Armenia has missed out on making the grand final of the 63rd Eurovision after the first semi-final of Eurovision 2018 took place on Tuesday night in Portugal.

Sevak Khanagyan performed “Qami” (Wind) at Lisbon’s Altice Arena in the first semi-final and failed to impress both the jury and audience at home to make it as one of the 10 finalists from the 19 countries which took to the stage.

The countries who also advanced to the grand final from the first semi-final were: Austria, Estonia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Israel, Czech Republic. Bulgaria, Albania, Finland, Ireland.

The second semi-final will take place on Thursday before the final on Saturday 12 May.