Armenia

This is the running order

Today, the running order for the two semifinals in the Eurovision Song Contest has been announced. The running order for the final is not known yet, apart from Italy: Mahmood and Blanco will perform in 9th place. 1st semifinal: Albania Latvia Lithuania Switzerland Slovenia Ukraine Bulgaria The Netherlands Moldova Portugal Croatia Denmark Austria Iceland Greece Norway Armenia 2nd semifinal: Finland Israel Serbia Azerbaijan Georgia Malta San Marino Australia Cyprus Ireland North Macedonia Estonia Romania Poland Montenegro Belgium Sweden Czech Republic

Armenia: Rosa Linn will go to Turin

Today it was announced: it’s gonna be Rosa Linnn for Turin. Rosa Linn is 21 years old. Her real name is Roza Kostandyan. In 2013, she participated in the national selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. However, she rose to fame last year, when she featured a song by American singer Kiiara. On march 19th, Rosa Linn will present her Eurovision Song to the audience.

Allocation draw: these are the semifinals

From the Madama Palace in Turin, the allocation draw took place this afternoon. The draw was hosted by Carolina Di Domenico and Gabriele Corsi. During the ceremony, mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb (Rotterdam) handed over the key of the Eurovision City to his Turinese colleague Stefano Lo Russo. The semifinals will be as follows: 1st semifinal, 1st half: Albania Latvia Switzerland Slovenia Bulgaria Moldova Ukraine Lithuania The Netherlands 1st semifinal, 2nd half: Norway Russia Portugal Denmark Armenia Austria Croatia Iceland Greece The countries that will not attend a semifinal but will vote in the 1st one are: France and Italy. 2nd semifinal, 1st half: Australia Georgia Cyprus Serbia Finland Azerbaijan San Marino Israel Malta 2nd semifinal, 2nd half: Montenegro Romania Czech Republic Poland Belgium North Macedonia Sweden Estonia Ireland The countries that will not attend a semifinal but will vote in the 2nd one are: United Kingdom, Spain and Germany.

41 countries in 2022 Eurovision Song Contest

41 countries will take part in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin. That is what EBU announced today. In comparison with the 2021 contest, Armenia and Montenegro return. The full list is here: Albania Australia Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Moldova Montenegro North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland The Netherlands Ukraine United Kingdom France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom will directly be placed in the final, to be held on may 14. The other countries will have to qualify through a semifinal on may 10 or 12. As one of the ‘big five’ was this year’s winner, there will only be 25 countries in the final.

Armenian singer Hayko Hakobyan dies at age 48 from COVID-19

Hayko Hakobyan, who represented Armenia in 2007, sadly passed away today, 29 September 2021. Hayko reached the age of 48 years old. The ”Anytime you need” singer caught COVID-19 earlier this year. The first news about his hospitalisation hit the newsstands around 21 September 2021. Today the news reached us that Hayko has tragically died from the complications. Shushan Danielyan, chief of staff at Yerevan State Medical University has conformed the information.

Armenia withdraws

After many speculations about whether Athena Manoukyan would represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest or not, another decision has been made by Armenian broadcaster AMPTV: Armenia will not participate in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. The news was published by Head of Press David Tserunyan, who posted this on Twitter: “Very sad to announce that despite our best efforts, Armenia will not participate at @Eurovision 2021. The events that followed after the confirmation of our participation have made it impossible to organize an entry in time for this month’s deadline. #ESC2021 #Armenia.” He doesn’t give any details about what events he meant, but due to the political situation in Armenia they didn’t participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest as well. Hopefully we will see Armenia back in the Eurovision Song Contest next year.

Allocation draw 2020 will be the same in 2021

As the countries participating in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest will be the same as in 2020, the allocation draw also will be the same. Eurovision.tv just confirmed that the 41 participating countries agreed on that. That means, the countries will perform in the same part of the same semifinal as was planned for the 2020 contest. Of course, the following order will be decided when all the songs are known. The allocation draw was, and is: 1st semifinal, 1st part: North Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Sweden Slovenia Australia Ireland Russia 1st semifinal, 2nd part: Norway Cyprus Croatia Azerbaijan Malta Israel Ukraine Romania Belgium 2nd semifinal, 1st part: Austria Moldova Poland San Marino Serbia Iceland Czech Republic Greece Estonia Germany, Italy and The Netherlands will also be able to vote in this semifinal. 2nd semifinal, 2nd part: Denmark Bulgaria Switzerland Finland Armenia Latvia Georgia Portugal Albania France, Spain and the United Kingdom will also be able to vote in this semifinal.

Iceland wins Eurostream2020!

After an exciting voting, Iceland has won Eurostream2020, the online alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest. After a wonderful evening, we now know who might have won the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. It’s Daði & Gagnamagnið who reached the first place. Congratulations, til hamingju Ísland!!Iceland was the winner of both the experts and the televoters. Almost 10.000 people voted in the contest. This made it, despite the technichal problems, a great show. We would like to thank the makers of Eurostream 2020 to let us enjoy the three shows this week! The full result of the contest is: Iceland, 434 pts. Lithuania, 303 pts. Russia, 287 pts. Sweden, 280 pts. Belgium, 278 pts. Malta, 273 pts. Italy, 268 pts. Switzerland, 267 pts. Bulgaria, 256 pts. Azerbaijan, 203 pts. Georgia, 202 pts. Germany, 185 pts. The Netherlands, 176 pts. Romania, 167 pts. Norway, 158 pts. France, 146 pts. Greece, 142 pts. Denmark, 119 pts. Austria, 95 pts. Spain, 87 pts Australia, 82 pts. United Kingdom, 75 pts. Serbia, 72 pts. Armenia, 70 pts. Israel, 67 pts. Albania, 64 pts.

Winners 2nd semifinal Eurostream 2020 known!

The winners of the 2nd semifinal are known now. Behind the name of the country, you will find the place where they will perform in the final: Georgia (25)Greece (5)Albania (15)Iceland (18)Denmark (4)Armenia (24)Switzerland (1)Serbia (7)Bulgaria (10)Austria (9)

This week: Eurostream 2020!!

Of course, we would have loved to keep you updated for the rehearsals of the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. But unfortunately, that is impossible.Thank goodness, this week we can follow Eurostream 2020, a great alternative for the contest.On Tuesday, may 5th, you can watch the first semifinal show. On thurday, may 7th, you can watch the second one. Of course, upcoming saturday we will have the Grand Final!!! You can watch them on the Eurostream Youtube Channel or Facebook Page.And guess what: YOU are able to vote in it. There will be an expert jury ánd televoting in the show, just like in the real Eurovision Song Contest. The first semifinal following order will be:1.Sweden2.Ireland3.Belarus4.Australia5.Lithuania6.Russia7.North Macedonia8.Slovenia9.Azerbaijan10.Norway11.Israel12.Malta13.Croatia14.Belgium15.Romania16.Cyprus17.Ukraine The second semifinal following order will be:1.Czech Republic2.Moldova3.Greece4.Serbia5.Poland6.Estonia7.San Marino8.Iceland9.Austria10.Finland11.Denmark12.Portugal13.Armenia14.Albania15.Switzerland16.Georgia17.Bulgaria18.Latvia So, although there will be no Eurovision Song Contest, there ís an alternative. Hope to see you this week!!