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Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Summary

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Field	Value
Name	Armenia
Contest	ESC
Member station	Public Television Company of Armenia (AMPTV)
ESC apps	17 (14 finals)
ESC first
ESC best	4th: ,
Related	Depi Evratesil
Website	AMPTV page
Current	2025

Armenia has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 17 times since making its debut in , when André became the first participant representing Armenia and was the first singer from the Caucasus region to compete at Eurovision. The Armenian participating broadcaster in the contest is the Public Television Company of Armenia (AMPTV).

Armenia has reached the top 10 on eight occasions, with the country's best result in the contest being two fourth-place finishes, achieved by "Qélé, Qélé" by Sirusho (), and "Not Alone" by Aram Mp3 (). was the first year that Armenia failed to advance from the semi-final round. This was followed by the country withdrawing from the contest due to security concerns in the host city, Baku. In and , Armenia consecutively failed to qualify from the semi-finals for the second and third time respectively. Armenia planned to participate in the contest but withdrew before selecting an entry. Armenia has qualified for every grand final since it returned in .

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. The EBU later denied this claim.

After the Public Television Company of Armenia (AMPTV) was promoted to active member in July 2005, Armenia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 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 due to security concerns in the host city Baku, and resumed its participation the following year.

In 2014, Armenia matched its highest placement in 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, it failed to qualify for a third time, placing 16th in the second semi-final. Armenia had originally planned to participate in 2021, but later withdrew due to social and political crises in the aftermath of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. Armenia returned to the contest in 2022, with Rosa Linn and the song "Snap" qualifying Armenia to the final for the first time since 2017 and ultimately placing 20th. Brunette with "Future Lover" placed 14th in 2023, followed by Ladaniva with "Jako" placing eighth in 2024. In 2025, AMPTV reintroduced the Depi Evratesil national final format for the first time in five years, with Parg selected to represent Armenia with "Survivor". At the contest, he extended Armenia's qualification streak, progressing through the semi-final.

AMPTV also has a program titled 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

†	Upcoming event

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi
André	"Without Your Love"	English	8	129	6	150
Hayko	"Anytime You Need"	English, Armenian	8	138	Top 10 in 2006 final}}
Sirusho	"Qélé, Qélé" (Քելե, Քելե)	English, Armenian	4	199	2	139
Inga and Anush	"Jan Jan" (Ջան Ջան)	English, Armenian	10	92	5	99
Eva Rivas	"Apricot Stone"	English	7	141	6	83
Emmy	"Boom Boom"	English	Failed to qualify}}	12	54
Dorians	"Lonely Planet"	English	18	41	7	69
Aram Mp3	"Not Alone"	English	4	174	4	121
Genealogy	"Face the Shadow"	English	16	34	7	77
Iveta Mukuchyan	"LoveWave"	English	7	249	2	243
Artsvik	"Fly with Me"	English	18	79	7	152
Sevak Khanagyan	"Qami" (Քամի)	Armenian	Failed to qualify}}	15	79
Srbuk	"Walking Out"	English	16	49
Athena Manoukian	"Chains on You"	English	Contest cancelled}} X
Rosa Linn	"Snap"	English	20	61	5	187
Brunette	"Future Lover"	English, Armenian	14	122	6	99
Ladaniva	"Jako" (Ժակո)	Armenian	8	183	3	137
Parg	"Survivor"	English, Armenian	20	72	10	51
Appeared on list of participants †

Awards

Year	Host city	Category	Song	Performer(s)	Composer(s)	Final	Points	Ref.
Serbia Belgrade	Fan Award	"Qélé, Qélé"	Sirusho	H.A. Der-Hovagimian, Sirusho	4	199

Related involvement

Heads of delegation

Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the performers, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others.

Year	Head of delegation	Ref.	–	–	–	–
Diana Mnatsakanyan
Gohar Gasparyan
David Tserunyan and Anush Ter-Ghukasyan
David Tserunyan

Jury members

The modern system of jury voting was introduced at the . Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals. These juries rank all entries except their own country's, and their votes account for 50% of the overall result in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, alongside the public televote. Between and , jury votes also constituted 50% of the semi-final results.

Year	First member	Second member	Fourth member	Fifth member	Ref.
Not announced}}
{{Sortname	Aramo	nolink=yes}}	{{Sortname	Manch	nolink=yes}}
			{{Sortname	Srbuk	}}

Commentators and spokespersons

Year	Commentator	Dual commentator
Unknown}}
Gohar Gasparyan	Felix Khachatryan	Gohar Gasparyan
	Sirusho
Felix Khachatryan	Hrachuhi Utmazyan	Hrachuhi Utmazyan
Khoren Levonyan		Sirusho
Hrachuhi Utmazyan	Nazeni Hovhannisyan
Artak Vardanyan		Lusine Tovmasyan
Gohar Gasparyan	Artur Grigoryan
André (semi-finals),
Erik Antaranyan (final)	Arevik Udumyan (semi-finals),
Anna Avanesyan (final)	André
Erik Antaranyan (semi-finals),
Tigran Danielyan (final)	Anna Avanesyan (semi-finals),
Arevik Udumyan (final)	Anna Avanesyan
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
Avet Barseghyan		Arman Margaryan
Gohar Gasparyan	Iveta Mukuchyan
Felix Khachatryan	Arsen Grigoryan
Aram Mp3	Aram Mp3
No television broadcast}}
Hrachuhi Utmazyan	Garik Papoyan	Garik Papoyan
Hamlet Arakelyan	Maléna
Sevak Hakobyan	Brunette
Hamlet Arakelyan	Lusine Tovmasyan

Other shows

Show	Commentators	Channel	Ref.	Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light
David Tserunyan and Emma Hakobyan	AMPTV

Photo gallery

File:ESC 2007 Armenia - Hayko - Anytime you need.jpg|Hayko performing "Anytime You Need" in Helsinki () File:ESC 2008 - Armenia - Sirusho, 1st semifinal.jpg|Sirusho performing "Qélé, Qélé" in Belgrade () File:Eva Rivas - May 2010 Semifinal.jpg|Eva Rivas performing "Apricot Stone" in Oslo () File:ESC2013 - Armenia 01.jpg|Dorians performing "Lonely Planet" in Malmö () File:ESC2014 - Armenia 01.jpg|Aram Mp3 performing "Not Alone" in Copenhagen () File:20150515 ESC 2015 Genealogy 6153.jpg|Genealogy performing "Face the Shadow" in Vienna () File:ESC2016 - Armenia 06.jpg|Iveta Mukuchyan performing "LoveWave" in Stockholm () File:Artsvik (Armenia). Photo 363.jpg|Artsvik performing "Fly with Me" in Kyiv () File:ESC2018 - Armenia 04.jpg|Sevak Khanagyan performing "Qami" in Lisbon () File:ESC2019-Armenia.jpg|Srbuk performing "Walking Out" in Tel Aviv () File:Eurovision 2023 - Jury Semi-final 2 - Armenia - Brunette (03).jpg|Brunette performing "Future Lover" in Liverpool () File:Ladaniva Eurovision Song Contest 2024 final Malmö dress rehearsal semi 2 01.jpg|Ladaniva performing "Jako" in Malmö () File:PARG at ESC2025 for Armenia 27.jpg|Parg performing "Survivor" in Basel ()

Notes

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