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Armenia at Eurovision

Armenia first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 and has entered 18 contests. It has never won; its best result is 4th place, in 2008 and 2014.

18
contests
0
wins
4th
best
first song
2006
contests
18
wins
none
best result
4th — 2008, 2014
in the final
14 of 18 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
sung in
English (16), Armenian (7)
not in the line-up
2012, 2021

Every song

All 19 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.

Year Artist Song Result Points
2026 Vienna Simón “Paloma Rumba” English Out in semi-final 2 (14th of 15) 49
2025 Basel Parg “Survivor” English, Armenian 20th of 26 72
2024 Malmö Ladaniva “Jako (Ժակո)” Armenian 8th of 26 183
2023 Liverpool Brunette “Future Lover” English, Armenian 14th of 26 122
2022 Turin Rosa Linn “Snap” English 20th of 25 61
2020 Rotterdam Athena Manoukian “Chains on You” English Contest cancelled —
2019 Tel Aviv Srbuk “Walking Out” English Out in semi-final 2 (16th of 18) 49
2018 Lisbon Sevak Khanagyan “Qami (Քամի)” Armenian Out in semi-final 1 (15th of 19) 79
2017 Kyiv Artsvik “Fly with Me” English 18th of 26 79
2016 Stockholm Iveta Mukuchyan “LoveWave” English 7th of 26 249
2015 Vienna Genealogy “Face the Shadow” English 16th of 27 34
2014 Copenhagen Aram Mp3 “Not Alone” English 4th of 26 174
2013 Malmö Dorians “Lonely Planet” English 18th of 26 41
2011 Düsseldorf Emmy “Boom Boom” English Out in semi-final 1 (12th of 19) 54
2010 Oslo Eva Rivas “Apricot Stone” English 7th of 25 141
2009 Moscow Inga and Anush “Jan Jan (Ջան Ջան)” English, Armenian 10th of 25 92
2008 Belgrade Sirusho “Qélé, Qélé (Քելե Քելե)” English, Armenian 4th of 25 199
2007 Helsinki Hayko “Anytime You Need” English, Armenian 8th of 24 138
2006 Athens André “Without Your Love” English 8th of 24 129

Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.

On air at home

The channels that carried the contest in Armenia, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.

  1. 2026
    • Armenia 1 Hrachuhi Utmazyan and Hamlet Arakelyan
  2. 2025
    • Armenia 1 Hrachuhi Utmazyan and Hamlet Arakelyan
  3. 2024
    • Armenia 1 Hrachuhi Utmazyan and Sevak Hakobyan
  4. 2023
    • Armenia 1 Hrachuhi Utmazyan and Hamlet Arakelyan
  5. 2022
    • Armenia 1 Garik Papoyan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan
    • Public Radio Garik Papoyan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan
  6. 2019
    • Armenia 1, Public Radio of Armenia Aram Mp3 and Avet Barseghyan
  7. 2018
    • Armenia 1, Public Radio of Armenia Avet Barseghyan and Felix Khachatryan
  8. 2017
    • Armenia 1, Public Radio of Armenia Avet Barseghyan
    • Armenia 1, Public Radio of Armenia (semi-final 1 and final) Gohar Gasparyan
  9. 2016
    • Armenia 1, Public Radio of Armenia Avet Barseghyan
  10. 2014
    • Armenia 1 (semi-finals) Erik Antaranyan and Anna Avanesyan
    • Armenia 1 (final) Tigran Danielyan and Arevik Udumyan
  11. 2013
    • Armenia 1 (semi-finals) André and Arevik Udumyan
    • Armenia 1 (final) Erik Antaranyan and Anna Avanesyan
  12. 2012
    • Armenia 1 Gohar Gasparyan and Artur Grigoryan
  13. 2011
    • Armenia 1 Artak Vardanyan
  14. 2008
    • AMPTV

In our contest stories

Lines about Armenia from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.

  • 2006 A country that voted without singing

    Armenia entered for the first time and came eighth.

  • 2006 The result

    Only three countries gave Finland no points at all: Albania, Monaco and Armenia.

  • 2008 The result

    Armenia, fourth, had its best result yet, and Azerbaijan finished eighth at its first attempt.

  • 2009 Armenia and Azerbaijan

    The film introducing Armenia's song in the first semi-final included a monument that stands in Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory Azerbaijan regards as its own.

  • 2009 Armenia and Azerbaijan

    Armenia answered during the voting.

  • 2012 Who stayed away

    Armenia had applied to take part and then withdrew, citing the safety of its delegation.

  • 2013 Thirty-nine

    Armenia returned after missing Baku.

  • 2014 Conchita

    During contest week Armenia's entrant said that her way of life was "not natural" and that she should decide whether she was a woman or a man.

  • 2016 Flags

    At one of the shows security staff confiscated a Basque flag from a Spanish spectator and asked him to leave; he was let back in, with his flag, after the Spanish consul intervened. And in the first semi-final Armenia's singer was filmed in the green room holding the flag of Nagorno-Karabakh, which was on the banned list.

  • 2016 Flags

    The EBU condemned it and sanctioned Armenia's broadcaster.

  • 2021 Thirty-nine

    Armenia withdrew because of the crisis at home after its war with Azerbaijan.

  • 2022 Turin

    Armenia and Montenegro returned.

Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Armenia was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.