Armenia: It's Rosa Linn for Eurovision 2022

Armenia: It's Rosa Linn for Eurovision 2022
Friday, 11 March 2022

  • Armenia has selected Rosa Linn to represent the country at the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin. 

    The Armenian national broadcaster, APMTV, announced that they have internally selected Rosa Linn to fly the flag in Turin at Eurovision 2022. The Armenian song however will be released officially on March 19, 2022. 

    Armenia is returning to the competition after last year's withdrawal due to the ongoing confict  in  Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) and the martial law implemented due to the war and the overalll impact it  had on the country. APMTV opted for an internal selection and decided to send Rosa Linn to Turin. 

     

    A few words for Rosa Linn

    Rosa Kostandyan, aka Rosa Linn, is 21-year-old music artist, songwriter and producer from Vanadzor, Armenia. Backed by punchy drums and polished synths, Rosa, shares the stories from her region in both English and Russian. 

    Her debut came out breakng through with the powerful track “KING,” alongside the ultra-talented electro-pop sensation KIIARA. Opening with a bilingual hook in both Russian and English, this song paints the picture of two different life experiences through powerful vocal performances from both artists against bouncing warm synths, heavy drums and a mesmerizing hook.

    Rosa is member of Nvak Collective, which was co-founded by Tamar Kaprelian who represented Armenia at Eurovision 2015.

     

    Armenia in Eurovision

    Armenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 13 times since making its debut in 2006, when André became the first participant representing Armenia and was the first singer from the Caucasus region to compete at Eurovision.

    Armenia has reached the top 10 on seven occasions, with the country's best result in the contest being two fourth-place finishes; achieved by Sirusho with the song "Qélé, Qélé" (2008), and Aram Mp3 with "Not Alone" (2014). 2011 was the first year that Armenia failed to advance from the semi-final round.

    This was followed by the country withdrawing from the 2012 contest due to security concerns in the host city, Baku. In 2018 and 2019, Armenia consecutively failed to qualify from the semi-finals for the second and third time respectively.

    In 2020 Athena Manoukian won the national final of of  Depi Evratesil 2020 with her song 'Chains on you' but saw her Eurovision journey interrupted by the contest's cancellation due to the covid-19 pandemic. Last year they withdrew from the competition due to the war in Artaskh.