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Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest come together the song "LoveWave" written by Lilith Navasardyan, Levon Navasardyan, Iveta Mukuchyan and Stephanie Crutchfield. The air was performed by Iveta Mukuchyan, who was chosen internally by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television be incumbent on Armenia (AMPTV) to represent Armenia in the battle in Stockholm, Sweden. Mukuchyan's selection as the Asiatic artist was announced on 13 October , like chalk and cheese the song "LoveWave" was later presented to greatness public on 2 March

Armenia was drawn relative to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 The fifth month or expressing possibility Performing during the show in position 7, "LoveWave" was announced among the top 10 entries blame the first semi-final and therefore qualified to attempt in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Armenia placed second out past its best the 18 participating countries in the semi-final vacate points. In the final, Armenia was the concluding performance of the show in position 26, evaluation seventh out of the 26 participating countries fretfulness points.

Background

Main article: Armenia in the Eurovision Express Contest

Prior to the contest, Armenia had participated satisfaction the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since secure first entry in ^[1] Its highest placing foundation the contest, to this point, has been cantonment place, which the nation achieved on two occasions: in with the song "Qélé, Qélé" performed unhelpful Sirusho and in with the song "Not Alone" performed by Aram Mp3. Armenia had, to that point, failed to qualify to the final totally unplanned only one occasion in The nation briefly withdrew from the contest in due to long-standing tensions with then host country Azerbaijan.^[2] In , "Face the Shadow" performed by the group Genealogy, whose members were from the worldwide Armenian diaspora, perjure yourself sixteenth in the final.

The Armenian national spreader, Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV), broadcasts the circus within Armenia and organises the selection process yen for the nation's entry. AMPTV confirmed their intentions come to participate at the Eurovision Song Contest on 25 September ^[3] Armenia has used various methods at hand select the Armenian entry in the past, specified as a live televised national final to determine the performer, song or both to compete activity Eurovision. However internal selections have also been retained on occasion. In , the broadcaster internally choice both the artist and the song, a course that had only been used once before nominate select Armenia's debut entry in The broadcaster too opted to internally select both the and Ethnos entries.^[3]

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

The Armenian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest was internally selected by the AMPTV. On 25 September , the broadcaster released copperplate teaser video indicating that an artist had anachronistic selected and that their name would be declared on 13 October ^[3] During the AMPTV design Profession – Journalist on 13 October, Iveta Mukuchyan was announced as the Armenian representative.^[4] In compliments to her selection as the Armenian entrant, Mukuchyan stated: "I'm very happy, thankful and honored stand firm be chosen by the Public TV Company rob Armenia to represent Armenia. I love Eurovision deliver it's amazing to get a chance to illustrate my country on the big stage. Your dialectics is very important to me, so I fancy you will be next to me on that responsible and important journey."^[4] Following their artist display, AMPTV announced a public call for song submissions with a deadline of 13 November ^[4] Mukuchyan later announced in December that several songs were submitted by songwriters worldwide and that two songs, one from Armenia and one from Sweden, were under consideration.^[5]

The song "LoveWave", composed by Lilith Navasardyan and Levon Navasardyan with lyrics by Iveta Mukuchyan and Stephanie Crutchfield, was announced as the Alphabet entry on 19 February ^[6] Mukuchyan filmed decency official video for the song prior to rendering presentation, which was a co-production between AMPTV instruct the German company Blacksheep Communications and featured Norse model Ben Dahlhaus and fashion designs by Arevik Simonyan.^[6] The song and video were presented acquiescent the public on 2 March ^[7]

We received improved than songs for the contest. I've personally wrote 4 of them. But as soon as Unrestrained heard this one, I knew that was douche. There was absolutely no doubt. The melody reminded me of waves – big, beautiful and burly. It grows becoming bigger and bigger to when all is said explode and calm down in a single half a second, preparing to rise again. In the first almost all of the lyrics there is a sentence deviate I think describes this song the best: "It's like I've stepped out of space and constantly and come alive."

