| Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | ||||
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| Country |  Armenia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Evrotesil 2008 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 15 November 2007 Song: 8 March 2008 | |||
| Selected entrant | Sirusho | |||
| Selected song | "Qélé, Qélé" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (2nd, 139 points) | |||
| Final result | 4th, 199 points | |||
| Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Qélé, Qélé" written by H.A. Der-Hovagimian (aka DerHova) and Sirusho. The song was performed by Sirusho, who was selected internally by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) to represent Armenia in the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia. Sirusho's selection as the Armenian artist was announced on 15 November 2007, while the song was selected through a national final, which took place on 8 March 2008 where four songs competed. "Qélé, Qélé" was selected as the winning song after gaining 86.5% of the public televote.
Armenia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2008. Performing during the show in position 14, "Qélé, Qélé" was announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 24 May. It was later revealed that Armenia placed second out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 139 points. In the final, Armenia performed in position 5 and placed fourth out of the 25 participating countries with 199 points.