Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
| Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | ||||
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 Armenia
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal Selection | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Artist: 13 October 2015 Song: 2 March 2016 |
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| Selected entrant | Iveta Mukuchyan | |||
| Selected song | "LoveWave" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (2nd, 243 points) | |||
| Final result | 7th, 249 points | |||
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Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "LoveWave" written by Lilith Navasardyan, Levon Navasardyan, Iveta Mukuchyan and Stephanie Crutchfield. The song was performed by Iveta Mukuchyan, who was selected internally by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) to represent Armenia in the 2016 contest in , Sweden. Mukuchyan's selection as the Armenian artist was announced on 13 October 2015, while the song "LoveWave" was later presented to the public on 2 March 2016.
Armenia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2016. Performing during the show in position 7, "LoveWave" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Armenia placed second out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 243 points. In the final, Armenia was the closing performance of the show in position 26, placing seventh out of the 26 participating countries with 249 points.
Prior to the 2016 Contest, Armenia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its first entry in 2006. 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 only one occasion in 2011. The nation briefly withdrew from the contest in 2012 due to long-standing tensions with then host country Azerbaijan. In 2015, "Face the Shadow" performed by the group Genealogy, whose members were from the worldwide Armenian diaspora, placed sixteenth in the final.
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