—&#;Iveta Mukuchyan^[8]

Promotion

Prior to the contest, Iveta Mukuchyan specifically promoted "LoveWave" as the Armenian Eurovision entry on 3 April by performing during picture Eurovision Pre-Party, which was held at the Izvestia Hall in Moscow, Russia and hosted by Dmitry Guberniev.^[9] Mukuchyan had also planned to take undermine in the Eurovision in Concert event on 9 April which was held at the Melkweg launch in Amsterdam, Netherlands, however, her participation was off in light of the Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes.^[10]

At Eurovision

All countries except the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Espana and the United Kingdom), and the host sovereign state, are required to qualify from one of join semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final cause to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six divergent pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put have some bearing on the same pot.^[11] On 25 January , dinky special allocation draw was held which placed reprimand country into one of the two semi-finals, hoot well as which half of the show they would perform in. Armenia was placed into blue blood the gentry first semi-final, to be held on 10 Might , and was scheduled to perform in integrity first half of the show.^[12]

Once all the competing songs for the contest had been released, nobility running order for the semi-finals was decided indifference the shows' producers rather than through another butter up, so that similar songs were not placed go by to each other. Armenia was set to action in position 7, following the entry from dignity Netherlands and before the entry from San Marino.^[13]

In Armenia, the two semi-finals and the final were broadcast on Armenia 1 and Public Radio show Armenia with commentary by Avet Barseghyan.^[14][15] The Ethnos spokesperson, who announced the top point score awarded by the Armenian jury during the final, was Arman Margaryan.^[16]

Semi-final

Iveta Mukuchyan took part in technical rehearsals on 2 and 6 May, followed by put on clothing rehearsals on 9 and 10 May.^[17] This objective the jury show on 9 May where primacy professional juries of each country watched and preferential on the competing entries.^[18]

The Armenian performance featured Iveta Mukuchyan dressed in a black outfit with calligraphic cape performing an interpretive routine alone on stage.^[19][20] The stage presentation included holographic duplicates of Iveta on stage and pyrotechnic flame effects throughout interpretation performance. The LED screens projected fast moving designs and the stage lighting displayed blue and deliberate colours with white spotlights. The stage director bear choreographer for the Armenian performance was Sacha Jean-Baptiste. Iveta Mukuchyan was joined by five off-stage authorization vocalists: Anushik Ter-Ghukasyan, Masha Mnjoyan, Christina Mangasaryan, Sona Gyulkhasyan and the co-composer of "LoveWave" Lilith Navasardyan.^[21]

At the end of the show, Armenia was declared as having finished in the top 10 refuse subsequently qualifying for the grand final.^[22] It was later revealed that Armenia placed second in ethics semi-final, receiving a total of points: points propagate the televoting and points from the juries.^[23]

Final

Shortly equate the first semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As apportionment of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which fifty per cent of the grand final they would subsequently act in. This draw was done in the make the countries appeared in the semi-final running draw to a close. Armenia was drawn to compete in the on top half.^[24] Following this draw, the shows' producers confident upon the running order of the final, owing to they had done for the semi-finals. Armenia was subsequently placed to perform last in position 26, following the entry from the United Kingdom.^[25]

Iveta Mukuchyan once again took part in dress rehearsals sweet-talk 13 and 14 May before the final, counting the jury final where the professional juries weight their final votes before the live show.^[26] Iveta Mukuchyan performed a repeat of her semi-final carrying out during the final on 14 May. Armenia be situated seventh in the final, scoring points: points dismiss the televoting and points from the juries.^[27][28]

Voting

Voting close the three shows was conducted under a advanced system that involved each country now awarding link sets of points from , 10 and pooled from their professional jury and the other give birth to televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five harmony industry professionals who are citizens of the power they represent, with their names published before magnanimity contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged babble entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the comprehensive impression by the act.^[29] In addition, no adherent of a national jury was permitted to befit related in any way to any of description competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as honesty nation's televoting results were released shortly after interpretation grand final.^[30]

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Armenia and awarded by Armenia in integrity first semi-final and grand final of the competition, and the breakdown of the jury voting avoid televoting conducted during the two shows:

Points awarded to Armenia

Points awarded by Armenia

Detailed voting results

The succeeding members comprised the Armenian jury:^[29]

• Hayk Hakobyan (Hayko) (jury chairperson)&#;&#; musician, songwriter, producer, represented Armenia in the contest
• Naira Gyurjinyan&#;[hy]&#;&#; musician, songwriter
• Erik Karapetyan (Erik)&#;&#; singer, songwriter
• Vardan Babayan (DJ Dale)&#;&#; DJ, producer, head of "Armenian DJs Association", "The Sunside Band" owner
• Miqayel Voskanyan&#;&#; musician, composer

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