Armenia is set to select its participant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on February 15.
AMPTV has announced today that the final of Depi Evratesil 2020 will take place on February 15. The broadcaster has not confirmed the acts competing in the Armenian selection process, but has confirmed that they have all now been chosen. The past few days has seen a jury assess all of the submitted songs to select those that will compete in the final on February 15.
Depi Evratesil has been used as the Armenian national final on two previous occasions. In 2017, it was used to find the artist for Eurovision with the song being internally selected at a later date. In 2018, artists were able to submit original songs. After Sevak Khanagyan failed to qualify for the final of Eurovision 2018, an internal selection was used for 2019.
In 2019, Srbuk was internally selected to represent Armenia in Tel Aviv. She finished 16th in the second semi-final with “Walking Out”, bringing Armenia their worst result to date in the contest.
Source: AMPTV
Armenia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 and has participated every year since, excluding 2012. Armenia’s best results came in 2008 and 2014 when they finished 4th in the final. They have twice failed to qualify for the final. The first time was in 2011, when Emmy finished in 12th with “Boom Boom”. She was 1 point away from qualifying for the final. In 2019, Srbuk finished 16th in her semi-final with “Walking Out”, bringing Armenia their worst result to date in the contest.
I want Lidushik and Tamar Kaprelian to compete! 😀