Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Armenia will select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest through a televised national final, which will be held in February 2010, organised by the Armenian national broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (ARMTV).

Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country Armenia
National selection
Selection processNational Final
Selection date(s)14 February 2010
Selected entrantEva Rivas
Selected song"Apricot Stone"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (6th, 83 points)
Final result7th, 141 points
Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Early rumours

In December 2010, a video posted on YouTube which claimed that Armenia would be represented by a duet between rapper and dancer Mihran and Emmy. However no official statement was ever made by AMRTV on the video, and news on a public selection was later confirmed.[1]

National final

On 13 December 2009, AMRTV officially confirmed their Eurovision participation in 2010.[2] On 18 December 2009, it was announced that a public national final will be held on 14 February 2010, featuring ten songs.

Competing entries

Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster between 18 December 2009 and 1 February 2010.[3][4] From all songs submitted to AMPTV, a jury selected 10 songs for the competition, with the selected entrants being announced on 4 February 2010. The running order draw was held on 11 February 2010.[5][6][7]

On 10 February 2010, it was announced that Sonya with the song "Never" had withdrawn from the contest due to health problems.[8]

Final

The final took place on 14 February 2010. Nine songs competed with the winner being decided upon by a 50/50 combination of the votes from a jury and a public televote.[3] The winner was Eva Rivas with the song "Apricot Stone", coming first in the televote and second in the jury vote.[9][10]

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, a number of past Armenian entrants performed as interval acts: Sirusho (2008, 4th place); Andre (2006, 8th place) and Inga and Anush (2009, 10th place). Luara Hayrapetyan, Armenian entrant for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 (2nd place) and Lys Assia, the first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, also performed as interval acts.[11]

Final - 14 February 2010
Draw Artist Song Composer(s) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Another Story "Ays dzmer" Armen Sargsyan 3 — 7 10 5
2 Ani Arzumanyan "The Mermaid Song" Arsen Nersisyan 8 — 6 14 4
3 Meline Beglaryan "We Must Believe" Meline Beglaryan 5 — 3 8 6
4 Emmy & Mihran "Hey (Let Me Hear You Say)" Vache Ter-Yeghishyan, Mihran Kirakosyan 12 10,400 8 20 2
5 David Ashotyan "Infected Dreams" David Ashotyan 2 — 5 7 9
6 Nick Egibyan "Countdown" Nick Egibyan 6 — 2 8 6
7 Maria Kizirian "Little Red Riding Hood" Maria Kizirian 4 — 4 8 6
8 Razmik Amyan "My Love" Vahram Petrosyan, Vardan Zadoyan 7 10,500 10 17 3
9 Eva Rivas "Apricot Stone" Armen Martirosyan, Karen Kavaleryan 10 22,000 12 22 1

At Eurovision

Armenia competed in the second semi-final of the contest, on 27 May 2010, following Lithuania and preceding Israel. Armenia qualified from the second semi-final, placing 6th and scoring 83 points, and competed in the final on 29 May 2010. In the final Armenia performed following Russia and preceding Germany. Armenia placed 7th in the final, scoring 141 points.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 2 Armenia came 6th with 83 points: the public awarded Armenia 6th place with 90 points and the jury awarded 5th place with 84 points.
  • In the Final Armenia came 7th with 141 points: the public awarded Armenia 4th place with 166 points and the jury awarded 10th place with 116 points.

Points awarded by Armenia[12]
Points awarded to Armenia (Semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Armenia (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. Klier, Marcus (1 December 2009). "Armenia: youtube video claims Mihran & Emmy for Oslo". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 7 December 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  2. Shegrikyan, Zaven (13 December 2009). "Armenia: Confirmed participation for Oslo 2010!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  3. Klier, Marcus (18 December 2009). "Armenian broadcaster looking for national final entries". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  4. Brey, Marco (18 December 2009). "Armenia: Rules for national final published". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 21 December 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  5. Klier, Marcus (4 January 2010). "Armenia: Ten national finalists announced". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  6. Brey, Marco (4 February 2010). "Armenian finalists announced". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 7 February 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  7. Hondal, Victor (11 February 2010). "Armenian national final running order announced". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  8. Shegrikyan, Zaven (10 February 2010). "Sonya withdraws from Armenian final due to health problems". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  9. Klier, Marcus (14 February 2010). "Armenia sends Eva Rivas to the Eurovision Song Contest". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  10. Brey, Marco (14 February 2010). "Eva Rivas to represent Armenia!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  11. Brey, Marco (14 February 2010). "Eva Rivas to represent Armenia!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  12. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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