals),
Erik Antaranyan (final)		Arevik Udumyan (semi-finals),
Anna Avanesyan (final)		André
[23]
2014 Erik Antaranyan (semi-finals),
Tigran Danielyan (final)		Anna Avanesyan (semi-finals),
Arevik Udumyan (final)		Anna Avanesyan
[24]
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
[25]
2016 Avet Barseghyan—Arman Margaryan
[26]
2017 Gohar GasparyanIveta Mukuchyan
[27]
2018 Felix KhachatryanArsen Grigoryan
[28][29]
2019 Aram Mp3Aram Mp3
[30][31]
2021 No television broadcastDid not participate
[32]
2022 Hrachuhi UtmazyanGarik PapoyanGarik Papoyan
[33]
2023 Hamlet ArakelyanMaléna
[34][35]

Other shows
Show Commentators Channel Ref.
Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light David Tserunyan and Emma Hakobyan AMPTV [36]

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.

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