Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Armenia | |
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Participating broadcaster | AMPTV |
Participation summary | |
Appearances | 6 |
First appearance | 2006 |
Highest placement | 4th: 2008 |
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 Saturday 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.
Contestants
Year | Artist | Language | Title | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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2006 | André | English | "Without Your Love" | 8 | 129 | 6 | 150 |
2007 | Hayko | English, Armenian | "Anytime You Need" | 8 | 138 | X | X |
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" | X | X | 12 | 54 |
2013 |
- XX on the semi-finals denotes auto-qualification. This could be the result of one of the following two reasons; if a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. The other reason being that back in 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 with Spain and the United Kingdom finishing after 15th place, 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.
- XX on the finals denotes an unsuccessful attempt at qualifying to the final.
Voting history
Armenia has given the most points to... (finals only)
Rank | Country | Points |
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1 | Russia | 66 |
2 | Greece | 44 |
Ukraine | 44 | |
4 | Georgia | 37 |
5 | France | 25 |
Armenia has received the most points from... (finals only)
Rank | Country | Points |
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1 | Russia | 51 |
2 | Netherlands | 49 |
3 | Belgium | 48 |
4 | France | 44 |
Turkey | 44 |
Armenia has given the most points to... (with semi-finals)
Rank | Country | Points |
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1 | Russia | 102 |
2 | Georgia | 65 |
3 | Greece | 64 |
Ukraine | 64 | |
5 | Norway | 30 |
Armenia has received the most points from... (with semi-finals)
Rank | Country | Points |
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1 | Russia | 83 |
Israel | 83 | |
Netherlands | 83 | |
4 | Belgium | 82 |
5 | Turkey | 75 |
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Spokespersons
Year(s) | Spokesperson |
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2006 | Gohar Gasparyan |
2007 | Sirusho |
2008 | Hrachuhi Utmazyan |
2009 | Sirusho |
2010 | Nazeni Hovhannisyan |
2011 | Lusine Tovmasyan |
See also
References
- ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (7 March 2012). "Armenia withdraws from Eurovision 2012!". ESCToday. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
External links
- OGAE Armenia Official fan club for supporting Armenian representatives at Eurovision Song Contest
- Points to and from Armenia eurovisioncovers.co.uk