Armenia qualified for the final for the first time since 2017, and eventually placed 20th with 61 points.Ī few months after Eurovision, "Snap" went viral on video sharing service TikTok, leading to an increase of streams on Spotify and topping the daily viral charts in various countries. Armenia was placed into the first semi-final, held on, and performed in the second half of the show. On 25 January 2022, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. At Eurovision Īccording to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the " Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. Rosa Linn was announced as the chosen entrant on 11 March 2022, with her entry "Snap" released on 19 March. On 4 March, it was reported in several Armenian media outlets that two singers were in the running to represent Armenia: Rosa Linn and Saro Gevorgyan. On 15 February 2022, AMPTV dismissed claims that Rosa Linn had already been selected, stating that no decision had been made yet and that an announcement would come in March. The candidates rumoured to be in the running were Athena Manoukian, Saro Gevorgyan, Kamil Show and Rosa Linn. Main article: Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Selection Īrmenia used an internal selection to determine its entry. Ī second music video, filmed in the United States and directed by Dano Cerny, was released on 7 October 2022. We made the video for the purpose of giving the viewers a chance to travel to another, extraordinary reality through artistic and visual solutions". Not leaving the artist in the background was an important precondition for me. Hayrapetyan stated that "nce I heard “Snap”, I kept thinking that I had to show the artist's emotions as comprehensibly and correctly as possible. The music video for "Snap", filmed in Yerevan and directed by Aramayis Hayrapetyan, was released on 19 March 2022. And what I realized was that I had the strength to shape my reality – it just took getting out of my own way and finding inner-peace You start questioning everything, including yourself. In an interview for Wiwibloggs, Rosa Linn stated that this song is a personal story everyone can relate to: "I think we've all been at a snapping point, where it felt like there's no way out and that the entire world is just crumbling down around you. The writing sessions for "Snap" took place in-between Los Angeles and Yerevan. It was co-written by Rosa Linn with Larzz Principato, Courtney Harrell, Allie Crystal and Tamar Kaprelian, with production handled by Alex Salibian, Ethan Schneiderman, Larzz Principato, Ben Samama, and Lilith Navasardyan. "Snap” was officially released on 19 March 2022, but a snippet of the song was leaked a week earlier. It also debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 97 and later peaked at number 67, becoming the second Eurovision song of the 21st century to enter the chart. The song also reached the charts in 23 other music markets, including peaking at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart, making Rosa Linn the highest-charting foreign act from Eurovision 2022 in the UK. "Snap" reached the top of the charts in the Flanders region of Belgium, and the top ten in Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. Following the contest, the song went viral on video sharing service TikTok. Īt Eurovision, Rosa Linn became the first artist to qualify for the final for Armenia since 2017, finishing in 20th place with 61 points. The song represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy. The song was written and composed by Linn, with Larzz Principato, Allie Crystal, Kinetics, Courtney Harrell, and Tamar Kaprelian. " Snap" is a song by Armenian singer Rosa Linn, released on 19 March 2022.
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