Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country	Armenia
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 20 January 2006 Song: 17 March 2006
Selected entrant	André
Selected song	"Without Your Love"
Selected songwriter(s)	Armen Matirosyan Catherine Bekian
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (6th, 150 points)
Final result	8th, 129 points
Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Armenia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Without Your Love" written by Armen Matirosyan and Catherine Bekian. The song was performed by André, who was selected internally by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) to represent Armenia in the 2006 contest in Athens, Greece. André's selection as the Armenian artist was announced on 20 January 2006, while the song "Without Your Love" was later presented to the public on 17 March 2006.

Armenia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 18 May 2006. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "Without Your Love" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 20 May. It was later revealed that Armenia placed sixth out of the 23 participating countries in the semi-final with 150 points. In the final, Armenia was the closing performance of the show in position 24, placing eighth out of the 24 participating countries with 129 points.