Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Prior to the 2023 contest, Armenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fourteen times since its first entry in 2006.[1] Its highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been fourth place, which the nation achieved on two occasions: in 2008 with the song "Qélé, Qélé" performed by Sirusho and in 2014 with the song "Not Alone" performed by Aram Mp3. Armenia had, to this point, failed to qualify to the final on three occasions, in 2011, 2018 and 2019. The nation briefly withdrew from the contest on two occasions: in 2012 due to long-standing tensions with then-host country Azerbaijan, and in 2021 due to social and political crises in the aftermath of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2][3] In 2022, Armenia returned to the contest, with its entry "Snap" performed by Rosa Linn qualifying for the final and placing 20th overall.[4]

The Armenian national broadcaster, Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV), broadcasts the event within Armenia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Following their one-year absence, AMPTV confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest on 20 October 2022.[5] Armenia has used various methods to select the Armenian entry in the past, such as internal selections and a live televised national final to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. Between 2014 and 2016, and in 2019 and 2022, the broadcaster internally selected both the artist and the song, while the national final Depi Evratesil was organized in 2017, 2018 and 2020.[6] For 2023, the broadcaster opted to continue selecting the Armenian entry internally.[7]

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held, which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, and determined which half of the show they would perform in. Armenia has been placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 11 May 2023, and has been scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[12]

Once all the competing songs for the 2023 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Armenia was set to perform in position 2, following the entry from Denmark and before the entry from Romania.[13]

At the end of the show, Armenia was announced as a qualifier for the final.

Points awarded to Armenia

Points awarded to Armenia (Semi-final)[14] Score Televote 12 points  Belgium  Georgia 10 points Rest of the World  Spain  Cyprus 8 points  Albania  Greece 7 points 6 points  Romania 5 points  Poland 4 points  San Marino  Austria 3 points  Estonia  Ukraine 2 points  Australia 1 point  Slovenia  Lithuania

Points awarded to Armenia (Final)[15] Score Televote Jury 12 points  Georgia  France 10 points  Georgia  Albania 8 points Rest of the World  Czech Republic 7 points  France 6 points  Belgium  Ireland 5 points  Italy  Switzerland 4 points  Cyprus  Cyprus 3 points  Israel  Estonia  Spain  United Kingdom 2 points  Greece  Spain  Moldova  Czech Republic  Moldova 1 point  Latvia  Austria  Poland

Points awarded by Armenia

Points awarded by Armenia (Semi-final)[14] Score Televote 12 points  Georgia 10 points  Cyprus 8 points  Poland 7 points  Albania 6 points  Estonia 5 points  Slovenia 4 points  Australia 3 points  Austria 2 points  Greece 1 point  Belgium

Points awarded by Armenia (Final)[15] Score Televote Jury 12 points  Israel  Israel 10 points  France  Sweden 8 points  Cyprus  Finland 7 points  Sweden  France 6 points  Finland  Spain 5 points  Poland  Cyprus 4 points  Norway  Norway 3 points  Italy  Ukraine 2 points  Switzerland  Austria 1 point  Ukraine  Poland

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Armenian jury:

• Arsen Grigoryan
• David Badalyan
• Hrach Keshishyan
• Vahagn Gevorgyan
• Sona Rubenyan

Detailed voting results from Armenia (Final)[15]

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror 1	Juror 2	Juror 3	Juror 4	Juror 5	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Austria	4	8	18	9	20	9	2	20
02	Portugal	11	12	23	11	24	18		21
03	Switzerland	18	17	22	19	21	23		9	2
04	Poland	12	9	17	12	7	10	1	6	5
05	Serbia	8	13	24	18	23	19		25
06	France	9	10	6	3	3	4	7	2	10
07	Cyprus	6	7	9	7	6	6	5	3	8
08	Spain	5	3	11	6	12	5	6	16
09	Sweden	2	2	3	5	2	2	10	4	7
10	Albania	25	25	25	25	25	25		15
11	Italy	13	19	5	10	19	11		8	3
12	Estonia	14	11	15	20	5	12		14
13	Finland	1	5	2	1	9	3	8	5	6
14	Czech Republic	20	21	4	13	22	13		19
15	Australia	16	18	7	16	18	15		24
16	Belgium	19	16	12	23	17	20		18
17	Armenia
18	Moldova	22	15	16	22	16	22		13
19	Ukraine	15	4	13	14	4	8	3	10	1
20	Norway	7	6	14	4	10	7	4	7	4
21	Germany	23	20	19	15	13	21		17
22	Lithuania	21	22	10	21	8	16		22
23	Israel	3	1	1	2	1	1	12	1	12
24	Slovenia	10	14	21	17	11	17		11
25	Croatia	24	24	20	24	15	24		23
26	United Kingdom	17	23	8	8	14	14		12