Armenia at the Eurovision Song Contest

Balance sheet

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Broadcasting company

First participation

2006

Number of participations

13 (as of 2019)

Highest ranking

4 ( 2008 , 2014 )

Highest Score

249 ( 2016 )

Lowest Score

34 ( 2015 )

Points average (since first post)

112.15 (as of 2019)

Average points per voting country in the 12-point system

2.38 (as of 2019)

This article deals with the history of Armenia as a participant in the Eurovision Song Contest .

Regularity of participation and successes in competition

Sirusho 2008 is still the most successful interpreter in the country in the competition

The national broadcaster ARMTV is a member of the European Broadcasting Union and started in 2006 for the first time in the Eurovision Song Contest. Andre reached eighth place in the final after finishing sixth in the semifinals . The following year, 2007, the singer Hayko built on this success with an eighth place in the final. In 2008 Siruscho finished second in the first of the two semi-finals and qualified for the finals, where she achieved Armenia's best result so far with fourth place and 199 points. Inga & Anusch reached 10th place in the final in 2009, after reaching 5th place in the semi-finals. Also in 2010 Eva Rivas reached 7th place among the top ten in the final. In 2011, however, Emmy did not reach the final, after which she only reached 12th place in the semifinals, with which Armenia was eliminated in the semifinals for the first time. Armenia originally wanted to participate in 2012 as well. On March 7, 2012, the country withdrew its participation in the ESC 2012 for political reasons. Due to the cancellation after the deadline for the confirmation of participation, a penalty of 50% of the participation fee was due. Armenia only returned to the ESC in 2013 and has been participating every year since then.

In 2013, however, Armenia's return was not very successful. The country reached the final, but with 18th place the band Dorians reached Armenia's worst place in a final. In 2014, however, Aram Mp3 reached fourth place, the best ranking for the country since 2008. He got the same ranking as Sirusho in 2008. However, she was able to achieve more points in 2008, which means she is still Armenia's most successful interpreter to this day. In 2015 the band Genealogy was put together especially for the ESC. Although they reached the final, with 16th place they only got a poor placement. In 2016 Iveta Mukuchyan reached 7th place again, a good result for the country, after which she already reached 2nd place in the semifinals. With 249 points she also got a new high score for the country. In 2017, Artsvik achieved a bad ranking with 18th place. However, the country fared even worse in the following years: In 2018 Sewak Chanaghjan was eliminated as 15th in the semi-finals. Srbuk was also unable to qualify for Armenia in 2019 and even achieved the worst result for Armenia with place 16 out of 18.

A total of seven of the 12 entries ended up in the left half of the table. The country has only been eliminated in the semi-finals three times (2011, 2018, 2019) and never reached the last place. With seven placements among the top ten, Armenia is one of the most successful countries in the competition.

List of posts

Color legend: - 1st place. - 2nd place. - 3rd place. - Equal points with last place. - Eliminated in the semifinals / in the qualification / in the Eastern European preliminary decision. - no participation / not qualified. - Cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest.      

year	Interpreter	Title Music (M) and Text (T)	language	translation	final		Semi-final / qualification		National preliminary decision
					space	Points	space	Points
2006	Andre Անդրե	Without Your Love M: Armen Martirosyan; T: Catherine Bekian	English	Without your love	8/24	129	6/23	150	internal selection
2007	Hayko Հայկո	Anytime You Need M: Hayko ; T: Karen Kavaleryan	English, Armenian	However long you need	8/24	138	Qualified directly for the final		ESC 2007 - National Selection
2008	Sirusho Սիրուշո	Qele, qele Քելե Քելե M: HA Der-Hovagimian; T: Sirusho	English, Armenian	Go Go	4/25	199	2/19	139	National preliminary decision
2009	Inga & Anusch Ինգա և Անուշ	Jan jan Նոր պար (Ջան ջան) M: Mane Akopyan; T: Avet Barseghyan, Vardan Zadoyan	English, Armenian	My dearest	10/25	92	5/18	99	Jewratessil 2009
2010	Eva Rivas Եվա Րիվաս	Apricot Stone M: poor martirosyan; T: Karen Kavaleryan	English	Apricot kernel	7/25	141	7/17	83	Jewratessil 2010
2011	Emmy Էմմա Բեջանյան	Boom Boom M: Hayk Harutyunyan, Hayk Hovhannisyan; T: Sosi Khanikyan	English	Boom-Boom	Eliminated		12/19	54	National preliminary decision
2012	No participation
2013	Dorians Գոռ Սուջյան	Lonely Planet M: Tony Iommi ; T: Vardan Zadoyan	English	Lonely planet	18/26	41	7/17	69	National preliminary decision
2014	Aram Mp3 Արամ Mp3	Not Alone M: Aram Mp3 ; T: Garik Papojan	English	Not alone	4/26	174	4/16	121	internal selection
2015	Genealogy	Face the Shadow M: Poor Martirosyan; T: Inna Mkrtchyan	English	Face the shadow	16/27	34	7/16	77	internal selection
2016	Iveta Mukuchyan Իվետա Մուկուչյան	LoveWave M: Lilith Navasardyan, Levon Navasardyan; T: Iveta Mukuchyan , Stephanie Crutchfield	English	Love wave	7/26	249	2/18	243	internal selection
2017	Artsvik Արծվիկ	Fly with Me M: Lilith Navasardyan, Levon Navasardyan; T: Avet Barseghyan, David Tserunyan	English	Fly with Me	18/26	79	7/18	152	Depi Jewratessil 2017
2018	Sewak Chanaghjan Սեւակ Խանագյան	Qami Քամի M: Sewak Chanaghjan ; T: Anna Danieljan, Wiktorja Malojan	Armenian	wind	Eliminated		15/19	79	Depi Jewratessil 2018
2019	Srbuk Սրբուհի	Walking Out M: Lost Capital, tokionine; T: Garik Papoyan	English	Go out	Eliminated		16/18	49	internal selection
2020	Athena Manoukian Աթենա Մանուկեան	Chains on You M: Athena Manoukian , DJ Paco; T: Athena Manoukian	English	Chains on you	Cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the EBU				Depi Jewratessil 2020

