Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
| Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Armenia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Final | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 23 February 2007 24 February 2007 Final: 25 February 2007 | |||
| Selected entrant | Hayko | |||
| Selected song | "Anytime You Need" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 8th, 138 points | |||
| Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Armenia was represented by Hayko in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Anytime You Need". The song was written and composed by Hayko and Karen Kavaleryan.
Before Eurovision
National final
ARMTV organised a national final in order to select the artist and song that will represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. All three shows of the competition took place at the ARMTV studios and were hosted by Gohar Gasparyan and André.
Competing entries
ARMTV announced a public submission period with a deadline of 31 November 2006. From all songs submitted, a jury panel selected 20 songs for the competition, with the selected entrants being announced on 15 February 2007.[1]
| Artist | Song | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Arina Hovhannisyan | "Colour of My Tears" | Arnold Fritzsch |
| Arshaluys Sargsyan | "Togh vor aysor" | Emil Svajyan, Arshaluys Sargsyan |
| Asta | "My Story" | Edgar Hakobyan |
| Emmy | "You've Done It" | Rafael Artesero |
| Erik | "Togh qich chtva" | Zara Petrosyan |
| Gevorg Martirosyan | "Nor ughiner" | Vahram Petrosyan, Sergey Grigoryan |
| Hariel Sando | "Only Music Makes Me Strong" | Harutyun Apresyan |
| Hayer | "You Need a Girl" | Brandon Stone |
| Hayko | "Anytime You Need" | Hayko, Karen Kavaleryan |
| Jacklina Tumanyan | "Angel" | Thomas Thörnholm, Michael Clauss, Dan Attlerud |
| Karine Asiryan | "Your Heart Is Hot" | Roman Ignatyev, Natalya Sidortsova, Anita Hakhverdyan |
| Lana Khachatryan | "Hate When You're Gone" | Emil Svajyan, Anush Manukyan |
| Marianna Hovhannisyan | "I'll Prove I'm Stronger" | Emil Svajyan, Anush Manukyan |
| Meri Voskanyan | "Again, Again" | Meri Voskanyan, Adam Kesselhaut |
| "Carry Me In" | Meri Voskanyan, Adam Kesselhaut, Cande De Rouge | |
| Nelly Poghosyan | "So I Will Go" | Arsen Adonts, Twana Rhodes |
| R.P. | "Kapuyt trchun" | Vahan Khachatryan, Hayk Harutyunyan, Arpine Shahnubaryan |
| Sargis Edwards | "Rain" | Sargis Edwards |
| Sergey Grigoryan | "Qonn em" | Sergey Grigoryan |
| Vo.X | "I'm My Lover's" | Aram Rian |
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final took place on 23 February 2007. Three songs qualified to the final. The ten songs first faced a jury vote where two songs advanced: "My Story" performed by Asta and "Qonn em" performed by Sergey Grigoryan. An additional qualifier was selected from the remaining eight songs by a public SMS vote: "Colour of My Tears" performed by Arina Hovhannisyan.[2]
Jury qualifier Public vote qualifier
| Semi-final 1 – 23 February 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
| 1 | Jacklina Tumanyan | "Angel" | 178 | 5 |
| 2 | Hariel Sando | "Only Music Makes Me Strong" | 36 | 9 |
| 3 | R.P. | "Kapuyt trchun" | 98 | 7 |
| 4 | Nelly Poghosyan | "So I Will Go" | 32 | 10 |
| 5 | Gevorg Martirosyan | "Nor ughiner" | 210 | 3 |
| 6 | Asta | "My Story" | 420 | 2 |
| 7 | Arshaluys Sargsyan | "Togh vor aysor" | 131 | 6 |
| 8 | Sergey Grigoryan | "Qonn em" | 72 | 8 |
| 9 | Arina Hovhannisyan | "Colour of My Tears" | 634 | 1 |
| 10 | Erik | "Togh qich chtva" | 196 | 4 |
Semi-final 2
The second semi-final took place on 24 February 2007. Three songs qualified to the final. The ten songs first faced a jury vote where two songs advanced: "Anytime You Need" performed by Hayko and "You've Done It" performed by Emmy. An additional qualifier was selected from the remaining eight songs by a public SMS vote: "Your Heart Is Hot" performed by Karine Asiryan.[2] "Carry Me In" performed by Meri Voskanyan also qualified to the final as a wildcard selected by the jury.
Jury qualifier Public vote qualifier
| Semi-final 2 – 24 February 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
| 1 | Hayer | "You Need a Girl" | 318 | 9 |
| 2 | Meri Voskanyan | "Again, Again" | 633 | 7 |
| 3 | Vo.X | "I'm My Lover's" | 210 | 10 |
| 4 | Karine Asiryan | "Your Heart Is Hot" | 2,460 | 2 |
| 5 | Sargis Edwards | "Rain" | 2,284 | 3 |
| 6 | Marianna Hovhannisyan | "I'll Prove I'm Stronger" | 2,121 | 4 |
| 7 | Hayko | "Anytime You Need" | 3,418 | 1 |
| 8 | Meri Voskanyan | "Carry Me In" | 1,173 | 6 |
| 9 | Emmy | "You've Done It" | 1,793 | 5 |
| 10 | Lana Khachatryan | "Hate When You're Gone" | 544 | 8 |
Final
The final took place on 25 February 2007. The seven entries that qualified from the semi-finals performed and a jury exclusively selected the winner. A public SMS vote also took place during the show and was won by "Anytime You Need" performed by Hayko.
| Final – 25 February 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place | Result |
| 1 | Sergey Grigoryan | "Qonn em" | 142 | 7 | Eliminated |
| 2 | Karine Asiryan | "Your Heart Is Hot" | 360 | 6 | Eliminated |
| 3 | Emmy | "You've Done It" | 883 | 4 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Asta | "My Story" | 689 | 5 | Eliminated |
| 5 | Hayko | "Anytime You Need" | 5,170 | 1 | Winner |
| 6 | Arina Hovhannisyan | "Colour of My Tears" | 1,034 | 3 | Eliminated |
| 7 | Meri Voskanyan | "Carry Me In" | 3,133 | 2 | Eliminated |
At Eurovision
Armenia automatically qualified to the grand final, because it was on the top 10 last year. In the final, Hayko performed second last following Turkey and preceding the Moldova he finished in 8th place with 138 points it can be noted that while Armenia finished one point above Greece in 2006, they this time finished one point below them. With changes to the format of the competition coming into effect for 2008, Armenia would have to compete in one of two semi-finals for qualification into the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. As Armenia was not the winner of the 2007 Contest and was not a member of the Big Four, other results in the previous contest no longer pre-qualified nations to the final of the forthcoming contest.
Points awarded by Armenia
Semi final
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Final
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| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
References
- ^ Iker, Zlatko (15 February 2007). "Armenia: Complete semi finals line-up". Esctoday.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "ARMENIAN SEMI-FINALS 2007".
- ^ Eurovision Song Contest 2007