Depi Evratesil 2017

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Statistics
Date(s)	Auditions 1 October 2016 8 October 2016 15 October 2016 Judges’ Selection 22 October 2016 29 October 2016 5 November 2016 12 November 2016 One of Two 19 November 2016 26 November 2016 3 December 2016 Semi-finals 10 December 2016 17 December 2016 Final 24 December 2016
Venue	ARMTV TV Studios, Yerevan
Host(s)	Gohar Gasparyan
Voting Method	50% Jury 50% SMS Voting
Winner	Artsvik

The Armenian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was determined through the “Depi Evratesil” talent show. Auditions were held in September 2016 open to Armenian artists or artists of Armenian descent. 80 acts were selected to progress to the televised competition, broadcast in October 2016. Each act had two minutes to perform and convince the judges; contestants progressed to the next stage if 3 or more judges liked the contestant and pressed their button. 37 acts progressed to the next stage, where each judge had to pick 4 acts to join their team. In the last 10 seconds of each participant’s performance the judges could press their button if they wanted them to join their team – the first judge to press the button won the contestant.

In the third stage each judge’s acts competed against one another, with one act eliminated from the competition. After the performances five judges could give one vote to their favourite act, while the acts’ own judge could give three points. The final two artists on each team then competed against each other, with their own judge having the final say on who progressed. The remaining acts, one from each judge, then competed against each other, with two eliminated in each semi-final until two acts remained in the final. All songs performed were cover versions.

Judge	Top 24 Artists
Anush Arshakyan	Marta	Alexander Plato	Stepan Hovhannisyan	Anna Sedrakyan
Hayko	Egine	Anna Danielyan	Amaliya Margaryan	Yeva Kans
Iveta Mukuchyan	Vahe Aleksanyan	Hasmik Shiroyan	Sona Dunoyan	Christina Mangasaryan
Aram MP3	Lucy	Lilit Harutyunyan	Saro Gevorgyan	Jujo
Inga Arshakyan	Syuzanna Melqonyan	Gevorg Harutyunyan	Karina Harutyunyan	Narine Jinanyan
Essaï Altounian	Artsvik	Opera Viva	Only Girls	Marissa

Semi-final 1
#	Judge	Artist	Jury	Public		Total	Result
1	Anush Arshakyan	Marta	48	25.9%	49	97	1st
2	Essaï Altounian	Artsvik	32	20.6%	39	71	2nd
3	Hayko	Egine	25	17.5%	33	58	4th
4	Aram MP3	Lucy	20	9.0%	17	37	6th
5	Inga Arshakyan	Syuzanna Melqonyan	31	19.1%	36	67	3rd
6	Iveta Mukuchyan	Vahe Aleksanyan	33	7.9%	15	48	5th

Semi-final 2
#	Judge	Artist	Jury	Public		Total	Result
1	Anush Arshakyan	Marta	21	36.4%	40	61	2nd
2	Inga Arshakyan	Syuzanna Melqonyan	30	21.8%	24	54	3rd
3	Essaï Altounian	Artsvik	35	24.6%	27	62	1st
4	Hayko	Egine	24	17.2%	19	43	4th

Final
#	Judge	Artist	Jury	Public	Total	Result
1	Anush Arshakyan	Marta	19%	10%	29%	2nd
2	Essaï Altounian	Artsvik	31%	40%	71%	1st

At Eurovision, the winning artist Artsvik performed the song Fly With Me.