Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Armenia
Member station	AMPTV
Appearances
Appearances	3
First appearance	2006
Best result	4th, 2008
Worst result	8th, 2006, 2007
External links
AMPTV page
Armenia's page at Eurovision.tv

Hayko at Helsinki (2007)

Sirusho at Belgrade (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 they competed 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. It finally 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-finals in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest on 10 May 2007. In the final on 12 May, Armenia entered the competition as 23rd of the 24 finalists and came 8th again.

Notable is that in 2006, Armenia finished 8th one point ahead of Greece, the following year they came 8th again, one point behind Greece. When Armenia ended 4th (best result to date) in the 2008 Contest, the country that finished 3rd was Greece (19 points ahead of Armenia). Armenian/American Metal band System of a Down are considering to end their hiatus and perform in the 2009 contest if they can address the Armenian Genocide (a practice forbidden because no politics are allowed in the songs), this could prove to be very successful as System of a Down have topped the Billboard 200 3 times, sold over 8 million records worldwide and have had a great degree of success in Europe.

Contestants

Voting history

Armenia has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Russia	36
2	Greece	24
3	Ukraine	21
4	Georgia	15
5	Serbia	10
=	Belarus	10

Armenia has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Russia	34
=	Belgium	34
3	Netherlands	32
=	France	32
=	Turkey	32
5	Greece	28
6	Poland	27

NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals.