Country Armenia Selected entrant Sirusho | Selection date(s) 8 March 2008 Selected song "Qélé, Qélé" | |
Selection process Artist
Internal Selection
Song
National Final Semi-final result Qualified (2nd, 139 points) | ||
Armenia competed in the first semi-final on 20 May 2008 in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The country chose their singer by an internal selection. They selected Sirusho to be their representative for this year's Eurovision.
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National selection
The Armenian national final concert that was scheduled for March 8, 2008 was canceled due to a State of Emergency in Armenia. The Armenian TV channel decided to film a national final show instead. Sirusho sang four songs. The winning song was chosen by televoting and SMS voting.
Armenian composers were invited to write songs for Sirusho. Four of them were selected by a special jury and "Qélé, Qélé", which will represent the country in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, was chosen during a National Final.
At Eurovision
At the first semi-final, held on May 20, Sirusho performed 14th, and placed 2nd of 19, behind Greece and qualifying for the final on 24 May
In the final, Sirusho performed 5th following Germany and preceding Bosnia and Herzegovina. She finished 4th with 199 points, the highest amount of points in all of Armenia's Eurovision entries.
Points awarded by Armenia
See: Eurovision Song Contest 2008.