Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Armenia in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Participating broadcasterPublic Television of Armenia (AMPTV)
Country Armenia
Selection processArtist: Internal selection
Song: Evrotesil 2008
Selection dateArtist: 15 November 2007
Song: 8 March 2008
Competing entry
Song"Qélé, Qélé"
ArtistSirusho
Songwriters
Placement
Semi-final resultQualified (2nd, 139 points)
Final result4th, 199 points
Participation chronology
◄2007 2008 2009►

Armenia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Qélé, Qélé", composed by H.A. Der-Hovagimian (aka DerHova), with lyrics by Sirusho, and performed by Sirusho herself. The Armenian participating broadcaster, Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV), selected its entry through the national final Evrotesil 2008, after having previously selected the performer internally. Sirusho's appointment as the Armenian artist was announced on 15 November 2007, while the song was selected through a national final, which took place on 8 March 2008 where four songs competed. "Qélé, Qélé" was selected as the winning song after gaining 86.5% of the public televote.

Armenia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2008. Performing during the show in position 14, "Qélé, Qélé" was announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 24 May. It was later revealed that Armenia placed second out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 139 points. In the final, Armenia performed in position 5 and placed fourth out of the 25 participating countries with 199 points.