Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Armenia

Armenia

Member station Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV)
National selection events
Appearances
Appearances 10 (9 finals)
First appearance 2006
Best result 4th: 2008, 2014
Worst result 12th SF: 2011
External links
AMPTV page
Armenia's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Armenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 10 times since making its debut in 2006, and has reached the top 10 on seven occasions. Armenia's best result in the contest is two fourth-place finishes; achieved by Sirusho in 2008 with the song "Qélé, Qélé", and Aram Mp3 in 2014 with "Not Alone". 2011 is the only year that Armenia has failed to advance from the semi-final round. This was followed by the country withdrawing from the 2012 contest due to security concerns.

History

Armenia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 with the song "Without Your Love" performed by André. Armenia had never entered the competition before, therefore it had to compete in the semi final. André was the first performer of the semi-finals. 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 8th again.

Armenia was 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 10 after 4 years, represented by Aram Mp3 with the song "Not Alone" placed 4th. This is the best place that Armenia ever got alongside with Sirusho with the song "Qélé, Qélé" in 2008.

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Language Title Final Points Semi Points
2006 André English "Without Your Love" 8 129 6 150
2007 Hayko English, Armenian "Anytime You Need" 8 138 Top 10 Previous Year
2008 Sirusho English, Armenian "Qélé, Qélé" 4 199 2 139
2009 Inga and Anush English, Armenian "Jan Jan" 10 92 5 99
2010 Eva Rivas English "Apricot Stone" 7 141 6 83
2011 Emmy English "Boom Boom" Failed to qualify 11 54
2012 Did not participate
2013 Dorians English "Lonely Planet" 18 41 7 69
2014 Aram Mp3 English "Not Alone" 4 174 4 121
2015 Genealogy English "Face the Shadow" 16 34 7 77
2016 Iveta Mukuchyan English "LoveWave" 7 249 2 243
2017 TBA December 2016

NOTE: If a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. In addition from 2004-2007, the top ten countries who were not members of the big four did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. If, for example, Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the countries who placed 11th and 12th were advanced to the following year's grand final along with the rest of the top ten countries.

Voting history

As of 2016, Armenia's voting history is as follows:

Most points given in the grand finals only
Rank Country Points
1  Russia 109
2  Georgia 75
3  Ukraine 66
4  Greece 64
5  France 49
Most points received in the grand finals only
Rank Country Points
1  Russia 91
2  France 80
 Georgia 80
4  Bulgaria 66
 Netherlands 66
Most points given in the semis and finals
Rank Country Points
1  Russia 181
2  Georgia 127
3  Greece 110
4  Ukraine 98
5  Malta 58
Most points received in the semis and finals
Rank Country Points
1  Russia 171
2  France 136
3  Netherlands 134
4  Greece 123
5  Spain 117

Awards received

Marcel Bezençon Awards

Further information: Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia, honouring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and the current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey (a member of the Herreys and the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winner from Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon. The awards are divided into three categories: Press Award, Artistic Award, and Composer Award.[3]

Year Host city Category Song Performer(s) Composer(s)
2008 Belgrade Fan Award "Qélé, Qélé" Sirusho H.A. Der-Hovagimian, Sirusho

Commentators and spokespersons

Year(s) Commentators Spokesperson
2006 Gohar Gasparyan & Felix Khachatryan Gohar Gasparyan
2007 Gohar Gasparyan Sirusho
2008 Felix Khachatryan & Hrachuhi Utmazyan Hrachuhi Utmazyan
2009 Khoren Levonyan Sirusho
2010 Hrachuhi Utmazyan & Khoren Levonyan Nazeni Hovhannisyan
2011 Artak Vardanyan Lusine Tovmasyan
2012 Gohar Gasparyan & Artur Grigoryan Armenia did not participate
2013 André & Arevik Udumyan (Semi-finals),
Erik Antaranyan & Anna Avanesyan (Final) 		André
2014 Erik Antaranyan & Anna Avanesyan (Semi-finals),
Arevik Udumyan & Tigran Danielyan (Final) 		Anna Avanesyan
2015 Aram Mp3 & Erik Antaranyan (first semi-final),
Vahe Khanamiryan & Hermine Stepanyan (second semi-final),
Avet Barseghyan & Arevik Udumyan (Final) 		Lilit Muradyan
2016 Avet Barseghyan Arman Margaryan
2017 TBA TBA

Photogallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ Siim, Jarmo (7 March 2012). "Armenia withdraws from Eurovision 2012". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Jiandani, Sanjay (31 October 2012). "Armenia confirms participation". EscToday. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Marcel Bezençon Award – an introduction". Poplight.se. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

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