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Alina Hovhannisyan

Armenia to perform in second semi-final at Eurovision

Armenia to perform in second semi-final at Eurovision

ArmInfo Armenia will perform in the second semi-final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place on May 14 in the Austrian capital. This was  announced on the Contest website.

On the same day, Armenia will share the stage with performers from  Ukraine, Norway, Belarus, Albania, the Czech Republic, Albania,  Australia, Cyprus, Denmark, Latvia, Malta, Switzerland, Romania,  Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, and Azerbaijan.

A total of 35 countries will participate in the contest, which will  be held in Austria's largest indoor arena, the Wiener Stadthalle. The  final will take place on May 16.

It is worth noting that Vienna will host this international music  competition for the third time. Let us recall that Armenia achieved  its best results at Eurovision in 2008 and 2014, thanks to the  performers Sirusho and Aram MP3, who took 4th place.  

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