Armenia last competed in Eurovision back in 2019 and little has been heard from them so far this season. However Armenian media is now reporting that upcoming singer-songwriter Rosa Linn will represent her country at Eurovision 2022.
Armenian news site Hraparak reports that Rosa Linn has been internally selected by broadcaster AMPTV. No further details of the Rosa Linn’s song for Turin are known, but the newspaper says that confirmation of Rosa Linn and her song will be revealed next month.
Otherwise known as Roza Kostandyan, upcoming singer-song Rosa Linn already has a Eurovision connection. She has been part of Nvak, Tamar Kaprelian‘s programme for young musical artists.
Rosa Linn is highly involved in her music. As well as singing and writing her songs, Rosa Linn is also involved with production. Last year FLAUNT magazine described her as Armenia’s “first woman music producer”.
Her official biography notes that while Rosa Linn was raised in a country that has seen plenty of conflict over the years, Rosa Linn has been left with “a predisposition for love in all its forms.” She believes that “it is her duty and purpose to spread as much love as she can.”
Rosa Linn released her debut single “KING” in September last year. The cool alternative R&B song was a collaboration with Rosa Lin and the American electro-pop artist KIIARA. “KING” features bilingual lyrics, with Rosa Linn effortlessly mashing up Russian and English — sometimes in the same sentence.
The music video has picked up over 240,000 views on YouTube, while on Spotify it’s enjoying over 480,000 listens.
Armenia last competed at Eurovision 2019, when the internally selected singer Srbuk performed “Walking Out”.
The following year, broadcaster ARMTV brought back national final Depi Evratesil. It was won by the Armenian-Greek singer Athena Manoukian, who was due to go to Eurovision 2020 with her song “Chains On You”. However, due to the contest being cancelled because of the pandemic, Athena did not realise her Eurovision dream.
Last year, after initially confirming for Eurovision 2021, broadcaster AMPTV later withdrew. The broadcaster explained their withdrawal as “considering the latest events, the shortness of production time as well as other objective reasons that make the proper participation of Armenia at ESC 2021 impossible.”
Armenia also withdrew from Junior Eurovision 2020. However, after returning to Junior Eurovision 2021, the country took home their second Junior Eurovision victory, with Maléna’s song “Qami Qami”.