All countries except the "
Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), and the host country, are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 17 January 2013, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Armenia was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 16 May 2013, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. Once all the competing songs for the 2013 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Armenia was set to perform in position 11, following the entry from
Israel and before the entry from
Hungary. In Armenia, the two semi-finals and the final were broadcast on
Armenia 1 with commentary by
André, who had previously represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest in
2006, and Arevik Udumyan during the semi-finals, and by Erik Antaranyan and Anna Avanesyan during the final. The Armenian spokesperson, who announced the Armenian votes during the final, was André.
Semi-final Dorians took part in technical rehearsals on 9 and 11 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 15 and 16 May. This included the jury show on 15 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries. The Armenian performance featured the members of Dorians performing in a band set-up on stage. Gor Sujyan performed in jeans, white shirt and grey vest, while the other members were dressed in jeans outfits. The stage setting was predominately dark with moving spotlights being displayed directly towards the audience. The stage presentation also included pyrotechnic effects as well as the use of a wind machine throughout the performance. At the end of the show, Armenia was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Armenia placed seventh in the semi-final, receiving a total of 69 points.
Final Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. This draw was done in the order the countries appeared in the semi-final running order. Armenia was drawn to compete in the first half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Armenia was subsequently placed to perform in position 12, following the entry from
Germany and before the entry from
Netherlands.
Voting Voting during the three shows consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Armenia had placed fifteenth with the public televote and nineteenth with the jury vote in the final. In the public vote, Armenia received an average rank of 15.11, while with the jury vote, Armenia received an average rank of 14.44. In the second semi-final, Armenia placed eleventh with the public televote with an average rank of 9.44 and seventh with the jury vote with an average rank of 7.15. Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Armenia and awarded by Armenia in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Georgia in the semi-final and to Ukraine in the final of the contest.
Points awarded to Armenia Points awarded by Armenia == References ==