This marked the first time that Armenia failed to qualify to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest from a semi-final since its first entry in 2006.

[2] Armenia has used various methods to select the Armenian entry in the past, such as a live televised national final to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision.

The Armenian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was internally selected by the Art Council of AMPTV.

[4] Following their artist reveal, AMPTV announced a public call for song submissions in English or Armenian with a deadline of 23 January 2011.

[6] The national final took place on 5 March 2011 at the AMPTV studios in Yerevan, hosted by Gohar Gasparyan and Khoren Levonyan and broadcast on Armenia 1 as well as online via the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.

[9][10] A large number of Armenian and foreign Eurovision fans expressed dissatisfaction with results of the national final, as most polls previously conducted on internal portals and websites preferred the song "Ayo" which ultimately placed second.

[11] Several viewers claimed that their votes sent for "Ayo" during the show were not successfully registered, and a group of Armenian Eurovision fans as well as online users launched protests and petitions demanding AMPTV to cancel the results of the selection.

[16] On 14 April, Emmy performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Club Air venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas, Esther Hart and Sascha Korf.

On 17 January 2011, a special 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.

[15] The backing performers that joined Emmy on stage were: Charalampos Christodoulou, Charis Savvas, Jenia Evgenios Buli and Petros Zlatkos.

[23] At the end of the show, Armenia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the first semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final.

This marked the first time that Armenia failed to qualify to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest from a semi-final since its first entry in 2007.

This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.