The penultimate artist in our Who Is series for Eurovision 2022 is Rosa Linn from Armenia.
Roza Kostandyan, also known as Rosa Linn, was born on 28th November 2000 in Vanadzor, Armenia. Rosa began playing the piano at the age of six, and at 13, she took part in Armenia’s Junior Eurovision selection show with her song “Gitem“.
Her professional music career took off in 2020 with her collaboration with Nvak Collective, a US-based record label. A year later she released her debut single “King”. In March 2022, it was announced that Rosa Linn had been internally selected by Armenian broadcaster AMPTV to represent the country at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy.
Rosa Linn will sing “Snap” in 17th position in the first semi-final on 10th May.
Armenia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 and has participated every year since, excluding 2012 and 2021. Armenia’s best results came in 2008 and 2014 when they finished 4th in the final. They have failed to qualify for the final on three occasions. The first time was in 2011 when Emmy finished in 12th with “Boom Boom”, she was 1 point away from qualifying for the final. In 2019, Srbuk finished 16th in her semi-final with “Walking Out”, bringing Armenia their worst result to date in the contest.