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Aug 5 2012
A short but successful Armenian history
Armenia's most successful entrant from 2008, Sirusho.Photo:Alain
Douit (EBU) 05 Aug 13:21 1
The next country we visit in our look back at the history of Europe's
Favourite TV Show is Armenia. They are a relative newcomer to the
competition, but have enjoyed top ten placings on all but one of their
attempts to date.
Armenia first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006.
Their debut entry in Athens was Without Your Love from André. He took
his nation to a very respectable 8th place finish in the Grand Final.
Armenia's record at a glance
-First participation - 2006 - André - Without Your Love
-Best result - 4th place in Final (2008) - Sirusho - Qele Qele
-Semi-Final record - 5/6 attempts successful - 83.3% qualification record
-Highest score in the Final - 199 (2008) - Sirusho- Qele Qele
You can see the full information about all of Armenia's participants
and entries here in the history section of Eurovision.tv
Armenia's most successful attempt to date was in Belgrade in 2008,
when Sirusho took the popular Qele Qele to the top four in the Final.
You can see Sirusho's official video for Qele Qele below.
Armenia facts and figures
-For their first five years of participation, Armenia were never
outside of the top 10 in the Grand Final
-The only artist not to have qualified from the Semi-Finals for
Armenia was Emmy in 2011 with Boom Boom
-Due to the fact that the 2012 contest was being held in Baku,
Azerbaijan, Armenia decided to withdraw from the competition for a
year but are set to return in 2013
-Over their six years of participation, Armenia has awarded Russia
the maximum 12 points on four occasions, each year from 2006 to 2009.
Georgia were awarded top marks in 2010 and Ukraine in 2011
-Armenia has been very successful in the Junior Eurovision Song
Contest, having won the competition in 2010 and been runner up in 2007
and 2009. They hosted the 2011 show from Yerevan
You can see the preview video clip for Aremnia's second most
successful entry, Apricot Stone from Eva Rivas in the video below.
About Sirusho
Sirusho was born in 1987 in Yerevan, Armenia. She was raised in a
family comprised of a father who is an accomplished actor and
director, and her mother a well-known and respected singer. She has
been singing all of her life and first performed on stage at the age
of seven. Since then she blossomed into being one of the most popular
and loved singers in Armenia.
http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=63643&_t=a_short_but_successful_armenian_h istory
Aug 5 2012
A short but successful Armenian history
Armenia's most successful entrant from 2008, Sirusho.Photo:Alain
Douit (EBU) 05 Aug 13:21 1
The next country we visit in our look back at the history of Europe's
Favourite TV Show is Armenia. They are a relative newcomer to the
competition, but have enjoyed top ten placings on all but one of their
attempts to date.
Armenia first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006.
Their debut entry in Athens was Without Your Love from André. He took
his nation to a very respectable 8th place finish in the Grand Final.
Armenia's record at a glance
-First participation - 2006 - André - Without Your Love
-Best result - 4th place in Final (2008) - Sirusho - Qele Qele
-Semi-Final record - 5/6 attempts successful - 83.3% qualification record
-Highest score in the Final - 199 (2008) - Sirusho- Qele Qele
You can see the full information about all of Armenia's participants
and entries here in the history section of Eurovision.tv
Armenia's most successful attempt to date was in Belgrade in 2008,
when Sirusho took the popular Qele Qele to the top four in the Final.
You can see Sirusho's official video for Qele Qele below.
Armenia facts and figures
-For their first five years of participation, Armenia were never
outside of the top 10 in the Grand Final
-The only artist not to have qualified from the Semi-Finals for
Armenia was Emmy in 2011 with Boom Boom
-Due to the fact that the 2012 contest was being held in Baku,
Azerbaijan, Armenia decided to withdraw from the competition for a
year but are set to return in 2013
-Over their six years of participation, Armenia has awarded Russia
the maximum 12 points on four occasions, each year from 2006 to 2009.
Georgia were awarded top marks in 2010 and Ukraine in 2011
-Armenia has been very successful in the Junior Eurovision Song
Contest, having won the competition in 2010 and been runner up in 2007
and 2009. They hosted the 2011 show from Yerevan
You can see the preview video clip for Aremnia's second most
successful entry, Apricot Stone from Eva Rivas in the video below.
About Sirusho
Sirusho was born in 1987 in Yerevan, Armenia. She was raised in a
family comprised of a father who is an accomplished actor and
director, and her mother a well-known and respected singer. She has
been singing all of her life and first performed on stage at the age
of seven. Since then she blossomed into being one of the most popular
and loved singers in Armenia.
http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=63643&_t=a_short_but_successful_armenian_h istory