Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Country	Armenia
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 11 February 2015; Song: 12 March 2015
Selected entrant	Genealogy
Selected song	"Face the Shadow"
Selected songwriter(s)	Armen Matirosyan; Inna Mkrtchyan;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (7th, 77 points)
Final result	16th, 34 points
Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Face the Shadow" written by Armen Matirosyan and Inna Mkrtchyan. The song was performed by the group Genealogy, which was selected internally by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) to represent Armenia in the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. Among the members of the group included Inga Arshakyan who had previously represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009. Genealogy and the song "Don't Deny" were announced as the Armenian entry on 11 February 2015, while the song, retitled as "Face the Shadow", was later presented to the public on 12 March 2015.

Armenia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 19 May 2015. Performing during the show in position 2, "Face the Shadow" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 23 May. It was later revealed that Armenia placed seventh out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 77 points. In the final, Armenia performed in position 6 and placed sixteenth out of the 27 participating countries with 34 points.