languages

So far, Armenia sang mainly in English, in 2007, 2008 and 2009 they mixed with Armenian: At Anytime You Need the last chorus was sung in the local language. In addition to the Armenian headline, Qele qele had an introduction in the local language. In 2009 Nor par (Jan Jan) was sung mainly in Armenian, but also partly in English. In 2018, the first time was sung completely in Armenian.

National preliminary decisions

At the debut in 2006, André was selected internally by AMPTV to represent the country. In 2007 a preliminary decision took place for the first time, which included two semifinals with ten entries each and a final with seven entries. The participants also included Meri Voskanian , a candidate in the third season of Germany is looking for the superstar and participant in the German preliminary decision Our Star for Oslo .

In 2008, Siruscho was selected internally by the Armenian television broadcaster to represent the country. In the preliminary round, she presented all four titles; She also wrote all or part of the texts for all contributions. After two public national competitions in 2009 and 2010, the artists Emmy and Dorians were selected internally in 2011 and 2013 and, like Siruscho, performed some titles in 2008.

In 2014 both Aram Mp3 and his song were selected internally, this also applies to Genealogy 2015, a formation that was put together especially for the ESC. In order to avoid political messages, the original title of the song Don't Deny , based on the genocide of the Armenians a hundred years ago, was replaced by the title Face the Shadow . Iveta Mukuchyan was also selected internally in 2016. Her contribution LoveWave was presented on March 2, 2016 as part of the evening news on ARMTV.

In 2017, for the first time since 2010, there was a preliminary decision with several performers, which found the ESC participant under the name Depi Evratesil for months. The song was selected internally again. In 2018, the artist and the song were selected together again. In 2019 the artist and song were selected internally again. In 2020 there was again a national preliminary decision with a final under the name Depi Evratesil .

Scoring

The following countries received the most points from or awarded the most points to Armenia (as of 2018):

Most of the points awarded in the final space country Points 1  Russia 109 2  Georgia 075  Greece 075 4th  Ukraine 070 5  France 060

Most in the final received points space country Points 1  Georgia 93 2  Russia 91 3  France 86 4th  Bulgaria 80 5  Greece 71

Most of the points awarded space country Points 1  Russia 181 2  Greece 146 3  Georgia 141 4th  Cyprus 121 5  Ukraine 102

Most total obtained points space country Points 1  Russia 171 2  Greece 158 3  Georgia 146 4th  France 142 5  Netherlands 134

Award of the highest rating

Since 2006, Armenia has awarded the highest number of points in the final eight different countries, seven of them to Russia. In the semifinals, Armenia awarded the maximum number of points to nine different countries, five of them to Russia.

Highest rating (final) year country Place (final) 2006  Russia 2 2007  Russia 3 2008  Russia 1 2009  Russia 11 2010  Georgia 9 2011  Ukraine 4th 2012 No participation 2013  Ukraine 3 2014  Montenegro 19th 2015  Russia 2 2016  France (J) 6th  Russia (T) 3 2017  Portugal (J) 1  Cyprus (T) 21st 2018  Sweden (J) 7th  Cyprus (T) 2 2019  Sweden (J) 5  Russia (T) 3 2020 Competition canceled

Highest rating (semi-finals) year country Place (semifinals) 2006  Russia 3 2007  Belarus 4th 2008  Russia 3 2009  Iceland 1 2010  Georgia 3 2011  Russia 9 2012 No participation 2013  Georgia 10 2014  Ukraine 5 2015  Georgia 4th 2016  Malta (J) 3  Russia (T) 1 2017  Cyprus (J) & (T) 5 2018  Israel (J) 1  Cyprus (T) 2 2019  Sweden (J) 3  Russia (T) 6th 2020 Competition canceled

various

• Karen Kavaleryan, copywriter of the 2007 article, also wrote the text for the Belarusian article Work Your Magic that same year . He had previously written the Russian articles for 2002 and 2006, and in 2008 he was to do so for Ukraine and Georgia. He is the only author who has contributed to a post twice for more than one country in the same year, as well as the author who has written for most different countries.
• In 2006 André opened the semi-finals and was the last to appear in the final.
• The ESC 2012, which is taking place in neighboring Azerbaijan, was originally registered, but due to the great pressure from Armenian artists and the generally tense situation in the border area, a few days after the deadline for submission, they finally canceled, which resulted in a fine of 50% Participation fee corresponded.

Impressions

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  Hayko 2007

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  Eva Rivas 2010

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  Dorians 2013

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  Aram MP3 2014

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  Genealogy 2015

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  Iveta Mukuchyan 2016

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  Artsvik 2017

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  Sewak Chanaghjan 2018

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  Srbuk 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Armenia at the ESC
2. ^ Diggiloo
3. ↑ Archived version of a geocities.com page (accessed November 24, 2009) ( Memento February 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Archived version of a geocities.com page (accessed November 24, 2009) ( Memento from August 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Diggoloo