Armenia debuted in Eurovision last year and entered a very strong song achieving a very impressive result (6th in the Semi, 8th in the Final).  Despite what I felt were poor performance, Armenia find themselves directly qualified for this year's Final.

 

 

Oh dear goodness – another boring male Balkan sounding ballad that sounds even worse when sung in English.  Not a fan of this at all, it’s boring, it’s unauthentic, and it’s a real waste of space in this Final.  Not a positive thing to say about this at all, sorry Armenia!!

 

 

Neighbours will give them points in the same way they did last year, but there's absolutley nothing on this good earth that can save Armenia from finishing in the bottom half.  The song is woeful - a sad pastiche of an inauthentic balkan ballad.

 

 

No change - horrifically dull (although I don't think it will quite match Albania!)  Wouldn't expect to see this go much further than the high teens.

 

 

Out of all the countries that we expected to do well this year, this was probably one of the least favoured, so came as a huge surprise when it actually fared well when it came to the voting.  Political votes from neighbours seriously helped this one get where it did, however, in retrospect this could be a bit unfair as Hayko did give a strong, almost flawless vocal performance.  The set up on stage was beautiful too, with the read tree flying white flags.  To compliment the vocal and setup, Armenia did have a great draw, which I’m sure propelled them that little bit further than they maybe deserved to go.  Nonetheless, Armenia took 8^th place, just a point behind Greece (interestingly, last year Greece were one point behind them) and my prediction is wrong yet again!